A shocking video our of New Orleans shows an Orleans Parish Coroner's Office employee dragging a murder victim's body down the front steps of his home! Project NOLA posts the video to social media and the next day, OUTRAGE. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at what happened on the scene to allow this to take place. Joe takes the time to explain the possible damage being done, not just to the victim, but to the prosecution case at trial. 

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00:05.89 Introduction, New Orleans

05:18.12 Description of Large Man dead for a long time

08:26.46 Getting the man down the stairs

10:27.13 The dead deserve dignity and respect

14:28.29 Recalling a story from autobiography

20:08.56 A body being drug from a home

25:08.48 Dragging a body down the stairs

30:00.43 Body is being damaged

35:56.52 Everything in the case can be ruined

40:41.59 Homes are very close

45:51.47 Conclusion

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Brandon Braxton played football for Duke University, is twice an Academic All-American, but after his playing career is over, he finds himself back where he went to High School, hanging out with a friend, Whitney Hurd. Hurd is a realtor and enjoys catching up with her old friend, at first, but when he starts hanging around her house and passing out drunk in her driveway, she calls police. When Whitney Hurd is reported missing, one of the only clues is her car. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look behind the front door of a high school friendship that turned deadly. Whitney Hurd actually helps provide a key clue as to what happened to her and who did it. Joseph Scott Morgan explains fingerprints and how they are everywhere, and in this case, put the suspect in the front seat of the victim's vehicle, a place Whitney Hurd never allowed anyone.

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00:00.00 Introduction

01:21.76 Fingerprints found everywhere

04:52.11 Brandon Braxton, Academic All-American at Duke

10:13.35 Whitney Hurd is found by a Private Detective

15:27.08 Whitney Hurd, 32, realtor, well-off, reported missing

20:02.86 Describing friction ridges on finger prints

25:03.46 Playing football at Duke, academic all-American, good start in life

30:35.38 Whitney Hurd found INSIDE HER HOME

35:18.44 Face covering of murder victim, sign of remorse

39:51.96 Whitney did not let anyone drive her car

44:20.92 Braxton tells police he has never been in Whitney's car

46:06.88 Conclusion

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Kei'Mani Latigue, 13,  lives with her grandmother, Dorothy Latigue - just the two of them. Dorothy works at night and when she comes home the next morning, the door is unlocked, the house is a mess, the gas on the stove is on, and KeiMani is missing. KeiMani's father appears on local tv begging for anyone to please call police to help find his daughter. Days later the body of the 13-year-old is found with her hands chopped off and her head nearly severed. And she has been raped. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a close look at the family dynamic as Joe explains how forensics will help investigators determine what happened inside the home as well as where the child's body was found and what led police to arrest Darnell Jones, KeiMani's 33-year-old father. 

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00:00.62 Introduction 

01:20.85 Graffiti says "her life mattered" 

03:01.55 13-year-old KeiMani Latigue, missing

07:07.69 Grandmother comes home from work, KeiMani mising

10:18.70 Examine couch for seminal fluid

14:59.66 Talk about force entry and struggle

19:17.46 Dad claims he left his daughter in the home

24:56.30 Father charged with kidnapping

30:25.80 Wounds are incised wounds

35:06.04 Why was body dismembered?

40:07.16 KeiMani was raped

45:24.68 Determining how long a body has been at location

50:17.96 Police charge father with kidnap, rape, murder 

57:14.69 Conclusion

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On August 5, 2008, a beach goer near the former Silver King Resort, west of Port Angeles, Washington, found a shoe containing a sock and what appeared to be human remains.

 It was not the first discovery of its kind—and would not be the last—but today, the person behind the foot has been identified.

Since 2007, at least 20 detached human feet, often in sneakers, have washed ashore along the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack examine the mystery and go behind the scenes at Othram to explain how forensic experts identified the remains—and how the public can help.

Othram collaborates with forensic scientists, medical examiners, and law enforcement to solve cases when other methods have failed.

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00:00.12 Introductin

01:57.78 A shoe with a human foot found on beach 

06:48.11 Water meeting the sea, creating odd currents

12:09.99 How do feet wind up on the beach inside shoes

17:02.94 Geography of the area

23:51.44 Investigation starts very broad

28:31.49 Forensic anthropologist needed to ID remains

33:34.69 Why say "human remains" instead of "foot"

37:10.65 Othram Labs solving mysteries

43:12.33 Conclusion

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Jessie Marie Peterson, 31, an attorney with Type One Diabetes is admitted to the hospital for a diabetes related illness. Two days later she calls her mother around 2:30pm and asks her to come pick her up and take her home. When her mother shows up two-hours later, she is told that Jessie Marie Peterson checked herself out of the hospital, Against Medical Advice (AMA).  Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a close look at what really happened to Jessie Marie Peterson and why was her mother told she had checked out, when according to their own records, she was pronounced dead at 4:27pm at the medical center. While the family spent over a year looking for Jessie, her body had been sitting in a storage facility. 

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00:05.18 Introduction

01:59.25 Hospital tells family patient left AMA

06:53.65 Family is looking for Jessie Peterson, attorney

11:48.34 Jessie is ready to leave hospital, accomplished woman

16:11.54 Lawsuit filed

21:10.19 She calls her mother at 2:30, two hours later she is gone

25:20.07 Hospital claims she left AMA

30:22.43 Mother begins looking for Jessie

35:15.51 Jessie Marie Peterson was dead and for a year the family is looking for Jessie

40:06.21 Body is placed into cold storage

45:08.31 Her body is found after a year, remains are not viewable

49:01.24 Conclusion

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Jared Ondrea, 22, and Deshea Butler, 35, are both living in a halfway house in South Carolina when Marc-Anthony Cantrell is placed in the home.  Jared Ondrea goes missing and a search fails to find the young man who was trying to learn to live on his own as an adult. Five months later, Deshea Butler goes missing, and this time when police begin searching they find security footage of Marc-Anthony Cantrell carrying what appears to be the body of Butler out of the house. Confronted with the information, Cantrell confesses to killing both men, and adds some information not everyone was ready to hear. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at what it was like to have a person called a "Budding Serial Killer" as a roommate in a halfway house. Joe will also explain how the devil worshiping man with  tattoos of devil horns, could remove enough blood from one of his victims to drink it from a coffee cup for a week.

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00:20.04 Introduction

02:34.85 Marc-Anthony Cantrell, 26, satanist, called a budding serial killer

09:13.65 Two murders in South Carolina

14:44.86 Grandmother of Jared Ondrea files suit

19:28.08 Jared Ondrea, 22, body hasn't been found

24:21.46 Orders of Protective custody in New Orleans

29:07.42 People in need of help, not getting it

33:11.64 Why has this story stayed under the radar for two years

37:22.67 Removing the ears, ritualized

44:20.51 Conclusion

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Families and friends looking for answers about what happened to their loved ones who vanished. A volunteer group uncovers a site that looks like a concentration camp out of WW2, but it is in 2025 Mexico! Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take an up close look at what was found,  including three underground ovens used for cremating bodies. Joe explains the forensics in  trying to identify some of the souls whose remains, are now cremains. 

Transcript Highlights
00:00.03 Introduction

02:38.66 Disposal of human beings like WW2 Concentration camps

06:53.11 Since 1962, 120,000 people have gone missing in Mexico

11:09.42 Amongst the horror, children's toys are found

16:44.94 Volunteers using methods that are not very high tech

21:33.74 Looking for markers in the ground

26:36.78 Look for bodies by poking the ground 

31:12.08 Piles of shoes at the Holocaust museum

35:03.34 Conclusion

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Kenneth Perry thought he got away with the rape and murder of Pamela Sumter and the murder of her brother, John Sumter. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack dive into a case that remained unsolved for over 30 years but was eventually solved by a combination of good detective work and brilliant DNA work done by Othram labs. Check out www.dnasolves.com to find out how you can help. Joe explains the crime scene and how investigators were able to use a "dying declaration" to get justice for Pamela and John Sumter,
Kenneth Perry was convicted of the rape and murder of Pamela Sumter and the murder of her brother, John Sumter. He was sentenced on March 18, 2025 to three consecutive life sentences, plus 100 years in custody. 

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00:00:01.81 Introduction - Malignant Heart

00:03:19.67 Othram solving the cold cases

00:05:53.64 Unsolved case of double homicide 

00:09:47.60 DNA And "dying declaration" 

00:14:12.53 Why Would some die after surviving two weeks

00:20:48.31 Early days of genetic material of sex offenders

00:25:18.44 Pattern wear of shoe providing evidence

00:30:01.82 Determining knife, double edge or single edge

00:36:23.44 Learning about DNA watching the OJ Trial

00:41:31.50 Crowdfunding and Access to grant writers 

00:46:05.88 Suspect is now 56, got DNA sample that matched victims in Ga and Detroit

00:49:01.54 Othram helping solve cold cases 

00:53:02.29 Conclusion

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Collin Griffith shoots his father to death at 15 and claims self-defense. 18-months later, Collin Griffith kills his mother, he is now 17 and claims self-defense again. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take on the story of the teen who killed both of his parents, in different states and in different years and used two different types of weapons to kill his parents and claims self-defense. It is a story can only be understood when the forensic evidence is brought to the front. Collin Griffith, 15, is charged with killing his father on February 14, 2023 in Oklahoma. Judge drops charges. Same teen, now 17, charged with killing his mother September 8, 2024, jury decision Not Guilty. What Happened!

Transcript Highlights00:00.23 Introduction 

03:04.77 The Fickle Finger of Fate, defined

04:59.94 Boys kills dad when he is 15 and mother when he is 1709:53.26 The prosecution walking a tight wire talking about age of suspect

15:44.30 Finding a weapon doesn't tell the whole story

20:25.10 Kills dad with a gun, claims self-defense

25:42.92 Judge drops the charges against the boy30:23.32 How does a teen kill both parents, time and distance apart35:22.38 What evidence is left behind in the blood40:13.23 Griffith claims long fight leading up to fatal injury

43:03.56 Conclusion 

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Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the latest information regarding the death of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. Their deaths have been called "suspicious" by some in the press, but Joe Scott explains what actually happened and why their deaths, while shocking and sad, are not suspicious.

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00:00.90 Introduction - The Death of Gene Hackman

03:40.86 Gene Hackman found in "Mud Room" and wife found in Bathroom with pills spilled around her

08:59.26 Dog found dead in bathroom had some type of treatment at the vet

14:09.85 Actors with dementia trying to perform

19:03.30 Gene Hackman was totally dependent on his wife

24:31.11 What does "mummify" mean

28:59.43 Gene Hackman's wife died from Hantavirus

33:23.47 Hantavirus is spread by rodents

39:08.17 Gene Hackman didn't drink any water or eat any food days leading up to his death

41:44.62 Conclusion

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