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Morbid

The Murder of Kitty Genovese

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Paranormal, True Crime, Dark History, Comedy

4.595.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In the early hours of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old Kitty Genovese returned home from work and parked her car in a lot near her Queens apartment, completely unaware that someone was following her. As she approached the door to her apartment building, Kitty’s stalker ran up behind her and stabbed her in the back twice before being scared off by a neighbor who yelled from his window. Wounded, Kitty managed to get to the back of the building, but her attacker soon returned and brutally assaulted her. By the time an ambulance arrived an hour later, it was too late; Kitty Genovese died before she reached the hospital. Kitty’s murder and the arrest of her killer, Winston Moseley, were quickly overshadowed by what were believed to be the facts of the attack, primarily the widely held belief that at least thirty-eight neighbors had seen the assault or heard Kitty’s cries for help and did nothing. Despite there having been no evidence to support that belief, the narrative quickly became about urban apathy, with the death of a Queens bartender merely a footnote. The murder of Kitty Genovese is one of the most notorious violent crimes in modern American history—not because of the details or circumstances of the crime, but because of the legend and mythology that has built up around it.

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0:00.0

Hey, weirdos, I'm Ash. And I'm Elena. And this is morbid.

0:03.9

This is morbid.

0:04.0

This is morbid.

0:04.0

This is morbid.

0:20.4

I've had falafel and garlic dip. I've had falafel and garlic dip. Hell yeah. And I'm having a little oly pop. Oh my God. Having a little sody break. I'm having a little strawberries and cream Dr. Peppie. I hate, I hate to admit how good those actually are. They are. They're so good. Yeah. They're not extra, like, they're not super sweet.

0:37.6

They're really not like it. No. But yeah, it's been, you know, it's been, it's been a pretty good day today. It's been such a good day. I'm having a little bit of an afternoon. Not in the world, but in the pod lab. No, not the world. I don't need to clarify that. Pretty awful right now. But the pod lab day has Yeah.

0:52.6

Solid.

0:53.2

It has been.

0:53.7

I started the day with a big-ass Mason jar coffee, so I knew it was going to be a good one.

0:58.0

Oh. right now. But the pod lab day has been solid. It has been. I started the day with a big-asson

0:55.8

jar coffee, so I knew it was going to be a good one. Oh, see, that's smart. I'm crashing a little bit, but that's what the olypop is for. You're going to ride that olipop. Oh, you know what? I started my day off really well. What did you start your day up doing? So you know how I've been telling you guys like do, you know,

1:30.6

joy. But like don't be hard on yourself. Like do it small. So I'm not being hard on myself is what I'm saying. And so I was like, I need to start waking up earlier like before the house. I got in a good habit of that and then I fell out of it. And so now I'm like, okay, my problem is I go too hard, too fast. I put too much pressure on myself. So I said, and that's not how you habit stack.

1:28.8

That is not how you habit. And so now I'm like, okay, my problem is I go too hard, too fast. I put too much pressure on myself.

1:44.2

So I said, and that's not how you habit stack. That is not how you habit stack. And I've learned this. So I said, okay, for a couple of weeks, get used to waking up early. Don't do anything productive when you wake up early. Get your coffee, sit quietly, do something that's enjoyable. don't feel like you have to be productive.

1:46.4

Just get used to that early morning thing.

1:44.2

So I'm in the middle of that and I'm doing well. quietly, do something that's enjoyable, don't feel like you have to be productive.

2:02.6

Just get used to that early morning thing. So I'm in the middle of that, and I'm doing well, everybody. Good job. And this morning, I said, you don't have to be productive yet. It's not next week. Do this for a week. We must start on Monday. I made my coffee, and then I sat down, I said, I should watch something. Yeah. Because, like, no one's awake to be loud.

2:21.4

And you actually could have watched something fucking horrifying. I almost did. It's surprising that you didn't, actually. Well, I, here's the funny part. So I go into my, like, you know, my, like, Netflix or Prime. And I'm looking through it and I'm like, oh, I'm going to watch a horror movie. Yeah. Because, like, no one's awake. I can do this. That's what I would have expected. So I was going to watch, like, scream or something.

2:17.5

Like, And I'm looking through it and I'm like, oh, I'm going to watch a horror movie. Yeah. Because, like, no one's awake.

2:17.9

Yeah.

2:34.8

That's what I would have expected. So I was going to watch, like, scream or something. Like, I was, like, just a comfort thing. And then I flipped by and I saw Center Stage. A great pick. The movie Center, Mother fucking State. A wonderful pick. Your Miracquise canned heat.

2:35.4

Yes.

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