Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts
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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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Dead in a Bathtub: Warm Water, Cold Body - Suicide or Murder?
Suicide or Murder? Kendy Howard is found in a bathtub full of water with a gunshot wound to the head. His body is cold, but the water in the tub is warm! Red Flag number one. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take a look at all of the "Red Flags" present in the reported suicide of Kendy Howard. Why is there so little blood in the water? Why is her ex-trooper husband arrested at the airport? The biggest question of all, is the death of Kendy Howard a Suicide or Murder?
Transcript Highlights
00:00:27 Joe talks about admiration for Troopers
00:03:03 Discussion of law enforcement
00:05:59 Discussion of “Red Flags”
00:08:14 Talk about the water is warm, body is cold
00:12:23 Investigation of suicide/murder
00:16:33 Discussion of damage caused by gunshot in mouth
00:17:49 Talk about direction of bullet
00:21:26 Comparing murder of Travis Alexander
00:25:53 Defining different types of asphyxiation
00:30:08 Talk about injuries “frozen in time”
00:35:33 Discussion of how much blood would be expected
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Headless Corpse Autopsy: Victim Alive When Head was Severed?
The victim was alive when her head was cut from her body. As disturbing as that sounds, today's episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan will attempt to breakdown the just released autopsy report of Mei Li Haskell. Her husband, Samuel Haskell IV is accused of killing her, removing her head from her torso, placing the torso in a bag and dropping it in a trash bin where a homeless guy would find it 14 hours later! Joseph Scott Morgan will breakdown the forensics that will come into the trial and Dave Mack will dig deep in the Hollywood that can give us a true horror story that is scarier than anyone would ever dare put on film.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:49 The son of a hotshot
00:03:04 “Don’t you know who I am?”
00:05:03 Discussion of “the finder”
00:08:58 Talk about the bags felt like meat
00:09:26 Discussion of workers bring back bags
00:12:20 Discussion of cross contamination
00:16:58 Talk about hiring workers
00:20:56 Discussion of what police can do
00:26:22 Talk about the person who found the body
00:30:54 Mentions victim’s parents still missing
00:33:01 Discuss autopsy report, victim alive when head cut off
00:38:20 Discussion of using power tools in dismemberment
00:42:54 Mentions trial will be all forensics
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The Monster is Real: Dad's New Girlfriend Kills Baby with Nail Polish Remover
Iris, 1, comes home from a weekend with her father and his girlfriend and mom finds a water bead in her diaper.
Taking her to the hospital, the toddler passes more water beads, button-shaped batteries, and a screw. Thinking she was finding things and putting them in her mouth, nobody realized a monster was watching the baby.
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the case that is more than the murder of a toddler, it's how evil came into the child’s life and plotted and planned her death for more than half of her life.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:20 Introduction
00:02:39 Discussion of toddlers
00:04:22 Talk about items in diaper
00:07:34 Discussion of beads, batteries, screw
00:10:12 Talk about toddlers putting things in their mouth
00:14:34 Discussion of solvent
00:16:18 Discussion of evil
00:18:27 Talk about taking child to hospital by plane
00:22:08 Explaining a subdural hematoma
00:24:01 Discussion of optic nerves
00:27:16 Talk about how healthy baby dies in 4 days
00:30:15 Discussion of notes made by doctors and nurses
00:32:54 Talk about children swallow everyday items
00:35:31Discussion suspect researched how to beat a polygraph
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Real Amityville Horror – Two Heads, Other Body Parts Scattered in Long Island
Two severed heads, an arm here, a leg there, on this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, the Reel Amityville Horror will meet the Real Amityville Horror. A group of Long Island High School students find a severed left arm on the side of a road in Babylon on their way to school. While Police investigate the scene, a K-9 officer locates a leg sticking out of a pile of leaves in a wooded area, not far from the original scene. Over time more body parts were found in multiple areas. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will detail what was found and where and what the suspects were up against when they began writing their own Amityville Horror.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:07 Introduction – to horror
00:01:39 Discussion about charges for dismembering a person
00:04:48 Talk about how the bodies were treated in death
00:08:03 Discussion of arm with tattoo found in tree limb
00:11:51 Body part found by high school students on the way to school
00:15:16 Parts of 2 bodies found, 4 people charged
00:15:17 None of the 4 people is charged with murder
00:16:14 Discuss what the ME will have to do with parts
00:18:04 Talking about Black Dhalia
00:19:49 Discussion of none of the drains work in the rental
00:21:30 Discussion of body parts from more than one person
00:25:11 Talk about unique case
00:28:51 Joe describes investigation taking place
00:31:30 Discussion of dismemberment
00:34:01 Discussion of blood, muscle, skin, hair, Drano won’t work
00:37:13 Talk about revisiting the case in the future
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Murder-For-Hire: The Senseless Death of Pregnant Teacher
School Principal Cornelius Green arrives at the Amtrak train station in St. Louis after spending a few days in Chicago. Leaving the train station Green goes to straight to the apartment of his girlfriend, 3rd grade school teacher, Jocelyn Peters. Arriving at her apartment Green finds Peters, who is 7-months pregnant, in bed. He immediately calls 911 and tells them his girlfriend has been shot in the head, send help now! Jocelyn Peters is pronounced dead on the scene and the investigation begins with the person who found her, Cornelius Green. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down the story that leads to stolen school funds, a hitman, and a potato gun silencer, on this episode of Body Bags.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:57 Joe talks about the impact of 3rd grade teacher
00:03:12 Discussion of victim
00:08:54 Discussion of Green sending money to Cutler
00:11:23 Talk about alibi set up by Green taking train to Chicago
00:14:20 Discussion about finding pregnant woman shot in the head
00:16:02 Talk about investigation, alibi
00:19:50 Talk about no sign of forced entry
00:23:18 Discussion of “potato silencer”
00:28:12 Talking about objects changing trajectory
00:32:30 Discussion of Federal and State charges
00:36:29 Discuss Phillip Cutler in court
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At The Hands of The Student: The Murder of Colleen Ritzer
When Phillip Chism, 14, doesn't come home from school, his mother calls the police to report him missing.
As the town begins to look for the 9th grader, word spreads around town that a 24-year-old teacher, Colleen Ritzer, is also missing. Chism is found walking along a road just after midnight. After a quick search of his backpack, he is arrested.
Later in the morning, Colleen Ritzer's body is found on school grounds, sexually positioned with a folded note next to her body that says, "I hate you all."
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the story of the student from Tennessee and the horrifying final moments in the life of Colleen Ritzer.
Transcription Highlights
00:01:00 Introduction of location, suspect, and victim
00:02:53 Suspect is student, 14, victim is a teacher
00:04:04 Discussion of suspect family
00:08:22 Talk about motive and possible “trigger”
00:11:49 Discussion of why victim went to public bathroom
00:15:28 Discussion of witness and surveillance video
00:19:07 Talk about investigation, pinging cell phones
00:21:47 Discussion of suspect on surveillance video
00:27:25 Talk about body being covered
00:30:36 Breaking down the evidence
00:34:35 Discussion of sentence
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The best!
This is the best true crime podcast! Joseph Scott Morgan have a way of telling really difficult things in layman’s term without getting gory and yet being respectful to the victims. A true gentleman! 👍🏻