Morbidology

The death penalty. It’s easily one of the biggest debates in America. Even today. Now those who agree with the death penalty like to imagine that the state never gets it wrong. However, that’s just not the case. It is better that ten guilty people go free than one innocent person be killed for a crime he did not commit. The case of Carlos DeLuna is not a lesson in justice, but injustice. It truly...

The case of Shawna Forde is a bizarre and tragic tale which highlights the dangers of militia groups. She first began making headlines in 2009, when she claimed to have been targeted for a series of violent incidents in Everett, Washington. According to Forde, she was the victim of Mexican drug cartel retribution for her Minutemen activism. The Minuteman Project began in 2004, allegedly in a respo...

As human beings, we all have ambitions and goals. For a number of people all across the world, their life’s ambition is quite simply to have a large family. In a perfect world, babies are born into hard-working families that do their best to provide for them a loving home and a stable environment. But what about those that are seen as nothing more than a source of income? Mick Philpott first saw h...

Lying south of Bega in New South Wales, Australia, is the tiny hamlet of Kalaru. In 1997, it only had around 400 residents, living among the green pastures of prime south-coast dairy country. It’s a tight-knit community where everybody knows their neighbor. There are no fancy houses, hotels or restaurants, just modest homes, a service station, and a caravan park. Surrounded by bushland and beaches...

If you’re driving along Interstate 80 at the Utah-Nevada border, or as its commonly called “cowboy corridor," your eyes will be drawn towards a massive neon cowboy, waving suggestively into the sun. This cowboy’s name is Wendover Will and he has been welcoming gamblers to West Wendover, Nevada, for almost 7 decades. West Wendover is a small city that has thrived under a lucrative gambling industry...

For a number of serial killers, sometimes the act of murder just isn’t enough to satisfy them. Some taunt the police in letters. Some call family members to tease them. Some take to the media to stir up emotions. Such cat-and-mouse messages often satisfy the killer’s desperate ego and heighten their sense of control over the world. They want recognition and attention for their crimes But sometimes...

The Connecticut town of Cheshire has a suburban and homely feel. It looked like it belonged on a pretty postcard. Residents of this quaint town take care of their homes and keep their lawns well manicured. Historically, it was a farming town with a number of small family-run farms. But then in 2007, a random home invasion took a sinister turn and ended with the murders of two young girls and their...

The day before Jeff Hall was murdered, his 10-year-old son, Joseph Hall, proudly showed a family friend a leather belt emblazoned with an SS emblem. “Look what my dad got me,” he said. Unbeknownst to anybody at the time, Joseph would murder his Nazi father the very next day. Show Notes: https://morbidology.com/morbidology-the-podcast-07-jeff-hall/ Audio Credit: Ever Mindful Kevin MacLeod (incompet...

Over a 16-month period, beginning in the spring of 1971, an elusive killer targeted young African American girls in Washington, D.C. Seeing as the unidentified killer disposed of the bodies near busy freeways in both the District of Columbia and in Prince, he was dubbed “The Freeway Phantom.” Show Notes: https://morbidology.com/morbidology-the-podcast-04-the-freeway-phantom/ Audio Credit: Ever Min...

Eleven-year-old Levi lived in 6545 Burruss Mill Road in Cumming, Georgia, with his twin sister, Laci, and his mother, Marilyn Parkman. On the 22nd of October, 1997, Levi vanished while cycling home from doing homework at his friend's home. His body was found the following day in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area. He had been shot dead. Who killed him? Show Notes: https://morbidology.com/morbi...

The tragic case of Elisa Izquierdo is an all-too-familiar tale of bureaucratic ineptitude. Her short life and brutal death was so horrendous that it reduced even the most hardened officers to tears.  When she was just 6-years-old, she was murdered by her abusive mother. New York’s Child Welfare Administration knew all about Elisa's plight long before her death yet did nothing to save her. Young El...

In 1984, Ferntree Gully in Melbourne, Australia, was rocked by the brutal murder of a single mother and her young daughter. A mix-up in forensic evidence has resulted in the case tragically becoming a cold case. 35 years later and investigators are no closer to uncovering what happened... SHOW NOTES - https://morbidology.com/morbidology-the-podcast-episode-03-seana-margaret-tapp/ PATREON - https:/...

Over the course of two years in the early 1970s, Santa Rosa, California, was terrorized by an unidentified serial killer. He was dubbed the "Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Killer" because his victims were girls and young women that had been hitchhiking. The killer was never identified but suspects were plentiful including the infamous Zodiac Killer and Ted Bundy. SHOW NOTES - https://morbidology.com/morbid...

In May of 1991, 5-year-old Timmy Wiltsey was reported missing by his mother, Michelle Lodzinski, from a carnival in Sayreville, New Jersey. Within days, Michelle's version of events would change substantially but would Timmy ever be coming home? SHOW NOTES: https://morbidology.com/morbidology-the-podcast-01-timmy-wiltsey/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/morbidology Audio Credit: Ever Mindful, On...