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Morbidology the Podcast – 50: Yeardley Love

By Emily Thompson

University lacrosse is renowned for its predominately white, privately educated “rich kid” reputation and over the years, it’s the main sport in university that routinely suffers from damaging scandals. These scandals always grip the media, most likely because everybody involved is young, attractive and privileged. But then in May of 2010, the University of Virginia…

Jun 1, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 49: Ebony Simpson

By Emily Thompson

Bargo is located just off the Hume Highway in the New South Wales southern highlands. It’s a sleepy little town known most for its interesting bushranging history. It’s also known as the gateway to Picton Lakes, the very last pristine freshwater lake near Sydney. However in 1992, a 9-year-old girl vanished on her way home…

May 25, 2020 • 4 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 48: Banaz Mahmod

By Emily Thompson

In some religions and communities, great weight is placed on the family and its so-called collective honour. To some within these religions and communities, family name and reputation dominates everything else. Sometimes when perceived shame has been brought upon said family, the victim has to pay the ultimate price. In 2006, a Kurdish woman named…

May 18, 2020 • 4 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 47: Sally Anne Bowman

By Emily Thompson

In 2005, Ideal Home Magazine carried out a survey which showed that 1 in 5 women keeps a weapon beside her bed to defend herself against intruders. A number of women also carry concealed weapons or alarms while out in public out of fear that they will be attacked. While it may seem to be…

May 11, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 46: Teresa Sievers

By Emily Thompson

In summer of 2015, a brutal crime scene was uncovered in the Bonita Springs home of a wealthy and well-known holistic medicine physician. In the middle of the kitchen lay the bludgeoned body of a woman, her head caved in by blows from a hammer. The murder completely gripped the nation but it wouldn’t take…

May 4, 2020 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 45: Karina Vetrano

By Emily Thompson

One of the greatest fears for a number of women is going for a run while alone. Many women fear that they will become the victim of a sexual assault or worse. Crime statistics show that these kind of attacks are rare and women are more likely to face greater dangers from traffic. But then…

Apr 27, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 44: James Byrd Jr.

By Emily Thompson

Jasper is a small timber town around 100 miles northeast of Houston, Texas. It’s a quaint area that holds an annual Butterfly Festival the first October every year. However, in June of 1998, Jasper was rocked by a brutal hate crime that still reverberates across the nation today.

Apr 20, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 43: Yingying Zhang

By Emily Thompson

For parents, their child moving overseas can be most of the most daunting moments of their life. On one hand, they want to give their child the freedom to determine their own fate but on the other hand, it can be a very scary experience, knowing that your child is so far away from home.…

Apr 13, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 42: Ramsay Scrivo

By Emily Thompson

It was early January of 2014 when a number of trash bags appeared on several rural roads throughout St. Clair County, Michigan, around 50 miles northeast of Detroit. Inside the trash bags were the dismembered remains of a man. The first theory upon discovery was that the gruesome murder was somehow connected to drugs. However,…

Apr 6, 2020 • 4 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 41: Phylicia Barnes

By Emily Thompson

When 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes disappeared in Baltimore, Maryland, over the Christmas period of 2010, many referred to the case as Baltimore’s Natalee Holloway case but the stark difference in media coverage between the two was overwhelming. The difference was that Natalee was white and Phylicia was African American.

Mar 30, 2020 • 5 min read

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Recent Podcasts:

Morbidology the Podcast – 50: Yeardley Love

Morbidology the Podcast – 49: Ebony Simpson

Morbidology the Podcast – 48: Banaz Mahmod

Morbidology the Podcast – 47: Sally Anne Bowman

Morbidology the Podcast – 46: Teresa Sievers

Morbidology the Podcast – 45: Karina Vetrano

Morbidology the Podcast – 44: James Byrd Jr.

Morbidology the Podcast – 43: Yingying Zhang

Morbidology the Podcast – 42: Ramsay Scrivo

Morbidology the Podcast – 41: Phylicia Barnes