app_store_button

google_play_button

Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Step into an infinite world of stories

Listen and read

Mike Morford

Emash Digital & Mike Ferguson

Criminology is a true crime podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most famous cases in the annals of crime. Hosts Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford will give you every details of these infamous crimes. New episodes come out every Saturday night at 10 PM.

Criminology

In the summer of 1982, Father Reynaldo John Rivera was lured out to a location by a male caller who said they needed last rites performed. Father Rivera's body was found days later; he had been bound and strangled.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murders and disappearances of priests in the 1980s. There are some eerie connections between a number of priests who were either murdered or disappeared under suspicious circumstances. These connections have led many online to speculate about conspiracy theories involving a person or persons who wanted revenge.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

The Priest Murders

In 1989, Rebecca Shaeffer was just hitting her stride as an actress. She was coming off a three-year stint on a television show, My Sister Sam, opposite Pam Dawber. Robert John Barbo had been stalking Rebecca, though she was unaware of it. His obsession would end in tragedy.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss Rebecca Shaeffer and other instances of stalkers targeting celebrities. Stalking is a scary thing and often involves a person who knows their victim personally. But in the case of celebrities, stalkers don't really know their target but often believe they do.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

Rebecca Shaeffer and Celebrity Stalkers

Dating back to 2022, at least 11 scientists or people with high security clearance levels have gone missing or been murdered. This has caused speculation to run rampant and has fueled many different conspiracy theories online.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the missing and murdered scientists. But it's not just the online community that has fueled speculation regarding these cases. The White House, top lawmakers, and even the President have commented on the cases. It's been announced that the FBI will officially begin looking into it.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

Missing and Murdered Scientists

In May 2004, suitcases filled with body parts were discovered around the Chesapeake Bay area. It took the police some time to identify that the remains belonged to Bill McGuire. This was in large part because Bill had not been reported missing, so the authorities turned their attention to his wife, Melanie. 
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss what the media has dubbed "The Suitcase Murder." Melanie told the police that Bill was violent towards her and had a gambling addiction. She did file for a restraining order against Bill, which gave her story more credibility. But evidence began to come out that poked holes in Melanie's story. 
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

The Suitcase Murder

Just before 11 PM on August 11th, 2009, Ryan Widmer called 911, requesting help at his home in Hamilton Township, Ohio. According to Ryan, His wife, twenty-four-year-old Sarah Widmer, had fallen asleep while she was taking a bath and accidentally drowned. Police quickly became suspicious of his story.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the death of Sarah Widmer. Ryan's story was picked apart, and discrepancies emerged. Also, the crime scene didn't seem to make sense. But the state's case was primarily circumstantial. And although Ryan has been convicted multiple times of Sarah's murder, there are many who believe he is innocent.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

Sarah Widmer

On October 26th, 2015, 18-year-old Ebby Jane Steppach was reported missing. She was last seen leaving her grandparents' home in West Little Rock, Arkansas, around 8 PM on the 24th.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss Ebby Steppach. Three years, Ebby's body was found less than 20 yards from where her car was found after she disappeared. Before she went missing, Ebby dropped a bombshell on her stepfather. Many people have pointed to deficiencies in the police work early on.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

Ebby Steppach

On the night of August 8th, 2018, Thomas Perez Jr. of Fontana, CA called the Fontana Police Department to report that his father, Thomas Perez Sr., had been missing for about seventeen hours.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss Thomas Perez Jr. Thomas caught the attention of the police by the way he was acting when they arrived. They also discovered that bleach had been used inside the house, blood in the house, and his father's mattress had been removed, as had some of his clothing.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

Thomas Perez Jr.

Brendan and Christine Banfield had been together for nineteen years. They dated for many years, got married, and had a daughter named Valerie. The family was living in Herndon, Virginia, and because of their busy schedules they decided to hire a nanny.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss what has been called "The Au Pair Murders" by the press. On the morning of February 24th, 2023, Juliana Magalhaes, the au pair, and Brendan Banfield called 911. They claimed they found Brendan's wife, Christine, and that she had been attacked by an intruder who turned out to be a man named Joseph Ryan. Both Joseph and Christine were dead, but the authorities thought that the story told by Brendan and Juliana sounded suspicious.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

The Au Pair Murders

The Oakland County child killer was responsible for the murders of at least 4 children in Oakland County, MI, in 1976 and 1977. Technically, we don't know whether it's a single killer or multiple killers. What we do know is that these murders shocked that area of Michigan and forever changed the lives of the people there, not just the families of the victims, but the entire community.
 
Join Mike and Morf for the second and last part of a discussion on the Oakland County child killer. In this episode we focus more on the known evidence in the case and dive into the plethora of suspects that police have identified over the years. We also had a discussion with former FBI profiler Julia Cowley, who hosts the podcast - the Consult; real FBI profilers, and we talked about what her years of experience profiling killers like this tells her about this case and the killer.

The Oakland County Child Killer Part 2

The Oakland County child killer was responsible for the murders of at least 4 children in Oakland County, MI, in 1976 and 1977. Technically, we don't know whether it's a single killer or multiple killers. What we do know is that these murders shocked that area of Michigan and forever changed the lives of the people there, not just the families of the victims, but the entire community.
 
Join Mike and Morf for the first part of a discussion on the Oakland County child killer. The perpetrator selected both male and female victims and dumped their bodies where they would easily be found. It also seems as though the perpetrator kept the victims for some time, and in some cases even washed their clothes and redressed them. The details of this case have grabbed people's attention for fifty years.
 
 
 
You can help support the show through Patreon.
 
We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms:
 
Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok 
 
Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford.

The Oakland County Child Killer Part 1

While Easter is generally a day of peace with your loved ones, that's not always the case. Fifty years ago, on March 30th, 1975, Easter Sunday was a nightmare for one Ohio family. That Sunday, James Ruppert called the police simply telling the dispatcher there's been a shooting.
 
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the Easter massacre perpetrated by James Ruppert. When the police arrived, they discovered this was more than a shooting, this was a massacre. There was never a doubt that James Ruppert was behind it. The real question was why Ruppert murdered eleven of his family members that day.
 
You can help out the show at patreon.com/criminology
 
 
 
An Emash Digital production

The Easter Massacre

Listen and read

Other podcasts you might like ...