{"podcast":{"title":"Morbid","slug":"morbid-67318","podcast_index_feed_id":67318,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ohmVlJZQ","website_url":"https://morbid-53aa329e.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3c9c3c2a-a53f-40bd-9d24-bdb387b03fb1/63cc4f36-fd5e-4f32-82e3-a2185ea81abf/3000x3000/sxm-cover-morbid-3000x3000-final.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart","episode_count":859,"summary":"It’s a lighthearted nightmare in here, weirdos! Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist. Join us for a heavy dose of research with a dash of comedy thrown in for flavor. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Morbid ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T10:18:55.025146+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318"},"episode":{"title":"The Matamoros Devil Murders (Part 1)","slug":"the-matamoros-devil-murders-part-1","published_at":"2026-05-21T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318/the-matamoros-devil-murders-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318","url":"https://morbid-53aa329e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-matamoros-devil-murders-part-1-j_cO6dJw","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/d4d5c1a0-121c-450d-8aed-1ebd2f4dddf0/episodes/2b897abe-54b2-4ca1-a3ce-83c71dc8a6de/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=d4d5c1a0-121c-450d-8aed-1ebd2f4dddf0&awEpisodeId=2b897abe-54b2-4ca1-a3ce-83c71dc8a6de&feed=ohmVlJZQ","summary":"(Part 1 of 2) In March 1989, twenty-one-year-old University of Texas student Mark Kilroy and some friends traveled south of the border to Matamoros, Mexico to celebrate the end of spring break, along with thousands of other American students that year. After drinking all night at a bar on the night of March 10, Kilroy got separated from his friends when they decided to call it a night a little after 2:00 am. No one would see Mark Kilroy alive again. As one of several towns bordering the United States, Matamoros was popular with American tourists; however, by the late 1980s, it was beginning to develop a reputation for drug-related crime. In fact, Mark Kilroy was just one of sixty people who went missing in Matamoros in just the first three months of 1989 alone. When Kilroy’s friends reported him missing to the Brownsville, Texas police a massive search began, with investigators fearing Mark might have been kidnapped by one of the local gangs. It turned out, the truth was far worse than anyone had feared.","meta_description":"(Part 1 of 2) In March 1989, twenty-one-year-old University of Texas student Mark Kilroy and some friends traveled south of the border to Matamoros, Mexic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3540,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morbid-67318/episodes/the-matamoros-devil-murders-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morbid-67318/the-matamoros-devil-murders-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}