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Morbidology the Podcast – 62: Becky Watts

By Emily Thompson

In February of 2015, the family of 16-year-old Becky Watts were thrust into a living nightmare when she seemingly vanished after leaving her home. There would be two witnesses who claimed to see Becky leaving her home that morning. However, an investigation struggled to find any evidence that Becky ever left home…

Aug 24, 2020 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast – 61: David Grunwald

By Emily Thompson

Palmer is a small rural city in Matanuska-Sustina Valley in Alaska, around 42 miles northeast of Anchorage. It’s easily most known for the annual Alaska State Fair, where Palmer’s agricultural spirit lives on. It’s the type of city where almost everybody knows everybody else and the kind of place where people move so that they…

Aug 17, 2020 • 5 min read

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

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Morbidology the Podcast – 62: Becky Watts

Morbidology the Podcast – 61: David Grunwald

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