COLD CASE SOLVED! 1964 Murder of Mary Simpson, 12: Killer Named After 60 Years!
Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Mary Theresa Simpson, 12, vanished when she was walking home from a relative's home in March 1964, in Elmira, New York.
Her beaten and abused body was found four days later, in a wooded area in Southport.
Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack go back in time to discover what happened to Mary Simpson and why police could not find a suspect to arrest, and charge with the rape and murder of a little girl.
They also discuss how, after 60 years, the case was broken wide open due to great police work in 1964. Coupled with exceptional science work by Othram, a suspect has been named after 60 years of questions.
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Transcribe Highlights
00:03.38 Introduction
01:03.48 Cold Cases - Time Marches On
04:51.96 March 19, 1964 Mary Simpson, 12, vanishes
10:27.83 Suspect jammed twigs, grass, dirt into Mary;s mouth
15:06.68 Area has not changed much since 1964
20:18.94 Targeting of individuals
25:06.14 Subject would have known where they were going
30:06.65 Othram can begin a case with $7,500
36:17.78 Teaching students to triangulate a scene
41:28.48 Conclusion
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.7 | Body Facts with Joseph Scott Moore. |
| 0:09.6 | It's hard to believe, I think about it now. |
| 0:13.7 | 1964. |
| 0:16.2 | At 1964, wow, 62 years ago. |
| 0:24.9 | It's hard to wrap my brain around. |
| 0:27.8 | You know, it's an odd thing, you know, Tom. |
| 0:33.2 | I teach kids now that, you know, their birth year is, I don't know, I guess, I've got kids now that are born, you know, |
| 0:45.3 | 2007, eight, nine. You know, Tom marches on. I know that seems rather obvious. |
| 0:56.0 | But you know, the thing about coal cases and those individuals that have families that |
| 1:04.0 | were marked by tragedy, that never dissipates. |
| 1:09.0 | It might finally dissipate over decades and decades and decades, but I'm of the opinion that many places and families as well are haunted. |
| 1:24.4 | Today, I want to talk about a case that has just now burst onto the scene nationally. |
| 1:33.2 | And it's a case that originated back in 1964. |
| 1:39.0 | It involves a 12-year-old little girl named Mary Teresa Simpson. |
| 1:45.0 | And the story I'm going to lay on you today, |
| 1:49.0 | you would think that it would happen in modern times |
| 1:53.0 | because of the violence that was exacted on this poor little girl. |
| 1:59.0 | I'm Joseph Scott Morgan, and this is body bags. |
| 2:06.0 | Brother Dave, wow, we're back at it with another cold case that is no longer cold. |
| 2:15.1 | Wow. |
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