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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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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Robin Lawrence was stabbed to death in her home on November 18, 1994.
 
She was stabbed 49 times and her body wasn't found for two days. Her 2-year-old daughter, Nicole, was not harmed, but for two days she went without food, water, or her necessary medication having had a liver transplant as an infant. Evidence was found, including DNA, but no arrest was made, and the case went cold.
 
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about the background of the case and how a detective noticed a brown stain on a wash cloth that contained all the evidence needed to catch the killer....30 years after the murder. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transcribe Highlights
 
00:00.48 Introduction - Serial Killer
 
02:28.94 Only killed once
 
05:26.03 1994 Cold Case Murder solved
 
10:06.28 2-year-old, alone with dead mom
 
15:01.19 Victim stabbed 49 times
 
20:13.30 Nicole used tissues to stop blood
 
25:34.21 Suspect attracted to victim
 
30:16.59 "Gaping" wound usually a slice
 
35:18.47 Blood and DNA talked about in news
 
40:29.10 Victim's father, 101, lived to see arrest
 
44:35.96 Cold Case Detectives reach out to Parabon Nano Labs
 
50:25.28 Conclusion 

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1994 Murder SOLVED 2025: Killer Claims He is Serial Killer, Only One Victim

Stephen Bryant became a one man crime wave in October 2004, murdering three men, attempted to kill another man and committed some robberies as well. Bryant dipped a pot holder in the blood of one of his victims and wrote "Victim number four in two weeks, catch me If you can" on the wall. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the crimes of Stephen Bryant, his victims, how they were murdered, and why Bryant gets to choose his method of execution. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transcribe Highlights
 
00:00.03 Introduction - Buffet
 
03:21.10 8 day crime spree
 
08:15.43 Killer gets time to "get right"
 
14:43.16 Firing squad execution
 
18:41.71 Why do autopsy on execution
 
24:42.77 Cruel and unusual
 
30:02.90 Crime spree begins 18 months after release from prison
 
35:40.44 What's next?
 
39:41.74 Conclusion

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Killer Writes in Victim's Blood: Catch Me If You Can: Stephen Bryant Caught, Execution set

Kada Scott, 23, recent graduate of Penn State, working overnight job at an assisted living facility vanishes shortly after arriving for her shift on October 4. A massive search effort takes place until police get a very specific anonymous tip that leads them to Kada's body on October 18. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the clues that helped police collar a suspect, and what investigators really discovered when the remains of Kada Scott were found in a shallow grave. Keon King, a 21-year-old man whom police allege was the last person in contact with Scott, has since been arrested and charged with murder, arson and tampering with evidence in connection with the case.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transcribe Highlights
 
00:00.03 Introduction - College Professor
 
02:18.15 Kada Scott, Penn State Graduate
 
05:11.97 Working in assisted living facility from 10pm-6am
 
09:15.54 Kada met someone in the parking lot
 
14:56.56 Working overnight makes your really tired 
 
19:26.79 Police don't always share everything they know
 
24:44.66 Cell phones connect to towers, place us in certain places
 
30:04.26 Suspect will focus on the abandoned building
 
35:33.89 Before cell phones, you had to find a phone booth
 
40:33.21 Kada had gunshot wound to the head
 
46:02.73 Kidnapped October 4, body found October 18
 
51:06.81 We will do follow-up, Conclusion

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Smelly Dirt, Maggots, Shallow Grave: Kidnapped From Work, Death of Kada Scott

A gruesome story out of Staten Island: a 45-year-old man is beaten to death with a meat tenderizer by his girlfriend's 19-year-old son.
 
Damien Hurstel allegedly told police he wanted to know what it was like to kill somebody. His plan was to kill Anthony Casalaspro, 45, cut off his head, and liquefy his body in a blender.
 
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss what happened when Hurstel attempts to carry out his fiendish plan and how a meat tenderizer, a handsaw, a spoon, a blender, and a bathtub are all part of the crime scene. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transcribe Highlights
 
00:00.03 Introduction: No Country For Old Men
 
03:01.10 Learning from failure
 
08:10.78 Mental Health issues
 
12:18.65 Desecrating remains, displayed body parts
 
17:54.27 Arrival on scene
 
22:05.02 Cutting Body into pieces is hard
 
28:04.13 Suspects wants to know what it is like to kill somebody
 
33:36.79 Matching up the pattern from weapon 
 
38:10.84 Blood in the blender would be everywhere
 
43:00.20 Mom says "why did you kill him, I still love him"
 
44:53.74 Conclusion

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Gruesome! Brain in Blender! Teen Shares Gory Details, Decapitates Mom's Boyfriend

On November 10, 1984, 16-year-old Theresa Fusco was fired from her job at the snack bar at the Hot Skates roller skating rink in Lynbrook, on the south shore of Long Island, New York.
 
She was seen leaving in tears at 9:45 p.m., to walk to her home four blocks away. She did not come home, however.
 
On December 5, 1984, her naked body was found covered with leaves and debris in a wooded area not far from the roller rink. An autopsy revealed Theresa was raped and died as a result of ligature strangulation.
 
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack explain how three men were convicted and sent to prison for a rape and murder they did not commit, and how evidence found at the time of the murder brought about the arrest of a man more than 40 years after the crime.
 
Transcribe Highlights
00:00.07 Introduction, cold coffee
 
05:55.58 Theresa Fusco, 16
 
10:40.20 Body found nearby wooded area
 
15:33.76 1984 autopsy led to arrest in 2025
 
19:10.03 Getting a false confession
 
25:05.93 Evidence of trauma, strangulation, blunt force trauma
 
30:37.56 3 men go to prison for a rape murder they did not commit
 
35:03.84 Case starts off cold in 2005
 
40:02.17 Prosecutor says the match is100% 
 
42:25.42 Conclusion

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COLD CASE SHOCKER!!! Smoothie Straw Links Killer to 1984 Rape/Murder of Teen

On September 13, 1964, Catherine Blackburn is - bludgeoned, raped, and tortured. A crime so heinous the local coroner said "We're dealing with a sadistic sex maniac." Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look at a murder that happened in 1964 and when unsolved until 2025. Joe explains the injuries that include: fractured skull, stab wound in her neck, slashed throat, and heated steak knives on a gas stove used to burn "shapes into her lips and chest". Catherine Blackburn bled to death, and her case went unsolved for more than 60 years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Transcribe Highlights
 
00:01.55 Introduction 
 
03:34.72 Exhumation - Tammy Daybell
 
08:17.05 Monster waiting around the corner
 
13:23.15 Coroner said whoever did this was a "sadistic sex maniac"
 
18:21.88 Mutiple areas of hemorrhage
 
23:40.19 Victim was targeted 
 
28:41.02 Underlying impression of a name became a lead
 
33:01.64 Forensic detective got into the case in 2018
 
39:94.96 Exhuming the body of a suspect 
 
43:30.97 Burglars going into private areas
 
48:36.67 Case Solved, Conclusion 
 
 
 
 

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SOLVED! 1964 Torture Murder by "Sadistic Sex Maniac" 61 YEARS AFTER MURDER

Does Houston have a Serial Killer dumping bodies in the bayous of Harris County Texas? The reason the headline is being tossed about is because of the number of bodies being pulled from the bayous over the last three years is now at 53 - and there will be more by the end of the year. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the facts of the dead bodies and answer the question...Is a Serial Killer dumping bodies in the Bayous of Houston?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Transcribe Highlights
 
00:00.11 Introduction: Fondest childhood memory, cane pole and a worm
 
02:43.94 Bodies in the water around Houston 
 
05:30.16 Bayou water is moving
 
10:06.47 Real numbers
 
15:02.50 Undetermined manner of death
 
20:03.37 Looking for patterns
 
25:10.00 Homeless woman dies, body decomposes between two guys over 6 months
 
30:35.77 Lady Bird Lake deaths in Austin 
 
35:04.01 Truth needs to have a day 
 
40:02.15 Theory of "Smiley Face Killers"
 
45:22.95 Conclusion 
 
 

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OVER 50 Bodies Pulled From Houston Bayous! Serial Killer at Work?

He was the first to use PCR testing on crime-scene DNA, inspiring a practice that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people.
 
Edward T. Blake passed away due to pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. He is credited with being THE forensic expert that sparked the Innocence Movement, using PCR to help set wrongfully convicted people free.
 
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go behind the scenes of the life of Forensic Scientist Edward T. Blake and explore how the technology he helped develop showed up on the big screen as Jurassic Park but showed up in courtrooms across the country as a way to prove a convicted person innocent of the crime as charged. 
 
Transcribe Highlights
00:00.03 Introduction 
 
02:12.96 Edward Blake has died, led to exoneration of more than 50 people
 
06:26.42 Peter Neufeld calls Edward Blake the Ted Williams of DNA
 
09:53.90 What is a "forensic prostitute"
 
15:16.69 using fragmented DNA
 
20:08.12 DNA Replication and Jurassic Park
 
25:08.04 Blake was a problem solver
 
30:12.93 Work as a forensic scientist
 
35:07.77 Testing methodology
 
40:01.81 Blake set the standard
 
42:07.71 Conclusion
 
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Hero Of Innocence Movement: Edward T Blake

The fake photos, false claims and wild conspiracy theories swirling around the murder of Charlie Kirk are nothing more than click bait for people trying to build a following on the death of a man who wanted to engage in a truthful discussion of our differences in an attempt to find common ground. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a close look at what is really happening in the discussion about the murder of Charlie Kirk. Why does Joe call it a murder investigation? Who is really in charge of the investigation? Why are some people so ready to embrace unfounded, made up stories, while ignoring the facts of what actually took place when Charlie Kirk was murdered in front of the world?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transcribe Highlights
 
00:00.03 Introduction 
 
01:32.62 The Death of Charlie Kirk
 
05:06.05 Murder of Assassination
 
09:57.63 Prosecutor press conference
 
14:25.00 Solving a murder, not a political event
 
19:02.29 Claims about autopsy
 
24:28.32 APs and Laterals
 
29:35.10 Autopsy would take place at a specific time
 
34:17.85 Discussion of ammunition size and speed
 
39:11.01 ATF might be consulting the case
 
43:03.48 Candace Owens "claims" of "inside info"
 
48:08.91 Murder Investigation
 
 
 
 
 
 

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FAKE PHOTOS! FALSE CLAIMS! The TRUTH About The MURDER of CHARLIE KIRK!

He is called "The Butcher of Plainfield" "Grandfather of Gore "The Ghoul of Plainfield" and has been a source of inspiration of countless movies that take a small truth about the life of Ed Gein and spin an entire book or movie series designed to scare those who dare read or watch. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go behind the stories and tell the true story of a man who admitted to killing two women in the 50s but is suspected of so much more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transcribe Highlight
 
00:02.83 Introduction 
 
02:11.40 Conversation about Ed Gein
 
05:02.30 Scary movies using parts of Ed Gein story
 
10:09.05 Grave Robbing 
 
15:08.53 Body exam done in a mortuary
 
20:13.24 Deputy sent to Ed Gein's house, finds decapitated victim
 
25:24.90 Gein admitted killing two women - did he practice on the dead?
 
30:09.33 Waste basket made of human skin, skulls mounted on bedposts
 
35:10.80 Gein made belt out of nipples
 
40:23.39 Movies using parts of Ed Gein story 
 
42:03.25 Conclusion

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SHOCKING! Human Head Bowl, Human Skin Lampshade: Truth About Ed Gein

Nancy Grace joins Joseph Scott Morgan to talk about their years working together in front of the camera as well as their time BEFORE they were both on TV. This is the first episode to be recorded in the brand new facility at Jacksonville State University, where Joseph Scott Morgan is the Distinguished Scholar of Applied Forensics. Nancy Grace talks with Joe about Chris Watts, Ellen Greenberg, and the most recent events in the Scott Peterson case. Recorded Live at JSU on October 9, 2024
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

00:57.81 INTRODUCTION 
 
02:33.81 When did Nancy Grace and Joseph Scott Morgan meet?
 
05:08.13 Talking about working with Nancy Grace on HLN
 
10:16.87 Nancy talks about victim families. Kaylee Goncalves in particular
 
15:07.06 What is the biggest need for prosecutors from Forensics, be prepared
 
20:26.83 Talking about people coming from rural areas and metro areas
 
25:55.57 Processing an outdoor scene
 
30:19.17 The importance of the right time of death
 
35:42.26 Talking about Ellen Greenberg case.
 
40:24.33 Scott Peterson and the new testing of duct tape
 
45:19.91 Training Evidence custodian and the chain of evidence
 
50:16.21 Multiple areas of Forensics
 
52:47.16 Conclusion - Thanks to Nancy Grace
 
 

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Nancy Grace and Joseph Scott Morgan: One-On-One

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