A one-year-old boy, Kahleb Collins,,  is discovered to be "Missing" when he isn't found in the wreckage of a car crash that kills his father, Steven Collins, 40, and older sister, Ryleigh Collins, 2, and lands his mother, Pam Bailey, 23, in the hospital in critical condition. Investigators looking for Khaleb don't find him in the wreckage but learn his grandfather, John Elton Bailey, has custody of the baby. When Bailey is interviewed he tells investigators he hasn't seen Kahleb since September. It is now December 17 and an Amber Alert is issued for Kahleb Collins. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case from what happened in the car wreck to a burn pile found on the Collins family property where human remains have been discovered.

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00:00.07 Introduction, burn piles

04:55.58 Fatal family car wreck leads to missing baby

10:16.20 Grandfather has custody of baby, but lives with the family

15:33.76 Was driver trying to commit suicide?

20:10.03 Difference between looking for decaying body of baby and adult

25:05.93 Human remains found in burn pile 

30:37.56 Children not as resilient as adults when subjected to elements

35:03.84 The child has not been identified 

40:02.17 Father is alleged to have abused one-year-old

42:25.42 Conclusion

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Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the leaks in the Bryan Kohberger case and what new information is now in the public. The Dateline show with information not released by the public has the judge in the case investigating the leak. Joseph Scott Morgan also looks at the ghastly injuries done to Ethan Chapin that were allegedly done while he was asleep

Transcript Highlights

00:00.03 Introduction

01:15.89 Joseph Scott Morgan is being viewed by Kohberger

06:46.56 Is there any way to get death penalty off the table

10:13.55 Realizing a killer has been listening

15:44.22 Dateline sharing leaked info

20:13.79 Investigators don't always get it right
 
25:11.68 Sinister pictures, don't look at his eyes

30:02.54 Timeline in Idaho is a 20 minute window

35:05.07 What else haven't we seen?

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Mikal Mahdi was just 21-years-old when he began a crime spree that spanned four states and included two murders. One of the victims was James Myers, a 56-year-old Police Captain with the Orangeburg Public Safety Department in South Carolina. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the crime spree and the murders that landed Mahdi a date with the executioners and how the firing squad, that seemed like such a good idea compared to other methods of death, didn't work out as planned.  Did three shooters ALL miss the mark on Mikal Mahdi or was the "mark" missplaced?

Transcript  Highlights
00:02.40 Introduction

01:13.17 A botched execution 

05:18.91 Mikal Mahdi killed South Carolina Public Safety Officer James Myers in 2004

10:08.71 Mikal Mahdi ended writhing in pain while strapped to a chair

14:40.64 French Guillotine - used as a deterrent

19:55.79 Electrocution of Ted Bundy

25:05.72 Prison Employees volunteer to carry out execution 

30:15.15 Three shooters, two bullet holes, not one heart hit

35:10.71 Static Target from 5 yards away

39:48.66 Was this a "botched execution"?

45:02.64 Was the "marker" misplaced?

47:02.47 Conclusion

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A beloved pastor and Vietnam War Vet is murdered in his own home and his body is  "staged" with his arms spread out and his hands pinned to the wall to resemble crucifixion. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the murder of 76-year-old William Schoneman. Who would want Schoneman dead?  Lovingly called "Pastor Bill" by the community, he had been the pastor at New River Bible Chapel for 25 years. Who would kill a pastor loved by all and why the elaborate staging? Answers are tough to come by and law enforcement isn't sharing info.

 Transcript Highlights
00:12.53 Introduction - Confession

02:16.95 Killer on the loose on Carefree Highway

05:08.34 Pastor murdered, body staged

09:17.30 Killer needed privacy and time

14:14.36 Law Enforcement says Public is "safe"

19:13.12 Torture involved in  murder, hands "pinned" to wall

23:06.75 Pastor was loved and respected by the community

27:07.79 Moving body without destroying evidence 

32:12.98 Mattress holds evidence  

35:39.52 Conclusion

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Just before midnight on January 31, 1977, Jeanette Ralston leaves the Lion's Den bar in San Jose, California. She never arrives home and the next morning her body is found wedged in the back seat of her VW Beetle in a carport of an apartment complex not far from the bar. She had been strangled and possibly sexually assaulted. Investigators found evidence and a sketch of a possible suspect was done, but the case went unsolved and ran cold. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the murder of this single mom and how investigators eventually located a possible suspect in 2024 using a thumbprint found on a carton of cigarettes at the scene of the crime in 1977.  

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Qaadir Lewis and Naazir Lewis, 19-year-old twins, are scheduled to catch a 7 a.m. flight to Boston from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Friday, March 7. They take an Uber from their home in Lawrenceville to the airport but arrive late and miss their flight.

Twenty-nine hours later, just after 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 8, two hikers at the summit of Bell Mountain find the twins dead, both with gunshot wounds. Bell Mountain sits 90 miles from their Lawrenceville home. The family says the twins were not hikers and had never been to Bell Mountain.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss a case with more twists and turns than the roads that lead to Bell Mountain. Did the Lewis twins enter into a murder-suicide pact, as some investigators suggest? And why was a volunteer firefighter arrested after being one of the first on the scene when the bodies were found?

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00:00.00 Introduction 
 
02:42.78  Bell Mountain, 36o degree view

06:09.83 10 minute hike, half mile hike to summit
 
11:06.77 Lake Lanier area, where Ozark was filmed 

15:11.39 Volunteer fireman took pictures of the twins and posted online

25:36.67 Gunfire related murder/suicide

30:39.13 Evidence on body can determine range of fire

35:19.02 Family says the twins hate to spend money on gas
Conclusion 

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Nobody knows for sure the exact number of men that Herb Baumeister killed. Investigators have an idea of certain individuals who went missing during Baumeister's reign of terror, but Dan Halloran was not on anyone's list as a possible victim. In a previous episode of Body Bags, 10,000 Human Remains Found on Serial Killer's Farm, we told you the horror story of a killer named Herb Baumeister. In this update Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the story of a little girl whose father was sent away when she was just 2. For 29 years she has wondered what became of her father, and now, thanks to the incredible work of a dedicated county coroner and the scientists at Othram, she knows. 

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00:00.00 Introduction 

02:12.39 Herb Baumeister update

05:15.43 Do not know the number of Baumeister victims

09:55.47 Halloran fit the victim profile
 
15:50.60 Victim remains were burned and crushed

20:07.88 Odd behavior from an early age

25:08.98 Man escapes Baumeister and tells police he was lucky to get out alive

30:01.47 What happens with suicide gunshot wound to the head

36:14.67 Hamilton County Coroner, heroic effort to try and identify victims of Baumeister

41:12.15 Othram is helping families find answers

45:38.59 Conclusion

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Alexa Bartell, 20, is driving her car around 11pm when the driver of a truck coming towards her speeds up to 80 mph and hurls a 9 pound landscape boulder through her front windshield. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the criminal actions of Joseph Koenig, Zachary Kwak, and Nicholas Karol-Chik, that led to the instant death of Alexa Bartell.

Transcript Highlight

00:00.03 Introduction

04:59.70 Driver throws 9 pound rock at passing vehicle

09:30.91 Landscaping stone turned into a projectile 

14:18.49 First Responder doesn't know what happened

19:59.48 The guys in the truck had been throwing rocks at other 

25:10.65 Weaponizing a bolder

30:09.01 Victim was struck in head

35:28.16 Complex crime scene

40:07.07 This wasn't the first time this happened

45:02.34 People don't feel safe on the road 

46:12.08 Conclusion road

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Family members describe 44-year-old Tracy Lynn Wilemon as a fun-loving, spunky, hard-working mother who was thriving in Clanton, Alabama. She was saving money from her job at a nursing home to visit her daughter in Lake Havasu, Arizona. Things were looking good for Tracy. Until her own cousin, Tony Van Dyke and her boyfriend, James "Taz" Osgood lived out some type of crazy rape/murder fantasy that led to the death of Tracy Lynn Wilemon, the death sentence for James "Taz" Osgood, and a life sentence in a federal prison for Tony Van Dyke. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case and Joe Scott  will walk you through one of the worst crime scenes ever.

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00:00.03 Introduction - Justice

03:16.56 Death Penalty 

08:14.63 Evil visits

13:45.68 Working in a nursing home

18:54.21 Remembering the victim - death sentence

23:32.20 Knife wound to neck 

28:54.83 Multiple stab wounds, torture

34:01.95 Containment of the scene

39:05.14 Death Sentenced being carried out quickly

44:12.64 Description of drug effects used in execution

48:08.45 Conclusion

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Is A Serial Killer Hunting Women in New England? Between March 6, 2025, and April 10, 2025, in an area of the United States known as "New England", the remains of 6 women have been found. This information has caused social media to claim a Serial Killer is on the loose and have named him the "New England Serial Killer".  Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at what we know about the cases so far and discuss what a Serial Killer is from a investigative standpoint as opposed to the thoughts and ideas of armchair detectives and social media influencers.  Should women in the Northeast be afraid? Is there really a new serial killer on the loose?

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00:02.04 Introduction 

01:22.25 Why do some murders get attention?

05:22.15 Remains of 6 women recovered over 8 weeks

10:00.24 What number makes a person a "Serial Killer"?

14:53.23 Weapons used by serial killers

20:15.95 BTK Serial Killer - First Killing was of a family

25:02.88 Who are the missing women whose remains recovered

29:57.23 Could it be an accident?

35:29.97 Mental Illness impact on life of victim 

39:47.81 Physical description, similarities

43:17.07 Conclusion

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