Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Kenneth McNally shot 59-year-old Samuel Holthaus in the face, tied an extension cord around his neck and the other end to the victim's pickup truck, dragged the mortally wounded man more than 300 feet, buried most of his body in a shallow grave, leaving his head sticking out from the ground. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the death of a well-liked man, Samuel Holthaus, by a man who was...

As a child, he was the sensational frontman of the Jackson 5 who was accused of the most heinous crimes against children. As a man, his career sales figures haven't been matched by anyone: The only artist with five solo studio albums that each sold more than 20 million. His album "Thriller" is still the best-selling album of all time with over 70 million sold. In the first year after his death, he...

His talent made him a first-round pick of the New York Jets in the NFL. His use of the term "stabby looking wounds" would make him the butt of a lot of jokes in locker rooms around the country if he wasn’t accused of murdering his girlfriend!  Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at the case of accused killer,  Darron Lee, a 30-year-old football player who had the talent t...

On Easter Sunday, the community of Troy, Indiana is rocked with a shocking home explosion and fire that kills three people.  Before the police investigation was complete or charges filed, the father of one of the victims filed a Civil Wrongful Death lawsuit against Colton Cissell, Kenneth Cissell, and Roberta Cissell. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack explain how homemade fireworks and explos...

A homeless man tells a local artist in Deshong Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, he knows where a body is buried in the park. The artist passes along the information to law enforcement and days after the homeless man approached the artist with a crazy story about a body buried in the park, investigators find the remains of a decomposed corpse buried in a shallow grave. The victims fingertips had been...

Lompoc, California police respond to a report of a father and son fighting.  While traveling to the address, officers get another 911 call from someone stating the father was being beaten-up by the son. Arriving on scene, police are prevented from entering the home by Joseph Garcia Jr. Looking through a window, officers see 68-year-old Joseph Garcia Sr sitting in his recliner, holding his dog...

37-year-old mother of four, Crystal Rasch, vanishes into thin air. The last time she was seen was on surveillance video as she and her estranged husband, Zachariah Rasch, go out to eat and run errands around town. Crystal is reported missing by her stepmother and investigators interview Zachariah Rasch since he was the last person known to see Crystal before she disappeared.  It turns out Cry...

Michaela Rylaarsdam, an Only Fans content creator, and Michael Dale become friendly online and agree to get together for some "fetish" fun. Dale tells Rylaarsdam he wants to have some very specific things done to him during their encounter including the use of gorilla glue to close his eyes shut, ladies boots glued to his feet, and many other things that eventually take place. Joseph Scott Morgan...

In Chelsea, Massachusetts, November 2000, the mutilated remains of a young woman are found in a parking lot behind a home for disabled veterans.  The head and hands of the remains are missing, but investigators find surveillance video of the possible killer dropping off the remains in the parking lot. Using the video, investigators are able to identify and arrest a suspect in the homicide, Eu...

The New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned the second-degree murder conviction of Adam Montgomery in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go over the case file to try and determine why the Supreme Court of New Hampshire made the decision to overturn the conviction and what will happen next. The body of Harmony Montgomery was only 5 when she va...

The autopsy reports of the victims of Bryan Kohberger provided so much information that previously was unknown or not public knowledge that Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack needed more time to examine what happened to the victims and how the reports better inform the timeline created in explaining the attacks. In part one, a lot of time was spent on the overall attack as well as the injuries suff...

The autopsy reports of the victims of Bryan Kohberger have been made public, and Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at how the autopsy reports match up with what is believed to have happened inside the home in Moscow, Idaho, November 13, 2022.  There is so much information two episodes have been created to respectfully explain the horror inflicted on Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen...

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack recorded this episode in front of a Live Audience at CrimeCon 2026 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Joe and Dave discuss three cases that were resolved decades after the incidents took place: the 1964 gruesome torture and murder of Catherine Blackurn,  the 1958 disappearance of the Martin Family, and the 2006 discovery of the "woman in the well".  As a st...

June 5, 1968, just before midnight, Senator Robert F Kennedy delivered a victory speech in the Embassy Ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the democratic primary. RFK was supposed to address another group of supporters in another ballroom, but a last minute press conference was put together, and Kennedy was forced to take an unplanned shortcut through the pantry in the ki...

Courtney Clenney gained fame and fortune as an "OnlyFans" model, and a reputation as a combative partner for Christian Obumseli. Police in Austin, Las Vegas, and Miami became familiar with the couple. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the death of Obumseli, comparing the story told by Clenney and the truth about throwing a knife 10 feet causing the death of a 6 foot, 220 pound, healthy...

The FBI obtained a DNA sample from a person on the Carnival Cruise ship with Anna Kepner that is only identified as a "minor male" from "out of state". Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go over the information in the unsealed detention hearing transcripts and what the second DNA sample means to the investigation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When officers are dispatched to check on a call of a man walking around a condo complex in his underwear, mumbling to himself and incoherent, they have no idea of the horror that awaits. Matthew Lewinski is taken from the condo complex and admitted to Henry Ford Hospital Intensive Care Unit.  Lewinski's sister, Debra Federico, is notified by the condominium complex that lights were left 'on'...

On January 8, 1994, a person walking a wooded area off of State Highway 225 in Baldwin County, Alabama, spotted skeletal remains with items scattered about the scene:  A trucker hat that said America By Birth, Texan by Grace Of God,  a western shirt, an inhaler, a digital watch, dark pair of prescription,  bifocal glasses, a mechanical pen and pencil set, as well as a torch tip. Inv...

Out of prison for exactly one month, Christopher Ebanks is accused of killing a friend, Billy Joe Carrethers, with some type of odd stabbing weapon, then forcing Carrethers girlfriend, Selena Blanco, to clean up the mess. The victim was then placed in a bathtub, wrapped up in carpet and air mattress, bound with an extension cord and put into a closet. But not before Ebanks allegedly cut off the vi...

July 12, 1980, Everett, Washington: Married, mother of two, Susan Vesey, was found dead in her home the morning after her 21st birthday.  Her children were home while she was tied up, beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled.  Many possible suspects, including her husband and brother-in-law, were interviewed, but no arrest was made, and the case went cold.  June 2, 1984, Everett, Wa...

On February 22, 2003, the body of 57-year-old Jeanette Wilton was discovered near her home in the Flint River, close to a train trestle.  Joseph Scott Morgan takes an in-depth look at the autopsy that showed the mother of three and grandmother to seven, had been sexually assaulted before she died of strangulation and multiple stab wounds to her neck. She also suffered blunt force trauma to he...

When Katherine Torbick failed to show up for work and friends could not get her to reply to calls and texts, police were called to do a "well-being" check. Officers were made aware of a recent domestic violence incident at the home involving Katherine and Kevin Motykie. Katherine ended her relationship with Motykie and he had a pending arrest warrant for aggravated domestic battery involving Kathe...

Noel Rodriguez Alvarez was last seen in October 2022. Nobody reported him missing. Family members got concerned after his mother, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh made comments about Noel being possessed and a possible danger to her newborn twins. Police were asked to do a welfare check on March 10, 2023. Within 12 days Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, her husband, and six children ages 5 months to 11 years were on th...

Danny Calahane was at home with his young daughter when two men showed up with screwdrivers aiming to do Danny harm. Danny fought back against the intruders, chasing them from his home while protecting his daughter.  The intruders came back, this time with sulfuric acid, attacking Danny and covering his body in the acid. As the two men fled the scene, police and paramedics were called. Danny...

The headlines scream "87-year-old Serial Killer, Paroled Twice, Convicted of Murdering and Dismembering 3rd Victim."  Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look back at the life and crimes of Harvey Marcelin.  Marcelin was sentenced to "life" in prison in 1963. Paroled in 1984, he killed again and was sent back to prison in 1985. Paroled again in 2019.....Marcelin kills again. In 2022 M...