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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