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?

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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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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. 

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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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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?

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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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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.

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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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Franz and Theresia Kraus are a retired couple. In 2025 he is 92 and she is 83. The problem is that nobody has seen them in several years. Their social security checks are automatically deposited and their adult son, Lorenz Kraus, tends to other matters for them. After years of attempting to contact the couple without success, the social security office asks police to do a "welfare check" on Franz and Theresia Kraus. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at what happened when police do the welfare check and how their "loving son" Lorenz Kraus ends up on local tv confessing to killing his parents and burying their bodies in the backyard.

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00:00.11 Introduction

01:16.21 Man buries mom and dad in backyard

04:36.12 Mountain Family Comes to big city to transport body of their loved one on a flatbed truck

08:59.11 News Anchor gets son to admit murder during interview

14:37.45 Early Luminol story

20:10.37 Body decomposing in soil will cause sinking

25:11.76 Newsman interviews murderer

30:14.33 Suffocated father

34:31.88 Admits killing in 2017

40:13.36 Skeletal remains can breakdown

44:27.65 Conclusion 
 

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Christa Pike killed a classmate in Job Corps, carved a pentagram in her chest with a box cutter, kept a piece of crushed skull as a trophy, and showed it to friends.

Sentenced to death for the January 1995 murder, she finally gets her date with death, but it is still another year away!

On January 12, 1995, Colleen Slemmer, 19, was lured to her death by Christa Pike, Tadaryl Shipp, and Shadolla Pederson. Pike believed Colleen was trying to steal her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp.  Colleen's friends say she was not involved with Shipp. J

oseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look at the beating that brought about Colleen's death. And how Christa Pike saved a piece of Colleen's skull as a trophy she shows to other members of Job Corps. Shadolla Pederson turned informant and got probation.

Tadaryl Shipp was sentenced to life but comes up for parole this month. Christa Pike was sentenced to death, and the date of her execution has been set for September 2026.

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00:03.86 Introduction

03:29.97 What Christa Pike did in killing Colleen

08:31.69 Must be death penalty qualified 

13:02.52 Job Corps

18:02.64 Christa Pike lured Colleen

23:32.31 Brain coming out of skull 

27:37.26 Moving skin around skull 

31:37.68 Long cut down Colleen's back

36:29.24 Colleen endured great pain during beating 

41:07.05 Crime solved within 36 hours

44:26.51 Conclusion 
 

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Kirby Carpenter was a 36-year-old entrepreneur dealing in gold, silver, and coins. He was known to carry large sums of cash at all times, was found dead on December 2, 2022. Authorities believe he was murdered with a shotgun or a firearm that fires shotgun-style shells on November 30, shortly after returning home from a grocery trip. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the case behind the murder and the trial that has just ended.

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00:05.83 Introduction

03:23.12 Sounds like "movie of the week"

05:00.85 Spence steals horse "Goliath"

09:59.19 Murdered by gun that fires "shotgun like" shells

14:43.31 Different guns for different hunting

20:12.78 Multiple bullet holes using shotgun

25:09.84 Drag marks lead to shooting location

30:07.44 If a robbery, body wouldn't have been moved

35:02.15 $2,000 in cash in a pocket

40:04.25 Caitlin is the one who "found" Kirby

45:36.01 SHOCKING MISTRIAL!

Conclusion

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The remains of an unknown female were discovered in a well shaft in Saskatoon's Sutherland neighborhood in 2006. Now, almost 20 years later, she has been identified as a woman born in 1881! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go behind the shocking find and discover who the woman was and how she was murdered!  Alice Spence (nee Burke), a woman of Irish ancestry who was about 35 years old at the time of her death, sometime between 1916 and 1918. Saskatoon and Toronto Police Services Team with Othram to Identify Canada's "Woman in the Well". Check out DNASolves.com

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00:08.72 Introduction -History 

03:17.40 Ben Franklin's bathroom 

05:20.03 Human remains in burlap bag, placed in a barrel, found in a well 

10:01.36 Murderer did good job hiding body 

15:30.58 Forensic anthropologist at work

20:25.39 Joe Loves the Saints

25:05.77 Atl, body stashed down manhole

30:12.75 Hyoid bone could still be intact

35:20.77 Gilgo, burlap sacks used

40:14.48 Othram is changing lives 

45:12.44 Body finally identified with trauma from murder

47:03.89 Conclusion

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After hitting Kjersten Strang on her Ebike with such force her body lands wedged in the windshield of his Nissan Altima, Xavier Rigby, 22, continues driving with the single mom embedded in his windshield.

Finally, after eight blocks, her body dislodges from the windshield and lands on the ground, but Rigby doesn't stop, he keeps driving.

He is captured a mile away at a closed liquor store!

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at the vehicle vs bicycle story and Joe explains how investigators will determine what happened and where, even when the crime scene is 8 blocks long. 

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00:02.52 Introduction

00:31.09 Learning to drive 

04:20.61 Kjersten Strang hit riding bike, lands in windshield

09:25.84 Driver continues driving

13:59.45 Accident investigation course

18:18.40 Car hit rear tire of bike

22:56.58 Looking for pieces of body 

27:03.60 Suicide by vehicle

31:31.94 Pimp hit by cab 

35:39.82 Fatal Vehicle vs Bicycle crash 
  
39:47.92 Woman has armed ripped off body 

41:35.31 Conclusion 

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The homicide investigation into the death of Vadim Kruglov, a 37-year-old Russian national who called Washington State home, continues as the 70,000 attendees and a killer leave Black Rock City. While everyone focused on the Burning Man, the dying man was laying in a pool of his own blood, bleeding out from a stab wound to the throat. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss what the crime scene is like when the murder happens in a temporary city, where thousands of people are standing around one another but nobody sees a man murdered. A festival of art and piece ends with fire and murder. 

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