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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

"The Hamilton Strangler" Got Away With 1986 Murder For 40 years! Now JAILED FOR LIFE!

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

"The Hamilton Strangler" got away with the 1986 murder of 20-year-old Clair Gravel, no suspect was ever caught and the case went cold. When the killer struck again in 2007, a little boy saved the life of his mother, and the suspect was  caught. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack take a look at the unsolved murder of Clair Gravel in 1986 and a similar attack in 2007 that led to the arrest and conviction of "The Hamilton Strangler".

 

 

 

 

 

 


Transcribe Highlights
00:00.70 Introduction - Softball 

01:59.48 Claire Gravel dead after night out with softball team

04:07.03 No Proof Claire made it to her apartment

09:35.14 Clean White Sheets used to line body bag

14:17.26 Claire was victim of "The Hamilton Strangler"

19:58.84 What was biological matter called before "DNA"

25:05.87 Team frequented a local tavern - did killer see her in the bar.....

30:08.68 In 2007 - The Hamilton Strangler Strikes again, this time, the victim's small child scares the killer away

35:45.27 Suspect in 2007, DNA matched the 1986 murder of Clair Gravel.

40:37.07 Killer identified as John Carey, convicted for the 1986 murder of Clair Gravel, in April 2026 

 

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.5

Guaranteed Human.

0:05.7

Body facts with Joseph Scott Moore.

0:09.8

It goes without saying as you get older, you know, the joints wear down.

0:14.7

And I'm certainly no exception.

0:19.2

And I know this is not revelatory for anybody out there, but boy, I miss doing things that I used to could do.

0:26.4

And you know, one of the things that I really enjoyed doing when I guess I was in my 20s and in my 30s was playing softball leagues.

0:34.2

I loved doing it.

0:35.6

I really did.

0:37.1

I was never a good baseball player, but there's

0:40.7

something about being able to hit an underpitched ball, underhand pitch ball that's the size

0:46.8

of a grapefruit. That's something I could handle. Always played third base. I was a good third baseman.

0:53.3

But the problem is, is that you really got to be able to

0:56.6

throw and throw hard and my shoulder just won't do it anymore. But you know, the thing I enjoyed

1:00.7

most about softball was hanging out with my friends. There's just something about playing softball

1:07.0

and doing that. Go to a bar, hang out, have a few beers, and go home. It's kind of like a release from the rest of the work-a-day world.

1:15.6

Today I want to discuss a case involving a young woman who enjoyed playing softball as well.

1:23.6

And like me in my younger days, she liked going to a particular pub and hanging out with

1:32.1

her friends after playing. And as a matter of fact, right before she was last seen alive,

1:41.8

she was at such a place after a softball game.

1:45.0

And within days, and she's found on a roadside dead by workers that just happened to be working in the same area.

2:07.4

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan, and this is body bags.

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