Morbidology the Podcast – 122: Logan Tipton By Emily Thompson In December of 2015, Versailles, Kentucky, was preparing for Christmas. Residents had decorated their homes in preparation for the festivities. In the quiet neighbourhood of Gray Street, there was one family home which had lit up in celebration, with decorations a plenty and a Snoopy wearing a Christmas hat standing out front. One morning, however, the community would awake to the terrifying news that somebody had crept into this family’s home armed with a knife. This person’s actions inside that family’s home would strike fear into parents across the world. Oct 18, 2021 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 121: Karen Ristevski By Emily Thompson In 2012, a 19-year-old junior at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill was found brutally murdered in her own apartment after she returned from a local dance club. The murder would send shockwaves throughout the area and fear of an opportunistic killer quivered in the air. Over time, however, it soon became apparent that this may have not been a random attack and instead, a targeted one. This theory was further compounded when it was uncovered that the victim may have captured her murder on voicemail. Oct 11, 2021 • 6 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 120: The Griego Murders By Emily Thompson In January of 2013, South Valley in New Mexico and the surrounding area was rocked by an extremely brutal mass murder which had taken place inside a secluded family home. The area would be even more horrified when they discovered who had been the perpetrator of the slaughter and in the aftermath, there be intense media coverage and a massive debate over gun control. Oct 4, 2021 • 6 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 119: Felecia Williams By Emily Thompson Temple Terrace is a city located in northeastern Hillsborough County, Florida. The most frequent crime in the primarily suburban area are burglary and theft. Murders in Temple Terrace are extremely rare and between 2000 and 2014, only ten murders took place in the city. In 2014, the local police department would investigate an extremely horrific and confusing murder case, quite unlike anything the city had ever seen before. Sep 27, 2021 • 6 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 118: Nathan O’Brien, Alvin Liknes & Kathryn Liknes By Emily Thompson In June of 2014, a woman in Calgary, Canada, went to her parents’ home to pick up her young son who had been dropped off the night before for a sleepover. When she arrived, however, she found that the home was eerily silent and, in the driveway, she found drag marks and a sinister looking red liquid. Sep 20, 2021 • 7 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 117: Renisha McBride By Emily Thompson Race can often play a part in how certain people view certain situations. In 2013, a black teenage girl went to the front door of a home in a predominantly white neighbourhood near Detroit, Michigan. She had gotten into a car accident and was looking for help. The actions of the home-owner that night would raise many questions about how people talk about race and violence within the United States. Sep 13, 2021 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 116: The Brentwood Massacre By Emily Thompson In April of 2014, students from the University of Calgary were celebrating the end of school year. A party among friends was being held in a quiet, tree-lined street in Brentwood. In the early morning hours, however, a flurry of 911 calls were made from inside the home, reporting that somebody in attendance had unleashed a senseless attack with a knife. Sep 6, 2021 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 115: Ally Lee Steinfeld By Emily Thompson Anti-transgender hatred fuels an alarming number of murders throughout the world. The Trans Murder Monitoring project was started in 2009 and systematically monitors, collects and analyses reports of homicides of transgender people throughout the world. The statistics that they post each year are extremely disturbing. In Cabool, Missouri, a 17-year-old girl who had recently come out as transgender vanished. An investigation would lead to the doorstep of people she had considered her friends. Aug 30, 2021 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 114: AJ Freund By Emily Thompson In April of 2019, police in the Chicago Suburb of Crystal Lake were informed of a missing five-year-old boy. According to his parents, he had vanished at some point in the middle of the night. However, it quickly became apparent that the family were well-known to child protective services and for many years, police had been trying to get them to take action and remove the children from the home. Their pleas had always fallen on deaf ears and child protective services had refused to intervene. The disappearance and outcome of the disappearance would lead to the community questioning: How... Aug 23, 2021 • 7 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 113: Shana Grice By Emily Thompson In the United Kingdom, it’s estimated that two women are killed each week by their partners and former partners. A lot of these women, unfortunately, are let down by the very system put in place to protect them. Far too often, victims of domestic abuse, harassment and stalking are not taken seriously and these failures can lead to violence and sometimes murder. In 2016, a young woman reported her stalker numerous times to Sussex Police. Instead of taking action against the stalker, the police would take action against the victim. Aug 16, 2021 • 5 min read
