The victim impact statements in the Bryan Kohberger sentencing were powerful.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack have covered the case since it began in November 2022 and discuss the evidence used to convince Bryan Kohberger to take a plea deal.  

JoScott also explains some of the injuries sustained by Kaylee Gonçalves and how they would have happened based on what we now know about the murders and how they took place. 

Transcribe Highlights

00:00.22 Introduction, memories

04:25.74 Idaho murders impact on society

10:03.64 Impact statements by family members

15:12.12 Still wanting to know the facts of the case

20:32.28 Did BK target one specific person?

25:27.39 Science solved the case

30:13.55 BK Comment on arrest "anyone else arrested?"

35:11.23 Timeline of activity 

40:34.32  Defense theory of 4 other people

45:10.42 Parents, Grandparents, siblings, impacted

48:23.61 Conclusion

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Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss Forensic Anthropology,  starting with the two questions usually asked of Forensic Anthropologists:

1. Who are they?
2.  What happened?

Joseph Scott Morgan explains what is Forensic Anthropology and how experts in the field are able to figure out what happened in cases where only a minimum of remains are left to investigate.

Transcribe Highlights

00:10.88 Introduction- Forensic Anthropology 

05:05.90 Thinking neighbor was "the" Margaret Mead

10:26.47 Forensic Anthropologists - The Body Farm

14:56.66 Training is very intense

20:01.55 Terminator the liquid guy

25:03.32 Bones that make up the human skull 

30:18.10 Swampy area - what happens to bones?

35:08.07 Study of human skeletal remains

40:42.60 Suture lines in floor of skull

44:34.54 Working case of genocide 

50:36.76 Gunshot wound

55:22.21 Conclusion

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In West Georgia, on the morning of February 20th, 2025, deputies with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene at 1531 Carolton Tyus Road. The 5-year-old daughter of James "Jamie" Brock and his wife, "Kristen Brock, discovered the bodies of her parents,  both deceased, from apparent gunshot wounds. The 5-year-old told her sister, Sarah Grace Patrick, 16, and she called 911. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the scene of the crime and some of the "Red Flags" that began to fly in the days, weeks, and months that followed. The investigation of a double homicide in a small community in rural Georgia becomes an international affair with the teenage daughter/stepdaughter of the deceased begins asking for help on TikTok.

Transcript Highlights

00:00.32 Introduction - Babies

01:27.18 Teen accused of murder

05:18.49 Blended family

09:50.63 Evil visits everywhere

14:47.90 Did someone alter the scene?

20:13.45 Blood co-mingled

25:26.43 More than one weapon used?

29:56.79 Talk about son killing his family in his dad's dentist office

35:12.07  Sentencing meant to deterrent

40:02.92 Police mention possible future arrests

43:01.18 Brock's got really plugged into a church

45:03.87 conclusion 

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The death of Jeffrey Epstein is back in the news and his brother, Mark Epstein, is on record saying he believes his brother was murdered.

The death of Jeffrey Epstein has been debated since the minute it was announced to the world. On this episode of Body Bags, Joseph Scott Morgan will share what it was like to be on the air with the news and notice "red flags" as certain parts of the death story didn't seem to be correct.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will break down the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Did Jeffrey Epstein commit suicide, or was he murdered? 

Transcript Highlights 

00:01:17 Joe hears story about where the meanest men in America live 

00:04:47 Joseph Scott Morgan talks about covering Epstein death 

00:08:23 Discuss first attack/suicide attempt  

00:11:45 Talk about unusual circumstances 

00:14:37 Discuss conflicting statements about noose 

000:17:15 Talk about Epstein allowed unmonitored phone call  

00:18:23 Discuss no cellmate to attack or stop suicide 

00:20:33 Talk about two nooses in the cell 

00:22:42 Discussion of cell condition and contents 

00:25:49 Talk about July 23rd event 

00:29:25 Discuss observing body at time of death 

00:32:25 Talk about putting hospital gown on Epstein 

00:34:03 Mark Epstein told his brother may have been dead 2 hours or more 

00:37:40 Talk about Epstein body wheeled into hospital 

00:40:34 Discussion of hyoid bone 

00:42:05 Discuss facts of the body at time of death 

00:44:24 Discuss agreement overturned regarding suicide 

00:45:14 Talk about autopsy, who was present 

00:47:00 Discuss distribution of force 

00:48:16 Mentions that noose wasn't collected for evidence. 

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909 people, including 267 children, died by suicide or were murdered by cyanide injection on November 18, 1978, at "The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project", better known by the unofficial name "Jonestown" after the leader of the group, Jim Jones. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the group, how they ended up in the jungle of Guyana, and how most of the men, women, and children, died. Professor Morgan explains how Dr. William Eckert described the "smell of death" a mile away and 2000 feet in the air in a helicopter as he was arriving at the facility, what took place in identifying the dead, the condition of the bodies that were exposed to the elements, and what it would have been like for the victims who "drank the kool-aid".  Oddly enough, the phrase "drink the kool-aid", referring to people blindly following leadership regardless of the truth, isn't correct. The people of Jonestown did not drink "Kool-Aid". They drank a cheap, knock-off  version of Kool-Aid called Flavor Aid.  

Transcribe Highlights
00:01.72 Introduction - environment

01:42.95 Jonestown "Don't Drink the Kool-Aid"

05:16.89 Remembering the reporting of Jonestown Suicide

09:41.90  Describing bloated bodies 

10:34.71 What is left of Jonestown

12:18.99  Jim Jones cultivated political relationships

16:25.53  Jonestown was very isolated 

20:06.23 Flies would be all over the scene

25:28.77 Have to determine how people were killed

29:54.63 Rep Leo Ryan killed at airstrip 6 miles from Jonestown

34:47.87 Jim Jones was not a "man of the cloth"

39:20.62 Value of Dark Tourism

40:25.99 Conclusion

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Ryland Headley was 34-years-old when he raped and murdered 75-year-old Louisa Dunne in her home in Bristol (UK) on June 28, 1967.  The biggest lead investigators had was to be found ‘lifted’ from the dusted powder of a window frame at the back of Louisa Dunne’s house and the residual trace of a palm print. It triggered the biggest finger and palm print operation in the history of the force. No suspect was found and the case went cold. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the rape/murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne, the evidence left behind, as well as similar attacks 10 years later and 212 miles away credited to the 'Ipswich Rapist', Ryland Headley. Joseph Scott Morgan explains how investigators careful collection of evidence in 1967 was used to convict 92-year-old Ryland Headley 58 years after the crime.

Transcript Highlights 
00:00.43 Introduction - 1967 Cold Case

05:23.79 1967 unsolved murder - SOLVED 2025

09:43.05 Neighbor checks on Louisa Dune, 75

14:43.95 The icy fingers of death

19:24.99 Neighbor calls police after finding body

24:11.77 Scarf used to strangle victim 

29:09.05 The Ipswich Rapist - 1977

34:15.57 Ipswich victims were 79 and 84

35:11.95 Ryland Headley sentenced to life, sentenced overturned, released in 1980

40:06.98 Evidence lost

44:12.49 Partial Palm Print from 1967

47:03.59 DNA from 1967 matched to Ryland Headley

Conclusion 

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AEA: Autoerotic Asphyxia—David Carradine gained fame on TV in the early 70s as Kung Fu. Michael Hutchence was the frontman for hitmaking rock group INXS.

Both men died doing the same thing: autoerotic asphyxia. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss AEA as well as other public deaths by asphyxia, including the hanging of Jeffrey Epstein, the suicide of Robin Williams, and a story about the death of a man accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials and how he died of asphyxia by "pressing."

Transcript Highlights

00:02.49 Introduction 

00:39.43 "Blood Beneath My Feet"

04:48.20 Asphyxia by hanging

10:00.77 Suffocation - positional asphyxia

15:06.68 Compression of the neck

19:39.06 Hanging of Lewis Payne

24:40.59 Execution by "pressing"

30:12.40 Killed by hanging in public 

35:11.67 Suspension Hanging vs Supported Hanging

39:15.66 Auto-Erotic Asphyxia

45:20.99 Strangle to point of death, and stopping, to cause more terror in victim

50:42.24 Conclusion  

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Update on the decapitation of Baby Isaiah during his birth. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss what happened and how the family is still having to fight for justice. The parents, Jessica Ross and Traveon Taylor Sr. have filed lawsuits against the hospital and the doctor but the first suit is about the damage done to the family by the doctor hired to do the autopsy of baby Isaiah, Dr. Jackson Gates. Dr. Gates posted pictures and video of the autopsy without the parents knowledge or permission and a jury awards the parents $2 million in damages. 

Transcript Highlights
00:04.96 Introduction

00:48.33 Parental grief with loss of a child

04:45.27 Use of forceps during childbirth

06:37.45 The death of baby Isaiah

10:04.56 Explanation of child birth options

14:28.88 Doctor applied enough force to decapitate baby 

20:30.53 Baby Isaiah head placed on body so it wouldn't fall off

25:19.76 Funeral home reported decapitation

30:06.68 Head removed during delivery

35:09.52 Paying for autopsy

39:42.33 Lawsuit filed when autopsy doctor placed images of autopsy on social media

44:59.93 Conclusion 

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Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the Manson family murders and the real injuries suffered by the victims,  as well as beheadings carried out hundreds of years ago in an effort to explain the difference in the type of injuries created by all manner of weapons that can be used to stab, slice, carve, and disembowel. Professor Morgan explains the difference between the facts of a case and how injuries and weapons are shown in film and how difficult it is to determine the source of a sharp force injury. 

Transcript Highlights 
00:13.87 Introduction - Sharp Force Injuries
  
01:11.86 Description of a beheading

04:56.77 Sharp force injury

10:02.83 Executioner refusing to execute

14:59.68 Stabbing injuries

20:27.08 Studying the margin - edges of injury

24:48.30 Always look for the "winking eye"

29:58.47 Thorough autopsy - tongue comes out

35:03.25 First documented autopsy, Caesar

38:58.59 Manson family knife attacks, Sharon Tate

45:03.35 Manson Murders shown in movie shows fork bouncing up and down, ridiculous

46:2 9.07 Conclusion

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A solid understanding of firearms and their function and purpose is essential to being a successful investigator. Failure to understand the things encountered in the street... there is no telling what kind of interpretation one will wind up making . Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack look at the weapons used in the murders of Lincoln, JFK, and Oswald and Joe explains why It is important to be "studied up" when working in the field.

Transcript Highlights
00:00.07 Introduction 

02:33.91 Brief History of firearms

06:08.03 $12 mail order gun supposedly killed JFK -- how do you figure it out

09:04.62 The Rifleman

15:48.72 The weapon used to kill Lincoln

20:12.47 Baseball bat favored by Dave

25:20.33 Never say gunshot wound on report in the field

30:25.58 JFK neck wound used for creating airway

35:14.95 The "Magic Bullet"

40:12.97 Oswald shooting injury

45:05.23 Projectile would have defect

49:28.41 Round traveling out of weapon

55:46.90 Conclusion

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