Morbid

Episode 584: Peter Manuel: The Beast of Birkenshaw (Part 2)

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Peter Smart failed to show up for work on the morning of January 6, 1958, officers in Lanarkshire, Scotland were dispatched to Smart’s home to ...

Episode 583: Peter Manuel: The Beast of Birkenshaw (Part 1)

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With a violent criminal history going back to his early teen years, Peter Manuel turned out to be one of Scotland’s worst serial killers. His tumul...

Episode 582: The Murder of Julia Martha Thomas

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In early March 1879, fifty-five-year-old widow Julia Martha Thomas disappeared from her home in southwest London. Julia often travelled by herself on ...

Episode 581: The Murder of Patricia Lonergan

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of October 25, 1943, the body of twenty-two-year-old Lion Brewery heiress, Patricia Lonergan, was discovered in a locked room in the Ne...

Episode 580: Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of August 1, 1966, twenty-five-year-old Charles Whitman arrived at the University of Texas Austin campus a little before noon, carrying...

Episode 579: The Society Gang Killing

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Thanksgiving Day 1934, police in Tulsa, Oklahoma found the dead body of John Gorrell Jr., a Kansas City dental student, slumped behind the wheel of...

Episode 578: Clementine Barnabet & The Church of the Sacrifice & The Louisiana Axe Murders

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From about 1910 to 1912, an alarming number of axe murders were occurring across the American South and Southwest. Though many would speculate as to t...

Episode 577: Listener Tales 87

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well- DAMN SAM! It’s Listener Tales 87! This week’s episode is brought to you by WORST ROOMMATES EVER! Inspired by the show coming back to Netflix...

Episode 576: Veronica Gedeon & the Easter Sunday Murders (Part 2)

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of March 28, 1937, Easter Sunday, Joseph Gedeon and his daughter, Ethel, arrived at the home of Gedeon’s wife, Mary, for a planned ...

Episode 575: Veronica Gedeon & the Easter Sunday Murders (Part 1)

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of March 28, 1937, Easter Sunday, Joseph Gedeon and his daughter, Ethel, arrived at the home of Gedeon’s wife, Mary, for a planned ...

Episode 574: The Kidnapping & Murder of Marion Parker (Part 2)

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A massive interstate search was launched to find Marion’s killer and within a few days, police arrested nineteen-year-old William Edward Hickman, a ...

Episode 573: The Kidnapping & Murder of Marion Parker (Part 1)

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of December 15, 1927, twelve-year-old Marion Parker was checked out of her Los Angeles junior high school by a man claiming to be an ...

Episode 572: Heavenly Creatures: The Parker-Hulme Murder

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of June 22, 1954, Agnes Ritchie was preparing ice cream for two customers in her shop when two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juli...

Episode 571: Lost Children of the Alleghenies

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A community frantically searches for two missing boys who disappeared in a dense forest. Days pass with no leads, but a man's prophetic dream leads to...

Episode 570: The Murder Of Jack Wilson

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home from an AA meeting to find her husband, Dr. Jack Wilson, had been beaten and stabbed to dea...

Episode 569: “Weirdos’ Audiobook Club” presented by Audible – Desperate Deadly Widows with Special Guest, Sheena Melwani

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos!! It’s a SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE brought to YOU by our friends at Audible! Today we’re joined by Sheena Melwani to chat about the Audible or...

Episode 568: Listener Tales 86

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Listener Tales 86 This week’s episode is brought to you by... Dads, coffee cups, and whoppers! We hear about an encounter with big foot, an E...

Episode 567: Fred & Rose West (Part 4)

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part four focuses on Fred & Rose West's final crimes, and the events leading up to their arrest. Their subsequent trials would become the focus of...

Episode 566: Fred & Rose West (Part 3)

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part three focuses on the pattern formed by the West's subsequent murders, as well as a hiatus from killing that was marked by countless sexual assaul...

Episode 565: Fred & Rose West (Part 2)

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part two delves into Fred's life after he met Rose, exploring the origins of the affair leading to their marriage and the beginning of the sadistic cr...

Episode 564: Fred & Rose West (Part 1)

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this four part series, we dive into the horrific crimes of Fred & Rose West. We begin by exploring Fred's formative years which laid a fou...

Episode 563: A Deeper Look at the Crimes of Joran van der Sloot With Christopher Cassel

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by Christopher Cassel, Director of 'Pathological: The Lies of Joran Van Der Sloot', We discuss his documentary which dives deep into the...

Episode 562: The Murder of Natalee Holloway

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of May 30, 2005, the senior students from Mountain Brook High School gathered at the airport in Aruba to make their return flight to ...

Episode 561: “Jolly Jane” Toppan: Angel of Mercy (Part 2)

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Considered among the first (and certainly the most prolific) American female serial killers and so-called angels of mercy, Jane Toppan’s killing spr...

Episode 560: “Jolly Jane” Toppan: Angel of Mercy (Part 1)

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Jane Toppan began training to be a nurse at Cambridge Hospital in 1885, she was bright, eager, and well-liked by her peers and seemed to form eas...

Episode 559: The Murder of Timothy Coggins

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of October 9, 1983, twenty-three-year-old Timothy Coggins met up with some friends for a night out at the People’s Choice club, a pop...

Episode 558: Listener Tales 85

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! It's Listener Tales, and they're brought to you BY you, FOR you, FROM you, and ALL ABOUT YOU. This week's episode is brought to you by... DRE...

Episode 557: The Glove Guy (With Jordan Bonaparte from The Night Time Podcast)

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Trigger warning: Please be aware that adult subject matter is discussed within this episode and is not recommended for young listeners.Jordan Bonapart...

Episode 556: The Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of February 4, 1972, middle school friends Maureen Sterling and Yvonne Weber left their homes with a plan to hitchhike to the Redwood E...

Episode 555: Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Part 3)

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What drove the mild-mannered farmer to commit such hideous and depraved acts in America’s heartland, and why do people from around the world continu...

Episode 554: Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Part 2)

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When hardware store owner Bernice Worden disappeared from her store on the morning of November 16, 1957, sheriff’s deputies traced the last sale mad...

Episode 553: Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (Part 1)

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Not since Jack the Ripper or H.H. Holmes had a criminal so thoroughly shocked and captivated the public imagination; yet Gein’s crimes went far beyo...

Episode 552: Marie Robards

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When thirty-eight-year-old Steven Robards died unexpectedly in the winter of 1993, everyone including the coroner believed his death to have been the ...

Episode 551: Happy Land Social Club Arson

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of March 24, 1990, nearly one hundred patrons gathered to celebrate Carnivale at the Happy Land Social Club, a small informal night clu...

Episode 550: Listener Tales 84

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

BIG, BIG NEWS AHEAD!!!! We are SO excited to announce that The SEQUEL, yes, the 2nd book of The Dr. Wren Muller Series- THE BUTCHER GAME will be ...

Episode 549: The Lipstick Killer (Part 2)

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The brutal murders of Ross, Brown, and Degnan shocked the city of Chicago and terrified and outraged the city’s residents, who wanted only to feel s...

Episode 548: The Lipstick Killer (Part 1)

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

BIG, BIG NEWS AHEAD!!!! We are SO excited to announce that The SEQUEL, yes, the 2nd book of The Dr. Wren Muller Series will be released on September 1...

Episode 547: Lizzie Borden and other Dark Nursery Rhymes (with Special Guests Sabrina & Corinne from Two Girls One Ghost)

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sabrina & Corinne from Two Girls One Ghost join us on this week's episode to talk about the dark histories behind childhood nursery rhymes. Fresh ...

Episode 546: Matthew Wales and the Society Murders

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When millionaire Australian socialite Margaret Wales-King and her husband, Paul King, disappeared in April 2002, friends and family became concerned s...

Episode 545: The Career Girl Murders (Part 2)

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While the tragic loss of two young lives was particularly shocking, the Career Girl Murders is better remembered as one of the most egregious cases of...

Episode 544: The Career Girl Murders (Part 1)

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On August 28, 1963, Patricia Tolles returned home from work to find her New York City apartment ransacked, a bloody knife in the bathroom, and her roo...

Episode 543: The Execution of Hamida Djandoubi (with Special Guests Alvin & Fran From Affirmative Murder Podcast)

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alvin & Fran from Affirmative Murder Podcast join us today to tell us about the execution of Hamida Djandoubi. On September 10th, 1977, Djandoubi'...

Episode 542: Listener Tales 83

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Weirdos! Get cozy and get ready to listen to our 83rd batch of Listener Tales! They're brought to you BY you, FOR you, FROM you, and ALL ABOUT YOU!&nb...

Episode 541: The Unsolved Murder of Georgette Bauerdorf

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of October 12, 1944, Lulu Atwood arrived at the El Palacio Apartments in West Hollywood, where she worked cleaning apartments for wealt...

Episode 540: Anna George and the Murder of George Saxton

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

 On the evening of October 6, 1898, forty-eight-year-old George Saxton, brother of First Lady Ida McKinley, was riding his bike to the home of hi...

Episode 539: Ronald Dominique: The Bayou Strangler (Part 3)

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 3) In the spring of 2005, law enforcement officials in southern Louisiana had a growing number of murder victims they had begun to suspect were ...

Episode 538: Ronald Dominique: The Bayou Strangler (Part 2)

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 2) In the spring of 2005, law enforcement officials in southern Louisiana had a growing number of murder victims they had begun to suspect were ...

Episode 537: Ronald Dominique: The Bayou Strangler (Part 1)

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the spring of 2005, law enforcement officials in southern Louisiana had a growing number of murder victims they had begun to suspect were connected...

Episode 536: The Murder of Gary Triano

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of November 1, 1996, Tucson, Arizona real estate developer and businessman Gary Triano got into his car at the La Paloma Country Club i...

Episode 535: Florence Burns and the Murder of Walter Brooks

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When twenty-year-old Walter Brooks was found dead from a bullet to the head on Valentine’s Day 1902, suspicion immediately fell on Brooks’ ninetee...

Episode 534: The Story of Laurie Bembenek and the Tragic Murder of Christine Schultz (With Special Guest Holly Madison)

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Holly Madison joins us to give us a sneak peak at one of the cases they are covering on Season Two of the Playboy Murders. We talk about the tragic mu...

Episode 533: The Mysterious Death of Charles Morgan

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In March 1977, Arizona businessman Charles Morgan went missing from his home in Tucson, only to turn up three days later in the middle of the night, s...

Episode 532: Listener Tales 82

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're closing out the month of January, and you know what THAT means- Listener Tales! It’s brought to you by you, for you, from you, and ALL ABOUT ...

Episode 531: Tom Bird and Lorna Anderson Eldridge

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Sandy Bird was found dead in her wrecked car in the Cottonwood River in the summer of 1983, everyone assumed the thirty-three-year-old Kansas mot...

Episode 530: Preston Castle and the Murder of Anna Corbin

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When it opened in 1894, the Preston School of Industry represented a change in how criminal offenders and wards of the state were treated in American ...

Episode 529: Ann & Billy Woodward

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of October 31, 1955, millionaire socialite Ann Woodward heard a strange noise in the hallway just beyond her bedroom door i...

Episode 528: The Murders of Stan Farr and Andrea Wilborn

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Priscilla Davis filed for divorce from her husband, Cullen Davis, in 1974, she had no idea that her actions would have such tragic consequences. ...

Episode 527: The Murder of Mary Stannard

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the afternoon of September 3, 1878, twenty-two-year-old Mary Stannard d left her home in Madison, Connecticut, telling her father she was going bla...

Episode 526: The Death of Joan Robinson Hill- Part 2

04 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2/2 - On March 19, 1969, thirty-eight-year-old Houston socialite Joan Robinson Hill died at Sharpstown General Hospital from what doctors at the ...

Episode 525: The Death of Joan Robinson Hill- Part 1

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On March 19, 1969, thirty-eight-year-old Houston socialite Joan Robinson Hill died at Sharpstown General Hospital from what doctors at the time believ...

Episode 524: Listener Tales 81

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Listener Tales 81 and you know the drill…..! It’s brought to you by you, for you, from you, and ALL ABOUT YOU! In this installment we have ...

Episode 523: Fan Favorite - The Dark Secrets Behind the Wizard of Oz

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a fan favorite that was originally published as Episode 281…For this Holiday week, we wanted to bring you a lighter (?) episode, alt...

Episode 522: The Mysterious Death of Christina Kettlewell

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On May 20, 1947, decorated army veteran Jack Kettlewell and his friend Ronald Barrie barely escaped a devastating housefire at Ronald’s cabin along ...

Episode 521: Velma Barfield

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On November 2, 1984, fifty-two-year-old Velma Barfield was executed by lethal injection at North Carolina’s Central Prison, bringing an end to years...

Episode 520: Dudleytown: Connecticut’s Cursed Ghost Town

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Deep in the woods near Cornwall, Connecticut, in a valley known as the Dark Entry Forest, lie the remains of the small village of Dudleytown. Settled ...

Episode 519: Sharon Kinne- La Pistolera Pt.2

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On March 19, 1960, Kansas City police were called to the home James and Sharon Kinne for what they believed was an accidental shooting. According to S...

Episode 518: Sharon Kinne- La Pistolera Pt.1

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On March 19, 1960, Kansas City police were called to the home James and Sharon Kinne for what they believed was an accidental shooting. According to S...

Episode 517: The Black Sisters and the Murder of Ocey Snead

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When East Orange, New Jersey police were called to the home of Virginia Wardlaw in late November 1909, they knew only that there had been an accident ...

Episode 516: Listener Tales 80

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It is Listener Tales 80 and this installment is brought to you by HEROES with the spookiest of tales… A decomposing body, florescent yellow fluid, p...

Episode 515: The Murder of the Grimes Sisters

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of December 28, 1956, fifteen-year-old Barbara Grimes and her thirteen-year-old sister, Patricia, left their home in Chicago, Illinois ...

Episode 514: Bernie Tiede and the murder of Marjorie Nugent

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When 39 year old Bernie Tiede confessed to the murder of his friend and companion, 81 year old Marjorie Nugent in November 1996, the revelation came a...

Episode 513: Mamie Thurman

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On June 22, 1932, a boy picking blackberries in rural Logan, West Virginia made a hideous discovery when he happened upon the dead and brutalized body...

Episode 512: Nutty Putty Cave Incident

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Discovered in Utah County in 1960, Nutty Putty Cave quickly became a popular destination for amateur and professional cavers and spelunkers as a kind ...

Episode 511: Nan Patterson and The Death of Frank "Caesar" Young

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of June 4, 1904, New York City police were called to Lower Manhattan for what they were told was the death of Frank “Ceas...

Episode 510: Alvin and Judith Ann Neelley Part 2

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On September 11, 1982, Ken Dooley, a Youth Development Center employee in Rome, Georgia, was shot at in his home by an unseen attacker. The following ...

Episode 509: Alvin and Judith Ann Neelley Part 1

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On September 11, 1982, Ken Dooley, a Youth Development Center employee in Rome, Georgia, was shot at in his home by an unseen attacker. The following ...

Episode 508: The Murders of Elisabeth Congdon and Velma Pietila

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of June 27, 1977, the bodies of millionaire Elisabeth Congdon and her nurse, Velma Pietila, were d...

Episode 507: A Conversation With Rachel Stavis, A Real Life Exorcist

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a super duper special episode of Morbid with guest host, the incredible Rachel Stavis. We are so freaking excited to be speaking with the L...

Episode 506: Listener Tales 79

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Listener Tales 79, and you know what that means… It’s brought to you by you, for you, from you, and ALL ABOUT YOU! This installment feature...

Episode 505: Leonarda Cianciulli: The Soap-Maker of Correggio

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Having lost several children to childhood illnesses, Leonarda Cianciulli was very protective of her surviving children and was willing to do anything ...

Episode 504: The Sauchie Poltergeist aka Wee Hughie

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Annie Campbell uprooted her daughter from their home in Donegal, Ireland and relocated to Sauchie, Scotland in 1960, the move resulted in consequ...

Episode 503: The Torsåker Witch Trials

16 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When it comes to the horrors of witch hunts and trials around the world, Sweden is not often cited as one of the more aggressive or egregious nations....

Episode 502: The Highgate Vampire

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Muswell Hill resident David Farrant wrote to the letters section of the Hampstead and Highgate Express in February 1970, he had ho...

Episode 501: The Stanfield Hall Murders

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On November 28, 1848, Isaac Jermy and his son were shot and killed in their Wymondham estate, Stanfield Hall. After a brief search, investigators loca...

Episode 500: Eastern Air Lines Flight 401

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Just before midnight on December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, traveling from New York to Miami, crashed into the Florida Everglades, killin...

Episode 499: The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill

02 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1961, Betty and Barney Hill took a trip to Niagara Falls. On the drive back from Canada to their home in Portsmouth, NH, the Hills clai...

Episode 498: Listener Tales 78

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s wackadoodle time on this week’s listener tales. In this installment we have the only and only butt mountain, possible imposter police officer...

Episode 497: The Haunting of Doris Bither

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 1974, paranormal investigators and UCLA students Barry Taff and Kerry Gaynor were approached in a bookstore by a woman who’d overhe...

Episode 496: Half-Hanged Mary

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the depths of American history there are few examples of mass hysteria that loom larger than the Salem witch trials of 1692. As horrific as it was,...

Episode 495: The Horrific Murder of Jack Tupper- Part 2

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On August 6, 1978, the body of thirty-five-year-old bar owner Jack Tupper was found in a vacant lot in the Bronx, just across the street from the loca...

Episode 494: Jack Tupper Part 1

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On August 6, 1978, the body of thirty-five-year-old bar owner Jack Tupper was found in a vacant lot in the Bronx, just across the street from the loca...

Episode 493: The Attempted Murder of Olga Rocco

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of December 31, 1946, nineteen-year-old Pearl Lusk boarded a crowded subway train in Brooklyn. A few days earlier, she’d met a man na...

Episode 492: The Haunted S.K. Pierce Mansion

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the spring of 2009, Edwin Gonzalez and his girlfriend, Lillian Otero, fled their house in Gardner, MA, less than one year after moving into what th...

Episode 491: The Murder of Bridget Cleary

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On March 15, 1895, thirty-five-year-old Michael Cleary murdered his wife, twenty-six-year-old Bridget Cleary in their home in Ballyvadlea, County Tipp...

Episode 490: Listener Tales 77

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's Listener Tales 77 AND it's August so you know what that means.... It is obviously time for Halloween tales! This week we have a spook-a-dook inst...

Episode 489: Rainbow Family Murders

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 1980, nineteen-year-old Nancy Santomero, and two friends, twenty-six-year-old Vicki Durian and nineteen-year-old Liz Johndrow, left D...

Episode 488: Walter Freeman Pt 2

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

American neurologist Walter Jackson Freeman had refined Moniz’s procedure and developed a non-surgical procedure that could be performed in a doctor...

Episode 487: Walter Freeman

21 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz developed the lobotomy in 1935, it was little more than a crude surgery developed as a blanket treatment for me...

Episode 486: Murder of Sophie Lancaster

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of August 11, 2007, Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend, Robert Maltby, were passing through Stubbylee Park in Lancashire, U...

Episode 485: The Jersey Devil Ft Jodie Sweetin

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Among the Pine Barrens of New Jersey (a sprawling forest ecosystem in southern New Jersey), it is said there lives an elusive creature that has haunte...