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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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Teen Missing Two Months, Found Naked, Shot in Back of Head
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 choose 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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10,000 Human Remains Found on Serial Killer’s Farm
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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Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Checklist For Torture and Murder
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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Skull Found in Plastic Bag in 1985 Identified; Victim Born in 1864
In 1985 a skull and partial remains are found in a plastic bag near Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California. Thinking the remains are from a recent victim, investigators work to solve what they think is a murder. Failing to identify the victim, the case goes cold. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how the scientists at Othram Labs developed a DNA extract from the evidence and were able to identify “Ventura County Jane Doe "as the victim of a grave robbing that happened after her death in 1915. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will share the story of Gertrude Elliot-Littlehale, a woman born in 1864 and the amazing life she lived well before she became the unidentified “cold case” of “Ventura County Jane Doe”. Othram Labs is helping solve cases that seem unsolvable with the help of everyday people willing to make a small donation at DNASOLVES.COM Please take a moment of your time and visit DNASOLVES.COM and see how you can help solve a case.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:08 Introduction of Ventura County Jane Doe
00:03:44 Discussion of Skull found in a bag in 1985
00:07:19 Talk about history and DNA
00:11:58 Discussion identifying bodies
00:15:13 Talk about going from 1985 back to 1864
00:20:49 Discussion of dogs and old bones
00:24:14 Discussion of forensic anthropologist
00:29:04 Discussion of “suture lines”
00:33:03 Talk about solving crimes with DNA
00:38:20 Discussion of building a family tree
00:42:12 Discussion of “Gertie” and her life
00:46:50 Talk about Othram Labs
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Woman Declared Dead, Found ALIVE in Funeral Home
Imagine waking up inside a body bag, declared dead and transported to a funeral home, where you find yourself short of breath, BUT STILL BREATHING! In this episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan we will explore something that is happening far more often than you think, people being declared dead, who wake up on a table in a funeral home! And how to make sure you are not Buried Alive!
Transcript Highlights
00:00:08 Introduction: worst nightmare come true
00:03:02 Discussion being buried alive
00:07:28 Talk about funeral homes
00:11:49 Discussion of hospice care nursing
00:16:29 Discussion of soldier Battle of the Bulge
00:20:24 Talk about forensic pathology
00:24:46 Discussion of dead body, signs of death
00:28:30 Discussion of death investigation
00:31:34 Talk about people declared dead, waking up in funeral home
00:34:16 Discussion of death and declaring someone dead
00:38:04 Conclusion: cautionary tale, death investigation is important
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Serial Killer Blueprint For Murder Found on Heuermann's Computer
The victims of the Long Island Serial Killer have been known in the media as the “Gilgo 4”, but now that Rex Heuermann has been charged with two more murders the media will have to change the name to the “Gilgo 6”. Rex Heuermann is an architect by trade, someone who can create and use blueprints. Investigators found a Serial Killer Blueprint on Heuermann’s computer. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how DNA evidence and hair might be enough to put away Rex Heuermann for good, and Dave Mack will explore some of the items found on Heuermann’s computer. From disturbing images of abuse and porn, to lists of supplies for torture, investigators found a goldmine during a recent search of Heuermann’s home.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:08 Introduction of Gilgo details
00:02:09 Discuss Rex Heuermann two new murder charges
00:07:19 Discussion of Data from a forensic standpoint
00:12:01 Talk about seeing the dumping ground and home of Heuermann
00:16:58 Discussion of more bodies found along Gilgo
00:21:18 Discussion of area, easy to be seen
00:25:25 Discussion of the court documents, new information
00:29:37 Talk about changes in DNA science since early 90s
00:33:36 Discussion of skin and injury
00:37:05 Conclusion – more bodies
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