Iowa • Morbidology

Morbidology the Podcast - 234: Nohema Graber

Morbidology the Podcast – 234: Nohema Graber

By Emily G. Thompson

Nohema Graber had come from Mexico to Fairfield, Iowa, where she and her husband raised a family. As a devoted educator, her sudden disappearance one November afternoon in 2021 left her students deeply troubled. As detectives began their investigation, a local resident came forth. He reported seeing two teenagers driving Nohema’s car…

Dec 11, 2023 • 4 min read

Morbidology the Podcast - 230: Breasia Terrell

Morbidology the Podcast – 230: Breasia Terrell

By Emily G. Thompson

While it is often said that the most dangerous predators conceal themselves in plain sight, the unsettling reality is that not all of these people masquerade as harmless. Some have the convictions to back up their disturbing backgrounds, but still, they can find a way to worm themselves into people’s lives. In the year 2020, a mother from Davenport, Iowa, confronted the stark reality that certain individuals can too often remain consistent in their harmful ways.

Nov 13, 2023 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast - 205: Richard & Janet Sweet

Morbidology the Podcast – 205: Richard & Janet Sweet

By Emily G. Thompson

The quaint town of Manchester, Iowa, was bathing in the warm glow of the early morning sun on Mother’s Day of 2012. Families across the town were getting together in celebration, but as the day wore on, an eerie hush fell across the town, like a foreboding cloud. On the quaint residential street of Deann Drive, the silence was broken by the shrill sound of police sirens, as a gruesome crime was being uncovered.

May 22, 2023 • 4 min read

The Disturbing Case of Noah Crooks

The Disturbing Case of Noah Crooks

By Emily G. Thompson

On 24 March, 2012, police in Osage, Iowa, received a phone call from a young boy. He told the operator that he had just killed his mother...

Sep 22, 2022 • 8 min read

The Unsolved Murders of Elizabeth Collins & Lyric Cook

The Unsolved Murders of Elizabeth Collins & Lyric Cook

By Emily G. Thompson

On 13 July, 2012, two cousins vanished in Evansdale, Iowa. It would take almost six months before the bodies of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook were found.

Mar 17, 2022 • 5 min read

Morbidology the Podcast - 138: Sterling Koehn

Morbidology the Podcast – 138: Sterling Koehn

By Emily G. Thompson

In 2017, paramedics and police rushed to an apartment in Alta Vista, Iowa, after receiving a report of a unresponsive baby. When they arrived, the stench that emanated in the air only indicated the horrors that they would find. They were led to a darkened room where their eyes transfixed to a figure in the corner, a figure that they soon realised was a little baby boy motionless in a powered swing seat.

Feb 7, 2022 • 6 min read

Morbidology the Podcast - 129: Dominic Elkins

Morbidology the Podcast – 129: Dominic Elkins

By Emily G. Thompson

In August of 2013, the young foster child of a couple in Logan, Iowa, was reported missing. The young boy’s older foster brother had come back home after playing outside with the young boy. It was noticed that the older foster brother had blood spattered on his t-shirt. He then relayed a very perplexing and unrealistic situation, a situation that evoked immediate fear.

Dec 6, 2021 • 5 min read