This month’s unsolved murder case takes us somewhere we haven’t been yet: Hawai’i. I want to be up front before we get into things...this is new territory for me. I have learned a lot about Hawaiian culture while researching for this post, but I’m not naïve or arrogant enough to believe I know everything. If [...]
Category: True Crime
The Unnamed: Tempe Girl
This month’s Jane Doe comes with a hefty drug use content warning. The Jane Doe known as Tempe Girl had overdosed less than 24 hours prior to the discovery of their body, meaning we know exactly what they looked like. We have witnesses who spoke to them right before they died. So why has no [...]
The Missing: Jason Jolkowski
It was a seemingly normal day in June of 2001. A ng man helped his younger brother with the garbage cans before heading off to meet a coworker for a ride. Somewhere along that short, half-mile walk, that young man vanished. What happened to Jason Jolkowski? Let’s explore. Who Is Jason? Jason Anthony Jolkowski was [...]
The Unsolved: Betsy Aardsma
When someone heads off to college, it’s assumed that they are moving onwards and upwards in life. Campuses are meant to be safe places. Libraries are meant to be quiet bastions of learning. This month’s unsolved murder revolves around a young woman enrolled at Penn State who walked into the library one night, and was [...]
The Missing: Juan Pedro Martinez
This month’s missing persons case will be a relatively short one, because there aren’t many credible sources online that detail anything beyond the bare bones of the case. We’re headed to Spain to examine the strange accident that led up to the disappearance of Juan Pedro Martínez. Let’s explore. (A photo of Juan Pedro taken [...]
The Unsolved: Jenny Low Chang
This month’s unsolved murder case has all the markings of a case that gathers a large following. A young woman in college was murdered, found in a place where she wasn’t meant to be. The case has long gone cold, and the biggest theories often lead to big-name serial killers that were active in the [...]
The Mysterious: Agatha Christie’s Disappearance
This month’s mystery is another literary one. Agatha Christie is one of the best mystery writers to have ever lived, creating beloved characters that live on in pop culture today. However, despite the number of mysteries Christie penned, one she lived through has lived on as the most confounding and complex enigmas in the literary [...]
Resolved: Wendy Stephens (AKA Doe B10)
As we get back to our regularly scheduled programming, we’re going to cover another resolved Doe case. This case is a bit different from the Sumter County Does, however. This Doe’s killer has always been known, so that mystery was solved long ago. Getting her name back was the last step in this process. So, [...]
Update: Sumter County Does
So, you’re all getting another bonus post this month - I’d planned to take a short break after the Bundy series but something came up. There has been big news in the true crime community, and you all probably have heard about it by now: Sumter County Jane and Jock Doe have their names back. [...]
Bundy: Nancy Baird (Suspected)
We’ve finally come to the end of our Bundy series here at the Morbid Library. Today’s post, the final post, is one of the last widely publicized cases in which Bundy is suspected. Join me in examining the disappearance of Nancy Baird, and remembering the victims instead of the monster on today’s anniversary. Let’s explore. [...]
