Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: Medical Mystery or Murder - Investigating the Hartsfield Case
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🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Body Bags, hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of Joseph Hartsfield. They discuss the critical role of trust in marital relationships, the behavior of Sarah Hartsfield, Joseph's wife and her disturbing past; insulin misuse, and the disturbing possibility of a premeditated murder disguised as natural death.
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00:00 - Introduction.
00:20 - Importance of trust in managing chronic health conditions within marriage.
01:35 - Introduction to Joseph Hartsfield's mysterious death and the connection to his diabetes.
04:00 - Deep dive into the daily management of diabetes and the role of self-advocacy.
06:30 - Examination of Sarah Hartsfield's unusual reactions following her husband's death that sparked initial suspicions.
09:40 - Review of the Hartsfield case, spotlighting Sarah's delayed response, her past, and insulin complications.
16:30 - Types and causes of diabetes, with autopsy revealing the presence of multiple insulin pens.
21:20 - Investigation into the possibility of an intentional insulin overdose leading to homicide.
24:10 - Reasons behind Hartsfield's comatose state and the complexity of his case.
26:15 - Sarah Hartsfield's background and the escalating pattern of violence in her relationships.
30:25 - Hartsfield's suspicious death and the possibility of a planned act.
31:10 - Challenges faced by law enforcement when investigating potential homicides disguised as natural deaths and 'angels of death'.
32:15 - Critical role of medical examiners in complex cases. The podcast concludes.
32:35 - Outro.
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| 0:00.0 | Body bags with Joseph Scott Morgan. |
| 0:20.3 | There's a reason I think that people emphasize in any discussion that they have about marriage. |
| 0:28.4 | They emphasize the word trust. |
| 0:30.5 | Why is that? |
| 0:31.7 | Some people can look at it from the perspective of being faithful to your spouse. |
| 0:37.5 | Some people might consider, well, do I trust this individual? |
| 0:42.6 | Do they trust me with finances? |
| 0:45.5 | While others perhaps have an expected level of trust when it comes to confidence |
| 0:52.7 | that you can rely on that person, that you can depend upon them when times are really bad. |
| 1:00.5 | And they do get dark. |
| 1:02.3 | They do get dark as many people can attest to. |
| 1:05.2 | Trust goes even further. |
| 1:07.5 | What about that kind of trust that you have to have when it comes to your health, |
| 1:13.1 | when it comes to your existence? |
| 1:16.5 | Today we're going to have a discussion about trust. |
| 1:21.9 | How much trust you put in a person to watch after you and consider your well-being. |
| 1:28.5 | We're going to talk about a homicide that has alleged to have been committed by something that seems very benign. |
| 1:37.5 | We're going to talk about the death of Joseph Hartzfeld. |
| 1:42.9 | I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is Body Bags. |
| 1:49.5 | Dave Mack, my friend, crime reporter with Crime Online, |
| 1:53.5 | it's amazing to me, I work in medical legal death investigation for many years |
| 1:58.2 | and I know that most people think that the law and share of deaths that we handle are homicides |
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