Jacob Remaley & the Wrath Murders By Emily Thompson In 2014, police in New Stanton, Pennsylvania, received a 911 call from 14-year-old Jacob Remaley. He claimed his father had shot and killed his mother and his brother, but was he really telling the truth...? Feb 10, 2022 • 7 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 129: Dominic Elkins By Emily 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
The Snapchat Murder of Angela Wrightson By Emily Thompson In December of 2014, 39-year-old Angela Wrightson was attacked in her home in Hartlepool, England. She was a vulnerable woman who lived alone. The world would recoil in horror when two teenage girls were arrested in connection. They would be more disturbed to learn they had documented the attack on Snapchat. Dec 2, 2021 • 6 min read
Money, Murder and Manipulation – The Bizarre Case of the Brown Family By Emily Thompson In 1985, 14-year-old Cinnamon Brown was convicted of killing her step-mother. Years later, however, she would confess that it had been in fact her father who ordered her to carry out the murder. Nov 25, 2021 • 7 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
The Sasebo Slashing By Emily Thompson In June of 2004, a teacher at an elementary school in Sasebo, Japan, would be horrified to discover a student bleeding to death in the classroom. Even more haunting, she had been killed by another classmate. Sep 29, 2021 • 6 min read
When Worlds Collide – The Sad Case of Jamarion Lawhorn & Connor Verkerke By Emily Thompson In 2014, 12-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn took some "red little pills" he had found in his home & stabbed another child to death. He expected that when police arrived at the scene, they would shoot him dead. He told them: "I want to die. I don't want to be on this earth anymore." An investigation revealed Jamarion had been the victim of extreme physical abuse & neglect at the hands of his mother & stepfather. Aug 30, 2021 • 8 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 110: Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino By Emily Thompson Lawrence is a city of around 75,000, situated near the New Hampshire border. In November of 2016, a teenage boy vanished from his grandmother’s home. CCTV footage would capture him in the company of another teenage boy. His disappearance, and the outcome, would lead to many within the community questioning whether Lawrence police really did […] Jul 26, 2021 • 7 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 102: Elizabeth & Katie Edwards By Emily Thompson It was the 15th of April, 2016, when police in Spalding, Lincolnshire, knocked on the front door of a semi-detached home on Dawson Avenue. It was the home of 49-year-old Elizabeth Edwards and her two daughters, 13-year-old Katie and 14-year-old Kim. Police were there after receiving a report that Katie and Kim had been absent from school. After receiving no response, police would break down the door and uncover a crime scene quite unlike anything that the small community had ever experienced beforehand. May 31, 2021 • 4 min read
Murdered by my Boyfriend – Karen Perez By Emily Thompson On 27 May, 2016, Karen Perez vanished in Houston, Texas. She was found dead in an abandoned apartment days later. Her boyfriend had been at the forefront of the search for her but was he really telling the truth...? May 19, 2021 • 3 min read
The Juggalo Murder of Adrianne Reynolds By Emily Thompson Adrianne Reynolds, 16, had recently moved to East Moline, Illinois, when she vanished. Her friend, Sarah Kolb, would claim that she had dropped Adrianne off outside McDonalds shortly before she vanished but was she telling the truth? Apr 26, 2021 • 5 min read
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
