Morbidology
Morbidology is an award-winning weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by true crime author, Emily G. Thompson. Using investigative research combined with primary audio including 911 calls, interviews and trial testimony, Morbidology takes an in-depth look at some of the world's most heinous murders.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support.
Episodes
321: Riley Whitelaw
Riley Whitelaw was working the evening shift at Walgreens in Colorado Springs on 11 June, 2022. She told her manager that she was going on a break. The minutes turned to hours, and Riley still hadn’t returned.Become a supporter of this podc…
320: Jesse Dirkhising
Police in Rogers, Arkansas, were responding to a report of somebody not breathing one early morning in September 1999. As they pulled up outside the unassuming apartment, a nude man flung open the front door and screamed: “He’s not breathin…
319: Charisse & Lacie Christopher
One afternoon in June 1987, Nancy Wilson was at her home in the Hiwassee Apartments in Millington, Tennessee. She heard a loud thump from the apartment above. Seconds later, she heard a woman scream “get out” followed by a bloodcurdling scr…
318: Ashlee Martinson
Hidden among the wooded backroads of rural Wisconsin sat a modest farmhouse. It was quiet, unremarkable, and seemingly ordinary. But behind closed doors, it was a place of fear and control. In March 2015, that house became the scene of some…
317: Tracie McBride
One night in February 1995, Dawn Walker was talking to a friend stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. But during that call, her friend’s voice trailed off. She was distracted. There was somebody with her. Suddenly the…
316: Linda Stoltzfoos
In the quiet farmlands of Pennsylvania, the Amish live by tradition - peaceful, close-knit, and untouched by much of the outside world. But when one of their own didn’t come home one Sunday, that peace was broken. What followed would draw t…
315: The Fisher Children
On a summer afternoon in Waterville, Maine, a man returned home to a chilling silence. What he found behind the door would alter the course of his life, and the town’s history, forever. What happened was only the beginning of a tragic story…
314: Blaze Bernstein
Blaze Bernstein was home for winter break, reconnecting with old friends and preparing for a new semester at the University of Pennsylvania. But on a cool January night in 2018, he vanished. What began as a missing person’s case soon spiral…
Introducing: The Lost Boys of Wineville
From the creators of the award-winning podcast They Walk Among Us comes The Lost Boys of Wineville—an extended limited series spanning 30 in-depth episodes. This gripping true-crime saga unravels a chilling story that unfolded nearly a cent…
313: Christopher Barrios Jr.
On the 8th of March, 2007, in the quiet mobile home community of Horseshoe Lane, Brunswick, Georgia, six-year-old Christopher Michael Barrios Jr. vanished without a trace. As the search for Christopher unfolded, dark secrets in the neighbou…
312: The Zhou Family
Brooklyn’s Sunset Park is a tight-knit neighbourhood, where families share meals, traditions, and the quiet rhythm of daily life. But on one October night in 2013, that quiet was shattered—when blood-curdling screams echoed down 57th Street…
311: Francine Hughes
In 1977, the small town of Dansville, Michigan, was shattered by a fire that killed a man in his sleep. But this wasn’t just another tragic house fire. What unfolded was a story of fear, survival, and justice in a system that offered none. …
310: Quinton Simon
In the quiet suburbs of Savannah, Georgia, 20-month-old Quinton Simon was reported missing from his crib in October 2022. His mother said he vanished without a trace. But as investigators dug deeper, it became clear - something wasn’t addin…
309: BIll & Opal Arnold
In 1958, Omaha, Nebraska, was a city of quiet neighbourhoods and steady lives. But behind one front door, a teenager harboured a secret so dark it would shatter his family—and stun the entire community. What no one knew was that the story w…
308: Benjamin Cervera
On the morning of August 17, 2021, the emergency room at Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, was bustling with the usual chaos of a busy hospital. Nurses rushed between patients, doctors consulted charts, and worried parent…
307: Russell Hill & Carol Clay
The Wonnangatta Valley is as beautiful as it is remote, a vast expanse of wilderness nestled deep in Victoria’s High Country. It’s the kind of place where people go to disappear—sometimes by choice, sometimes not. When experienced campers R…
306: The Kasten Family
At the St. Charles County 911 dispatch centre, the holiday season had brought an unusually calm night on one of the final days of 2018. But just before midnight, that all changed. A frantic and desperate call came through. Screaming, loud p…
305: Terry Neely
When firefighters responded to a blaze behind a Phoenix church in August 2009, they expected a routine call. But as the flames died down, they uncovered something far more disturbing—a discovery that would lead detectives into a gruesome an…
Introducing: Suave
The Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast returns for its second season! Seven years after his release from prison, former juvenile lifer Luis "Suave" Gonzalez seems to be thriving. His career has taken off, he’s in a committed relationship and h…
304: Monika Beerle
The East Village in the late 1980s was a world of its own—gritty, chaotic, and teeming with eccentric characters. Among them was Daniel Rakowitz, a self-proclaimed prophet who roamed the streets with his pet rooster, spouting bizarre religi…
303: Jeffrey Baldwin
When emergency responders arrived at a home in Toronto on a cold November morning in 2002, they found a little boy lying lifeless on the floor. At first glance, it seemed like he had simply stopped breathing. But as investigators took a clo…
Introducing: The Crime Scene Weekly
Introducing a new podcast for the true crime-obsessed: "The Crime Scene Weekly," from our friends at ABC Audio. Every Wednesday, "The Crime Scene Weekly" brings you the latest in true crime.ABC News correspondent Brad Mielke sits down with …
302: Meghan Elliott
In the early morning hours of 29 September, 2021, Michael Elliot had just drifted off to sleep. However, he was awoken by a strange sound coming from somewhere in his home. It appeared that somebody was on the phone, and they sounded scared…
301: Jeanine Grinsell & Laurie McKenna
In the 1980s, Carolands Mansion sat abandoned in the hills of Hillsborough, California. Once a grand estate commissioned by the heiress to the Pullman railway fortune, it had since become a haunted house of sorts. But in 1985, something ins…
Presenting: KILLER MINDS
Formerly known as Mind of A Serial Killer, Killer Minds takes you deep into the psychology of history’s most chilling murderers—from infamous serial killers to ruthless cult leaders, deadly exes, and terrifying spree killers. Every Monday a…
300: Robert Holohan
On the evening of 4 January, 2005, the quiet townload of Ballyedmond in Midleton, Ireland, was thrown into turmoil. An 11-year-old boy had vanished and his BMX was found against a bush not too far from his home… SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Start y…
299: Cody Posey
Sam Donaldson returned to his Hondo, New Mexico, ranch after a Fourth of July weekend away with his wife, expecting the usual buzz of ranch life. Instead, an unsettling silence greeted him. As he neared the ranch house, a foul, metallic ste…
298: Sharon Lopatka
Sharon Lopatka’s husband didn’t think anything of it when she told him she was travelling out of state to visit friends. However, everything changed when he found what appeared to be a suicide note she had penned. When detectives got involv…
Introducing Killer Communications
Introducing Killer CommunicationsA Preview of Episode 1: Dale WilliamsIn the small town of Nucla, Colorado, autobody shop Dale Williams took a call at his shop in 1999 for a stranded vehicle. He left in his truck and was never heard from ag…
297: Charlie Howard
Charlie Howard just wanted to live openly and authentically. But one fateful night in 1984, as he walked arm in arm with his boyfriend across a bridge in Bangor, Maine, a group of teenagers began hurling homophobic slurs. What followed woul…
296: Matthew Cecchi
Bill Kasilo was in his van listening to the radio in the campsite at Oceanside Harbour, California, on the night of 14 November, 1998. It was a quiet night, but that stillness was shattered by a deafening scream. Bill followed the source of…
295: Brianna Kupfer
After the body of a young woman was found inside a furniture store in Los Angeles, California, detectives began in their investigation. On the counter beside the till, they came across an audio recording device. It had captured the entire m…
294: The Mandan Massacre
Justin Brockheim pulled up outside the RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, North Dakota, just before 7:30AM on the 1st of April, 2012, to begin his shift. He stepped into the building, anticipating to see his boss already at work – he…
293: The Urdanivia Children
One October afternoon in 1959, an apartment building owner in Allentown, Pennsylvania, noticed the unsettling smell of gas seeping into the hallways. As he traced it to one unit, he had no idea the heartbreaking discovery awaiting him insid…
292: Kendrick Lee
In October 2021, police were dispatched to a home in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. They had received a call from a teenage boy who reported he and his two younger brothers had been abandoned by their mother. The officers expected to find c…
291: Dorothy Mayfield
Just after midnight on September 13, 1990, a security company in Lexington, South Carolina, received an alarm alert from 5037 Sunset Boulevard. Attempts to contact the home’s occupants failed, prompting police to investigate. What they foun…
290: Jason Foreman
It was a peaceful day on Shaeffer Street, where the quiet hum of daily life filled the air in this close-knit, working-class neighborhood of Peace Dale, Rhode Island. Families chatted on porches, children played outside, and everyone went a…
289: The Kologi Massacre
On New Year’s Eve 2017, the neighbourhood of Wall Street in Long Branch, New Jersey, was abuzz with the sound of fireworks as families gathered to ring in the New Year. But just about 15 minutes before midnight, another sound echoed in the …
288: The Tiede Cabin Murders
In December 1990, families across Utah were busy preparing for Christmas, wrapping presents and decorating their homes. Among them was the Tiede family, who had retreated to their secluded cabin in Oakley to celebrate the holidays. After a …
287: Maire Rankin
As families across the world were gathering for Christmas morning in 2008, a concerned son-in-law in Newry, Northern Ireland, was trying to reach his elderly mother-in-law. She hadn’t been answering her phone, and worry had set in. Deciding…