Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

On Feb. 24, 2023, police were called to the Banfield family home for a stabbing and a shooting around 8 a.m. Brendan Banfield, an IRS special agent, told police he shot a man who had stabbed his wife, Christine Banfield. Police find Christine Banfield, nude and stabbed multiple times, in an upstairs bedroom. Nearby, they find a man named Joseph Ryan shot multiple times. Inside the house at the time of the shooting: Brendan Banfield, along with the family's au pair, then-22-year-old Juliana Peres Magalhaes, and the Banfields' then-4-year-old daughter. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go behind the headlines to find out what really happened in a home that left a 37-year-old mother dead, a 39-year-old male stranger dead, an IRS Special agent Brendan Banfield charged with murder, a four-year-old little girl who will be raised by someone other than her mother, and the Au Pair who moved into the master bedroom, then copped a plea deal to testify for the state.




Transcribe Highlights
00:00.55 Introduction
01:10.44 Never known anyone who had an "au pair"
04:20.15 Multiple 911 calls
10:24.02 Fingerprints on the knife, digital forensics
14:47.86 Joe shares story from his time in Atlanta
20:20.60 Body not cleaned on scene
25:16.54 911 call, hangup. Another 911 is made 15 minutes later
30:05.72 Federal Agencies have law enforcement wings
35:09.29 Husband and Au Pair involved in sexual relationship
40:02.52 Not just the rifling
45:48.22 Conclusion

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On November 15, 1983, deputies respond to calls of a "suspicious" van parked at a Highway 1 turnout about three miles north of world famous Hearst Castle in San Luis Obispo County, California. Inside the van deputies find the body of Toby Tate, 41. She had been shot in the head in what appeared to be a possible robbery. Her purse was missing as was a nikon camera. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the evidence left behind, how the case went cold, and how after decades, the hard work of the officers in San Luis Obispo and the miracle workers at Othram helped provide answers to the family, and suspects, for the murder.
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Transcribe Highlights
00:02.29 Introduction - Child of the 70s
02:28.38 A case involving a van
04:56.41 Van is in a "turn out" lane, San Luis Obispo County
10:30.95 Evidence Toby took her dogs to the beach
15:14.53 Dead Bodies in a van for weeks
20:25.98 Rolling crime scene
25:07.00 Person resisting could put hands on suspect
30:26.78 Pawn Shop detective
35:06.86 From camera in pawn shop until recently, case was cold
40:03.75 Othram gets the info, cracks the case
45:05.99 Suspects dead
47:10.07 Conclusion

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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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