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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Missing Moms: Bodies Found
Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley vanish on their way to pick up Veronica’s children to go to a birthday party. They were supposed to meet up with Veronica Butler’s ex-mother-in-law at a closed gas station in rural Texas County, Oklahoma. But they never make it. On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how evidence from blood to tire treads will help solve the mystery of the Missing Moms.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:00 Introduction of shared custody
00:03:10 Discussion or relationships and death
00:06:50 Talk about terrain
00:11:03 Discussion of moms reported missing
00:14:08 Talk about how vehicle ended up where it is found
00:18:46 Discussion of evidence found at scene
00:23:21Talk about tire tread identification
00:27:47 Discussion of term “puddle of blood”
00:31:16 Discussion of meeting place
00:34:16 Talk about SWAT Teams showing up in Rural County
00:38:44 Talk about death penalty states
00:40:56 Discussion identifying body
00:42:29 Conclusion
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IDENTIFIED: Green River Killer’s Final Victim
For years she was labeled “Bones 20” the unidentified victim of the Green River Killer. But now, thanks to police work and Othram Labs, the victim has been named as Tammy Liles. She was from Everett, Washington, and vanished in the summer of 1983. She was only 16 years old when she became a victim of serial killer Gary Ridgeway. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will take you behind the headlines and into the lab that helped give a name to a young lady who spent decades being called “bones 20”.
Transcript Highlights
00:0:16 Introduction – The Green River Killer last victim identified
00:02:28 Talk about age reference
00:06:32 Discussion of high-profile murders
00:10:48 Talk about the Green River Killer 16-year-old victim
00:15:56 Discussion of identifying remains
00:20:54 Discussion of the Green River Killer evidence
00:25:58 Talk about starting with incomplete skeleton
00:29:41 Discussion of Genetic Genealogy
00:34:51 Talking about Othram labs
00:37:39 Conclusion; might be the most noble of pursuits
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Killer Tortures New Mom To Death, Leaves Her Infant Alone To Starve
Destiny Duckett’s cousin couldn’t reach her by phone, so she stopped by her apartment to check on her. The cousin knocks on the door, but Destiny doesn’t answer. The cousin can hear the baby crying and she is worried. She calls police to do a welfare check and when they enter Destiny Duckett’s apartment, her 8-week old son is on the bed, crying, and his 22-year-old mother is on the floor, dead. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will look into the mysterious death of 22-year-old new mother, Destiny Duckett and Joseph Scott Morgan will explain how fingernails play a keep part in solving the murder.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:00 Introduction of case
00:02:20 Discussion of fingernails
00:05:37 Talk about cousin called police, heard baby crying
00:10:56 Discussion of protective order leading to arrest of suspect
00:15:26 Talk about leaving crying baby on the bed, alone, mother dead on floor
00:19:43 Discussion of body being the biggest evidence
00:24:16 Discussion of proving knees were on chest of victim
00:28:26 Talk about fingernail marks on the neck
00:33:55 Discussion of why suspect was already in jail
00:36:33 Conclusion – Convicted, sentencing to come
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44-Years of Mystery, Dismembered Torso Identified, “You Found My Brother”
A bag with a burned, dismembered torso is found by a boy out for a horseback ride about a mile from town. The police chief says he was mowing his lawn when he got the call about the headless, armless, legless, burned torso, and from that moment on it was "chaos". On this episode of Body Bags Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will tell the story of the dismembered and burned torso and how, after 44-years, he was finally identified with DNA and Othram labs.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:00 Introduction of episode
00:02:13 Talk about identifying Joseph Caliva
00:06:15 Discussion of years beginning in 1979
00:10:40 Talk about dismemberment
00:15:48 Discussion of what was found
00:17:39 Talk about burned remains
00:22:25 Discussion about trying to ID person
00:27:25 Talk about finding portions of the torso
00:31:54 Talk about creating a person out of evidence
00:36:34 Discussion after 44 years, victim identified
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Abused at 8, Murdered at 13; The Sad, Short Life of Madeline Soto
AUTOPSY REPORT WILL NOT BE RELEASED. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will explain what happened to Madeline Soto and Dave Mack will dig into the back story of the entire family. You will find out by the time she reached 13-years-old, Madeline Soto had already been sexually abused for years. When she was a “missing 13-year-old" from Florida, the news covered every tidbit of information about the search for the teen. One piece of evidence that made it to the press was how Madeline Soto told a friend when she turned 13, she was going to live in the woods. That is why police searched the woods for Madeline.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:28 Introduction, talk about parents protecting children
00:04:28 Talk about Madeline Soto saying she wanted to live in the woods
00:05:31 Discussion of ages 12 and 13
00:09:04 Discussion of Madeline not taking cell phone
00:12:29 Talk about family being told about evidence
00:16:42 Discussion of time children go to school
00:20:07 Discussion of Madeline Soto seen in vehicle
00:21:49 Talk about being haunted by evidence
00:26:26 Discussion of Madeline Soto
00:30:26 Talk about video surveillance of suspect
00:33:22 Discussion of 60 charges against suspect
00:37:32 Discussion of evidence of previous abuse
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Pregnant EMT Dies in House Fire - Tragic Accident or Murder?
The fire department shows up at the home of one of their own and find Melissa Lamesch unconscious on the kitchen floor as her home goes up in flames around her. She is on maternity leave from her job as an EMT and is expecting her baby to be born any day. Melissa Lamesch and her unborn baby die in what authorities believe is asphyxiation from the fire. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will breakdown how trying to burn evidence of a crime, oftentimes creates the evidence needed for conviction.
Transcript Highlights
00:00:08 Introduction of fire set to cover-up a murder
00:01:18 Talk about fire and smoke
00:03:10 Discussion of smoke as evidence
00:05:05 Discussion of woman, 9 months pregnant, dying in a fire
00:08:35 Talk about how healing takes place after being burned
00:11:26 Discussion of hair catching fire in bathroom
00:14:43 Victim is on maternity leave from job as EMT
00:18:53 Discussion of the mother and her baby
00:22:53 Discussion of monoxide
00:28:01 Talk about suffocation
00:33:33 Discussion of fire splash patterns
00:36:55 Talk about the family talking to officials after the fire
00:40:46 Discussion of dealing with the death of pregnant mother
00:43:10 Conclusion, Matthew Plote convicted for Murder
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Customer Reviews
Excellent
Joseph Scott Morgan has the BEST crime podcast. He is intelligent, sympathetic and someone I would like to take a class from. I look forward every week for new shows. By the way, intelligence is extremely sexy …. Professor Morgan you have it 100%.
Tina W.
California
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2 new episodes!!! Can’t wait to listen tonight!!!!
Great podcast
Love the podcast. Always interesting and informative.
Only one small complaint. Job Scott is very soft smoken. Some times it's difficult to hear him. I have to up the volume a lot but then every thing else is super loud.