145 episodes
Dead Bodies Podcast Dead Bodies Podcast
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4.3 • 67 Ratings
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Have you ever seen a dead body?
People find dead bodies everywhere, under floorboards, inside chimneys, and in their homes. They’re at crime scenes, disaster scenes and in morgues. There have been dead bodies on the red carpet, in cannibals’ dens, and even advertised in the classifieds.
In this series, experienced crime and court reporter Sharnelle Vella, and veteran radio host Dee Dee Dunleavy look at where dead bodies have been found, how they got there, and most importantly, the effect on people who found them.
We talk to people who deal with death daily as part of their jobs, and people who weren’t prepared for the shock of finding a dead body.
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Ep 143 - Velma Barfield
Australia, has been abuzz with discussion about the deaths of three people in Victoria, apparently after eating poison mushrooms. In this episode we look at serial poisoner Velma Barfield, who in 1984 became the first woman to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
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Ep 142 - Katie Haley
29-year-old Katie Haley was bashed to death with a dumbbell by her vicious, jealous and controlling partner Shane Robertson, while their baby daughter slept in the room next door. Katie’s sad end serves as another reminder that we need to do more as a community to stamp out domestic violence.
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Ep 141 - Boiled To Death
A new-age health and wellness workshop went horribly wrong in Quebec, Canada, in 2011, when 38-year-old Chantal Lavigne was literally boiled to death in a bizarre therapy session.
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Ep 140 - Lucy Letby
Babies sent to the neonatal intensive care unit are usually the most vulnerable, and in need of the greatest care. But instead of nursing them back to health, British nurse Lucy Letby was doing the unthinkable: attacking and killing them.
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Ep 139 - The Eye Drops
In 2018 Lana Clayton found her husband Steve lying dead at the bottom of the stairs in their home in South Carolina. At first it was believed he’d had a heart attack, but when toxicology showed the presence of poison, police were led to something common in most household bathrooms.
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Ep 138 - Plane Crash In The Andes
Survivors of a plane crash in the Andes in 1972 had to use great ingenuity to stay alive in the blizzard conditions, with very little food, and as the days passed it seemed nobody was coming to rescue them.
Customer Reviews
Cool except for their twisted views on royal fam
Ladies, I enjoy listening to the stories & banter, though sometimes the interrupting confuses the story.
I must comment on the hero- worship of the queen. Yes, she is powerful & yes she is a woman. But she was handed that power on a silver platter & did not fight, struggle, or compete to earn it, so I cant be wowed by it. She has used her power to destroy the happiness of those she supposedly loves- her own sister, Diana, & now Harry. I understand the Brits support them & the royals bring in tons of tourism dollars, but I dont think she & royals should have any real state power. Why should someone have power in a government based on birth & not their actual qualifications? What if she made unwise choices?
Leaves much to be desired
15 minutes before getting to a very short lived story. Not a fan.
Too much banter
Bantering on a podcast is typical. But fifteen going on sixteen minutes of banter, which actually made me dislike one host in particular because she does sound like a genuine Karen, is just ridiculous. The hosts clearly are dragging it out because most cases being presented provide minimal detail and generally can be summed up in under fifteen minutes. At first I was on board, fifteen minutes in, before a case was even presented, I was repulsed by a host who sounds like a senile hag. Then, while finally giving us your basic google search of a case, more mind numbing bantering in between.