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In the early summer of 1984, seventeen-year-old Gary Lauwers was murdered by his friend Richard “Ricky” Kasso in the small Long Island suburb of Northport, New York. Lauwers was stabbed more than thirty times in the attack and his body showed signs of what appeared to be torture. The death itself was shocking to the tiny community of Northport, but the details that emerged in the wake of Kasso’s arrest would shock the entire nation. REFERENCES Breskin, Davkd. 1984. "Kids in the Dark." , November 22. Cassidy, Jerry. 1984. "Cops say 2 teens sought corpses for satanic rites." , April 26: 352. Gruson, Lindsey. 1985. "L.I. jury acquits defendant in killing of youth in woods." , April 26: B2. —. 1985. "L.I. murder trial opens; confession is described." , April 5: B2. Maier, Thomas J., and Rex Smith. 1984. "2 teens arraigned in murder." , July 7: 3. McFadden, Robert. 1984. "Youth found hanged in L.I. cell after his arrest in ritual killing." , July 8: 1. Newsday. 1984. "Police reports; Grave robbing." , April 25: 33. O'Neill, Jim, and Dennis Hevesi. 1984. "2 Northport youths charged in 'Satanic' killing of teen." , July 6: 3. Pollack, Jesse P. 2018. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In late 1916, while treating a group of patients at his psychiatric clinic at the University of Vienna, Dr. Constantin von Economo began noticing the appearance of strange symptoms that he could not account for. At the same time, in France, Rene Cruchet began noticing similarly strange and unexpected symptoms in his patients. Though the two men had never met and knew nothing of one another’s patients, they would come to learn they were both witnessing the emergence of a new mysterious disease that would soon affect millions of people around the world. The illnesses documented by von Economo and Cruchet would eventually come to be know as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, a strange condition that caused profound lethargy, hypersomnia, and a wide range of other frightening symptoms. Between 1919 and the early 1930s, millions of people all around the world contracted the illness, with nearly half of all cases resulting in death, and many more suffering long-term effects; yet a cause of the illness has never been established and the terrifying epidemic appears to have faded from memory not long after the disease itself ostensibly disappeared. REFERENCES Brook, Harry Ellington. 1921. "Care of the body." , March 6: 18. Crosby, Molly Caldwell. 2011. New York, NY: Penguin Publishing Group. Hassler, Dr. William. 1919. "No sleeping sickness in S.F." , March 10: 1. Hoffman, Leslie A., and Joel A. Vilensky. 2017. "Encephalitis lethargica: 100 years after the epidemic." 2246-2251. Montreal Star. 1920. "Sleeping sickness puzzling doctors." , January 15: 3. New York Times. 1936. "Awakens from sleep continuing 440 days." , June 14: 13. R.R. Dourmashkin, MD. 1997. "What caused the 1918-30 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica?" 515-520. Sacks, Oliver. 1973. New York, NY: Vintage. San Francisco Examiner. 1919. "New sleeping sickness hits S.F. residents." , March 14: 1. —. 1921. "Ten succumb to sleeping sickness." , August 18: 13. Western Morning News. 1919. "Notices." , January 1: 1. Williams, David Bruce. 2020. "Encephalitis Lethargica: The Challenge of Structure and Function in Neuropsychiatry." 255-262. Wright, Oliver. 2002. "His life passed in a trance but his death may solve medical." , December 14. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Weirdos!! On today's episode Alaina announced the third chapter in the Wren Muller series- e sure to visit to PREORDER NOW by visiting butcherlegacy.com https://butcherlegacy.com . Order NOW to get exclusive SIGNED EDITIONS from BN.com AND the SPECIAL EDITION from Target! In the winter of 1980, wealthy socialite Martha “Sunny” von Bulow was found unconscious in the bathroom of the mansion she shared with her husband, Claus, in Newport, Rhode Island. An ambulance was called and Sunny was rushed to the nearest emergency room, but paramedics and doctors were unable to revive her and Sunny would remain in a coma until her death in 2008. At first, Sunny’s coma was a mystery to doctors, but soon suspicion fell on her husband, Claus, who appeared indifferent to her condition and was openly carrying on an affair with another woman. The family launched a private investigation and eventually turned up strong evidence they believed implicated Claus in the attempted murder of Sunny, but, as they soon learned, believing it and proving it were two very different things. REFERENCES Associated Press. 1985. "von Bulow stepchildren sue him for $56 million." , July 20: 30. Burton, Tony, and William Kutik. 1981. "Charge socialite tried to kill wife." , July 7: 4. Clendinen, Dudley. 1982. "von Bulow trial going to the jury." , March 11: 20. Friendly, Jonathan. 1985. "von Bulow's mistress told of plea not to tesitfy about their affair." , June 6: B15. Kutik, William. 1981. "Claus returns to the scene." , July 9: 4. —. 1981. "In her will, $35M for hubby." , July 8: 189. Nemy, Enid. 2019. "Claus von Bulow, tarred by scandal in the death of his wife, dies at 92." , May 31. —. 2008. "Sunny von Bulow, whose near death started a society drama, dies at 76." , December 7. New York Times. 1982. "von Bulow lover testifies on affair." , February 19: B14. 1984. 82-462-CA (Supreme Court of Rhode Island, May 24). The Economist. 2019. "Did he or didn't he?" , June 15. 1997. Performed by Towers Productions. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On the afternoon of August 23, 2003, Erie, Pennsylvania pizza delivery driver Brian Wells walked into the local branch of the PNC Bank and handed the teller a note warning that he had a bomb and they had fifteen minutes to hand over $250,000 or it would detonate. Unable to access the vault, the teller gave Wells all the cash on hand and he left as the employees triggered the emergency protocol. Fifteen minutes later, Wells was spotted by police and placed under arrest. However, when they went to put handcuffs on the suspects, the officers discovered that Wells did indeed have an explosive device on him—it was strapped to his neck and rigged to explode. Officers cleared the area, but failed to alert the bomb squad in time and the device eventually exploded, killing Wells just three minutes before the bomb squad arrived. The bizarre death of Brian Wells seemed to bring his brief criminal career to an end; yet as investigators began digging into the background of the delivery driver-turned-bank robber, they discovered the plot to rob the PNC Bank was far more elaborate than anyone had imagined. REFERENCES Associated Press. 2003. "Witness also helped in 1977 slaying." , September 25: 5. —. 2003. "Woman charged in roomate's death." , September 23: 2. Dao, James. 2003. "A childlike pizza deliveryman at the center of a puzzling crime." , September 5: A12. Fuoco, Linda Wilson. 2003. "Robber, co-worker death query." , September 1. Fuoco, Michael. 2007. "Feds say collar bomb victim was part of plot." , July 12: 1. Lin, Judy. 2003. "Erie bank robber explodes in police custody." , August 31: 5. —. 2003. "Bomb-case probers urge patience." , September 5: B5. —. 2003. "Man may have been forced to rob Erie bank." , August 31: 3. Mandak, Joe. 2011. "Woman gets life plus 30 in collar-bomb death." , March 1: 1. Nephin, Dan. 2003. "Woman acquitted of boyfriend's death 15 years ago charges with killing another." , September 23: 14. Schapiro, Rich. 2011. "Collar bomb." , Janaury. Times-Tribune. 2005. "Woman pleads guilty in killing." , January 9: 2. 2009. 1:07-cr-26-SJM (United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, September 8). 2012. 11-1601 (United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, September 25). Wire News Service. 2003. "Neighbors say bank robber led quiet life." , September 4: B3. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
When firefighters discovered the body of forty-year-old Terry King inside the charred remains of his Cantonment, Florida home in November 2001, they assumed the man had been asleep when the fire broke out and died as a result. Upon further inspection, investigators found that King hadn’t died as a result of the fire, but from severe blunt force trauma to his head. And even more alarming than that was the fact that King’s two boys, thirteen-year-old Derek and twelve-year-old Alex, were missing. Having occurred immediately in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Terry King’s murder could have easily been one of many tragedies lost in the fog of national trauma and grief; however, when King’s killers were arrested and identified in the days that followed, the story was so shocking, and the motive so heartbreaking, that it managed to break through the wall-to-wall coverage of the attacks. REFERENCES Associated Press. 2002. "Convicted molester denies urging boys to kill dad." , February 1: 33. —. 2002. "Convicted child molester accused of writing love letter to boy in jail." , April 4: 363. —. 2001. "Grandmother: Boys couldn't have killed dad." , November 29: 438. Canedy, Dana. 2002. "Judge throws out brothers' murder conviction." , October 18. —. 2002. "Reject sympathy, jury is told in boys' trial." , September 6. CBS News. 2002. November 7. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-gets-30-years-in-killer-boys-case/. Clark, Lesley. 2001. "Boys accused of bluedgeoning father, setting home on fire." , December 4: 1. Gomez, Alan. 2002. "Boys take stand against friend." , August 28: 1. —. 2002. "Chavis judge denies request for acquittal." , August 29: 1. Graybiel, Ginny. 2002. "Slaying suspect vows he could hurt no one." , August 4: 1. Kaczor, Bill. 2002. "Sons change story, still to be tried for murder." , August 25: 970. Keith Morrison. 2009. September 7. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32664652. 2003. Performed by Bill Kurtis. Midico, Kathryn, and Mollye Barrows. 2004. New York, NY: Avon . New York Times. 2002. "Boy, 13, testifies he and brother didn't kill their father." , September 5. Scandlen, Monica. 2002. "Testimonies quiet, simple." , August 28: 1. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
When firefighters discovered the body of forty-year-old Terry King inside the charred remains of his Cantonment, Florida home in November 2001, they assumed the man had been asleep when the fire broke out and died as a result. Upon further inspection, investigators found that King hadn’t died as a result of the fire, but from severe blunt force trauma to his head. And even more alarming than that was the fact that King’s two boys, thirteen-year-old Derek and twelve-year-old Alex, were missing. Having occurred immediately in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Terry King’s murder could have easily been one of many tragedies lost in the fog of national trauma and grief; however, when King’s killers were arrested and identified in the days that followed, the story was so shocking, and the motive so heartbreaking, that it managed to break through the wall-to-wall coverage of the attacks. REFERENCES Associated Press. 2002. "Convicted molester denies urging boys to kill dad." , February 1: 33. —. 2002. "Convicted child molester accused of writing love letter to boy in jail." , April 4: 363. —. 2001. "Grandmother: Boys couldn't have killed dad." , November 29: 438. Canedy, Dana. 2002. "Judge throws out brothers' murder conviction." , October 18. —. 2002. "Reject sympathy, jury is told in boys' trial." , September 6. CBS News. 2002. November 7. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-gets-30-years-in-killer-boys-case/. Clark, Lesley. 2001. "Boys accused of bluedgeoning father, setting home on fire." , December 4: 1. Gomez, Alan. 2002. "Boys take stand against friend." , August 28: 1. —. 2002. "Chavis judge denies request for acquittal." , August 29: 1. Graybiel, Ginny. 2002. "Slaying suspect vows he could hurt no one." , August 4: 1. Kaczor, Bill. 2002. "Sons change story, still to be tried for murder." , August 25: 970. Keith Morrison. 2009. September 7. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32664652. 2003. Performed by Bill Kurtis. Midico, Kathryn, and Mollye Barrows. 2004. New York, NY: Avon . New York Times. 2002. "Boy, 13, testifies he and brother didn't kill their father." , September 5. Scandlen, Monica. 2002. "Testimonies quiet, simple." , August 28: 1. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Happy Holidays Weirdos! For Alaina's Second Episode Revisit, she wanted to choose an episode that introduced us to a true hero! OG NOTES: Guys, this Alaina "Mini" Morbid is a doozy. How did we never know about this harrowing tale of 26 children and their heroic bus driver who survived over 24 hours of terror while being buried alive? Seriously, this one if intense but it has a happy ending that will leave you satisfied....at least somewhat satisfied. RESOURCES: https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/19/us/rewind-chowchilla-school-bus-kidnapping/index.html https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/hero-bus-driver-ed-ray-saved-kidnapped-children-1976-dies-91-article-1.1081059 https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-the-1976-chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-20190709-htmlstory.html https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ajp.138.1.14?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed& Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
For Alaina’s first EPISODE REVISIT this week, we are hopping into the way back in time machine and transporting ourselves to 2018! In the first MiniMORBID, Ash & Alaina talk about some of the spooky figures of the holiday season! OG Notes: "It's the holidays, weirdos! Time to get freaky, brutal and murderous. Tonight on our first mini-Morbid episode, we are covering Santa's scary helpers who will beat you, eat you and maybe steal your candles.” Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Weirdos! Get ready to welcome the holidays with Krampus and tales brought to you By you FOR you and ALL ABOUT YOU! This month we're talking holiday related tales, and Nicholas was so engaged, that it was impossible to edit him out! We're talking near death experiences, phantom hikers and two instances of neighbors being the absolute worst! LISTEN on all podcast platforms OR WATCH on Youtube! If you’ve got a listener tale please send it to DEB by emailing us at Morbidpodcast@gmail.com with “Listener Tales” somewhere in the subject line- and if you share pictures- please let us know if we can share them with fellow weirdos! :) Huge shout out to our video editor @aidanmcelman Music: Www.purple-Planet.com http://www.purple-planet.com/ Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
During the second decade of the twentieth century, an unidentified serial killer was believed to have operated in Atlanta, Georgia, brutally killing at least twenty Black woman. Due to the similarities between the Whitechapel victims and the victims in Atlanta, the Georgia press dubbed their killer “the Atlanta Ripper,” an anonymous monster whose presence held the city’s Black population in a grip of fear. For a period of roughly five years, the Atlanta Ripper killed with regularity on the city streets, slashing, mutilating, and otherwise brutalizing the bodies of the women they killed. Despite having at least six viable suspects, investigators were never able to conclusively identify the Atlanta Ripper and the murders remain unsolved. REFERENCES Atlanta Constitution . 1912. "Negro woman slain; suspect arrested." , January 21: 5. Atlanta Constitution. 1912. "Jack the Ripper believed to be a modern Bluebeard with 12 wives as victims." , August 11: 1. Atlanta Journal. 1910. "Deaths." , April 5: 10. —. 1911. "Antoher negress killed; black butcher at work?" , June 16: 14. —. 1911. "Black 'Jack the Ripper' slays another negress." , July 2: 7. —. 1911. "Has 'Jack the Ripper' fallen into dragnet?" , July 13: 4. —. 1912. "Jack the Ripper caught at last, say detectives." , August 10: 1. —. 1911. "'Jack the Ripper' foiled in 8th attempt Saturday." , July 9: 3. —. 1912. "Negro woman murdered just outside the city." , April 8: 20. —. 1911. "One of the Ripper crimes is no longer a mystery." , August 4: 11. —. 1911. "Rosa Trice foully murdered." , January 23: 9. —. 1911. "Will "Jack the Ripper" claim eight victim this Saturday?" , July 8: 8. —. 1911. "Young negro is held for 'Ripper's' crime." , July 12: 17. Constitution, Atlanta. 1911. "Negro woman killed; no clew to slayer." , May 29: 7. Franklin Evening Star. 1912. "Nineteenth horrid crime of Atlanta's Jack the Ripper." , April 9: 2. New York Times. 1911. "Eight victims now of Atlanta Ripper." , July 3: 3. —. 1906. "Rioting goes on, despite troops." , September 24: 1. Wells, Jeffrey. 2010. Cheltenham, UK: The History Press. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
It’s a paranormal crossover for the ages 👻 In this very special bonus episode, we’re joined by YouTube’s resident ghost-hunters Sam & Colby as we talk about our investigation of one of the most infamous haunted locations in America: the S.K. Pierce Mansion. Known for its dark history, aggressive energy, and “absolutely not” vibes, this house did not come to play. To take things to the next level, Sam & Colby brought in three psychics to independently tap into the mansion’s energy, and what they uncovered was chilling, emotional, and occasionally “we should probably leave right now.” From unsettling validations to shocking overlaps in what each psychic sensed, this investigation got intense fast. Grab your EMF readers, light a protection candle, and join us for a bonus episode where we go behind the scenes of the investigation on SAM & COLBY'S Youtube Channel! Subscribe to Sam & Colby's Channel here and WATCH the episode! https://www.youtube.com/@samandcolby Want to visit the S.K. Pierce Mansion? Click here to experience it firsthand! https://www.skhauntedmansion.com Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Just before midnight on December 6, 1991, an Austin, TX patrol officer called in a fire at a yogurt shop and requested firefighters and additional officers. Once they managed to get the fire under control, firefighters discovered the bodies of four teenage girls in the burned out remains of the building, all having been shot execution style and the building torched to cover up the crime. Almost immediately, investigators on the case ran into a dead end, as leads were scarce and the fire and efforts to extinguish it destroyed or compromised critical evidence. In short time, the case went cold and the residents of Austin moved on. To their surprise, nearly ten years later, Austin detectives announced they’d arrested for young men for the crime, two of whom confessed, and it seemed like, after a long delay, justice would finally be served; however, in this case, justice was still a long way off and when it finally arrived, it came tainted by police misconduct. REFERENCES Associated Press. 1992. "Arrests no relief to families of slain teen-agers." , October 23: 43. Austin American-Statesman. 1999. "American digest quotes of the week." , October 10: 1. CBS News. 2009. "Deadly encounter." , March 9. Copelin, Laylan, and Leah Quin. 1999. "Police say 2 confessed to killings at yogurt shop." , October 7: 1. Gamboa, Suzanne. 1999. "16-year-old told police in 1991 he had weapon." , October 7: 8. Garcia, Kimberly. 1992. "In the shadow of death." , March 6: 1. —. 1991. "Profiles of killers released." , December 18: 27. Haglund, Kerry. 1991. "More than 1 raided shop, police say." , December 10: 1. —. 1991. "Officials say they have few leads in yogurt shop killings." , December 24: 11. —. 1991. "Slayings of teens stun friends, families." , December 8: 27. Hall, Michael. 2001. "Under the Gun." , Janaury: 94-115. Lindell, Chuck, and Kerry Haglund. 1991. "The spark of fear." , December 15: 1. Lowry, Beverly. 2016. New York, NY: Vintage. Martinez, Sylvia. 1991. "Teens' violent deaths mourned." , December 9: 1. 2007. PD-0862-05 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, June 6). Pettaway, Taylor. 2022. December 12. Accessed October 23, 2025. https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Austin-yogurt-shop-killings-17648880.php. Quin, Leah. 2000. "Video could damage yogurt shop case." , May 31: 1. Rivera, Dylan. 1999. "'A decent kid' with a new family and a job." , October 7: 8. Stanley, Dick. 1991. "Robbery may be motive in teens' slayings." , December 8: 1. Vine, Katy. 2025. "How police finally solved Austin's most notorious cold case." , October 3. Ward, Pamela. 1991. "Classmates try to cope with slayings." , December 10: 1. Wilson, Janet. 1999. "For families, excruciating memories reawakened." , October 7: 1. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On the night of March 9, 1963, officers Karl Hettinger and Ian Campbell made a traffic stop on the corner of Carlos Avenue and Gower Street and Hollywood. Early that day, the officers had been instructed to seek out and bust anyone they suspected of being engaged in gay sexual activity, and that night they were confident they’d found two men that fit the bill. However, after Campbell instructed both men to step out of the car, the driver, Gregory Powell, pulled out a pistol and held it on Campbell, effectively disarming him, while other man, Jimmy Smith, disarmed Hettinger. The two officers were then forced into Powell’s car and driven more than one hundred miles away, where they executed Ian Campbell, while Hettinger escaped into a nearby onion field and managed to find help at the home of a farmer. The murder of Ian Campbell in the onion field shocked residents of California, not only because it was so cold-blooded, but also because of how the incident unfolded. By yielding to the demands of their hostage taker and handing over his gun, many people felt that Hettinger was at least partially responsible for Campbell’s death. Powell and Smith were quickly captured, tried, and convicted for the murder, but the consequences of that night in the onion field would have a profound and lasting effect on police policy all over the country for years to come. RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS EPISODE Follow @themhoffers https://www.tiktok.com/@themhoffers?lang=en Follow @annaleegrace15 https://www.tiktok.com/@annaleegrace15?lang=en( YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo4oxWjOB7gjy3AT4Hi-h_Q or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/annalee15/) Follow @ChefRileyMeehan https://www.tiktok.com/@chefreillymeehan and Purchase his book A Little Bit Extra https://www.chefreillymeehan.com REFERENCES Associated Press. 1963. "2 policemen are kidnapped; 1 is slain." , 03 11: 1. Los Angeles Times. 1963. "Cold-blooded slaying of detective re-enacted." , March 12: 1. —. 1963. "Officer slain by accident, says former convict." , August 21: 27. —. 1963. "Pair guilty of slaying policeman." , September 5: 1. —. 1963. "Partner of murdered officer tells of ordeal." , March 20: 29. Malnic, Eric. 1994. "Karl Hettinger; survived 1963 'Onion Field' attack." , May 5: A32. 1967. 7739 (Supreme Court of California, July 18). Turan, Kenneth. 1979. "The Onion Field caper." , October 13. United Press International. 1963. "2 thugs admit kidnap-killing." , March 12: 4. Waldie, D.J. 2013. "The Onion Field at 50: 'This is about the tragedy of police work'." , March 11. Wambaugh, Joseph. 1973. New York, NY: Dell Publishing. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
When Ron and Nancy Stallings found the old Victorian on Evergreen Street in Baltimore, they thought their dreams had come true. With each bringing three kids from a previous marriage into the relationship, they needed to find a house large enough to accommodate their large family, but their limited income made that seem impossible. So, when they learned that the house was being offered at a bargain price, Ron and Nancy didn’t hesitate to put in an offer—a decision they would soon come to regret. In the years that the Stallings family occupied the home on Evergreen Street, they encountered a variety of paranormal activity, from the faucets and lights turning themselves on and off to the disembodied voices and apparitions of strangers in the home. Rather than be captives in their home to forces they could neither fight nor understand, Ron and Nancy decided to take action to rid themselves of the other worldly presence, but quickly realized they were woefully unprepared for the battle that lay before them. REFERENCES Amodio, Joe. 2005. Directed by Stuart Taylor. Produced by New Dominion Pictures. Constable, Pamela. 1979. "Psychics tell of UFO trips, ghiost hunts." , February 4: 201. Geiselman, A.W. 1968. "Weird home happenings plaguing family of 9." , August 2: C24. Stallings, Nancy. 1996. Baltimore, MD: Noble House. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
On the morning of January 31, 1857, the body of Dr. Harvey Burdell was discovered in his Manhattan townhouse with fifteen stab wounds, and his killer had also strangled him to guarantee his death. Suspicion quickly fell to one of Burdell’s tenants, thirty-nine-year-old mother of four Emma Cunningham. A few days after Burdell’s death, Emma presented herself as his wife and attempted to collect his estate worth $100,000, but before she could get her hands on the money, Emma was indicted for Burdell’s murder. The coroner’s inquest and Emma’s subsequent murder trial dominated the front pages—and then some—of nearly every newspaper in and around New York for weeks and was the “trial of the century” long before the term was even coined. Yet as sensational as it all was, there was no physical evidence tying Emma to the crime and the prosecution’s only argument was that the killer was left-handed and so was Emma Cunningham. Despite the lurid details of affairs, multiple abortions, and constant domestic violence, without evidence the jury moved to acquit Emma after deliberating for just two hours. The story should have ended with the acquittal, but Emma wasn’t content to walk away with just her freedom; she still believed she was entitled to Burdell’s estate, and she intended to get it one way or another. What followed was a protracted battle for Burdell’s money and property that took place in the courts and the press, with a variety of antics that ranged from forging marriage documents to faking a pregnancy and even buying an infant that, when all was said and done, would end up in P.T. Barnum’s sideshow. REFERENCES Feldman, Benjamin. 2007. New York, NY: Wanderer Press. Kappman, Edward W. 1994. Detroit, MI: Gale. New York Daily Herald. 1857. "Horrible and Mysterious Murder in Bond Street." , February 2: 1. —. 1857. "The Bond Street tragedy; the close of the investigation." , February 16: 1. New York Daily Times. 1857. "The Burdell murder: Second Day." , May 6: 1. —. 1857. "The Burdell murder; Dr. Carnochan's testimony." , May 8: 1. New York Times. 1857. "Terrible Tragedy." , February 2: 1. —. 1857. "The Bond Street murder still a mystery." , February 7: 1. —. 1857. "The Bond-Street murder; John J. Eckel and Mrs. Cunningham indicted." , February 23: 5. Serratore, Angela. 2013. June 13. Accessed November 13, 2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-desperate-would-be-housewife-of-new-york-140748/. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
For Ash's second Episode Revisit, we are heading back to the most wonderful time of the year, SPOOKY SEASON back in 2022! Alaina gives us Southern Gothic while Ash confirms that she's a #HannaTruther! Urban legends for Halloween? YOU BETCHA! Alaina brings us an urban legend straight out of the Louisiana Bayou- she really can’t get enough of that place, eh? Le Feu Follet is a really pretty set of words, but don’t you go following them into the dark. Even if you are listening to Death Cab For Cutie. And while we’re on this path of warning you about things you should and shouldn’t do, let me tell ya don't mess with Queen Hannah Cranna. She’s not noble, but she is a witch and she will fuck with your ability to make a good pie. If that's a little vague press play and Ash will clear it all up for you! Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
For Today's re-release, we are revisiting a case from September of 2021: In this episode Ash brings you the truly infuriating case of Ellen Greenberg. Ellen was a beautiful, caring 27 year old woman who had everything going for her. She had a great relationship with her family and friends, a job as a first grade teacher, and plans to marry her fiance Sam in the coming months. There was no indication that Ellen was struggling with suicidal thoughts, yet somehow on January 26th 2011 when she was discovered dead on her kitchen floor after suffering 20+ stab wounds, her death was ruled a suicide. Please Visit the Change.org petition for this case to be reopened! Justice For Ellen Rae Greenberg Petition https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ellen-rae-greenberg-justiceforellen?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_14429793_en-US%3Av11&recruiter=1095097880&recruited_by_id=c51fa460-a0ed-11ea-9030-e960d48de16c&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
We COULDN"T skip Listener Tales this month, so we HAD to give it to you one week early, so prepare for a batch of tales that are brought to you BY you, FOR you, FROM you and ALLLLL about you! Today we have stories of parents visiting from beyond the grave, a bladder that served up karma BEFORE a garbage human showed who he is, the mystery of a severed finger, and house that was DEFINITELY haunted! LISTEN to this (nearly)Nicholas-free version on all podcast platforms OR WATCH the Nicholas version on Youtube! If you’ve got a listener tale please send it to DEB by emailing us at Morbidpodcast@gmail.com with “Listener Tales” somewhere in the subject line- and if you share pictures- please let us know if we can share them with fellow weirdos! :) Huge shout out to our video editor @aidanmcelman Music: Www.purple-Planet.com http://www.purple-planet.com/ Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In the early morning hours of October 8, 1964, thirty-four-year-old housewife and mother of three Lucille Miller placed a frantic call to the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department to report that there had been a car accident on remote Banyan Street and her husband had been killed. When deputies arrived at the scene, the car was still in flames and, as Lucille had described, her husband Gordon “Cork” Miller was in the passenger seat, nearly unrecognizable from the extent of the fire damage. The evidence at the scene appeared to support Lucille’s version of events; the car had gone off the road while they were driving and caught fire. Lucille managed to get out of the car, but Cork was unconscious and she was unable to get him out. Less than twelve hours later, however, Lucille’s story began to fall apart and by the end of the day she was arrested for the murder of her husband. At first, the case against Lucille Miller seemed relatively straightforward; she killed her husband for the insurance money and to pursue a relationship with another man. But as the investigation unfolded and investigators began digging into the Miller’s lives, the story became significantly more complicated and no one seemed able to decide whether Cork’s death was in fact a murder. Want to buy our GORGEOUS Tarot Deck designed by the incredibly talented Marisa Aragón Ware? https://www.instagram.com/marisaaragonware/ This deck is a limited edition, so be sure to PREORDER before you miss your chance by visiting morbidtarot.com /morbidtarot.com! Thanks to our friends at Relatable https://www.instagram.com/relatable/ for dreaming this into existence! The Frightful Fandom Podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-frightful-fandom-podcast/id1780346670 Follow @Jiggysawgirl https://www.tiktok.com/@jiggysawgirl?lang=enon tikTok ! The Horror Chronicles Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-horror-chronicles-podcast/id1462372718 Follow @horror_chronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@horror_chronicles?lang=en Dude, It's Entertainment! Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dude-its-entertainment/id1792659269Follow @dude_its_entertainment https://www.tiktok.com/@dude_its_entertainment 2014. Directed by Elise Greven. Performed by Elise Greven. Hartsfield, Jack. 1964. "Alta Loma crash scene sifted by detectives." , October 9: 16. —. 1965. "Defendant tells her story of 'death night'." , February 17: 1. —. 1965. "Hayton denies telling loves to Mrs. Miller." , February 9: 1. —. 1964. "Mrs. Miller charged with murder." , October 14: 1. —. 1965. "Mrs. Miller's views of Hayton recorded." , February 2: 1. —. 1964. "No charges filed; divorce action told." , October 10: 11. —. 1965. "Uproar sweeps court as verdict announced." , March 6: 1. Hertel, Howard. 1965. "Miller slain for money, trial told." , January 20: 29. —. 1965. "Mrs. Miller pictured as boasting of 'romance'." , January 29: 2. Hertel, Howard, and Art Berman. 1964. "Judge rules Miller murder case mistrial; re-set Jan. 11." , December 8: 2. Hertel, Howard, and Tom Goff. 1964. "Dentist's wife indicted for car fire death." , October 21: 2. Los Angeles Times. 1964. "Dentist dies in auto blaze; wife arrested." , October 9: 3. —. 1964. "Dentist under drug influence, jury will hear." , October 20: 3. 1968. 392 U.S. 616 (Supreme Court of United States, June 17). Miller, Debra J. 2006. "A mother's crime." , April 2. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In November's BONUS EPISODE, Ash and Alaina deep dive into the cinematic masterpiece/disaster/fever dream known as Twilight. Yes, THAT Twilight. The one where a 100-year-old immortal creature gaslights a teenager into thinking she smells weird. Buckle up weirdos! Check out by Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Today we are joined by our friend ALIZA KELLY, host of https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horoscope-weekly-astrology-with-aliza-kelly/id1761197575, to take a cosmic deep dive into one of history’s most chilling mysteries: The Whitechapel Murders. We explore what the stars might reveal about the shadowy figure who terrorized Victorian London. Could astrology shed light on the motive of the crimes? The psychology of the killer? Or even help narrow down which of the many suspects might have fit the Ripper’s celestial profile? From the eerie fog of Whitechapel to the astrological markers seen repeated in the charts of key figures in this prolific case, this episode blends TRUE CRIME AND THE METAPHYSICAL in a way only Morbid and Aliza can. Check out Aliza's show on Mondays & Wednesdays by clicking HERE! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horoscope-weekly-astrology-with-aliza-kelly/id1761197575 Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In the early morning hours of July 14, 1966, Chicago police responded to a call about a woman screaming for help at a townhouse in Chicago’s Jeffery Manor neighborhood. When they arrived, they found student nurse Cora Amurao outside the home she shared with eight other student nurses, all of whom had been strangled or stabbed that night by an unknown intruder, while Cora hid underneath her bed. Considered at the time to be a “crime of the century,” the student nurse murders shocked and terrified Chicago residents all across the city. Not only had one man managed to brutally murder eight people, but he had also managed to escape and was loose somewhere in the city. At the time, racially motivated riots had broken out across the city, making the already-burdened Chicago Police Department even more strained when it came to investigating the case. After an intense manhunt that lasted several days, investigators arrested Richard Speck, a twenty-four-year-old unemployed drifter with a criminal history. There was a strong amount of evidence that linked Speck directly to the murders, including his own confession, so when he went to trial, his lawyer tried unsuccessfully to argue Speck was not legally sane at the time of the murders. Unfortunately, the truth was something far worse: Speck killed eight women for no reason whatsoever. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In the early morning hours of July 14, 1966, Chicago police responded to a call about a woman screaming for help at a townhouse in Chicago’s Jeffery Manor neighborhood. When they arrived, they found student nurse Cora Amurao outside the home she shared with eight other student nurses, all of whom had been strangled or stabbed that night by an unknown intruder, while Cora hid underneath her bed. Considered at the time to be a “crime of the century,” the student nurse murders shocked and terrified Chicago residents all across the city. Not only had one man managed to brutally murder eight people, but he had also managed to escape and was loose somewhere in the city. At the time, racially motivated riots had broken out across the city, making the already-burdened Chicago Police Department even more strained when it came to investigating the case. After an intense manhunt that lasted several days, investigators arrested Richard Speck, a twenty-four-year-old unemployed drifter with a criminal history. There was a strong amount of evidence that linked Speck directly to the murders, including his own confession, so when he went to trial, his lawyer tried unsuccessfully to argue Speck was not legally sane at the time of the murders. Unfortunately, the truth was something far worse: Speck killed eight women for no reason whatsoever. REFERENCES Altman, Jack, and Marvin Ziporyn. 1967. New York, NY: Grove Press. Breo, Dennis L., William J. Martin, and Bill Kunkle. 1993. New York, NY: Bantam Books. Chicago Tribune. 1966. "Prisoner suffers heart attack, doctor hints." , July 20: 1. Chown, Susan. 1966. "Tearful eyes at hospital." , July 15: 1. Goodyear, Sara Jane. 1966. "Hunt for clews in killing of eight nurses on S.E. side." , July 15: 1. —. 1966. "Killing leads 'hopeful'." , July 16: 1. Hollatz, Tom. 1966. "Grisly scene stuns reporter into silence." , July 15: 1. —. 1966. "Relatives, neighbors are 'shocked beyond words'." , July 15: 1. —. 1966. "The townhouse tragedy." , July 15: 2. Koziol, Ronald. 1966. "Cops weave tight security web around prisoner in hospital." , July 18: 1. Siemaszko, Corky. 2016. July 13. Accessed July 29, 2025. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/how-richard-speck-s-rampage-50-years-ago-changed-nation-n606211. Sowa, Tony. 1966. "Nab killer suspect." , July 17: 1. Wiedrich, Robert. 1967. "Death verdict for Speck." , April 16: 1. —. 1967. "Filipino nurse tells how eight met their doom." , April 6: 1. —. 1967. "Filipino nurse tells how eight met their doom." , April 6: 1. —. 1967. "State describes night of horror in nurses' home." , April 4: 1. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
When Phil and Clara Dandy first saw the house on McMahon Road in Hinsdale, NY, in the spring of 1970, they thought they’d found the home they could spend the rest of their lives in. Since the mid-1960s, the Phil, Clara, and their four children had been vacationing in rural western New York, and the house represented everything they loved about the tranquil region of the state. Within the span of a few months, they’d bought the house and that summer, they began their new life in the country. Unfortunately for the Dandys, their new slower pace of life didn’t last long. Within a few months of moving into what would become known as The Hinsdale House, the family was besieged by disembodied voices, inexplicable sounds, and the presence of ghostly apparitions. In time, what began as bizarre occurrences and disturbing encounters became a daily battle for the health and safety of Phil, Clara, and their children. Want to visit??? Book an experience NOW by visiting https://hauntedhinsdalehouse.com REFERENCES Curran, Bob. 1974. "For rent: Nice home in Hinsdale suitable for psychics and skeptics." , June 18: 41. —. 1974. "O.J. brings joy in remote resort; lib joke draws a sharp retort." , February 27: 37. —. 1974. "The mystery house and the exorcist." , February 22: 33. Erkelens, Alluson. 2006. Directed by Davbid Haycox and Jeffrey Fine. Produced by New Dominion Productions. Miller, Clara. 2009. Buffalo, NY: Virtual Bookworm . Tokasz, Jay. 2011. "Ghost home up for sale." , October 30: 41. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
ITS HALLOWEEN and we are reaching into our candy bowl to give you a spooooooky episode that's brought to you BY you, FOR you, FROM you and ALLLLL about you! Debdeb has gathered a batch of terrifying tales that will get you in the mood for the most wonderful time of the year! LISTEN to this (nearly)Nicholas-free version on all podcast platforms OR WATCH the Nicholas version on Youtube! If you’ve got a listener tale please send it to DEB by emailing us at Morbidpodcast@gmail.com with “Listener Tales” somewhere in the subject line- and if you share pictures- please let us know if we can share them with fellow weirdos! :) Huge shout out to our video editor @aidanmcelman Music: Www.purple-Planet.com http://www.purple-planet.com/ Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
When newlyweds Tony and Deb Pickman moved into their new home in Atchison, Kansas in March 1993, they were excited to have found what they believed was the perfect home for their new family. But that summer, when Deb gave birth to their son, Taylor, things in the Pickman’s new house went from perfect to terrifying in a matter of months. Considered one of the most haunted houses in America, the Pickman’s experienced everything from disembodied voices and moving objects to spontaneous fires and violent physical attacks before finally deciding to abandon the house altogether, rather than risk their lives any further. In the years since, “Sallie’s House,” as it’s become known due to its ghostly inhabitant, has become a major destination for ghost hunters and thrill-seekers alike. Want to see the we talked about in the episode? CLICK HERE! https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D0bqwiR871KU&ved=2ahUKEwj5torHu8OQAxWNKVkFHT9RL-MQkPEHegQIDxAB&usg=AOvVaw0rq-jtvpV0iNVlQJp3Amr1 REFERENCES Amodio, Joe. 2006. Directed by Bertrand Morin and Jeffrey Fine. Produced by New Dominion. Business Insider. 2020. "7 haunted houses that were once worth over $1 million." , October 14. Pickman, Debra Lyn. 2010. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications. Tanner, Beccy. 2001. "Atchison's haunted history." , October 26: 25. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Weirdos! We're bring OG MORBID back! THIS week we're reviving something that many of you have been missing: the illusive MiniMORBID! But fear not! We're going to give you a DOUBLE DOSE of Mini as Ash & Alaina each talk about a different cryptid of the midwest! Get ready for an unhinged episode that had us laughing HYSTERICALLY! And don't forget the hit the comments to let us know what you think of our pitch for November's Bonus Episode! Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElman (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Throughout the twentieth century, few names loomed as large in the business and financial worlds as John Paul Getty. Once the richest man in the world, Getty made his fortune in the oil industry and an avid art collector, with a massive collection that served as a basis for the Getty Museum, the wealthiest museum in the world. Getty’s wealth and business acumen made him a household name well beyond his death in 1976; however, that same wealth and notoriety made him a target for con artists and other criminals. Among those who sought to extort the Getty family, no attempt was more incredible and sensational than the kidnapping of Getty’s favorite grandchild, J. Paul Getty III, by an Italian crime syndicate in 1973. At first, the scion of the Getty family refused to negotiate with kidnappers, arguing that, if he paid the money, they would only kidnap other members of this family. But Getty reconsidered his position just a few weeks later, when his grandson’s ear arrived in the mail, with the promise of other body parts, should he not comply with their demands. REFERENCES Associated Press. 1973. "Getty kidnapers spurn offer of $430,000 ransom as 'paltry'." , August 3: 2. —. 1973. "Getty's mother awaits word from kidnapers on ransom." , July 18: 3. —. 1973. "Grandson of Getty missing." , July 13: 9. —. 1974. "Italy arrests 3, seeks 4th in Getty kidnapping ." , Janaury 17: 14. Miller, Julie. 2017. "What All the Money in the World gets right (and wrong) about the Getty kidnapping." , December 25. New York Times. 1976. "2 Getty kidnappers sentenced in Italy." , January 30: 10. —. 1973. "Roman police report a threat to sever a finger of Getty boy." , July 20: 2. Norman, Judith. 2013. "His favorite wife: A memoir looks back on the life of the fifth and final Mrs. Getty." , September 1: 10. Pearson, John. 1995. London, UK: Macmillan. Reuters. 1973. "Ransom is offered for Paul Getty, 17, his father reports." , November 18: 8. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White (Since 10/2022) Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois (Since 2023) Research by Dave White (Since 10/2022), Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElroy (Since 6/2025) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
When Andy and Lisa Wyrick moved into their new home in Georgia in 1989, the young couple thought they’d lucked out when they finally found a place they could afford. Within a few months, however, Andy and Lisa started noticing strange behavior in their three-year-old daughter, Heidi, and soon after, the Wyricks were forced to face the fact that they might not be alone in the house. For a decade, the Wyrick family experienced a range of strange and seemingly supernatural phenomenon from the presence of a kindly old man to apparitions of a dark entity, all seemingly focused on their daughter, Heidi. Efforts to stop the haunting provided little relief and in time, the family came to believe they’d attracted something far darker than ghosts. REFERENCES Anderson, Sherry, Michael Ray Brown, and Tom Naughton. 2002. Directed by Jeffrey Fine and Tom Naughton. Produced by New Dominion Pictures. Franklin, Harry. 2002. "Harris County home may be haunted." , April 23: 19. Walsh, Mick. 1994. "Unsolved mystery in Ellerslie is now 'Unsolved Mystery' on NBC." , September 18: 31. Cowritten by Alaina Urquhart, Ash Kelley & Dave White Produced & Edited by Mikie Sirois Research by Dave White, Alaina Urquhart & Ash Kelley Listener Correspondence & Collaboration by Debra Lally Listener Tale Video Edited by Aidan McElroy Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In the summer of 1878, eighteen-year-old Esther Cox was assaulted at gunpoint by a male acquaintance, leaving the Nova Scotia teenager traumatized and afraid. In the days that followed, Esther and those with whom she shared a house in rural Amherst began to notice unusual things occurring around the house including knocking on the walls and floors, objects flying around the house, and Esther suffering frequent seizures without any apparent cause. In the months and years that followed, the “Great Amherst Mystery,” as it came to be known, was investigated by various clergy, scientists, and paranormal investigators, all intent on proving or disproving the poltergeist activity. While none of the investigators were ever able to identify the origins of the haunting in the Cox house, the attention made Esther a prominent national figure in spiritualist circles until several bad experiences led her to flee Canada for good several years later. Thank you to the incredible Dave White for research and writing assistance! REFERENCES Allen, Alexander. 1970. "Strange to relate." , August 22: 32. Bird, Will R. 1932. "The Great Amherst Mystery." , November 19: 28. Hamilton Spectator. 1878. "Spiritualism or diabolism ." , November 22: 4. Hubbell, Walter. 1916. New York, NY: Brentano Publishing . Moncton Dispatch. 1879. "The Amherst mystery." , June 18: 1. Ottawa Daily Citizen. 1878. "The Amherst mystery." , November 23: 1. Prince, Walter. 1919. "A Critical Study of 'The Great Amherst Mystery'." 89-130. Smith, Emma. 2022. October 20. Accessed October 7, 2025. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
