Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Many people following "True Crime" know the name "Texas Equusearch" and its founder, Tim Miller. Not everyone knows that Tim Miller is the father of Laura Miller, a 16-year-old who vanished September 10th, 1984, in the Texas coastal town of League City. For 17 months, Tim Miller worked with law enforcement and volunteers to find his daughter without success. On February 2nd, 1986, two boys riding...

James Vlassakis was part of a group of men who preyed on the physically and mentally weak in their community, gaining banking and welfare information that created a waterfall of money that kept coming even after the victims were dead. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the case that became the subject of books, articles, and movies related to the deaths of at least 11 people, 8 of whom w...

The execution of Christa Pike did not go off as planned and she is currently on a ventilator in ICU as her attorneys file motion to preserve evidence. The Head of Tennessee's Prison System resigns after the failed execution. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack review the case and the botched execution attempt and look to the future of what happens next. Highlights: 00:01.400 - The Colleen Slemmer Ca...

Four days after Christmas on December 29, 1977, skeletal remains and clothing were discovered near the Firestone Tire plant in Wilson, North Carolina. After state and local police found the remains, a medical examiner said they belonged “to a white female, approximately 16 to 23 years old, who had likely been there for six months to two years." That was as far as the case seemed to go before...

The investigation into the House of Horror in Philadelphia keeps getting more disgusting by the day! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the new evidence that has been uncovered, including R.C. Horsch ties to a funeral home shut down for selling body parts as well as a film showing a woman, alive, handcuffed to a bed, strangled, and what appears to be her lifeless body, a snuff film shot wit...

The death of Nolan Wells has been in the national spotlight since he was reported missing in the first hour of July 5, 2026. His body was found at 8:45am on Monday, July 6, 2026 at the northwestern tip of Horn Island. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the unanimous decision not to indict: All 23 participating grand jurors returned a "No True Bill" after hearing from 43 witnesses and lookin...

Melissa Casias was not a "scientist", she worked as an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, a major U.S. nuclear research facility. Her husband also worked there. Melissa vanished on June 26, 2025. She was last seen walking along a state highway. An extensive search failed to find Melissa. Nearly a year after her disappearance, on May 28, 2026, her skeletonized remains were...

In the Chicago suburb of Frankfort, Illinois, neighbors are concerned they have a Lindsay Clancy "copycat" when a two-year-old toddler is found hanging from a rafter in the basement of the Walsh family home. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the known facts of the case and question how some of the timeline of events have been reported. Highlights: 00:01.400 Setting the Stage for Body Ba...

During a Labor Day Weekend spent with family at Cedar Creek Lake, Jerry Mack Watkins and his wife, Shelley Watkins, get into an argument on Monday September 6th, that ends up with Jerry Mack taking the couple’s two daughters home, leaving Shelley time at the lake to cool off. Shelley arrives home from the lake at 11pm that night and the argument that began at the lake continues with Jerry Ma...

As Burning Man 2025 was winding down and the iconic "Man" burned, Vadim Kruglov, a 37-year-old Russian-born man who had been living in Washington state, was discovered in a pool of blood at the wild festival at about 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 30, 2025. In the year since the death of Kruglov, no arrest has been made and investigators have not even named a "Person of Interest".  Joseph Scott Morgan and...

Katie Garcia came home from her job as a massage therapist around 9:30pm, spends a normal evening at home with her husband, Billy Taylor, and went to bed. Around 6:30am the next morning, Billy wakes up and notices Katie is missing. He looks all around the inside of the house to no avail, then goes outside. In a side yard, Billy finds his unconscious wife, bloody, beaten, and partially nude. A para...

September 11, 2001 - 2,753 people were murdered in the Twin Towers in NYC. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the efforts required to identify the people who lost their lives on that awful day. Even now, after a quarter of a century, 1,100 people who died that day in the towers have not been identified. Joe explains what recovery was like for those at ground zero and the work that still nee...

911 received a call from Patrick "Ted" Barnett telling the dispatcher that his wife, Lindsey, "cut herself and her throat". First responders found Lindsey in the shower, dead, with a large laceration across the front of her neck and a serrated knife nearby. "Ted" claims his wife, Lindsey, had postpartum depression and killed herself. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the facts of the case...

Pennsylvania University soccer star Karoline Heintz and her boyfriend Royce Moser were having a discussion about their relationship when, according to Royce, Karoline said something that made him mad. Royce excused himself, telling Karoline, he has something for her, and goes inside his father's house. When he returns to Karoline, he allegedly stabs her in the chest with a knife. Joseph Scott Morg...

Brady Harmon had been kept away from his children for years as his ex-wife and ex-mother-in-law made up wild claims of abuse to prevent the children from seeing their father. None of the claims were substantiated and the children were excited about the prospect of seeing their father for an extended visit. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss one of the most shocking and sad cases ever; the m...

On June 19, 2026, in Philadelphia, PA, a park ranger notices a black BMW parked in a restricted area near Independence Mall. Hearing a woman inside the car say, "you're going to hurt me",  the Park Ranger decides to check things out. The driver is identified as Eugene Horsch. The female passenger produced identification bearing the name of Blair Tonzelli. Tonzelli had been reported missing in...

The trial of "Keffe D"Davis for the murder of Tupac has opened a lot of old wounds, reminding many people about the 90s East Coast / West Coast feud. The question is simple: Who called for the murder of Tupac, and how did he almost survive being shot in Las Vegas. Joseph Scott Morgan explains what really caused the death of Tupac as Dave Mack breaks down the battle that was raging in the Hip Hop w...

When Ella Jackson vanishes without a trace, her husband, Eastern Kentucky University professor Glenn Jackson, doesn't report her missing. Her 19-year-old son, Phillip Hans, reports his mother missing. This is just one of many red flags that begin flapping in the breeze in the disappearance and murder of Ella Jackson. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine the case that begins with a "welfare" c...

Shocked workers demolishing a multi-home vacant complex in Niagara Falls in 2023 halt work immediately when they find human remains. The building had been vacant for over 5 years, but the remains appeared to have been in place for decades. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case of Brenda LeBlanc, a woman who was last seen in the mid-90s, and whose remains took nearly three years to ide...

The battle over the mental health of Lindsay Clancy has created a smokescreen to blanket the case of three children being killed by the one person who should have made them feel safe, their mother, in the place where they should feel most safe, their own home. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine the deaths of three children at the hands of their own mother to discover how the children died a...

56 bodies in various stages of decomposition, corpses stacked on top of one another, rat and maggot infestation, all found inside South Chicago Chapel after neighborhood complaints of a horrible smell that had been going on for more than a year! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at the case that had more than just a few warning signs and examine the horrible conditions created by the o...

Retired Pastor John Bridges has been married 5 times. His first four wives all died, and police are now investigating the deaths of his first two wives, Joyce Bridges and Astrid Bridges, who died 21 years apart. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the cases and how after decades, these two deaths, that were originally ruled "accidental", are now ruled "homicides". Highlights 00:01.360 ...

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take an in-depth forensic look and compare the murders of Charlie Kirk and Martin Luther King Jr.  Highlights 00:01.36  Setting the Stage for a Comparative Analysis 00:10.44  The Podcast Journey and Personal Reflections 05:45.00  The Charlie Kirk and MLK Assassinations: A 09:52.28  The Anatomy of Gunshot Wounds 12:57.00  MLK's Fatal S...

The family of 55-year-old Mark Trent became concerned after Trent stopped communicating with them, so they decided to go to his Muncie, Indiana, home to see what they could find. Arriving at his home, relatives found his home abandoned, his dogs were left behind, his wallet was in the house, and his pickup truck was missing. Since it is not illegal for a grown man to cut off communication with fam...

On June 21, 1978, a tractor operator cultivating a grape vineyard near Arvin, California, uncovered a shallow grave. The remains were already in a partial skeletal state making visual identification impossible. Investigators estimated the teen died three to four months before her remains were found. Unable to identify the remains, the case went cold but not forgotten. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave...