Morbidology the Podcast – 189: Jovanni Sierra By Emily G. Thompson BallenIsles Country Club is a middle-class gated community in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. It’s certainly a desirable place to live, somewhere that crime is exceptionally rare and residents can sleep soundly knowing that they are protected by large gates and a security guard. One night in 2018, however, the idyl was shattered when deafening screams began to echo up and down the neighbourhood. Jan 30, 2023 • 3 min read
Abducted in Broad Daylight: Sheree Beasley By Emily G. Thompson It was a warm summer afternoon in Rosebud, an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, on the 29th of June, 1991. This afternoon, 6-year-old Sheree Beasley was sent to the nearby milk bar by her mother to pick up some groceries. She hopped on her bicycle and made it safely to the milk bar and purchased the groceries. However, Sheree never made it home… Jan 27, 2023 • 19 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 188: Tracey Kirkpatrick By Emily G. Thompson On 15 March, 1989, a security guard was patrolling a shopping center in Frederick, Maryland. The shopping center had closed for the night, but as he approached one of the stores, he observed that the lights were still switched on. He proceeded through the store, only to be met by a gruesome scene in the storage room. Jan 23, 2023 • 2 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 187: Stephen & Jennifer Chapple By Emily G. Thompson It was a cold winter night in Norton Fitzwarren, England, on 21 November, 2021. A married mother of two was at home with her husband when an argument broke out. Shortly afterwards, she was lying in bed alone in the bedroom, when her silence was shattered by deafening screams coming from somewhere nearby… Jan 17, 2023 • 3 min read
The Controversial Case of Mandy Lemaire By Emily G. Thompson On 22 August, 1991, 11-year-old Mandy Lemaire left her home in Tazlina, Alaska, to meet her friend along a rural road. Mandy, however, disappeared somewhere along the way. Jan 12, 2023 • 8 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 186: Tara O’Shea Watson By Emily G. Thompson At around 8AM on the 19th of December, 2016, a couple from Raymond Drive in the Laurel Lake section of Commercial Township, New Jersey, were awoken by a loud banging on their front door. They wiped the sleep from their eyes and walked down the stairs to the front door. They were perplexed to see their neighbor's young son who exclaimed that his mother was dead… Jan 9, 2023 • 4 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 185: Naomi Jones By Emily G. Thompson It was around 2:45PM on the 31st of May, 2017, when Shantara Hurry received a phone call at work in Pensacola, Florida. She was greeted by her young son. Her heart fell to the pit of her stomach as he said: “Mom, Naomi is nowhere to be found…." Jan 2, 2023 • 4 min read
Bloodlust: The Tragic Case of Stacey Mitchell By Emily G. Thompson In 2006, 16-year-old Stacey Mitchell went to live with two young women she had recently just met. A couple of days later, Stacey inexplicably vanished... Dec 29, 2022 • 6 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 184: Islan Nettles By Emily G. Thompson There is nothing that people want more in this world than to be accepted for who they are. This is especially true for those in the LGBTQ community, who have to fight that extra bit harder for acceptance, even today in 2022. Transgender people remain the most invisible, the least understood and the most stigmatized element of the LGBTQA community, and in 2013, an attack in New York City sent shockwaves throughout the community. Dec 26, 2022 • 3 min read
The Gruesome Case of Daniel Halseth By Emily G. Thompson On 9 April, 2021, the body of Daniel Halseth was found in his burning home. He had been stabbed over 70 times. Suspicion immediately fell onto his own 16-year-old daughter and her boyfriend... Dec 22, 2022 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 183: Katie Locke By Emily G. Thompson Some say that Christmas time is the most romantic time of the year. The twinkling lights, the festive music, and curling up in front of a fire. In 2015, Christmas was fast approaching when a young woman agreed to meet up with a man she had been exchanging messages with on a dating app. Dec 19, 2022 • 3 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 182: Bart & Krista Halderson By Emily G. Thompson On paper, the Halderson family seemed to have it all; a stable and loving marriage, a successful son that made them proud, and even a cabin for vacationing on the picturesque White Lake. In summer of 2021, however, cracks in the quintessential all-American family began to emerge, culminating with a very peculiar disappearance… Dec 12, 2022 • 4 min read
