A Family Affair – The Murder of Jerry Heiman By Emily Thompson Barbara Opel enlisted her 13-year-old daughter and a group of her teenage friends to murder a man who had taken her family under his wing. Mar 6, 2021 • 3 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 81: Jaime Gough By Emily Thompson Parents worldwide know the risks and fear that come with allowing their child to venture out into the world, but schools are supposed to offer parents a greater sense of security and a lot of parents feel very few worries about their children heading to school each morning. However, in 2004, a shocking murder instilled… Jan 4, 2021 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 73: Seath Jackson By Emily Thompson Summerfield is a small town just south of Ocala in Florida. In April of 2015, a man living in South East 53rd Avenue had been sitting on his porch late at night when he saw a boy fleeing from his neighbour’s home. He saw a number of other youths quickly run out after him, punch… Nov 9, 2020 • 5 min read
The Intruder – The Murder of Leila Fowler By Emily Thompson In California in 2013, a little girl was found stabbed to death in her bedroom. Her 12-year-old brother would claim that an intruder had broken in and murdered her. However, evidence indicated that somebody else may have been involved... Sep 22, 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
Friends Close, Enemies Closer – Christine Paolilla By Emily Thompson Christine Paolilla was bullied at school because of her alopecia. She was taken under the wing of Rachael Koloroutis and Tiffany Rowell, who became her best friends. However, Christine soon turned to drugs and things in the friend circle took a grisly turn. Aug 7, 2020 • 5 min read
Pierceton Parricide – Greg Ousley By Emily Thompson Greg Ousley, 14, had confided in his parents that he was feeling suicidal and homicidal. They shrugged it off as Greg "watching too many movies." Tragically, the decision not to seek help for their son would prove to be deadly. Days later, Greg crept into his parents' bedroom as they slept. Jul 22, 2020 • 4 min read
Teenage Hatchet Murders – Jeffrey Franklin By Emily Thompson Jeffrey Franklin was just 17-years-old when he brutally attacked his parents and young siblings with a hatchet, sledgehammer, rat-tail file and butcher knife. Jun 25, 2020 • 5 min read
The Kobe Child Killer By Emily Thompson The Kobe Child Murders refers to a string of murders that took place in Kobe, Japan, between March and May of 1997. The murders sent shockwaves across the nation and was traumatic for residents of Kobe, many of whom had just been rebuilding their homes and lives that had been shattered by the earthquake that… Jun 3, 2020 • 6 min read
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
