Morbid: A True Crime Podcast is an American true crime anthology podcast hosted by author and former autopsy technician Alaina Urquhart and her niece Ash Kelley, a former hairdresser. Though Urquhart is Kelley's aunt, the two often refer to each other as "sisters". The podcast premiered on May 1, 2018. Morbid has been included on best-of lists by Erie Reader, Vogue, The Post, and Bleeding Cool.
In 2022 Urquhart and Kelley started a podcast network called "Morbid Network" under the umbrella of the Wondery podcast network. Five podcasts exist under the production of the Morbid Network: Cult Liter with Spencer Henry, That's Spooky, Seven Deadly Sinners, Scream!, and The Strange and Unusual Podcast.
Aside from Morbid, from November 2021 to June 2022, Urquhart and Kelly also hosted a podcast in partnership with Parcast called "Crime Countdown".
Urquhart published her first novel, The Butcher and the Wren, in September 2022 through independent publisher Zando. The book's sequel, The Butcher Game, was published in 2024, and a third title in the series, The Butcher Legacy, was published in 2026.
Morbid: A True Crime Podcast is currently ranked in the top 20 podcasts in the United States on Spotify and Apple Podcasts as of February 20, 2023.
In December 2024, Apple announced that Morbid was the 10th most popular podcast on their Apple Podcasts platform in the United States, in 2024.
List of episodes and topics
2018 +Episode TitleAir Date1Golden State Killer1 May 20182Edmund Kemper "The Coed Killer" & Chatty Cathy9 May 20183The Dyatlov Pass Incident15 May 20184Joel Rifkin22 May 20185Ted Bundy Part 129 May 20186Ted Bundy Part 215 June 20187Charles Manson Part 1 Ya dig?26 Jun 20188Charles Manson "The Love Bug Sent From Up Above" Part 24 July 20189The Axeman of New Orleans AKA A Real Crumb11 July 201810The Sodder Children .... where the hell are they?25 July 201811Don't Go in the Woods, Man1 August 201812Australian Madness Volume 19 August 201813Torture16 August 201814Richard "Stanky Chops" Ramirez, AKA "The Nightstalker" Part 121 August 201815Richard "Stanky Chops" Ramirez, AKA "The Nightstalker" Part 224 August 201816The Lake Bodom Murders28 August 201817Rod Ferrell "The Vampire Cult Killer" AKA Turbo Douche4 September 201818Katherine Knight is the Worst Nana11 September 201819Hinterkaifek18 September 201820David Parker Ray AKA "The Toy Box Killer" Part 126 September 201821David Parker Ray AKA "The Toy Box Killer" Part 21 October 201822Joshua Ward House/Giles Corey (Special guests The Right Wrong Turn Podcast)10 October 201823The Salem Witch Trials16 October 201824The Gainesville Ripper Has Spooky Droopy Eyes23 October 201825Urban Legends2 November 2018*26The Starved Rock Murders8 November 201827The Survival Story of Mary Vincent, Patron Saint of Badassery19 November 201828The Brutal Murder of Adrianne Reynolds28 November 201829The Lawson Family Murders4 December 201830Santa's Dark Helpers7 December 2018*31The Los Feliz Murder House12 December 201832Faeries Are Dark Part 114 December 2018*33Jon Benet Ramsey Part 121 December 2018*34Jon Benet Ramsey Part 231 December 2018
2019 +Episode TitleAir Date35Faeries Are Dark Part 22 January 2019*36Tyler Hadley8 January 2019*37The Watcher House15 January 2019*38The Black Dahlia Part 122 January 2019*39Who Put Bella in the Witch Elm?24 January 201940The Senseless Murder of Sara Porter26 January 2019*41The Black Dahlia Part 1: Theories and Suspects29 January 201942The Paisley Witch Trials1 February 201943Robert Hansen Part 16 February 201944The Seattle Excedrin Poisonings8 February 201945Robert Hansen Part 213 February 201946The Paris Morgue Mini Morbid13 February 201947Betty Broderick Minisode20 February 2019*48The Murder of Skylar Neese27 February 201949Public Executions and the Psychology of Watching Pain Mini Morbid1 March 201950Margaret Allen7 March 201951Countess Elizabeth Bathory13 March 201952The Missing Panama Tourists16 March 201953Part 1 Karla Homolka & Paul Bernado "The Ken and Barbie Killers"21 March 201954Crystal Mangum23 March 201955Karla Homolka & Paul Bernardo Part 228 March 201956The Horrific Murder of Jason Sweeney Mini Morbid1 April 201957The Body Farm Solo Mini Morbid5 April 201958Kurt Cobain Part 111 April 201959Christina Paolilla & Chris Snyder15 April 201960Kurt Cobain Part 217 April 201961The Halloween Party Murder of Chelsea Bruck Not-So-Mini Morbid24 April 201962Israel Keyes Part 126 April 201963Israel Keyes Part 26 May 201964Daniel LaPlante Mini Morbid7 May 201965Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile Review11 May 201966Jasmine Richardson & Jeremy Steinke Part 117 May 201967Jasmine Richardson & Jeremy Steinke Part 218 May 201968The Murder of Angela Samota23 May 201969The Bloody Benders30 May 201970The Survival Tale of Jennifer Morey Mini Morbid1 June 201971The Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk Part 14 June 201972Jesse "Madison" Holton Mini Morbid8 June 201973The Mysterious Death of Phoebe Handsjuk Part 214 June 201974The Bridgewater Triangle Part 118 June 201975The Murders at Corpsewood Manor Mini Morbid20 June 201976The Bridgewater State Triangle Part 2/ The Murder of Mary Lou Arruda/The Cult Murders of Freetown State Forest25 June 201977Diane Downs Mini Morbid1 July 201978The Boston Strangler Part 16 July 201979The Boston Strangler(s) Part 28 July 201980The Murder of Maddie Clifton "Mini" Morbid13 July 201981The Boston Strangler(s) Part 317 July 201982The Tragic Case of Susan Powell Mini Morbid22 July 201983The Strange Case of Hallie Illingworth29 July 201984The Unbelievable Survival Tale of Susan Walters Mini Morbid2 August 201985Dennis Rader "BTK" Part 1 So Much and Not Enough8 August 201986The Senseless Murder of Seath Jackson Mini Morbid9 August 201987Dennis Rader "BTK" Part 217 August 201988Dennis Rader "BTK" Part 323 August 201989The Princes in the Tower Mini Morbid24 August 2019Listener Tales Episode 129 August 201990Brenda Ann Spencer Mini Morbid2 September 2019Listener Tales Episode 214 September 201991The Science of Fear Solo Morbid21 September 201992The Mysterious Death of Jessica Renee Johnson Mini Morbid27 September 201993The LuLuLemon Murder Part 129 September 201994The LuLuLemon Murder Part 21 October 201995The Senseless Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer Mini Morbid6 October 2019Listener Tales Episode 310 October 201996Lizzie Borden Part 120 October 201997Lizzie Borden Part 225 October 201998The Tragic Unsolved Murder of Lindsay Buziak Mini Morbid27 October 2019Listener Tales Episode 42 November 201999The Schoolbus Kidnapping of 19763 November 2019*100Jeffrey Dahmer Part 110 November 2019101Rodney Reed Mini Morbid10 November 2019*102Jeffrey Dahmer Part 213 November 2019103Erika and Benjamin Sifrit, Natural Born Assholes Mini Morbid17 November 2019*104Jeffrey Dahmer Part 323 November 2019Listener Tales 524 November 2019Listener Tales 629 November 2019Live Show 11/19 Providence, RI1 December 2019105June and Jennifer Gibbons - The Silent Twins8 December 2019106The Mysterious Murder of Jessica Chambers8 December 2019Spooky American Roads Volume 114 December 2019Listener Tales 715 December 2019107The Covina Christmas Eve Massacre21 December 2019108Christmas Murders Mini Morbid22 December 2019Spooky American Roads Volume 227 December 2019109The Mysterious Disappearance of Bryce Laspisa29 December 2019
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