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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Anjette and Ben Lyles are a young married couple with two children. Ben is a WW2 veteran and together he and Anjette work in his family restaurant in Macon, Georgia. When Ben sells the restaurant for below market value to settle a gambling debt, Anjette is furious. A few months after selling the restaurant, Ben gets very sick, very fast, and dies without doctors figuring out what killed him. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the death of Ben Lyles as well as Anjette's new husband, Buddy Gabbert, Anjette's first mother-in-law, Julia Lyles, and Anjette's daughter, Marcia. Joe explains how Anjette Lyles got away with murder, at first, and what led to her ultimate arrest, conviction, and death sentence.

Transcript Highlights

00:00.21 Introduction

02:09.23 Eating at Hospital cafeteria

05:02.11 Ben Lyles sells restaurant to settle gambling debt, Anjette is furious

06:45.30 Ben Lyles dies, doctors don't know why

09:21.66 Diagnosis by symptoms

14:43.53 Ben's mother worked at Restaurant

18:26.54 Anjette buys the restaurant

20:01.78 Anjette marries Buddy Gabbert

25:07.03 Doctors not looking for arsenic

30:08.42 Symptoms were miserable, Buddy dies

35:32.05 Anjette seen lighting black candle and talking to it

40:00.01 Coroner's Inquest

44:51.91 Coroner gets anonymous letter about Anjette using arsenic ant poison to kill

50:09.65 One month after Marcia dies, Anjette is arrested, charged with murder

51:25.26 Sentenced to death. Sentence commuted to life in prison

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Joseph Scott Morgan gives a "Live" presentation of what happened at 1122 King Road in Moscow, Idaho the night four students were murdered. Breaking down the forensic evidence that exists as well as items that have been destroyed, including the crime scene and all of this on stage in front of a live audience at CrimeCon UK 2025

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00:01.36 Introduction

04:06.06 Blood seen on back of house

08:00.55 KA-BAR Knife

11:48.76 Event took between 6 and 12 minutes

15:19.56 Moscow, Idaho, small town

20:00.53 House is complex

25:11.72 Kohberger car cleaning

30:08.31 Kohberger watching Joe Scott

35:44.67 House torn down

38:17.26 Conclusion

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Imagine a very large, very old, decomissioned sewage tank buried underneath the grounds of a long since demolished home for unwed mothers that may contain the remains of nearly 800 babies and small children. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the story of the "Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home" in Tuam, Ireland....providing shelter for young women from 1925 until it closed in 1961. Nearly 800 children died at the facility run by Nuns but there are only one or two actual burial records, the rest may have been tossed into an old septic tank buried on the property and turned into a mass unmarked grave. Professor Morgan explains how the tank would have been tested, the condition of the remains, and the daunting task to identify and properly bury the children who were tossed away like rubbish.

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00:05.83 Introduction "Bon Secours" means "Safe Harbor"

03:23.12 Homes for "single mothers"

05:00.85 Historian research indicates nearly 800 babies died, only one burial record

09:59.19 Death certificates were found

14:43.31 Bones sticking up from ground

20:12.78 Description of septic type system used at the time

25:09.84 Opening on top referred to as a "Thief Hatch"

30:07.44 The nuns are not the only ones responsible

35:02.15 Using methane probes in very small area

40:04.25 Permission has been give for full excavation

44:36.01 Need help with DNA and identifying the remains. Conclusion

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At 3:42 a.m. on February 17, 1970, Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald makes an emergency phone call from his base housing at 544 Castle Drive at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The dispatcher hears the faint message, a call for help, "Stabbing! Hurry!" Inside the residence, MacDonald's wife, Colette, 26, and five months pregnant, lies dead on the floor of the master bedroom, their daughters, Kimberley, 5, and Kristen, 2, are found dead in their respective beds. Jeffrey MacDonald suffered minor injuries, compared to his wife and daughters. MacDonald claims 4 hippies, 3 men and a woman, came into his home, killed his family and knocked him unconscious. MacDonald says the woman with long blond hair was wearing a white floppy hat and holding a candle while chanting "Acid is groovy, kill the pigs." The case has been turned into books, movies, articles, and lawsuits. MacDonald was convicted for the murder of his wife and daughters and sentenced to life in prison. Jeffrey MacDonald claims he was wrongly convicted and has never wavered from his claims that hippies murdered his wife and daughters. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case and the injuries suffered by Colette, Kimberley, Kristen, and Jeffrey Macdonald, and compare the forensic facts to the story told by the one person who survived.

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00:00:01.45 Introduction

00:00:17.91 Killer on the loose in LA

00:03:06.24 Jeffrey MacDonald story

00:05:26.19 Victim recounting traumatic event

00:09:10.74 MacDonald tells his version of events

00:14:09.09 Four Hippies get on military base housing

00:19:10.31 Tearing down location of homicide

00:24:07.38 Officers explaining crime scene

00:29:36.21 Motive doesn't matter at a crime scene

00:33:55.42 MacDonald was the ONLY threat, he survives

00:38:43.83 Wounds on Colette

00:43:09.00 Comparing injuries suffered by girls and MacDonald

00:48:13.19 Injuries suffered by Kimberly, 5-years-old

00:52:21.98 Conclusion

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A lot of information has come out about the victims in Moscow, Idaho, and the condition of their bodies as well as location and injuries. Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabutt made many public comments in the first days of the investigation that in retrospect might have been misguided, at best. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case, the evidence, and what was stated as fact early in the investigation that doesn't match up with current facts. Joe Scott Morgan explains the forensics of death, Livor Mortis, Rigor Mortis, as well as PMI, Post Mortem Interval, and how the delay in reporting the bodies could be problematic for the prosecution in the upcoming trial of Brian Kohberger.

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00:00.19 Introduction

01:48.68 Decomposition - PMI

03:32.16 Elderly people are cold when it is hot

07:00.30 Rigor Mortis, Livor Mortis

11:48.60 Environmentally dependent

15:33.11 Stiffening of jaw

19:56.67 Latah County Coroner said Idaho students killed in their sleep

23:19.82 Strength of Rigor Mortis

28:22.59 Using digital turkey thermometer to get body temp from liver

32:54.33 Assuming room temperature

38:11.60 Latah County Coroner told family member about injuries

43:00.35 Removing stomach and collecting contents

49:49.70 Gastric content

53:08.10 Post Mortem lividity

58:25.86 Conclusion

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