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Morbidology

Morbidology is an award-winning weekly true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines. Created and hosted by true crime author Emily G. Thompson, each episode weaves investigative research with occasional primary audio to reconstruct some of the world's most disturbing murders.

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  • Monday · 1 hr 5 min

    382: Britney Ujlaky

    One afternoon in Spring Creek, Nevada, a teenage girl climbed into the pickup truck of one of her friends. That evening, she never came home, sparking an exhaustive search. SPONSORS -  Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth...

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  • Monday · 1 min

    Introducing Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults

    Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults with Taesha Glasgow is a wonderfully calming podcast featuring soothing bedtime stories, fairy tales, and classic literature read in a soft, relaxing voice. It is perfect for quieting a busy mind at the end of the day and falling asleep effortlessly. I think you'll love it!

  • October 5 · 49 min

    381: Amy Carnevale

    It was the 28th of August 1991 when a teenage boy appeared at the local police station in Beverly, Massachusetts. He appeared nervous as he told them he had information about a crime. More specifically, he could tell them where to find the body of a...

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  • September 28 · 57 min

    380: Clayton, Hunter & Chase Doerman

    A woman was driving down a residential neighbourhood on Laurel Lindale Road on 15 June, 2023, when she saw a girl running down the street. She rolled down her window and heard the girl scream that her stepfather was killing everybody. SPONSORS - ...

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  • September 21 · 58 min

    379: Tatiana Casap & Donald Mayer

    Neighbours along Cider Hill Drive in Waukesha couldn’t help but notice some peculiarities with one of the homes some time around February 2025. The snow wasn’t being shovelled, the bins were remaining empty, and nobody was coming and going. It wasn’t...

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  • September 14 · 1 hr 2 min

    378: Carly Ryan

    On the morning of 20 February, 2007, a young woman was walking along Horseshoe Bay in Port Elliot, Australia. She saw something up ahead in the shallows of the water. What she found would send shockwaves across the globe but the story started almost...

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  • September 7 · 1 hr 12 min

    377: Christian Choate

    It was the 1st of May, 2011, when the phone rang inside a Lake County police station. A woman on the line said she knew where a missing boy is buried. Police officers descended on a quiet trailer park in Gary, Indiana, while neighbours gathered, still...

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  • August 31 · 1 hr 31 min

    376: 2022 Raleigh Shootings

    On the evening of 13th October 2022, in the Hedingham neighbourhood of northeast Raleigh, North Carolina, residents heard shots. Those who stepped outside saw a figure moving through the quiet suburban streets. He was dressed head to toe in...

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  • August 31 · 5 min

    Introducing DNA ID Episode 205 The case of Eileen Zarlenga

    Single mom Eileen Zarlenga disappeared from her home on a cold night in March 1988, taking her coat, boots and purse, but leaving behind her three year old daughter.  Eileen remained missing for 4 days, and when she was found, it was not good news. ...

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  • August 24 · 52 min

    375: Michael Menson

    On the night of 27 January 1997, a driver made his way along the North Circular Road in north London. In the darkness ahead of him, something was wrong. There was a man on the grass verge at the side of the road. He was on fire. The driver could not...

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  • August 17 · 48 min

    374: Karen Rolin

    Karen Rolin had just finished the late night shift at McDonalds in Bay Minette, Alabama, in the early morning hours of 5 June, 1988. She climbed into her car and set off into the humid air. She never made it back home.

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  • August 10 · 1 hr 4 min

    373: Ellie Nesler

    On the morning of the 2nd of April, 1993, the Jamestown Justice Court was in session. The man in the dock was charged with seven counts of lewd conduct with children. In the hallway outside, the mother of one of his victims sat waiting. Before the...

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  • August 3 · 1 hr 12 min

    372: Laken Riley

    One morning in February, 2024, a young woman in Athens, Georgia, laced up her running shoes and headed to a wooded trail near the university. Earlier that morning, a man dressed in all black was seen peeping into another woman’s window. Their paths...

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  • July 27 · 1 hr 2 min

    371: Jimmy Ryce

    Nine-year-old Jimmy Ryce stepped off his school bus on the afternoon of the 11th of September, 1995. It was a short walk to his home in Redlands, Florida. It should have taken him less than five minutes to reach the front door. But Jimmy never made it...

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  • July 20 · 1 hr 8 min

    370: The Starved Rock Murders

    In March 1960, three women from Chicago checked into a lodge at Starved Rock State Park for a four-day break. They had lunch, laced up their boots, and walked out into the canyons. Nobody ever saw them alive again. SPONSORS -  Nutrafol: Find out why...

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  • July 13 · 47 min

    369: Valda, Sally & Damien Connell

    On the evening of 11 August, 1978, Paul Connell returned to his home in Swansea, Australia, to find his wife and two youngest children missing. The house had been ransacked and broken into. Just a few moments after he returned, he received a strange...

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  • July 6 · 43 min

    368: Hailey Owens

    It was the 18th of February, 2014, and on West Lombard Street in Springfield, Missouri, a man was raking leaves in his front yard. Then a little girl came around the corner. She had her phone in hand, stopping now and then to snap a selfie. That was...

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  • June 29 · 55 min

    367: Caroline Glachan

    On the night of the 24th of August 1996, a 14-year-old girl left a housing estate in a small Scottish town and walked alone toward a river in the dark. The investigation into what happened to her would remain unsolved for 27 years, sustained by one...

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  • June 22 · 46 min

    366: The Swartz Family

    On the morning of January 17th, 1984, a 17-year-old boy picked up the phone and called 911. He said his parents were dead. The investigation that followed would divide a close-knit community, force a prosecutor to question his own instincts, and cause...

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