In Memory of Michael and Jason: Unveiling the Horrors Perpetrated by Steven Lorenzo

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Lured from bars in Tampa Bay, Florida, Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz become victims of unthinkable acts of violence, torture, and ultimately murder at the hands of Steven Lorenzo and his roommate Scott Schweikert. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack dive into the harrowing details of these crimes, examining the evidence, psychology, and horrifying realities faced by the victims. As Morgan unpacks the forensic side—from GHB to blood spatter—Mack provides a chilling narrative that contextualizes the nightmare that unfolded. This episode is not just an exploration into the depths of human depravity, but also a tribute to the lives and stories of Jason Galehouse, Michael Waccholtz, Albert Perkins, and other unnamed victims of Loenzo and Schweikert.

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00:00:20 — Joseph Scott Morgan reveals a childhood fascination with a magnifying glass. This simple tale explains his eventual career in forensics.

01:40 — Steven Lorenzo, convicted of two murders but suspected of many more, is introduced.

00:03:20 — Dave Mack asks Joe Scott to break down the substance GHB.

00:03:40 — A chilling overview of Lorenzo's methods is described. Mack succinctly recounts how the criminal drugged and tortured his victims.

00:04:40 — Joseph Scott Morgan unveils the eerie nature of GHB, detailing its street names and effects.

00:08:19 — The online meeting between Lorenzo and Schweikert is discussed. Mack introduces how they connected over shared violent fantasies.

00:11:18 — The terrifying setting of the crimes, Lorenzo and Schweikert's home, is revealed. Joe Scott explains how the drug GHB renders victims compliant.

00:13:56 — Mack goes back to 2003 to bring us the stories of the victims, Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz.

00:16:10 — A vivid picture of the crime scene emerges. Mack and Morgan explore how long blood lasts as evidence.

00:20:25 — Dave Mack retells the testimony of a survivor of Lorenzo and Schweikert's, Albert Perkins, emphasizing the cold-blooded nature of the criminals.

00:28:32 — Joseph Scott Morgan explains the crucial role of insects in forensics.

00:33:40 — Justice takes time. Dave Mack highlights the delay in Steven Lorenzo's trial and eventual sentence.

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0:00.0	I don't know about you all, but when I was a little boy, I was given a magnifying
0:23.4	glass and it was probably one of the most wondrous gifts that I ever had. I would go
0:30.9	about in my grandmother's backyard in North Louisiana and I would look at
0:35.3	everything from blades of grass to sand. I had a huge sandpile. I was fascinated by
0:42.8	how sand looked under high magnification. You pick out all of these details that
0:48.7	exist. But you know, being a young boy, one of the things that I was also
0:54.1	fascinated by was the ability to concentrate the intensity of the sun's
0:59.7	light and the subsequent heat that resulted from that. I started out burning
1:05.8	leaves and that sort of thing and when that didn't satisfy me, I found ants and
1:10.7	other bugs. But there was something within me that I retreated from it. I couldn't
1:16.8	do it over a period of time because I began to actually feel bad about
1:21.5	burning ants. There are people among us that don't have the capacity, I think, to
1:29.4	understand the pain of others, whether they be insects or are fellow human beings.
1:37.0	Today, we're going to talk about one such person, a person by the name of Stephen
1:44.4	Lorenzo, who I'll go ahead and tell you now wound up being convicted of two
1:51.0	deaths, but he is associated with the torture of many many others, a few of which
1:58.9	survived. I'm Joseph Scott Morgan and this is Body Bags.
2:07.8	Brother Dave, do you ever have those cases that when we begin to kind of talk
2:14.2	about them and read through these details that kind of sit your teeth on edge
2:18.8	that kind of make you squirm a little bit. When you get into the nitty gritty
2:24.2	Stephen Lorenzo, every way you turn, there's something more evil than the last
2:29.3	thing. Just to give everybody a bird's eye view, we're talking about crimes that
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