The Morbidology Podcast • Morbidology

Morbidology the Podcast – 60: Sarah Stern

By Emily Thompson

Neptune City in New Jersey is a town of only 4,900 residents. In 2016, a local teenage girl vanished into thin air. Her abandoned car was discovered at the side of a bridge, prompting speculation that she had ended her own life. This speculation was further exacerbated when one of her close friends came forward…

Aug 10, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbiodology the Podcast – 59: Jonathan Hoffman

By Emily Thompson

Maple Place Villas is a gated community in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, that is manned by a security guard 24/7. It is the kind of community where elderly people go to retire and the lawns are all freshly manicured. However in May of 2011, the community was rocked by a shocking murder that revealed family…

Aug 3, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 58: Yessenia Suarez, Michael Otto & Thalia Otto

By Emily Thompson

“No body, no crime.” I’m sure that’s a sentence that many of you have heard before. However, that a massive misconception. While pressing murder charges without a body is certainly much more difficult, murder can be established, even with the most significant piece of evidence missing. In Deltona, Florida, in 2013, a woman and her…

Jul 27, 2020 • 9 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 57: Emani Moss

By Emily Thompson

According to the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services statistics, in 2012, the agency reported 152 deaths of children that they had been in contact with. This was an alarming average of almost three children per week. Then the following year, DFCS came under scrutiny once again, when a young girl was found dead…

Jul 20, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 56: The Herring Murders

By Emily Thompson

In early August of 2015, Vermont was rocked by a shooting spree which culminated with the murder of a social worker. The grim murders sparked intense debate on gun control, mental illness, social services and security. The stolen lives tore apart two families, including one that was forced to deal with the aftermath of knowing…

Jul 13, 2020 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 55: Melissa Trotter

By Emily Thompson

According to The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, females between the ages of 12 and 19 are the most victimized segment of the U.S. population. In Montgomery County, Texas, in 1998, 19-year-old Melissa Trotter vanished after studying for finals in the library at Montgomery College. Almost immediately, an ex-convict was penned as the…

Jul 6, 2020 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 54: Jamie Rose Bolin

By Emily Thompson

Cannibalism is arguably one of the most taboo crimes of all. Although most societies connect cannibalism with ancient Amazonian tribes or even rumors of devil worshiping rituals, fantasies of cannibalism are not entirely uncommon among killers, even more so if their motive for murder was sexual or sadistic. In Purcell, Oklahoma, in 2006, a little…

Jun 29, 2020 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 53: Generro Sanchez

By Emily Thompson

If found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity, a killer is sent to a psychiatric hospital where they remain until they are considered sane in the eyes of the law whether that be one year or 40 years. It is the defence that stirs the most controversy because of the struggle to align the law…

Jun 21, 2020 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 52: Christine & Lucy Lee

By Emily Thompson

On the 23rd of February, 2014, a frantic 999 call to Surrey Police was placed by a woman who was desperately running for her life. In the phone call, the woman describes how her mother has been shot dead. Towards the end of the call, she informs the 999 operator that she is going to…

Jun 15, 2020 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 51: Damilola Taylor

By Emily Thompson

To some, Britain seems like a utopia. Each year, thousands of people from all across the world flock to Britain in search of a better life. They all come filled with hope and anticipation of what their new life in Britain will look like. In 2000, a family from Nigeria came to Britain looking for…

Jun 8, 2020 • 6 min read

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Morbidology the Podcast – 60: Sarah Stern

Morbiodology the Podcast – 59: Jonathan Hoffman

Morbidology the Podcast – 58: Yessenia Suarez, Michael Otto & Thalia Otto

Morbidology the Podcast – 57: Emani Moss

Morbidology the Podcast – 56: The Herring Murders

Morbidology the Podcast – 55: Melissa Trotter

Morbidology the Podcast – 54: Jamie Rose Bolin

Morbidology the Podcast – 53: Generro Sanchez

Morbidology the Podcast – 52: Christine & Lucy Lee

Morbidology the Podcast – 51: Damilola Taylor