Got the Morbs: An Oddcast

Got the Morbs

A podcast for fans of true crime, haunted places, weird things, creepy stories, and all that is morbid.

Backstory: two cousins, obsessed with everything weird and dead, rope their brothers into starting a podcast with them. Hilarity ensues (or something).

Creepin it in the family!

Hosts: Beth Cieslik, Erin Ryan and Ken Dillon

Research: Beth Cieslik and Erin Ryan

Editing and music: Ken Dillon

Photography: Mike Rahel

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S1 · E25
Yesterday · 35 min
Cleveland’s Erie Street Cemetery (Live at The Vinyl Groove)
Everything you need to know about Cleveland’s oldest cemetery—including some pretty chilling spirit encounters. References Lost Ghost Stories of Cleveland by William Krejci https://www.strangenspooky.com/bookstore Haunted Cleveland by Beth Richards and Chuck Gove https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/haunted-cleveland-9781626199729 https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/chief-thunderwater https://case.edu/ech/articles/e/erie-st-cemetery https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/319 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Street_Cemetery https://www.clevelandohio.gov/explore/about-cleveland/designated-landmarks https://www.downtowncleveland.com/blog/legend-of-the-land-erie-street-cemetery-n96lp https://foundinohio.com/2025/12/16/exploring-clevelands-erie-street-cemetery https://www.tclf.org/erie-street-cemetery https://www.restoreclevelandhope.com/underground-railroad-in-cleveland/john-malvin-civic-leader https://case.edu/ech/articles/t/tilley-madison https://www.nps.gov/subjects/undergroundrailroad/index.htm https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=64dac0019fd64bda85b7a06387df26c5 https://clevelandvintage.com/blogs/cleveland/erie-street-cemetery-clevelands-oldest-existing-cemetery?srsltid=AU7gw4VojPiLyagFCLkLswmh-Oxc1AcdSS1Np82-Fs-k81WNcOBAQd2a https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/275
S1 · E24
October 30 · 38 min
The Backpack Killer (live at Vinyl Groove Records)
Our first-ever podcast taping with a live studio audience! If you couldn’t make the live show at Vinyl Groove Records, not to worry: we’re releasing it as an episode! You’ll hear about how bad Ivan was and how GREAT Paul Onions was! This is the story of the Backpack Killer, one of Australia’s worst serial killers.
S1 · E23
October 16 · 34 min
Bigfoot Took Her
What happened to Theresa? You’re gonna need a beer (bier?) to make it through this twisty tale of crime and cryptids. Sources: IMDB page for “Bigfoot Took Her”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38780180 Kindle version of “Meth, Murder, and Bigfoot: A California Crime Saga: https://us.amazon.com/Meth-Murder-Bigfoot-California-Crime-ebook/dp/B088YMG5L5 https://www.aetv.com/articles/theresa-bier-missing-1987-bigfoot https://kmph.com/news/local/is-bigfoot-back-in-the-valley https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/tag/Bass+Lake+area+Sierra+Nevada+mountains+disappearances https://thecrimetalk.com/missing-persons/theresa-ann-bier https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/theresa-ann-bier https://charleyproject.org/case/theresa-ann-bier
S1 · E22
October 2 · 25 min
The Shepherds Leading the Flock Astray
When a bizarre and brutal crime occurred in New River, Az, the small community of New River Bible Chapel was rocked. Why would someone target Pastor Bill? Was it one of their own? Had he crossed the wrong person? The truth was even stranger than anyone could have imagined. Sources: https://churchleaders.com/news/2214922-adam-sheafe-presses-judge-for-death-sentence.html/2 https://lawandcrime.com/crime/specific-and-unique-circumstances-pastors-body-was-posed-with-hands-pinned-to-wall-and-arms-spread-out-report-says/ https://lawandcrime.com/crime/were-dragging-this-out-man-accused-of-brutalizing-beloved-pastor-in-his-home-and-pinning-his-hands-to-the-wall-is-angry-the-state-wont-kill-him-faster/ https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/new-river-pastor-killer-set-to-be-sentenced-friday https://www.azfamily.com/2025/06/24/suspect-admits-crucifying-pastor-new-river-home-had-others-hit-list/ https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/suspect-confesses-to-killing-pastor-bill-planned-to-murder-over-a-dozen-others
S1 · E21
September 18 · 48 min
The Singing Sex Offender
Once upon a time, a guy named Edward Muscare was creepy in a cool way. But then he did something that was creepy in a very NOT cool way. Listen to his story and then ask yourself, “Can a person like Muscare be reformed?” This and other hard-hitting questions on today’s episode of Got the Morbs! References https://www.youtube.com/edwardmuscare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edarem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHVDE2EEc7A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILjf0fdBoog https://web.archive.org/web/20110824092613/http://phil-stevens.livejournal.com/815.html https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/kansascity/name/edward-muscare-obituary?id=4471476 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/singing-sex-offender-edward-muscare-jailed-after-becoming-youtube-sensation/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/singing-sex-offender-edward-muscare-jailed-after-becoming-youtube-sensation/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-republic-edmus-arrested-on-sex/65456107/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zusSHKyXdHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98gdj0tYTOY https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Edward_Muscare
S1 · E20
September 4 · 34 min
Moody Boy
Do you believe in fate? What started as an ordinary day at work in 2008 turned into one of the most unusual experiences Erin has ever had. This is a hard one. It is a tribute to a life gone too soon. To Moody Boy: you mattered then, and you matter now. We hope you found the peace you were unable to find in this life. If you or someone you know needs support, please call the suicide hotline at 988.
S1 · E19
August 21 · 37 min
Dead and Buried
Imagine sifting through years’ worth of debris and possessions in an old, eccentric relative’s house and finding … a human body?! Hear the stories of Bruce Roberts, Shane Snellman, and the Collyer Brothers on this episode of Got the Morbs: An Oddcast. Notes: https://coroners.nsw.gov.au/download.html/documents/findings/2021/ROBERTS_Bruce__SNELLMAN_Shane_-_Findings.pdf · https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/sydney-hoarder-lived-with-mummified-body-of-murdered-shane-snellman-for-15-years-inquest-finds/YQOKNXMKWBVJAL7D5V7MGA5FRI/ · https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/mummified-body-identified-shane-snellman-greenwich-hoarder-bruce-roberts-20180606-p5wffo.html · https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/06/man-whose-mummified-body-was-found-in-hoarders-home-led-troubled-life · https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-06/greenwich-body-shane-snellman-family-speaks/9841654 · https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-05/greenwich-body-identified-as-shane-snellman/9836480 · https://allthatsinteresting.com/collyer-brothers · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers
S1 · E18
August 7 · 37 min
The Phone Booth
We can all agree that relationships can be messy and complicated. That seems like an understatement for this stranger than fiction story of love and betrayal. Let’s go back to the 90s! Sources: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-04-02-mn-41352-story.html https://www.revlox.com/crime/the-stephen-shapp-case-how-betrayal-turned-into-one-of-the-most-shocking-military-crimes-of-the-1990s/ https://militaryjusticeforall.com/1993/12/07/spc-gregory-glover-sgt-stephen-schap-u-s-army-december-7-1993/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/1cbp4hb/the_betrayed_husbands_gruesome_gift/ https://www.deseret.com/1994/4/3/19100757/serviceman-apologizes-for-killing-his-wife-s-lover/
S1 · E17
July 24 · 36 min
Burning Love
Beth presents the thoroughly unsettling story of Burt and Linda Pugach. Hold on to your butts—it’s a wild ride. REFERENCES NOTE: “Crazy Love” is available free (with ads) on Tubi, Plex, and YouTube • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m9Vtbahhgo • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Pugach • https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/nyregion/linda-riss-pugach-whose-life-was-ripped-from-headlines-dies-at-75.html • https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/nyregion/burt-pugach-dead.html • https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/aug/05/familyandrelationships3 • https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/05/AR2007060502824.html • https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754514/342 • https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/06/archives/a-very-different-love-story.html • https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/burt-and-linda-pugach-the-story-behind-crazy-love-kks56v75chc • https://medium.com/@anne.perry788/boy-meets-girl-boy-maimes-girl-girl-marries-him-the-linda-riss-burt-puglash-story-7520798bc0b4
S1 · E16
July 10 · 38 min
The Haunted Buxton Inn
The Buxton Inn in Granville, Ohio has 200+ years of history…and maybe a few ghosts? Beth and Erin share their experience after staying in the most haunted room. Plus our very first guest appearance!
S1 · E15
June 19 · 53 min
Betrayal of Innocence
Three stories with one thing in common - none of this should have happened. Sensitive content warning for child death.
S1 · E14
June 5 · 46 min
Mad Medicine Part 2: Nicotine, Narcotics and Neurosurgery
Join us for part two as Beth explores more quack medicine and horrifying medical experiments. REFERENCES • Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything: https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780761189817 • https://www.aamc.org/news/grave-errors-spooky-cures-and-creepy-medical-missteps-past • https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history • https://www.nytimes.com/video/well/100000010831025/the-internets-latest-wonder-drug-nicotine.html • https://www.mdlinx.com/article/how-docs-are-responding-to-the-maha-linked-trend-pushing-nicotine-as-an-anti-dementia-hack/3KjgIchHjyeX6e6EDf3B4B • https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history • https://www.ohsu.edu/historical-collections-archives/theres-cure-historic-medicines-and-cure-alls-america • https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/our-stories/old-fashioned-medicine-still-in-use • https://www.healthline.com/health/old-medical-treatments-make-your-stomach-turn • https://www.businessinsider.com/yes-bayer-promoted-heroin-for-children-here-are-the-ads-that-prove-it-2011-11?op=1 • https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/-cure-all-medication-caused-death-in-thousands-of-babies • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sqBr4vJHaY • https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/hole-in-the-head-trepanation • https://www.vice.com/en/article/drilling-a-hole-in-your-head-for-a-higher-state-of-consciousness • https://bcmj.org/mds-be/brief-reflection-not-so-brief-history-lobotomy
S1 · E13
May 22 · 41 min
Mad Medicine: Bloodletting, Blubber, and Birth Control
Ever heard of the rheumatism hotel? Wondered how George Washington really died? Considered adorning your bosom with weasel testicles? We certainly hadn’t. As it turns out, medicine was once more of an art than a science. After this episode, you'll be eternally grateful that someone figured out that science part. Please don’t send this episode to RFK, Jr. Sources: Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780761189817 https://www.aamc.org/news/grave-errors-spooky-cures-and-creepy-medical-missteps-past https://time.com/4982099/quackery-medicine-history https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_surgeon https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prescription-rheumatism-used-be-sit-inside-rotting-whale-30-hours-180950335 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-26807485 https://www.fibonaccimd.com/post/the-history-of-the-whale-cure-for-rheumatism https://magicsilverbullet.substack.com/p/the-whale-hotel-for-rheumatism https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/e671cb02-4e5e-4f52-a835-25a5dd2a5963 https://www.webmd.com/sex/birth-control/ss/slideshow-birth-control-history https://www.livescience.com/11376-history-future-birth-control/2.html https://www.history.com/articles/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques
S1 · E12
May 8 · 49 min
The Kansas City Butcher
Got the Morbs takes on its first serial killer case (with an Ohio connection). This is one of the most brutal stories we’ve told to date - not just for the murders but for the prolonged torture these poor victims endured. This is the story of the Kansas City Butcher. Sources: https://crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/bob_berdella/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6139717/robert_andrew-berdella Robert Berdella - Wikipedia
S1 · E11
April 24 · 40 min
Daniel LaPlante
Once upon a time, in rural Massachusetts, a creepy, stinky teenage boy called Danny escalated from petty theft to stalking to triple homicide in the span of two years. This is his story.
S1 · E10
April 10 · 38 min
Matthew Hoffman: The Leaf Killer of Mount Vernon
A case with three gruesome murders and one twisted abduction from our home state of Ohio. We promise you’ll never look at a pile of crisp autumn leaves in the same way again. P.S. We have an update on the Villisca murder bacon, courtesy of a patron and a former butcher we met at a bar recently. (It’s a little worse than we thought.) Sources: https://www.truecrimeavenue.com/2024/10/the-case-of-matthew-hoffman-he.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Hoffman_(murderer) https://inews.co.uk/culture/matthew-hoffman-now-what-happened-to-tina-herrmanns-killer-and-how-long-hes-in-jail-3628368 https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/knox-county-detective-recounts-one-of-ohios-most-horrific-murder-cases-15-years-later-matthew-hoffman/530-7b709ec6-f783-4079-b418-8c7c4ddf60fb https://moviedelic.com/matthew-john-hoffman/ https://abcnews.com/US/killer-matthew-hoffman-stockpiled-leaves-ohio-home-made/story?id=12877942 https://www.oxygen.com/twisted-killers/crime-news/why-matthew-hoffman-is-known-as-leaf-killer https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354984/Matthew-Hoffmann-Confession-burglar-murdered-3-raped-girl.html Sarah Maynard: What Happened to the Survivor?
S1 · E9
March 27 · 30 min
The Red Barn Murder
The unfortunate life of Maria Marten and The Red Barn of Polstead References: Listen to “Murder in the Red Barn” by Tom Waits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD5ycbCKg7Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYjhbpqKQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3ocyLyAKE https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwvl93ywlpo https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/red-barn-murder https://www.google.com/books/edition/An_accurate_account_of_the_trial_of_Will/cUDw7ut9RK4C https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/?id=15013 https://visit-burystedmunds.co.uk/blog/red-barn-murder https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27903742 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-real-electric-frankenstein-experiments-of-the-1800s https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/phrenology-in-victorian-america.htm
S1 · E8
March 13 · 43 min
The Villisca Axe Murders
Today’s episode combines two of our interests: true crime and the supernatural. WHY IS THERE BACON?!?! https://bestattractions.org/usa/iowa/villisca-axe-murder-house-ia/ https://usghostadventures.com/hauntings/ https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/ The Unsolved Mystery Of The Villisca Axe Murders
S1 · E7
February 27 · 44 min
History’s Horndogs
Oh look, our first explicit content warning! (Thanks, Beth!) Join us for our most juvenile episode to date, as we learn about five famous men and their... eccentricities. Much of my research came from “The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People” Link to buy: https://feralhouse.com/the-intimate-sex-lives-of-famous-people · https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/02/02/james-joyces-love-letters-dirty-little-fuckbird · https://web.archive.org/web/20140707230101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/magazine/letters-warren-g-harding.html · https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/warren-harding-child-sex-sandal-121404 · https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/11/talking-tough-martin-luthers-potty-mouth · https://www.sacerdotus.com/2025/11/martin-luthers-fart-fetish.html · https://www.history.com/articles/what-is-seppuku · https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/02/archives/japans-student-army-disbands.html · https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20201124-yukio-mishima-the-strange-tale-of-japans-infamous-novelist · https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/28/mark-twains-disturbing-passion-for-collecting-young-girls · https://marktwainstudies.com/the-study/a-disturbing-passion-mark-twain-the-angelfish · https://medium.com/timeline/mark-twain-collected-little-girls-55abc82a41b3 · https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/appraisals/angel-fish-pin-from-mark-twain-ca-1895
S1 · E6
February 13 · 33 min
Charlie Brandt
The baffling case of Carl Eric “Charlie” Brandt Sources: https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/brandt-carl.htm https://allthatsinteresting.com/charlie-brandt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brandt

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