Let Down by Police: The Tragic Case of Tara Brown By Emily G. Thompson Domestic violence orders are a key facet of the legal protective measures that are available to all victims of familial and intimate partner violence in Queensland, Australia. However, in 2015, a case of domestic violence rocked the entire nation to its very core and showed the enforcement of such orders are severely lacking. Mar 23, 2023 • 14 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 52: Christine & Lucy Lee By Emily G. 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 go back to the scene of the incident and acknowledges that she will probably lose her life. Her last words to the operator were: “I don’t know if I’m going to be alive if I go back there. He shot my mum. Bye.” Jun 15, 2020 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 50: Yeardley Love By Emily G. 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 was thrust into the spotlight after a murder revealed the dark underbelly of the far too frequent college culture of binge drinking, male entitlement and violence. Jun 1, 2020 • 6 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 31: Cassie Cotta By Emily G. Thompson The two most common early signs of domestic violence are jealousy and controlling behavior. It’s easy for people to say: “why don’t they just leave?” but statistics show that up to 75% of abused women who are murdered are murdered after they leave their partners. Too often, many women do try to leave toxic an abusive situations and tragically, they pay with their lives. Jan 20, 2020 • 2 min read
