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Join Joseph Scott Morgan every week as he explores a world that not many have had a chance to visit, the realm of death. Jo Scott will lead listeners on a journey through the blood soaked death scenes of America and then into the autopsy room to fully understand the science behind each case. Jo Scott is one America’s leading experts on applied forensics and is regularly featured on ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’, ‘The Piketon Massacre’, Court TV and more.
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Tinder Date From Hell: The Horrific Murder of Grace Millane
Grace Millane is in New Zealand when she meets Jesse Kempson on Tinder. Grace is on a Gap Year trip that has taken her to South America and now she is in Auckland, New Zealand where she is camping and hiking and meeting new people. Connecting on Tinder, Grace meets Kempson for dinner and drinks, most of their evening captured by CCTV. They arrive back at Kempson's hotel and we see them get on and off the elevator. It is the evening of December 1 and Grace turns 22-years-old on December 2nd. On this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, Joe will breakdown what happened to Grace inside the hotel room and what Jesse Kempson did in the aftermath of the gruesome murder. And Dave Mack will try and make sense of the timeline when, even now, we don't know if Grace made it to her 22nd birthday.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:18 Introduction of Grace Millane, gap year vacation
00:04:27 Discussion of Tinder date timeline
00:09:15 Discussion murderer goes on another Tinder date
00:13:56 Talk about targeting victim, asphyxia
00:18:33 Discussion of Gap Year
00:23:46 Discussion of date captured on video
00:28:17 Talk about murderer covering up the crime
00:33:03 Discussion of destroying the victim
00:36:31 Discussion of killing someone with hands around neck
00:40:13 Talk about the sexual assault
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Missy Bevers Murderer Caught on Tape: Why is Murder Unsolved?
Missy Bevers was murdered inside a church before 5 a.m. while she was preparing for her morning fitness class. Her body is found by a student and Missy is pronounced dead at the scene. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will discuss the possible weapons used to kill Missy Bevers and Dave Mack will dig into the possible suspects in an unsolved murder where the main suspect is caught on camera wearing a police swat kit and walking the halls of the church with an unusual gait, waiting for Missy to arrive.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:24 Introducing Missy Bevers
00:01:51 Discussion of unsolved murder
00:04:12 Talk about Camp Gladiator
00:08:38 Discussion of murderer seen on video
00:12:28 Discussion of odd gait
00:17:13 Talk about suspect, man or woman?
00:21:13 Discussion of SWAT disguise
00:26:09 Talk about new kit
00:30:13 Discussion of long hammer as a weapon
00:34:31 Discussion of injuries matching weapon
00:39:05 Talk about coverage of case in media
00:43:20 Discussion of no gun belt
00:46:44.Conclusion
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Dr. Cyril Wecht – Doctor, Lawyer and Legend, A Tribute
On this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, Joe is going to break with our regular format and take a look at a man who revolutionized the Medical legal death investigation field. He was famous as a “Celebrity Pathologist” but that doesn’t do the man justice. When others walk away from trouble, Dr. Cyril Wecht said, “Where is the brain of JFK?” Joseph Scott Morgan shares his thoughts on the passing of Dr. Cyril Wecht.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:18 Introduction from JFK movie
00:00:47 Talk about Dr. Cyril Wecht
00:04:06 Talk about passing of Werner Spitz
00:08:21 Discussion of JFK
00:11:37 Discussion of Dr. Wecht as Air Force Officer
00:14:45 Talk about Wecht running for political office
00:19:33 Discussion of Dr. Wecht from coroner’s office to medical examiner
00:24:16 Talk about Wecht didn’t play golf, life was his hobby
00:27:16 Discussion of Wecht getting sued for comments
00:31:36 Talk about Wecht discovers JFK brain is missing
00:35:02 Talk about destroying evidence to cover up a crime
00:38:34 Discussion of Dr. Cyril Wecht accomplishments
00:39:28 Discussion about over 42,000 Post-mortem exams
00:43:49 Joseph Scott Morgan share thoughts on Dr Wecht
I just want to take a moment and 1st off acknowledge his passing and certainly the wet family, the Duquesne family and all of his extended friends and colleagues. My deepest sympathies to them because he's a man. He is a man that Has impacted so many of us in the field of forensic science. He passed away peacefully on May 13th.
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Tara Baker Cold Case Murder SOLVED After 23 YEARS
On January 19, 2001, Tara Baker was murdered in her apartment.
The perpetrator sexually assaulted her and then lit the apartment on fire. The case went cold in the town of Athens, Georgia, for over 20 years.
On this episode of "Body Bags," Joseph Scott Morgan will break down the science of solving a cold case and Dave Mack will fill in the blanks of the story that shocked Northern Georgia for over 20 years.
Recently the murder of Laken Riley brought the Tara Baker homicide back into the conversation and with great detective work and with biological evidence and DNA science, the cold case became hot again, as hot as the fire the suspect set to destroy evidence of the horror he created.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:09 Introduction of influence
00:01:24 Tragic Cold Case Solved, Tara Baker
00:04:11 Discussion of Tara Baker case and Laken Riley
00:08:32 Discussion of fire in apartment
00:09:24 Talk about find body
00:14:32 Discussion of accelerants
00:19:21 Discussion of death investigation in fire
00:24:41 Discussion of time involved in the attack
00:27:58 Talk about predators selecting their victim
00:31:33 Discussion of how to determine sex assault when body is burned
00:37:20 Discussion of how a burned body is examined
00:38:47 Talk about unsolved cold case
00:41:50 Case solved; Edrick LaMont Faust arrested
00:44:46 Conclusion, Faust is 48, Tara Baker died at 21
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SHOCKING AUTOPSY: Who or What Killed Noah Presgrove?
The autopsy of Noah Presgrove is released and for the first time in the history of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, Joe is going to issue you a warning for what you are about to hear. Noah Presgrove is at a birthday, end of summer, labor day party with friends all weekend. But something happened Sunday night to cause Noah to leave the party by himself. He is found the next morning at 5:53am, alone, dead, on the side of a rural highway. He is naked except for a pair of shoes, but one of the shoes isn't his, it belongs to a guy asleep at the house where the party took place. The "friends" he has known all of his life aren't talking. His brother sees teeth scattered near his brother's body and pieces of chain. Who or What killed Noah Presgrove? Will the autopsy help answer the question?
Transcript Highlights
00:00:08 Introduction: Growing up in rural area
00:03:10 Talk about List of Injuries
00:05:17 Discussion of group dynamics
00:09:12 Discussion of what happens to clothing
00:12:27 Talk about social media evidence
00:16:11 Discussion of internal injuries
00:20:26 Discussion of injuries cased by falling out of a truck
00:24:14 Talk about skull fractures
00:28:32 Discussion of brain fluid
00:32:52 Discussion of broke teeth
00:36:03 Talk about animals and body on road
00:37:52 Discussion of cervical injuries
00:40:00 Discussion of abrasions
00:41:47 Talk about being hit by car
00:43:59 Discussion of data
00:44:17 Conclusion; After the autopsy we still don’t have answers
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Werner Spitz, The Original Medical Detective, a Body Bags Tribute
Dr. Werner Spitz is a man who spent his lifetime looking straight into the soul of man and looking death in the eye. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan gives a heartfelt tribute to a mentor he never met, a teacher that never gave him a test but one whose approval was sought in every written word and study as a death investigator. Dr. Werner Spitz passed away at the age of 97 on April 14, 2024, and this show is a special tribute to a man that actually did write the book of his profession, "Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death; Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation.
Transcribe Highlights00:33.95 Introduction to the life of Werner Spitz
05:59.93 Discussion of Spitz impact on forensic pathologists
09:53.32 Discussion of fleeing Nazi Germany
13:51.43 Talk about being the lone voice of truth that you see
17:35.73 Discussion of Mary Jo Kopechne
24:16.10 Discussion of Spitz being called into high profile situations
28:15.52 Talk about examination using photographs
31:38.41 Discussion of not being afraid to take on cases others wouldn't
36:52.60 Talk about paying for an opinion
37:01.94 Conclusion Those who fail to remember history, are doomed to repeat it
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