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  • 120. Acid Attacks

    120. Acid Attacks
    Jan 21 2026
    This week we're talking about a specific type of violent assault. We're going to take a look at acid attacks, and the devastating, lifelong damage that these kind of assaults can cause. Our oddity is Anto and the lad's wild night out.CONNECT WITH US:https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcastBONUS CONTENT:https://www.patreon.com/MortalMusingsPodcastOFFICIAL MERCH:https://mortalmusingspodcast.com/SUPPORT THE PODCAST:https://buymeacoffee.com/mortalmusingshttps://www.paypal.me/mortalmusingspodcast10% OFF DEAD INSIDE DESIGNhttps://deadinsidedesign.com/?ref=MORTALSources: https://www.actionaid.org.uk/our-work/vawg/acid-attacks https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/20/acid-offences-up-75-in-uk-but-only-8-go-to-court-data-suggests https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/5d38c003-c54a-4513-a369-f9eae0d52f91 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5965315/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Piper https://news.sky.com/story/katie-piper-acid-attacker-stefan-sylvestre-released-from-prison-after-nine-years-11524849 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/17/kill-me-now-acid-attack-led-euthanasia-mark-van-dongen https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/23/berlinah-wallace-jailed-years-sadistic-acid-attack-mark-van-dongen https://youtu.be/gCXJvt58uCA?si=7wybz40eFpSgMUNu https://abcnews.go.com/International/tv-millionaire-acid-attack-victims-prize-pay-surgeries/story?id=18062521 https://web.archive.org/web/20121108233622/http://punjabnewsline.com/content/beautiful-life-melted-away-acid-attack/51451 https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-52236151 https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler-turkiye-48423192 https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/woman-who-survived-acid-attack-forgives-her-abuser-153752 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/07/man-fined-pretending-to-be-ghost-portsmouth-cemetery-anthony-stallard See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 119. The Murder of Lauren Giddings

    119. The Murder of Lauren Giddings
    Jan 14 2026
    This week, we discuss the murder of 27 year old Lauren Giddings, and the strange behaviour of her neighbour, Stephen McDaniel. Our oddity is Funeral Strippers.CONNECT WITH US:https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcastBONUS CONTENT:https://www.patreon.com/MortalMusingsPodcastOFFICIAL MERCH:https://mortalmusingspodcast.com/SUPPORT THE PODCAST:https://buymeacoffee.com/mortalmusingshttps://www.paypal.me/mortalmusingspodcast10% OFF DEAD INSIDE DESIGNhttps://deadinsidedesign.com/?ref=MORTALSources:Newspapers.com:The Macon Telegraph- 16 Sept 2011- 08 Jul 2011- 27 Apr 2014- 04 May 2014https://wgxa.tv/news/local/the-girl-next-door-lauren-giddings-family-remembers-her-10-years-after-brutal-murder https://media.macon.com/static/media/projects/McDaniel/sinclair.jquery/McDaniel/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-man-pleads-guilty-to-strangling-dismembering-woman/ https://www.weather.gov/ffc/clisum2011#:~:text=In%20the%20first%206%20days,Athens%20and%200.78%E2%80%9D%20in%20Macon. https://www.macon.com/news/special-reports/lauren-giddings-murder/article28612984.html https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74507693/lauren_teresa-giddings https://youtu.be/VSK47WlZ6Ac?si=DN91UN4y25SYqWE- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lauren_Giddingshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43137005 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38528122 https://www.vice.com/en/article/taiwanese-funeral-strippers/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 118. Shaye Groves & The Murder of Frankie Fitzgerald

    118. Shaye Groves & The Murder of Frankie Fitzgerald
    Jan 7 2026

    This week we're talking about a serial killer adoring woman named Shaye Groves, and the brutal murder of her boyfriend, 25 year old Frankie Fitzgerald. Our oddity is Weekend at Bernie's: Holiday Edition



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    Sources:

    https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/R.-v.-Groves-SR.pdf

    https://www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/2023/02/17/serial-killer-obsessed-woman-found-guilty-of-murdering-boyfriend/

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-64248591

    https://www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshire/news/news/2023/february/woman-sentenced-to-a-minimum-of-23years-in-prison-for-the-murder-of-frankie-fitzgerald-in-havant/

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/22/serial-killer-fan-who-murdered-boyfriend-jailed-for-23-years

    https://www.facebook.com/Shaye.Groves/#_=_

    https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/british-grandmother-dead-easyjet-flight-b2888869.html

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 117. The Lawson Family Murders

    117. The Lawson Family Murders
    Dec 31 2025

    This week we talk about the 1929 Christmas Day murders of the Lawson family, and the theories as to why this happened. Our oddity is Wren Day.


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    Sources:

    Newspapers.com:

    Winston-Salem Journal

    - 28 Dec 1929

    - 04 Feb 1930

    The Sentinel

    - 27 Dec 1929

    The Herald Sun

    - 27 Dec 1929

    The News and Observer

    - 27 Dec 1929

    Watauga Democrat

    - 02 Jan 1930

    White Christmas, Bloody Christmas by M. Bruce Jones & Trudy J. Smith

    https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/secret-behind-photo-in-lawson-family-christmas-day-massacre-when-seven-people-died/news-story/080cd6dcee54a210d70098ca45dc3851

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_family_murders

    https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/1220/1486756-christmas-st-stephens-day-dingle-kerry-1929/

    https://www.dingle-peninsula.ie/wren-s-day.html

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wren_Day

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 116. Charles Albright a.k.a. The Eyeball Killer Part 2

    116. Charles Albright a.k.a. The Eyeball Killer Part 2
    Dec 24 2025

    In Part 2, we talk about the second and third murders committed by the Eyeball Killer, and the investigation which led to the arrest and conviction of Charles Albright. Our oddity is the story of how one woman chose to creatively remember her husband.


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    Sources:

    Newspapers.com:

    The Marshall News Messenger – 21 Nov 1991

    Spokane Chronicle – 11 Jun 1991

    The Monitor – 27 Mar 1991

    Fort Worth Star – Telegram – 18 Dec 1991

    https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/see-no-evil-3/

    https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/albright-charles.htm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Albright

    Born to Kill – S7 EP04

    https://people.com/woman-frames-husbands-tattooed-skin-after-his-death-exclusive-11787625

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-woman-turned-her-dead-husbands-tattoo-into-wall-decor/


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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 115. Charles Albright a.k.a. The Eyeball Killer Part 1

    115. Charles Albright a.k.a. The Eyeball Killer Part 1
    Dec 17 2025

    In part 1, we discuss the background of Charles Albright, and the murder of Mary Lou Pratt, the first in a string of murders committed by the Eyeball Killer of Dallas, Texas. Our oddity is The Grilled Cheese.



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    Sources:

    Newspapers.com:

    The Marshall News Messenger – 21 Nov 1991

    Spokane Chronicle – 11 Jun 1991

    The Monitor – 27 Mar 1991

    Fort Worth Star – Telegram – 18 Dec 1991

    https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/see-no-evil-3/

    https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/albright-charles.htm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Albright

    Born to Kill – S7 EP04

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38568587

    https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/charges-for-grilled-cheese-standoff/

    https://time.com/4628787/grilled-cheese-maryland-standoff/

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 114. The Blue Whale

    114. The Blue Whale
    Dec 10 2025
    This week we're discussing the mystery surrounding an online challenge, and the so-called ‘Death Groups', where this challenge is alleged to have taken place. Our oddity is The Butt Sniffer.CONNECT WITH US:https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcastBONUS CONTENT:https://www.patreon.com/MortalMusingsPodcastOFFICIAL MERCH:https://mortalmusingspodcast.com/SUPPORT THE PODCAST:https://buymeacoffee.com/mortalmusingshttps://www.paypal.me/mortalmusingspodcast10% OFF DEAD INSIDE DESIGNhttps://deadinsidedesign.com/?ref=MORTAL Sources: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/11/02/a-moscow-college-student-stabbed-his-health-instructor-to-death-and-then-killed-himself-with-a-buzzsaw https://meduza.io/feature/2016/05/17/pyat-glavnyh-voprosov-k-materialu-novoy-gazety-o-podrostkovyh-suitsidah https://allthatsinteresting.com/moscow-teen-murder-suicide https://saint-petersburg.ru/m/society/grachev/353694/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blue-whale-game-suicides-russia/ https://www.narcom.ru/publ/info/400 https://www.aljazeera.com/video/true-crime-reports/2025/3/23/blue-whale-suicides-true-crime-reports https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36379815 https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46505722 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Renata_Kambolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale_Challenge https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/man-dubbed-butt-sniffer-arrested-again-in-burbank/3768636/ https://people.com/butt-sniffing-bandit-arrested-again-less-than-one-month-after-prior-incident-11796537 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/california-butt-sniffer-arrests-b2813125.htmlSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    54 mins
  • 113. The Murders of Bodhi Potter & Cody Thompson a.k.a The Bunker Murders

    113. The Murders of Bodhi Potter & Cody Thompson a.k.a The Bunker Murders
    Dec 3 2025
    This week we're talking about 16 year old Bodhi Potter & 18 year old Cody Thompson, and the ominous Bunker where their murders took place. Our oddity is Dr. Chapman, and his coffee concoction.CONNECT WITH US:https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcastBONUS CONTENT:https://www.patreon.com/MortalMusingsPodcastOFFICIAL MERCH:https://mortalmusingspodcast.com/SUPPORT THE PODCAST:https://buymeacoffee.com/mortalmusingshttps://www.paypal.me/mortalmusingspodcast10% OFF DEAD INSIDE DESIGNhttps://deadinsidedesign.com/?ref=MORTALPROMO - https://www.instagram.com/creepy_shit_podcast/ Sources:Newspapers.com:Desert Dispatch:- 08 Jan 2008- 27 Feb 2008The Los Angeles Times:- 18 Jan 2008Daily Press:- 11 Jan 2008- 19 Jan 2008- 22 Jan 2008- 22 Mar 2008Press Dispatch:- 20 Jan 2008 https://www.sbsun.com/2016/09/27/last-two-suspects-in-2008-bunker-killings-near-barstow-sentenced-to-prison/ https://www.vvng.com/the-bunker-murders-bodhis-birthday/ https://eu.vvdailypress.com/story/news/2020/12/30/dead-silent-tv-series-revisits-2008-bunker-murders-near-helendale/4084538001/ https://eu.vvdailypress.com/story/news/crime/2013/07/20/protesters-want-justice-for-slain/37152246007/ https://www.pressenterprise.com/2016/09/21/man-charged-in-2008-bunker-killings-near-barstow-pleads-guilty/ https://www.pressenterprise.com/2016/09/27/last-two-defendants-in-2008-bunker-killings-near-barstow-sentenced-to-prison/ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/mom-vows-to-help-local-kids-after-teen-daughter-shot-to-death-inside-military-bunker/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23895992/christopher-cody-thompson Dead Silent: S4 EP9 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3gw8p7nro https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-65925789See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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    1 hr and 1 min