Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

When Stacey Powell doesn't log onto her work computer for two days in the middle of the week, and family can't get her on the phone, police are asked to do a "well-being" check.
When police arrive, they immediately suspect Powell's boyfriend, Andrew Ridgeway, of lying. She's later found brutally murdered inside her Auburndale, Florida, home.
Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack in this episode, as they discuss the case.
Also in this episode, we mention a show that dropped December 23, 2025:
"1983 Car Fire Death: Charred Remains Buried. Victim Found ALIVE! Who is in GRAVE?"






Transcribe Highlights
00:01.62 Introduction - Well-being check
01:02.14 "savage"
05:02.26 Police show up - looking for Stacey
06:05.69 Andrew Ridgeway lies to police
10:01.21 Police need a warrant
15:02.62 What do "raccoon eyes" mean?
20:01.27 Past show - charred remains, 1983 car fire death
25:22.65 Lacerations are not sharp force injuries
30:05.43 Fresh blood, slippery
35:12.74 Stacey was shot and beaten
40:00.73 Beat cops deal with everything
45:20.16 M.E. said face unrecognizable
49:38.18 Conclusion

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In November 2006, the skeletal remains of an unidentified individual were found on a beach in Taholah, an unincorporated village on the Quinault Indian Reservation, in Grays Harbor County, Washington. he Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office and the Grays Harbor County Coroner's Office responded and began collecting evidence and investigating. The Skeletal Remains: Adult Man - 5'9" - 170 - 180 lbs Likely between 20 and 60 years old (OR OLDER!!!!) Needless to say, the case went cold. For 20 years. In 2025 - Grays Harbor County Coroner's Office and the King County Medical Examiner's Office and submit evidence to Othram. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack talk about the case that didn't seem possible to solve, and the Mayor who was able to finally be laid to rest.





Transcribe Highlights
00:03.34 Introduction - Story of "Pearl"
03:23.81 Ann Rule - true crime author
05:05.05 Skeletal Remains found on beach
10:10.94 Dental wear to determine age
15:09.54 Skull wear - suture lines
20:34.97 Standing at the edge of raging rivers
25:01.85 Soft tissue eaten
30:23.00 Mayor Edwin Asher
35:11.85 Skeleton found in 2006
41:12.23 Identifying remains
45:17.78 Having to breathe life into DNA
48:52.47 Othram making a difference

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Robert Eugene Brashers was a serial killer and rapist who got away with murders. He was only proved to be a "serial killer" 20 years after he killed himself! Brashers body was exhumed and his DNA tied him to the infamous "Yogurt Shop Murders" in Austin, Texas in 1991. Now in the recent past, another cold case has been tied to Brashers - the 1998 murder of Linda Rutledge in Lexington, Kentucky. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the evidence that ties Brashers to both of those crimes as well as several more!





Transcribe Highlights
00:02.71 Introduction: Yogurt Shop Murders
05:33.02 Working Serial homicides
10:00.38 Joining the Army, then Navy
15:07.68 Is three years enough for the crime?
19:59.05 Shot to death, fire used to cover-up crime
25:19.93 Comes prepared to start fire
30:24.34 Execution style shooting
35:04.41 Austin and Lexington cases both cold
39:04.69 Did not know Brashers was serial killer until 2018
42:19.26 Conclusion

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On October 17, 2025, a normal morning starts as a New York mother sees her children off to school.
After returning from taking her youngest daughter to school, an intruder attacks Aleena Asif after sneaking into her home while she was away.
Aleena loses her life during the struggle.
Now, according to the County of Nassau District Attorney, an arrest has been made in the case.
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go inside the home of Aleena Asif and break down her murder at the hands of her estranged husband, who is accused of smothering the mother of his children with Cyanide and Acid.

Transcribe Highlights
00:00.07 Introduction - Snack foods
02:08.31 Cyanide
04:55.10 Marie Hilley using arsenic
10:07.92 Mom taking kids to school, at home, death awaits
15:14.60 Why did school not call the father?
20:21.43 Qureshi uses rag dipped in cyanide and acid
24:57.85 Acid would make skin look red or even turn brown
29:49.11 Workers have to worry about cyanide
35:06.94 Did suspect plan to torture
38:50.95 Conclusion

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The Torso Killer is back in the news again as Richard Cottingham confesses to the 1965 murder of 18-year-old nursing student, Alys Eberhardt, in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Cottingham will not be prosecuted for the murder, the admission allows the city of Fair Lawn to close the case, maybe provide an answer for family who have waited decades to know what happened to their loved one. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack dig into the story of the "Torso Killer", the "Time Square Killer" Richard Cottingham. He confesses to a cold case from 1965, will there be more?






Transcribe Highlights
00:00.28 Introduction - Decade, getting older
02:53.32 Deathbed confessions
06:23.91 Will confession aid in healing?
11:38.74 The last woman attacked, survived
16:56.79 Rodney Alcala worked at BCBS at same time
22:56.31 Torso killer - attacked with a knife, but killings were strangling
29:00.70 Heroic woman survived and caused Torso Killer to be caught
35:11.48 Telling tales for benefits in prison
40:03.03 Bodies try to heal
45:16.76 Torture killing
46:02.07 Conclusion

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