Morbidology

On the morning of 20 February, 2007, a young woman was walking along Horseshoe Bay in Port Elliot, Australia. She saw something up ahead in the shallows of the water. What she found would send shockwaves across the globe but the story started almost two years prior, when a teenage girl created a social media profile. SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Drip Drop: DripDrop uses science-based formulas for rapid hydration, so you feel results fast while getting 3x the electrolytes of leading sports drinks. Get 20% with promo code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: http://dripdrop.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

When Binghamton University student, Haley Anderson, stopped answering her friends’ texts, they knew something was very wrong. A subsequent search revealed Haley was dead in a mutual friend’s apartment. But this friend was nowhere to be found. An investigation would reveal a murder, a runaway to Nicaragua, and justice that would span two continents. You can listen to Campus Killings everywhere you listen to podcasts. To find out more about Campus Killings be sure to check out the show's home page . Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

It was the 1st of May, 2011, when the phone rang inside a Lake County police station. A woman on the line said she knew where a missing boy is buried. Police officers descended on a quiet trailer park in Gary, Indiana, while neighbours gathered, still believing the boy had simply run away… SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Drip Drop: DripDrop uses science-based formulas for rapid hydration, so you feel results fast while getting 3x the electrolytes of leading sports drinks. Get 20% with promo code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: http://dripdrop.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the evening of 13th October 2022, in the Hedingham neighbourhood of northeast Raleigh, North Carolina, residents heard shots. Those who stepped outside saw a figure moving through the quiet suburban streets. He was dressed head to toe in camouflage, carrying a long gun, walking with slow and deliberate purpose through a neighbourhood he had known his entire life. SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Drip Drop: DripDrop uses science-based formulas for rapid hydration, so you feel results fast while getting 3x the electrolytes of leading sports drinks. Get 20% with promo code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: http://dripdrop.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

Single mom Eileen Zarlenga disappeared from her home on a cold night in March 1988, taking her coat, boots and purse, but leaving behind her three year old daughter. Eileen remained missing for 4 days, and when she was found, it was not good news. The question of who stabbed the young mother over and over and left her body in a remote patch of woods in Mahoning County, OH would haunt generations of investigators. When DNA was detected on sexual assault kit swabs, it did not get investigators any closer to an answer. And when IGG came along and was used to identify Eileen’s attacker, real answers remained elusive. Eileen’s case is closed, but you won’t see the end of this one coming. Head over now to DNA ID on Apple Podcasts. or wherever you listen to podcasts to hear episode 205 in its entirety. You can also visit the DNA ID homepage . Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the night of 27 January 1997, a driver made his way along the North Circular Road in north London. In the darkness ahead of him, something was wrong. There was a man on the grass verge at the side of the road. He was on fire. The driver could not have known that what he was looking at would set in motion years of grief, of obstruction, of a family's refusal to be silenced - a fight for justice that would expose one of the most shameful failures in the history of the Metropolitan Police. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

Karen Rolin had just finished the late night shift at McDonalds in Bay Minette, Alabama, in the early morning hours of 5 June, 1988. She climbed into her car and set off into the humid air. She never made it back home. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the morning of the 2nd of April, 1993, the Jamestown Justice Court was in session. The man in the dock was charged with seven counts of lewd conduct with children. In the hallway outside, the mother of one of his victims sat waiting. Before the morning was over, what happened inside that courthouse would make headlines across the world, and ignite a debate about justice, vengeance, and how far a parent can go before the law stops seeing them as a victim. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

One morning in February, 2024, a young woman in Athens, Georgia, laced up her running shoes and headed to a wooded trail near the university. Earlier that morning, a man dressed in all black was seen peeping into another woman’s window. Their paths were about to collide. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

Nine-year-old Jimmy Ryce stepped off his school bus on the afternoon of the 11th of September, 1995. It was a short walk to his home in Redlands, Florida. It should have taken him less than five minutes to reach the front door. But Jimmy never made it home that day… SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Drip Drop: DripDrop uses science-based formulas for rapid hydration, so you feel results fast while getting 3x the electrolytes of leading sports drinks. Get 20% with promo code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: http://dripdrop.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

In March 1960, three women from Chicago checked into a lodge at Starved Rock State Park for a four-day break. They had lunch, laced up their boots, and walked out into the canyons. Nobody ever saw them alive again. SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Drip Drop: DripDrop uses science-based formulas for rapid hydration, so you feel results fast while getting 3x the electrolytes of leading sports drinks. Get 20% with promo code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: http://dripdrop.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the evening of 11 August, 1978, Paul Connell returned to his home in Swansea, Australia, to find his wife and two youngest children missing. The house had been ransacked and broken into. Just a few moments after he returned, he received a strange phone call… SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Drip Drop: DripDrop uses science-based formulas for rapid hydration, so you feel results fast while getting 3x the electrolytes of leading sports drinks. Get 20% with promo code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: http://dripdrop.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

It was the 18th of February, 2014, and on West Lombard Street in Springfield, Missouri, a man was raking leaves in his front yard. Then a little girl came around the corner. She had her phone in hand, stopping now and then to snap a selfie. That was when the truck appeared - a gold pickup, moving slowly down the street, back and forth, past the same houses, past the same yards, in no hurry, going nowhere, just watching and waiting. And then it stopped. SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the night of the 24th of August 1996, a 14-year-old girl left a housing estate in a small Scottish town and walked alone toward a river in the dark. The investigation into what happened to her would remain unsolved for 27 years, sustained by one mother's refusal to stop asking, and finally cracked by the memory of a four-year-old boy. SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/morbidology Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the morning of January 17th, 1984, a 17-year-old boy picked up the phone and called 911. He said his parents were dead. The investigation that followed would divide a close-knit community, force a prosecutor to question his own instincts, and cause the detectives working the case to go home at night and look at their own children differently. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the night of the 4th of December 1998, two teenage boys were having a sleepover in a trailer in rural Hopewell, Missouri. They played games, they stayed up late, and eventually they fell asleep. In the early hours of the following morning, they woke up to the smell of smoke. It was coming from the room at the end of the hallway. Neither of them would ever forget what they found on the other side of that door. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On 26 September, 2016, a young mother rushed from a Harlem apartment building carrying her six-year-old son in her arms. The boy was limp, unresponsive. His small body was covered in bruises, welts, and broken bones - evidence of months of brutal abuse. The investigation into what happened would reveal something equally disturbing: a child welfare system that had failed him at every turn, despite five separate reports of abuse. SPONSORS - Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Squarespace: Squarespace is the all in one platform for building your online presence. Free trial at http://squarespace.com/MORBIDOLOGY & use code "MORBIDOLOGY" for 10% off a website or domain. Omaha Steaks: Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com and use promo code MORBIDOLOGY at checkout for $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

On the 31st of May, 1996, Tom Williams picked up the phone and called Shenandoah National Park. His daughter, Julie, hadn't come home from her camping trip with her girlfriend, Lollie. She was supposed to be back by the 28th. Three days had passed. She had a new job starting June first. Julie wasn't the kind of person who just didn't show up. SPONSORS - Hero Bread: This year, hit your goals without giving up your favourite bready dishes. Use code "MORBIDOLOGY" to get 10% off at: https://www.hero.co/ Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Squarespace: Squarespace is the all in one platform for building your online presence. Free trial at http://squarespace.com/MORBIDOLOGY & use code "MORBIDOLOGY" for 10% off a website or domain. Omaha Steaks: Go to https://OmahaSteaks.com and use promo code MORBIDOLOGY at checkout for $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

Russellville, Arkansas was a quiet college town that hadn't seen a murder in nearly a decade. On December 15th, 2005, 19-year-old Nona Dirksmeyer, a beauty queen and music student, was found brutally beaten to death in her apartment. Her boyfriend discovered the body and immediately became the prime suspect. But what followed would expose deep flaws in the investigation and leave a family searching for answers they may never find. SPONSORS - Hero Bread: This year, hit your goals without giving up your favourite bready dishes. Use code "MORBIDOLOGY" to get 10% off at: https://www.hero.co/ Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Squarespace: Squarespace is the all in one platform for building your online presence. Free trial at http://squarespace.com/MORBIDOLOGY & use code "MORBIDOLOGY" for 10% off a website or domain. Omaha Steaks: Get premium protein plus $35 off with code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: https://www.omahasteaks.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .

The residents of Meadows Mobile Home Park in Tarpon Springs, Florida, couldn’t help but notice a strong odour emanating from one of the properties in December 2018. Then one day, the spotted a man digging a large hole in the front yard…. SPONSORS: Hero Bread: This year, hit your goals without giving up your favourite bready dishes. Use code "MORBIDOLOGY" to get 10% off at: https://www.hero.co/ Nutrafol: Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement. Use code “MORBIDOLOGY10” for $10 off at: http://nutrafol.com/ Squarespace: Squarespace is the all in one platform for building your online presence. Free trial at http://squarespace.com/MORBIDOLOGY & use code "MORBIDOLOGY" for 10% off a website or domain. Omaha Steaks: Get premium protein plus $35 off with code "MORBIDOLOGY" at: https://www.omahasteaks.com/ Whisker: Learn more about Whisker Litter-Robot models and starter kits today. Take an additional $50 off bundles with code MORBIDOLOGY at: http://whisker.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support .