The Osaka Sister Killer – Yukio Yamaji By Emily Thompson Yukio Yamaji was just 16-years-old when he beat his mother to death with a baseball bat. Due to his young age, he was released from juvenile detention school after just 3 years. The courts would soon discover that this was a grave mistake. May 8, 2020 • 4 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
The Unsolved Dermond Murders By Emily Thompson Russell Dermond, 88, was discovered beheaded in his home on the banks of Lake Ocenee, Georgia, in May 2014. His wife of 68 years, Shirley, was missing. However, the following week, her body was discovered floating in Lake Oconee. Who killed the elderly couple and why? Apr 12, 2020 • 4 min read
Violence Against Women in Mexico – The Femicide of Ingrid Escamilla By Cristina Massieu On 11 February, 2020, the horrific news about the femicide of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla shocked the Mexican nation, not only because of the gruesome details of the case that were soon spread across the country, but because terrifying images of the victim’s body and the crime scene were published by two tabloids. Apr 4, 2020 • 4 min read
The Ant Hill Kids By Emily Thompson Roch Thériault was the maniacal leader of The Ant Hill Kids, a small group that initially appeared to be an innocent community of free-thinking folks who supported themselves through self-sufficiency in their commune in the quaint Canadian wilderness. However, life inside the commune was much more disturbing than anybody could have ever fathomed. Torture, abuse,… Mar 31, 2020 • 6 min read
The Daughter & Father Killers – The Murder of Diane Tilly By Emily Thompson Diane Tilly was a well-known and well-loved teacher from San Antonio, Texas. She cared deeply for troubled students and became a mother figure to many of them. In 2004, she vanished. Shortly thereafter, a teenage girl and her father were arrested and a lurid background of abuse and incest would come to the surface. Mar 25, 2020 • 6 min read
Missed Opportunities & Tia Rigg By Emily Thompson Tia Rigg was a 12-year-old girl from Manchester in the United Kingdom. She was lured to her uncle's home under the pretense of babysitting his daughter. Her uncle, however, had a obsession with child pornography & violent pornography and he chose his own niece to act out his sick fantasy. Mar 11, 2020 • 5 min read
The Tragic Death of Genny Rojas By Emily Thompson Genny Rojas, 3, spent only a short time on earth but during that short time, she endured more than most adults in their lifetime. She was passed around three homes and didn’t learn to properly communicate or use the potty. Sadly, she didn’t get the chance to reach those routine childhood milestones before she slipped… Jan 22, 2020 • 5 min read
The Eubanks Filicide By Emily Thompson What would drive a parent to kill their child? Revenge is one of the main motivations behind filicide. Revenge at an ex-partner for leaving them. One such case of revenge-fueled filicide is that of Susan Eubanks from San Marcos, California. Jan 15, 2020 • 6 min read
Burned Alive – The Slow Death of Robbie Middleton By Emily Thompson Robbie Middleton was just 8-years-old when he was tied to a tree and set on fire in Splendora, Texas. Twelve years later, he succumbed to his injuries but not before naming his attacker as a 13-year-old boy who had sexually assaulted him two weeks prior. Dec 28, 2019 • 5 min read
