048 - The Mysterious Death of Chuck Morgan

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Morgan worked as an escrow agent in Tucson, Arizona in 1977. Far from an exciting life, Chuck enjoyed the quiet calm and exactness of his work, and in his free time, delighted in joy and excitement of raising four daughters with his wife, Ruth. Suddenly, Chuck's life would be thrust into danger and mystery when he vanished on March 22nd.

Chuck resurfaced three days later and told his wife a bizarre tale about being abducted, torture and having his throat coated with a potent hallucinogen. From that day forward, Chuck was extremely safety conscious and even went so far as to wear a bullet proof vest and he began carrying a .357 magnum handgun.

Several months later, in June, when things seemed to be back to normal, Chuck vanished once again. Nine days later, a mysterious woman called his wife and gave her a cryptic statement about a Bible passage in Ecclesiastes. Two days after that, Chuck's body was discovered in a remote area forty miles outside of Tucson. Police ruled his death a suicide, despite several glaring discrepancies with that theory.

Over the next forty years, investigations into Chuck's death would find connections to organized crime, hitmen, government covert operations and allegations of fraud and drug smuggling. What happened to Chuck Morgan and how did this straight laced businessman end up in a world of intrigue and undercover operations that ultimately lead to his death? Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines the baffling details of this complicated and mysterious case in Episode 48 - The Mysterious Death of Chuck Morgan.

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0:36.1	Chuck Morgan was a family man who married the love of his life, Ruth, and became the father
0:42.8	to four beautiful daughters. A kind and caring man, he led a fairly typical life, working
0:50.6	for an escrow company and spending his free time relaxing with his family and dreaming
0:56.9	of a quiet and calm retirement. In early 1977, everything would change and Chuck would
1:05.9	become wrapped up in a world of criminal activity, undercover work, government agencies, and
1:13.0	organized crime. Chuck would disappear only to return days later, the victim of an alleged
1:21.5	abduction. His story spoke of violent torture and threats, though he refused to name names.
1:30.5	In the aftermath, his paranoia accelerated and he began carrying a gun and wearing a bullet
1:37.7	proof vest, which would make his death all the more suspicious. In June of 1977, after
1:47.0	being missing for 11 days, Chuck's body was found in a remote desert area outside of Tucson.
1:55.7	He'd been shot once in the back of the head. The Pima County Sheriff's Department suggested
2:02.1	suicide. The medical examiner disagreed and the details about what was found at the scene
2:09.4	have baffled investigators for the past 41 years. Was Chuck Morgan the victim of a complex
2:17.4	plot involving racketeers, government agents, and assassins? Or was it all an illusion created
2:25.3	by a troubled man spiraling into an undiagnosed mental illness or telling stories to explain
2:33.0	his odd behavior and possible illegal activities? This is Trace Evidence, episode 48, The Mysterious
2:43.0	Death of Chuck Morgan.
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