Morbidology

It was June of 2019 when a young woman vanished after getting off a flight from Los Angeles, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah. Investigation would uncovered that she had ordered a Lyft from the airport, but it didn’t take her back home. Instead, she was driven to a local park in the dead of the night. SPONSORS - Truebill: Thank you to Truebill for sponsoring this episode! It’s time to fight bac...

This is an excerpt from The Fall Line Podcast’s two-part series on the unsolved murder of Moses Williams Junior. It’s from Episode One: Fat Man On Super Bowl Sunday, 2012, a gunshot rang out across the darkened streets of Aiken, SC--and 19-year-old Moses “Fat Man” Williams Jr., a popular former high-school football star, slumped in the driver’s seat of his car. Though his girlfriend and her sister...

One of the darkest fears of parents worldwide is stranger abduction. Thankfully, abductions by strangers are among the rarest crimes committed against children. Tragically, however, they do occur. In October of 1999, one such crime would galvanize the community of Kansas City, Kansas, launching an exhaustive manhunt which spanned multiple states. SPONSORS - Vodacast: Thank you to Vodacast for spon...

By March of 2020, the world as we know it changed. COVID-19 spread like wildfire; thousands of people were dying each week and lockdown was just around the corner. That same month, Gretchen Anthony from Florida began texting her relatives to tell them she had COVID-19 and was being held at a CDC approved task force. This task force did not exist. Gretchen was nowhere to be found, but search of the...

Who doesn't love stories of the strange, the weird and the unexplained? Well, I've got a podcast just for you! Jim Harold's Campfire is the elite. The concept is simple: Jim chats to regular folks about the most bizarre thing they have experienced. Subscribe to Jim Harold's Campfire on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to podcasts! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www...

It was the 20th of February, 2016, when Morgan Lawrence received a peculiar text message from her husband, Ryan Lawrence. He had been scheduled to pick her up from work with their young daughter but the text message strangely read that the car would be waiting for her outside with the keys inside. When she arrived home, her husband and daughter were nowhere to be seen… SPONSORS - June’s Journey: T...

In February of 2017, a woman in Brandon, Mississippi, would call police after a man shot her in the thigh as she was out jogging. This one phone call would lead to the discovery of another crime scene, followed by a 2,000 mile manhunt which left behind in its wake, a trail of carnage and violence. SPONSORS - Blenders: Thank you to Blenders for sponsoring this episode! Blenders offers affordable an...

Mujey Dumbuya and her family had come to the United States for pastures greener. After their home country of Sierra Leonne became embroiled in civil war, they thought that United States would be a place of safety. In 2018, however, Mujey vanished after leaving her home to catch a bus to school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fear immediately encompassed her family, even more so because she had been sch...

In spring of 2018, a mother of three vanished from Hilliard in Florida. According to her estranged husband, she was probably off “on a bender somewhere.” However, as an investigation was launched, two suspicious people from within the woman’s life emerged, ultimately leading to a grim conclusion. SPONSORS - Vodacast: Thank you to Vodacast for sponsoring this episode! Vodacast is a brand new podcas...

SoHo House Hotel is a members-only hotel located in the heart of New York City. It’s long been a playpen for the rich and famous. While it’s not the sort of hotel where grisly acts occur, in December of 2010, a guest would complain of water leaking from the ceiling. Hotel management went to investigate and what they found in the hotel room directly above would shatter the idyl of the celebrity hot...

Pittsfield is located right in the heart of the Berkshires in Massachusetts. While it’s the largest city in Berkshire County, the city has a real laid-back atmosphere. In 2011, Pittsfield was hit hard by Hurricane Irene, and in the aftermath, it was noticed that three well-known men, two of whom were vulnerable, had vanished from their apartment. Suspicions would immediately be aroused, and these...

In May of 2016, a newly-divorced mother-of-two moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, to start afresh. Instead, however, she would find herself the victim of a random and chilling crime, a crime that struck fear into the heart of the community. The case became a disturbing reminder that sometimes, people will do anything for money, and sometimes, you can become a victim in the sanctity of your own home...

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It was around 6AM the 16th of June, 2013, when a man who was recovering from open heart surgery came across a grisly scene as he was talking an early morning walk on Old Bayleaf Road near the reservoir in Raleigh, North Carolina. SPONSORS - Fortunately: Thank you to Fortunately for sponsoring this episode! Life happens, but not randomly. Fortunately runs the numbers so that you can save money and...

Abington Township is a safe, close-knit community located in the first-ring suburb of Pennsylvania. There’s around 55,000 residents, mostly drawn to the area due to its accessibility, affordability and diversity. In 2016, a teenage girl was reported missing in Abington Township. The investigation would be hampered by her adoptive mother’s reluctance to assist investigators. This only begged the qu...

It’s estimated that around 35,000 Australians go missing each year. That’s a startling one every 15 minutes. More than half of those that go missing are under 18-years-old. While the majority turn up after hours, days, weeks or even months, there’s a handful that never turn up again, that vanish without a trace. In summer of 2011, a teenage girl vanished in Boronia, Australia, on the way to school...

In January of 2020, a young woman within the Mennonite community vanished from outside the Mennonite Church in Farmington, New Mexico. The investigation would lead directly to a man within the United States Army, a man who had been harboring ominous sentiments about those in the religion. SPONSORS - Sambucol: Thank you to Sambucol for sponsoring this episode! Sambucol makes you feel better with po...

In 2017, paramedics and police rushed to an apartment in Alta Vista, Iowa, after receiving a report of a unresponsive baby. When they arrived, the stench that emanated in the air only indicated the horrors that they would find. They were led to a darkened room where their eyes transfixed to a figure in the corner, a figure that they soon realised was a little baby boy motionless in a powered swing...

Woodland Park is a city located just a 20 minute drive up the Ute Pass from the picturesque Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The convenient mountain enclave is known as The City Above the Clouds and is the perfect location for those who love to be in the great outdoors. In 1992, the city would be rocked by a shocking double murder, a double murder that would be discovered when a teenage...

The award-winning team that created ‘They Walk Among Us’, featuring true crime cases from the UK, now bring their unique and bone-chilling podcast across the pond. This is ‘They Walk Among America’ - a new, true-crime podcast covering tales of murder and mystery in the United States. ‘They Walk Among America’ is a Law & Crime podcast network production. For more information visit: https://lawandcr...

Lisa Marie Naegle had always dreamed of becoming a reality star. In 2010, she hoped these dreams would materialize when she was selected to compete in the controversial reality show, Bridalplasty. The show, however, was hit with much criticism and Lisa would return home to California and continue with her average life. In 2016, however, Lisa made the headlines across the nation when she vanished u...

Clyde is a small city located in Ohio, in the United States. It’s a tight-knit city with a small population and civic pride among the residents. The crime rate in Clyde is extremely low but in Spring of 2015, this quaint city would be rocked by an extremely heinous crime that began to unravel following a gruesome discovery in a car park. The tense investigation into the murder would prove that som...

In early 2018, an inmate at Santa Fe County Jail heard some grisly details from a fellow inmate. It was a confession, a confession that her son had been murdered. Rumours in jail and prison can be rife but an investigation would uncover that this was certainly more than just a rumour. SPONSORS - Sambucol: Thank you to Sambucol for sponsoring this episode! Sambucol makes you feel better with powerf...

In March of 2019, a young woman vanished after leaving a bar in Columbia, South Carolina. She had ordered an Uber while standing outside the bar on her own. CCTV footage from outside the bar would capture the young woman entering a vehicle which had pulled up alongside her. By first appearances, it was the Uber that she had ordered. However, by the following morning, the young woman still hadn’t a...

It was September of 2005 when a man came running up the dam beside the Princes Highway in Victoria, Australia. He was soaking wet and had the look of fear frozen on his face. The man managed to flag down a passing vehicle. He exclaimed that he had crashed his car into the dam and it had sunk to the bottom of the dark and icy waters. He then added that his three children were still inside the car…...