Morbid: A True Crime Podcast


Morbid: A True Crime Podcast is an American true crime anthology podcast hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley. Urquhart is an autopsy technician/author and Kelley is a hairdresser. Urquhart is Kelley's aunt, but the two often refer to each other as "sisters". The podcast premiered on May 1, 2018. Morbid has been included on best-of lists by Erie Reader, Vogue, The Post, and Bleeding Cool.
In 2022 Urquhart and Kelley started a podcast network called "Morbid Network" under the umbrella of the Wondery podcast network. Five podcasts exist under the production of the Morbid Network: Cult Liter with Spencer Henry, That's Spooky, Seven Deadly Sinners, Scream!, and The Strange and Unusual Podcast.
Aside from Morbid, from November 2021 to June 2022, Urquhart and Kelly also hosted a podcast in partnership with Parcast called "Crime Countdown".
Urquhart published her first novel, The Butcher and the Wren, in September 2022 through independent publisher Zando.
Morbid: A True Crime Podcast is currently ranked in the top 20 podcasts in the United States on Spotify and Apple Podcasts as of February 20, 2023.
In December 2024, Apple announced that Morbid was the 10th most popular podcast on their Apple Podcasts platform in the United States, in 2024.
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List of episodes and topics

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2026

*Episode has since been removed from Spotify
Notes on Removed Episodes:
  • Episode 31 "The Los Feliz Murder House" was removed and re-done as episode 221.
  • Episode 36 "Tyler Hadley" was removed and re-done as episode 226.
  • Episode 183 was removed from most platforms after controversy surrounding the apparently deliberate misgendering of the perpetrator who is trans. Kelly, whose partner is trans, offered an apology shortly after.
Other Notes:
  • Prior to episode 325, "The Carnival Cult Murder", Listener Tales and Bonus Episodes were not counted towards the total episode list. After episode 325, all episodes were included in the official count.
  • "Nicholas", who is referenced in some episodes, is the name given by Urquhart and Kelly to an entity they sometimes communicate with via a ghostbox. While initially included in Listener Tales, the ghostbox voice is edited out of some episodes on streaming services, though it remains included in others, as well as the video versions on YouTube.