Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Sandra Birchmore was a 23-year-old teacher's aide and instructional assistant who was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts, home in February 2021. Sandra was known to many officers of the Stoughton Police department due to her involvement with an Explorer program as a teen. Her death, initially ruled a suicide, became the focus of a federal homicide investigation, leading to the 2024 arrest of former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell, who was charged with her murder. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack update the case with additional forensic evidence that is just now coming to light.






Transcribe Highlights
00:06.64 Introduction - Basic Training
02:29.94 Murder of Sandra Birchmore
05:05.01 Explorer Post is extension of scouting
10:08.64 Sandra was a Teachers-Aide
15:09.02 Suicide investigations
20:16.88 Discovery of body
25:24.73 Sandra excited - 10 weeks pregnant
30:02.03 Death ruling changed after 3 plus years
35:25.69 Investigation revealed others involved
40:05.90 FBI investigation
41:53.69 Conclusion

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Rex Heuermann changed his plea to "guilty" in the murders of 8 women whose remains were discovered, for the most part, in the Gilgo beach area of Long Island. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the change in plea and what was said in court, and what was not said. Joe describes his visit to the home of Rex Heuermann as well as his tour of the site where the Gilgo 4 were found.






Transcribe Highlights
00:03.58 Introduction
01:20.57 Rex Heuermann, convicted
05:12.73 Defense said evidence overwhelming
10:17.53 Heuermann admits to strangulation
15:07.64 How will FBI study Heuermann
20:16.82 Judge talked about pool reporting allowed;
25:04.45 "There are still bodies on that beach"
30:06.01 Heuermann home disgusting
35:12.73 Visiting the site of the Gilgo 4
40:10.32 Did Heuermann kill all bodies found at Gilgo?
45:06.34 Heuermann had to have privacy to dismember bodies
47:20.10 Conclusion
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In Florida, Palm Bay Police are called when a witness notices vultures circling around an area known as "The Compound", a 2700-acre abandoned residential development with 200 miles of paved roads but know homes. An area known for crime and illegal dumping. Officers arrive to find two suitcases in the tall weeds, and inside the trunks is the source of nightmares. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack open the bags and breakdown a story that has yet to be solved.






Transcribe Highlights
00:00.03 Introduction
00:02.29 Exploring on bikes
01:34.51 The "Compound"
06:17.18 Police alerted to vultures circling
13:33.20 Bodies in trunks
18:10.20 JJ and Tylee recovery
23:28.89 Getting the bodies to a controlled area
29:23.80 Girlfriend talks to cops
35:16.24 One chance to paint a picture
39:52.55 Was this the first murder for the suspect?
44:55.64 Conclusion

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In 1966 Marjorie Rudolph, 60, opened the door to her killer. The person beat her over the head with an object, stomped on her enough to break multiple ribs, the drug her to the bathroom and put her in a bathtub full of water, and left. No arrest was made and the case went cold. But the people of San Rafael police department never forgot about Marjorie. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack break down the timeline of what happened to Marjorie Rudolph and how, after 60 years, her killer is identified.






Transcribe Highlights
00:00.86 Introduction
02:59.32 60-year-old Historic case
05:42.30 Cigarette butts solved the murder
10:53.80 Victim found in bathtub filled with water
15:20.15 Investigators had a suspect, couldn't prove it
20:01.10 Husband in hospital
25:02.40 Suspect Laurel Spitzer left town
30:05.91 Biggest piece of evidence
35:17.23 Multiple cigs meant suspect was in house a while
40:24.37 Retired detectives work the case
45:24.48 Othram helping solve cold cases
46:34.16 Conclusion


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Matthew Whisman was always too trusting of his cousins, even when they were mean to him. On the last night of his life, Matthew Whisman was beaten senseless, forced to take a bath to wash off evidence, fed his "last supper", injected with fentanyl and dumped over a bridge. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack investigate the timeline to find out why Matthew was missing for three months before anyone reported him missing.







Transcript Highlights
00:00.09 Introduction - family
03:09.23 Matthew was very trusting
08:03.38 Text messages show Matthew helping police in shooting into a house
14:02.61 Suspects make Matthew wash himself
19:14.43 Last Supper
23:35.13 Torture/kidnap/poison homicide
28:34.17 Mom reports Matthew missing
32:52.57 Body in water for 5 months
38:24.95 Conclusion
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