Severed | True Crime Podcast

We discuss prolific grave robber Jonathan Gerlach, who collected 100 skeletons from Delaware and Luzerne Counties in Pennsylvania and sold them via Cash App, Facebook Marketplace, and Instagram.CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details concerning the exhumation of human remains. Profanity likely included. Listener discretion is advised.Email: [email protected]: severedpodcast.comInstagram: @severed_podcastTik Tok: @severedpodcastHosts: Harry Chambers + Drew HudsonLogo Art: Drew HudsonTheme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry ChambersShow Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew HudsonAvailable on all podcast platforms, including Rogue Media Network and Radio Garden StateSourcesNews Clip: Delco Grave Robbery Suspect May Be Tied To Cemetery Thefts in Luzerne County (ABC 6 Philadelphia)Website: Anatomy Warehouse Website: Mount Moriah: Historic Cemetery & ArboretumArticle: “P.A. Man Accused of Stealing More Than 100 Skeletons from Cemeteries” by David Chang, Deanna Durante, Shaira Arias, and Ali Ingersoll (NBC 10 Philadelphia)Article: “100 Skulls and Mummified Body Parts Found in a Pennsylvania Grave Robbery Case, Police Say” by AP (Associated Press; republished by CNN)Article: “100 Skeletons Found in Home of Man Who Looted Historic Cemetery, Police Say” by Gaya Gupta (WaPo)Article: “Judge Pauses Hearing For Man Accused of Stealing 100 Corpses, Remains From Historic Cemetery” by Jackson Healy (Courthouse News Service)Article: “Ephrata Man Accused of Stealing Human Remains Faces New Charges” by Dan Nephin (Lancaster Online)Article: “Man Tied to Luzerne County Cemetery Investigation Waives Arraignment in Human Remains Theft” by Fox 56 Newsroom (Fox 56 Wolf)Article: “Bill Introduced to Make Selling Stolen Body Parts a Crime in Pennsylvania” by Tyler Jeski (CBS Austin)Article: “Is It Legal to Sell Human Remains?” by Tanya D. Marsh, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University (The Conversation)Arrest Record: East Earl Township Police Department: Jonathan C. Gerlach 

We discuss British theatrical goth rock singer-songwriter Brocarde's whirlwind romance and marriage to Edwardo, her ghostly ex-husband. We outline her claims about Edwardo’s possessive and philandering nature, based on his affair with Marilyn Monroe’s ghost.CW | TW: This episode discusses marrying a ghost, married life, and the afterlife. Profanity likely included. Listener discretion is advised.Email: [email protected]: severedpodcast.comInstagram: @severed_podcastTik Tok: @severedpodcastHosts: Harry Chambers + Drew HudsonLogo Art: Drew HudsonTheme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry ChambersShow Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew HudsonAvailable on all podcast platforms, including Rogue Media Network and Radio Garden StateSourcesNews Clip: The Woman Married A Ghost (NYP reporting; Worldie via YT)Website: Brocarde.comInterview: The Woman Who Married A Ghost This Halloween! | This Morning (YouTube; This Morning)Episode: “This Bride is Marrying A Ghost?!” | Say Yes to the Dress with Tan France | (YouTube; TLC)Article: “Singer Divorces Her Ghost Husband” by Chas Newkey-Burden (The Week UK)Article: “‘I Divorced My Victorian Ghost Husband After He Disappeared For Days Then Returned Smelling Like Chanel No. 5” by Lee Grimsditch (Manchester Evening News)Article: “Woman Who Married a Victorian-Era Ghost Has Divorced Him By Having An Exorcism” by Stewart Perrie (LAD Bible)Article: “English Singer Divorces The Ghost of A Victorian Soldier She ‘Married’ A Year Ago Who She Alleges Had An Affair With Marilyn Monroe” by Austin Harvey; Edited by Maggie Donahue (ATI)Article: “‘I Divorced My Ghost Husband–Now He’s Stalking Me in Bizarre Disguises’” by Antony Clements-Thrower (Mirror)

We discuss former elementary school teacher Ashley Murff’s biased and vicious attack on a victim purchasing two rotisserie chickens as a good deed. Murff punched the victim in the face after hurling racial slurs and escaping from the South Carolina Sam’s Club. CW | TW: This episode discusses racial slurs and assault. Profanity likely included; detention guaranteed. Listener discretion is advised.Email: [email protected]: severedpodcast.comInstagram: @severed_podcastTik Tok: @severedpodcastHosts: Harry Chambers + Drew HudsonLogo Art: Drew HudsonTheme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry ChambersShow Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew HudsonAvailable on all podcast platforms, including Rogue Media Network and Radio Garden StateSourcesNews Clip: Arrest Made in Sam’s Club Assault (News 19 WLTX)Article: “Charlotte Teacher Suspended After Arrest in South Carolina” by Luke Tucker (WBTV 3)Article: “Trial Delayed for Teacher Accused of Using Racial Slur, Assaulting Victim at Sam’s Club” by WIS 10 Staff (WBTV 3)Article: “Charlotte Teacher Arrested in Sam’s Club Assault, Placed on Paid Suspension” by Ciara Lankford (QC News)Article: “Elementary School Teacher Punched Sam’s Club Shopper in the Face for Wanting to Buy 2 Rotisserie Chickens, Cops Say” by Jerry Lambe (Law & Crime)Article: “Teacher Allegedly Punches Woman in Face During Rotisserie Chicken Dispute in Sam’s Club” by Jill Sederstrom (Oxygen True Crime)Article: “CMS Superintendent Breaks Silence, Says Internal Investigation Found ‘No Evidence of Wrongdoing’” by Hank Lee (WCNC Charlotte)Article: “Hate Crime Trial Delayed After Jury Dispute in Midlands Case Involving Sam’s Club Fight” by Kara Daniel (WACH Fox 57)

We discuss the exploitation and abuse of neurodivergent students at The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain, created by Dr. Mary Tracy Morrison and her staff of teachers and mandated reporters, all of whom were complicit in the scandal in Jonesboro, Arkansas. CW | TW: This episode discusses educational fraud, child abuse, and trauma. Profanity likely included; detention guaranteed. Listener discretion is advised.Email: [email protected]: severedpodcast.comInstagram: @severed_podcastTik Tok: @severedpodcastHosts: Harry Chambers + Drew HudsonLogo Art: Drew HudsonTheme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry ChambersShow Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew HudsonAvailable on all podcast platforms, including Rogue Media Network and Radio Garden StateSourcesNews Clip: Prosecutor: School Director Was ‘Ringleader of Makeshift Child Fight Club’ (K8 News)Article: “Private School Director and ‘Ringleader’ of ‘Child Fight Club’ Pleads Guilty” by Matt Campbell (Arkansas Times; arktimes.com)Article: “Prosecutor: School Director Was ‘Ringleader of Makeshift Child Fight Club’” by K8 Newsdeck (K8 News; kait8.com)Article: “FOIA Documents Show Utter Lack of Due Diligence in Jonesboro Fight Club Case” by Sam Watson (For AR People; forarpeople.org)Article: “Enraged with Engage: Parent Claims Her Autistic Children Were Abused By Teachers and Peers” by Maddie Sexton (KAIT 8; kait8.com)Article:  “This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It” by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen *ProPublica; propublica.org)Non-Profit Profile: Delta Institute for the Developing Brain, Inc. via Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org)Educational Initiative: LEARNS Arkansas (Learns ADE Arkansas  learns.ade.arkansas.gov)

We discuss a middle school sextortionist from Fieldstone Middle School in Stony Point, NY. He randomly targeted peers, disguising himself as a girl, soliciting suggestive pictures and media from them, and then extorting gift cards and cash from them. CW | TW: This episode discusses sextortion and sexual exploitation of minors with mention of unaliving oneself. Profanity likely included; detention guaranteed. Listener discretion is advised.Email: [email protected]: severedpodcast.comInstagram: @severed_podcastTik Tok: @severedpodcastHosts: Harry Chambers + Drew HudsonLogo Art: Drew HudsonTheme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry ChambersShow Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew HudsonAvailable on all podcast platforms, including Rogue Media Network and Radio Garden StateSourcesNews Clip: Community Members Gather at Rockland County School to Learn about Dangers of Sextortion (CBS New York)Article: “Middle School Boy Accused of Catfishing Classmates in Sextortion Scheme” by Maia Coleman (NYT; nyt.com)Article: “Middle Schooler Accused of Sextortion of Fellow Students in Rockland County, N.Y. Police Think There May Be Hundreds of Victims” by Jesse Anger and Tony Aiello (CBS News; cbsnews.com)Article: “Middle School Student Arrested in Alleged Sextortion Scheme with Hundreds of Potential Victims: Police” by Doc Louallen (ABC News; abcnews.com)Article: “Middle Schooler Arrested in Months-Long Sextortion Investigation in Stony Point” by Staff (Reported by Marcus Solis; ABC 7 Eyewitness News; abc7ny.com)Article: “Fieldstone Student Charged in Sextortion Investigation; Hundreds of Kids Could Be Victims” by Nancy Cutler (LoHud; lohud.com)Article: “Nigerian Brothers Jailed in US for Sextortion Scam Targeting Teenagers” by Joe Tidy (BBC; bbc.com)Podcast: Parenting in a Tech World | Host: Titania Johnson