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Wade Wilson, not the superhero better known as "Deadpool" but Wade Wilson, Tattoo Face Killer. If Wilson has a favorite song it is probably "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash for the line "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die". For Tattoo Face Wade Wilson, using a gun to kill someone is too impersonal. In this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain just how personal it is to strangle the life out of someone with bare hands, and Dave Mack will go behind the tattoos and headlines to find out more about the victims of the vile creature capable of killing two women in a matter of hours, just because he can.  Assistant State Attorney Andreas Gardiner in closing argument in murder trial of Wade Wilson:  "This case was about killing for the sake of killing. Strangulation is the epitome of life slipping through someone's hands." 
 
 
 
 
Transcribe Highlights
00:39.32 Introduction of a nightmare
05:03.44 Discussion of Wade Wilson, tattoo face
10:24.32 Talk about Wilson claiming to be a victim
15:00.63 Discussion about how Wade Wilson got invited back to woman's home
20:23.78 Discussion about destroying a person for no reason
25:52.10 Talk about isn't it enough? 
29:33.42 Discussion about Wilson leaves Melton's home in her car
33:49.88 Discussion of Diane Ruiz body damage, injuries and animals
38:23.24.Discussion Wilson tells Bio Father what he has done
42:13.10 Conclusion - Wade Wilson, Florida Justice
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Jerry Harris's pregnant daughter is murdered, her uterus removed, and her body thrown in a river. She is found by fishermen six days after she is last seen alive. Jerry Harris commits suicide outside the Sheriff's Office. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan go behind the evidence and take a look at the body of Jerry Harris' daughter, Jennifer, a murder still unsolved. Dave Mack digs into the story of Jennifer Harris. Who knew she was pregnant and who wanted her dead? The ex-husband? The ex-boyfriend? Did Jerry Harris get so depressed over the murder of his daughter that he killed himself at the Sheriff's office as some kind of challenge?  We know Jerry Harris killed himself. Do we know why?
 
 
 
Transcript Highlights
00:00:17.19 Introduction of "Cold Case" and recent suicide
00:03:48.25 Discussion of life and "dark space"
00:07:29.51 Talk about notification of family
00:10:31.93 Discussion of Jennifer Harris before she vanishes
00:14:43.53 Discussion of evidence, finding Jennifer
00:19:47.66 Talk about detaching while investigating
00:25:25.90 Discussion of finding and condition of remains in Red River
00:29:57.94 Talking about water damage
00:33:35.52 Discussion of ex-husband alibi
00:39:03.49 Talk about Jeep, latent hand or palm print
00:40:04.96 Discussion of cabin in the woods, burned down
00:43:30.88 Discussion of skill level of the person removing uterus
00:45:36.30 Conclusion: Blue clay, caretakers' cabin, suicide of Jerry Harris
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A Texas mother of 4 is found hanging from a dock with a rope around her neck in an apparent suicide. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will go behind the shocking story of an apparent suicide and Joe Scott will explain how a witness describing the woman’s body hanging from the dock tells him she didn’t kill herself; this is a murder!  
 
 
 
01:38.72 Introduction: Suicide or Murder 
05:20.55 Discussion of rigidity 
09:06:44 Talk about boat life, living at marina 
13:02.11 Discussion of arms hanging down 
16:41.60 Talk about 30-year old mom, 4 children 
19:31.74 Discussion of suicide 
24:33.02 Discussion of woman’s arm points to different conclusion 
28:06.63 Discussion of staging a suicide 
32:14.44 Talk about girlfriend leaves, doesn’t come back 
36:11.46 Discussion of post-mortem lividity in aquatic environment 
39:18.91Discussion of flaccid 
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Recorded LIVE at CrimeCon Nashville, 2024:
In this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan explains how he challenges his class at Jacksonville State University to try and solve a cold case. Two years in a row, two different classes and students chose the unsolved murder of Blake Chappell. Blake Chappell tells his mother he is having the best night of his life with his girlfriend at the East Coweta High School Homecoming Dance.
Within a matter of hours, Blake will find himself chased out of his girlfriend’s house in the middle of the night, walking down the road at 5 a.m. texting his girlfriend, and telling her police just stopped and talked to him. One last text to his girlfriend that he is getting cold, and his phone goes quiet.
Blake Chappell is 17 and he never makes it back to his friend’s house. He just vanishes into thin air. It is October 16, 2011. Two months later on December 17, 2011, his nearly naked body is found floating in a creek, he has been shot in the back of the head.
The case is still unsolved. But new search warrants were served in March 2024, will there be justice for Blake Chappell? 
 
 
Transcript Highlights 
00:00:13 Introduction Blake Chappel Case 
00:04:40 Discuss of family financial issues 
00:08:28 Blake finds ex-girlfriend who ran away 
00:10:32 Blake beaten up by ex’s stepfather 
00:12:26 Blake put in jail for finding his ex 
00:17:35 Mother takes Blake and date to homecoming dance 
00:20:48 Discussion of Blake activities walking in the night 
00:24:24 Talk about Blake walking miles to see girlfriend 
00:28:08 Talk about Blake texting girlfriend 
00:31:49 Talk about Blake doesn’t make it back to Austin’s house 
00:37:36 Discussion Blake shot in back of head 
00:43:22 Discussion rumors about Blake’s death 
00:48:12 Discussion Blake found wearing underwear, no shoes 
00:52:34 Conclusion Joseph Scott Morgan lets his JSU class pick unsolved crime to solve 
Two years in a row the case of Blake Chappel is chosen for the project 
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Herb Baumeister lived more than just a “double life."
On this episode of "Body Bags," Joseph Scott Morgan explains how it is possible that Baumeister had over 10,000 remains on his million-dollar estate, and Dave Mack dives into the background of the married, father and businessman who owned two Save-a-lot stores in Indianapolis.
Baumeister, who took his own life in 1996, is suspected of enticing gay men to his home, where he killed them and disposed of their bodies at the rear of his property.
Investigators suspected that Baumeister, a married father of three at the time who frequented gay bars, enticed unsuspecting men to his property to murder them. By 1999, investigators connected him to the disappearance of at least 16 men since 1980.
Some of the victims’ bodies were discovered discarded in shallow streams in rural central Indiana and western Ohio
For 30 years, investigators have been working to identify thousands of human remains, will they ever know the truth about how many people Herb Baumeister murdered?
Transcript Highlights 
00:00:13 Introduction of serial killer graveyard 
00:04:40 Discuss killer double life, wife claims she didn’t know anything 
00:08:28 Talk about trying to identify bone from other items 
00:12:26 Discussion of Forensic anthropologists 
00:17:35 Discussion of hiding secrets from family 
00:20:48 Talk about serial killer obsession with dead animals 
00:24:24 Discussion of the depth of depravity  
00:28:08 Discussion of skeletonized body on the property 
00:31:49 Talk about trying to render body down to ash 
00:36:36 Discussion of method of destruction after burning 
00:40:22 Discussion of other serial killers 
00:44:12 Talk about the size of the property 
00:44:34 Conclusion 
 
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Why did police serve another search warrant at the home of Rex Heuermann? Remember, his wife and children still live in the house. After his original arrest and the search warrants were served, pictures appeared in the press showing the damage done as the home was stripped. What did they miss? Why did they bring out the ME? On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan will take you into the house and what the ME might be looking for as well as the crime scenes and what has been found. Dave Mack will explain the “To-Do” list and go over the electronics Heuermann has been keeping for decades.  
 
 
 
 
 
Transcript Highlights
00:00:00 Introduction: Bernice Worden last victim of Ed Gein 
00:02:20 Discussion of Gilgo document release 
00:06:54 Talk about being on a jury 
00:09:44 Discussion – warning about content of episode 
00:13:55 Discussion of why go back with another search warrant? 
00:19:05 Talk about Rex Heuermann and the list he created 
00:23:11 Discussion of Heuermann electronics 
00:27:02 Discussion of Rex Heuermann planning note began in 2000 
00:30:59 Talk about violent, sexual torture 
00:34:17 Discussion of going to a scene, police don’t know what they have 
00:38:35 Talk about mutilated body a few miles from home 
00:42:15 Talk about access to material was different in the 1990s 
00:42:50 Conclusion, why they called the ME out to the scene 
 
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