Morbidology

Bristol is a city in England that prides itself on being one of Britain’s most tolerant and forward-thinking communities. However, a brutal murder of a disabled man in 2013 left the area recoiling in horror, even more so when it was uncovered that the murder had been the result of institutional racism, a vicious rumor mill, vigilante justice and a misguided police investigation. SPONSOR - WHAT HAP...

What lengths would a parent go to to have their child’s body returned to them? Would you let your child’s killer go free so that you could be reunited with their body? Sadly, when Matthew Leveson vanished in 2007, his parents would be faced with this unimaginable scenario. SPONSORS - FLOWERPOWER - Thank you to FlowerPower for sponsoring this episode! It's time to take charge of your feminine healt...

Over three decades ago, a 7-year-old girl vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night while everybody else in the suburb slept soundly. It's frightening for a parent to think that someone could sneak into their child's bedroom completely undetected. It's terrifying for a parent to think that they could be suspected. This investigative true crime series dissects a case that has polarized a...

Kelli Bordeaux was a young soldier at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg. One night in 2012, she took a break from her regimented lifestyle to enjoy a Friday night at a local bar where she had a few drinks, played a couple of games of pool and belted out some songs on Karaoke. However, after leaving the bar that night, Kelli vanished but not before sending a text message saying that she had arrived home...

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 neighbor’s home. He saw a number of other youths quickly run out after him, punch him, and drag him back inside. What he thought was a typical teenage beat down would turn out to be one of the most brutal...

Amity is a small farming and logging town in Maine of around 200 located near the Canadian border. It is the kind of location people seek out for a quiet and peaceful life. It has not a single store, gas station or even traffic light. In 2010, a shocking murder was discovered inside a mobile home, leaving residents of the sparsely populated community anguished at how such a brutal crime could have...

Halloween is a time for dressing up, watching horror movies, and going trick or treating. It is the one day of the year where the main purpose is to be scared and to scare others. However, amid all the harmless activities and fun of the season, violence can occur and genuine fear can be felt. All of the gruesome murders detailed in this episode took place around Halloween time, giving Halloween so...

In October of 2012, residents in an upmarket and lavish apartment complex in New York City were disturbed by a deafening scream echoing throughout the hallways. A mother had come home to find her apartment pitch black. In the bathroom, as her eyes adjusted to the light, she saw her bathtub spattered in blood and out of the corner of her eye, she saw a woman holding a knife. Vote for Morbidology at...

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In early November of 2006, police in Wake County, North Carolina, were alerted to an upmarket home in a quiet and secluded neighborhood. Inside, the discovered tiny bloody footprints that had been made by a wandering little girl who informed them that her mother had “boo boos everywhere.” Her chilling words only hinted at the horror they would find upstairs. SPONSORS - MYTHS, MAGIC AND MURDER - Th...

Police officers put themselves at risk each day and collateral damage can be a reality that they deal with day-to-day. While police officers are frequently killed in the line of duty, it’s very rare that a police officer is killed by one of their own. What started out at a routine 911 report ended with a police officer bleeding on the ground and another one holding the weapon. SPONSORS - Forever H...

If you’ve ever played the lottery, I don’t doubt you’ve fantasized about winning and what you would do with that kind of money. Maybe buy a mansion, an expensive car. A lot of people think that winning the lottery will be the end of their problems but sadly, the curse of the lottery can often befall the winners, leaving them wishing that they never won at all. In 2009, a lottery winner in Florida...

Shortly after 2:15AM on the 5th of February, 2015, police in Bourne, Massachusetts, received a flurry of phone calls reporting a car that was up in flames at the Monument Beach condominium complex on Roadhouse Road. When they arrived at the scene and discovered the burning car, they weren’t prepared for what they would find next. Soon enough, a routine call turned deadly. SPONSORS - FOREVER HAS FA...

It was shortly after midnight in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the 8th of January, 2015, when a police officer was heading home down I-275 after finishing his shift. Moments later, a PT Cruiser sped past him at around 100mph. The officer tried to keep up with the car and pull it over. When they reached the Dick Misener Bridge on the approach to the Skyway, the car pulled over and the officer pulled...

It was around midnight on the 8th of October, 2016 when a number of drivers swerved to miss a man driving the wrong way on the I-89 highway in Vermont. Emergency dispatchers received phone call after phone call about a vehicle speeding north in a southbound lane. They desperately scrambled to try and locate the vehicle but soon, reports of a crash came flooding in. SPONSORS - REEL PAPER -Thank you...

Casual witnesses to abuse do not have a legal obligation to report it. They do, however, have a moral obligation to report it. In July of 2011, a little girl was found dead inside a lockbox, having suffocated from lack of air. The investigation into her death would reveal what Phoenix, Arizona, police would describe as one of the worst cases in their history. It would be discovered that her death...

Hatteras Drive in Hudson, Florida, backs onto picturesque canals, leading to the Gulf of Mexico. Many residents of this quaint neighbourhood have docks and boats out the back of their homes while fish shacks are peppered throughout the area. Many retirees live in the area and live a simple and quiet life. However in 2014, their idyll was shattered when four bodies were discovered piled on top of o...

In February of 2015, the family of 16-year-old Becky Watts were thrust into a living nightmare when she seemingly vanished after leaving her home. There would be two witnesses who claimed to see Becky leaving her home that morning. However, an investigation struggled to find any evidence that Becky ever left home… SPONSORS - HARRYS – Thank you to Harrys for sponsoring this episode! Save money by s...

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 can feel safe. In 2016, however, the disappearance of a teenager and th...

Neptune City in New Jersey is a town of only 4,900 residents. In 2016, a local teenage girl vanished into thin air. Her abandoned car was discovered at the side of a bridge, prompting speculation that she had ended her own life. This speculation was further exacerbated when one of her close friends came forward to say that she had spoken about suicide in the past. However, it was soon discovered t...

Maple Place Villas is a gated community in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, that is manned by a security guard 24/7. It is the kind of community where elderly people go to retire and the lawns are all freshly manicured. However in May of 2011, the community was rocked by a shocking murder that revealed family strife, teenage rebellion and fatal consequences. It was a murder case that spawned gr...

“No body, no crime.” I’m sure that’s a sentence that many of you have heard before. However, that a massive misconception. While pressing murder charges without a body is certainly much more difficult, murder can be established, even with the most significant piece of evidence missing. In Deltona, Florida, in 2013, a woman and her two children vanished, sparking one of the largest searches in Volu...

According to the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services statistics, in 2012, the agency reported 152 deaths of children that they had been in contact with. This was an alarming average of almost three children per week. Then the following year, DFCS came under scrutiny once again, when a young girl was found dead and their records indicated a long history of abuse claims. PATREON - htt...

In early August of 2015, Vermont was rocked by a shooting spree which culminated with the murder of a social worker. The grim murders sparked intense debate on gun control, mental illness, social services and security. The stolen lives tore apart two families, including one that was forced to deal with the aftermath of knowing that one of their own was responsible. PATREON - https://www.patreon.co...

According to The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, females between the ages of 12 and 19 are the most victimized segment of the U.S. population. In Montgomery County, Texas, in 1998, 19-year-old Melissa Trotter vanished after studying for finals in the library at Montgomery College. Almost immediately, an ex-convict was penned as the most likely suspect in the disappearance... SP...