Meet the Aunt and Niece Who Host Your Favorite True Crime Podcast (2024)

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How are alaina and ash related Morbid? ›

Tackling dark and macabre topics like true crime is a family affair for Ashleigh “Ash” Kelley and Alaina Urquhart, the aunt-niece duo behind the hit podcast “Morbid.”

Gillian Pensavalle

Gillian is the co-host/creator of the top-ranked true crime comedy podcast True Crime Obsessed, where she and Patrick Hinds recap true crime documentaries with humor and heart.

Morbid: A True Crime Podcast is an American true crime anthology podcast hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley. Urquhart was an autopsy technician/author and Kelley was a hairdresser before they joined forces and became the duo of true crime podcast superstars they are today.

Drew Beasley(II)

Drew Beasley is known for Danny Hall the Killer Crab Elf (2021), Morbid Colors (2021) and Edgar and Vespera's Spooky Storytime (2021).

When you reach 10,000 listens per episode, you can find yourself make approximately $13,000 a month. For example, True Crime Obsessed rakes in $1.2 million per year while The Dave Ramsey Show has about 13 million weekly listeners and earns close to $10 million a year.

Alaina Urquhart is an autopsy technician, the co-host of Morbid: A True Crime Podcast, the host of Crime Countdown and Scream! Urquhart is also the author of The Butcher and The Wren. She currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) _ A teen-ager whose lawyers claimed he was controlled by an imaginary troll- like character was convicted of murdering two young neighbors. Shawn Paul Novak, 16 at the time of the slayings, faces life in prison or the death penalty for capital murder.

Crime Junkie co-host Brit Prawat shared that she is in recovery for alcohol abuse. Prawat, who hosts the Indianapolis-based true crime podcast with her best friend Ashley Flowers, took a step back from the podcast in May after suffering a sudden brain bleed.

Bill kurtis hosts this series of nonfiction cases being re-examined after being considered cold. With the use of forensic advances and new evidence, police and detectives attempt to solve old crimes and unanswered questions.

She's the co-host and producer of the hit podcast "Crime Junkie," which gets millions of downloads each week, and that's not all. She also created "Supernatural With Ashley Flowers," "International Infamy" and "Very Presidential." And on top of all of that, she has a new novel out.

Who is Alaina from Morbid? ›

Alaina Urquhart is the science-loving co-host of the chart-topping show Morbid: A True Crime Podcast. As an autopsy technician by trade, she offers a unique perspective from deep inside the morgue.

It has streamed in over 170 countries. Flowers launched Audiochuck in 2017, which creates and produces podcasts. Another Audiochuck podcast that Flowers hosts, The Deck Investigates with Ashley Flowers, is approaching its one-year milestone.

"Morbid: A True Crime Podcast" Episode 213: Colleen Stan AKA The Girl In The Box (Podcast Episode 2021) - IMDb.

Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist.

Host Ash is Alaina's niece, raised as the little sister, she's a hairstylist, a Gemini- you can't miss her because she is the one that is able to find a way to make any episode detail relate back to herself.

To put harder numbers on it, many sponsorship agencies look for 3000 to 5000 listeners, per episode, before they'll take you on. But, if you're doing it yourself, it's perfectly possible to earn a decent sponsorship income once you pass the 200 to 300 mark, especially if you have a particularly niche audience.

Urquhart, who is an autopsy technician, co-hosts the true crime podcast "Morbid" with her niece, Ashleigh Kelley, who works as a hairdresser.

Morbid Network is managed by Seth Jacobs at Brillstein Entertainment Partners and represented by Marissa Hurwitz at WME.

How many listeners does Morbid have? ›

80k ratings, Est. listeners: 1.5m

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. Episode 408: Flesh Pedestrians, Demons & Summer Camp with Andrew from Let's Not Meet!

Dating way back to 2014, series one of 'Serial' is the most famous and successful podcast of all time: Sarah Koenig's hyper in-depth exploration of a 1999 Baltimore murder has been downloaded well over a hundred million times, and had a vast cultural impact.

Brit had a sudden brain bleed that led to a clot in her brain, and she had to undergo multiple brain surgeries over the last week." "She did luckily make it out of each of them. I've been up to see her a couple of times. She is talking, she has some mobility. ...

The earliest known use of the word pruppet is by Crime Junkie Podcast host, Ashley Flowers. It can be used in reference to a dog or puppy of utmost adorability. A pruppet is a furry version of one's soul mate.

There are currently over two hundred true crime podcasts on the Apple Podcast app. With so many options for content, it is no surprise that the true crime fandom has grown because of the appeal and keeps adapting with the media genre.

H.H. Holmes, byname of Herman Mudgett, (born May 16, 1861?, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, U.S.—died May 7, 1896, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), American swindler and confidence trickster who is widely considered the country's first known serial killer.

Too much exposure to true crime can lead to paranoia, unsafe feelings, being more wary of others, and heightened anxiety. The popularity with true crime forms of multimedia can be credited to the 1996 novel “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote, which details the Clutter family murders.

Ashley Flowers lives in Indiana and works in Indianapolis. Flowers has a daughter, Josie and a dog, Charlie (Chuck), who is the namesake for Flowers' podcast network, audiochuck.

33 years (December 19, 1989)

Ashley Flowers / Age

Delia D'Ambra-Wheeler is the Co-Creative Director and on-air host for Audiochuck Podcast Network. She is an investigative journalist whose work is behind some of the world's top true-crime podcasts (CounterClock, Park Predators, Dark Arenas, Crime Junkie).

How many copies have sold of The Butcher and the Wren? ›

The book, which has already sold 70,000 copies since its publication ten days ago, is published by Zando, the imprint launched by Molly Stern and back by Sister.

Ashley C. Ford is a writer and podcast host. Her memoir, Somebody's Daughter, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books.

The Crime Junkie Plagiarism Controversy

So, in August 2019, I was floored to see a handful of other podcasters I follow on social media claiming that the hosts of Crime Junkie had been plagiarizing their work from other podcasts and journalists.

Morbid is a true crime, creepy history and all things spooky podcast hosted by an autopsy technician and a hairstylist.

"Morbid: A True Crime Podcast" Episode 213: Colleen Stan AKA The Girl In The Box (Podcast Episode 2021) - IMDb.

Debut novelist Alaina Urquhart snags the No. 3 spot with "The Butcher and the Wren" (Zando, 256 pp.) The novel, told from dual perspectives, pits a notorious serial killer prone to medical experimentation against a forensic pathologist.

Alaina and Ash are an aunt and niece duo, but their website says that the two “were essentially raised as sisters.” When they're not hosting Morbid, Alaina is an autopsy technician and Ash is a hairstylist.

In February 2022, Ashley Flowers released another podcast within the Audiochuck network called The Deck, which she hosts. Like Crime Junkie, its episodes explore true crime cases such as homicides and missing persons, but focus on cold cases with few leads.

A comedy podcast covering the morbid and macabre

There are currently over 12,400 patrons supporting this long running podcast, which has amassed more than 490 episodes. The various contribution tiers feature a variety of benefits, starting at $5 per month they range up to $25.

Ashley Flowers announced Brit Prawat would no longer be joining her on the podcast. Due to a medical condition, Ashley's friend and cohost would no longer be a part of Crime Junkie.

Why did Crime Junkie delete episodes? ›

Popular 'Crime Junkie' Podcast Removes Episodes After Plagiarism Accusation. The show announced that it removed “several” episodes because of sourcing concerns after a journalist and others accused the hosts of using their work without credit. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.