The Priest Murders
Criminology
Emash Digital
4.7 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In the summer of 1982, Father Reynaldo John Rivera was lured out to a location by a male caller who said they needed last rites performed. Father Rivera's body was found days later; he had been bound and strangled.
Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murders and disappearances of priests in the 1980s. There are some eerie connections between a number of priests who were either murdered or disappeared under suspicious circumstances. These connections have led many online to speculate about conspiracy theories involving a person or persons who wanted revenge.
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| 0:00.0 | Close your eyes. Listen to Monday.com. Feel the sensation of an AI work platform. So flexible and intuitive, it feels like it was built just for you. Now open your eyes, go to Monday.com. Start for free and finally, breathe. |
| 0:15.1 | Criminology is a true crime podcast that may contain discussion about violent or disturbing topics. |
| 0:57.9 | Listener discretion is advised. Hello, everyone and welcome to episode 409 of the criminology podcast. I'm Mike Ferguson. |
| 1:00.1 | And this is Mike Morford. |
| 1:02.2 | Morph, how you doing this week, buddy? |
| 1:03.9 | Doing pretty good. How you doing? |
| 1:09.4 | I'm doing great. I got a lot of stuff coming up. I think we've talked about some of it. |
| 1:11.2 | Obviously, you and I are getting ready to go to CrimeCon. And then about I have a week at home. And then I had across the pond, across some ponds, |
| 1:23.2 | down for my daughter's wedding, basically. She's getting, she's having a destination wedding. |
| 1:31.2 | So you've got some travel miles coming up. Yeah, which is strange for a guy who, you know, |
| 1:37.9 | doesn't leave his basement all that often. Well, you got to get out every once in a while. I'm getting |
| 1:41.9 | ready for summer. Our kids are getting off in, you know, about two, three weeks out of school. |
| 1:47.9 | And, you know, they're going to be home and playing sports and doing what it is that kids do. |
| 1:52.3 | So getting ready to get a little louder in here. |
| 1:55.3 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:55.9 | I mean, you know, my oldest daughter and obviously my wife, they're both in the education profession. |
| 2:03.1 | So they're almost done for the year. |
| 2:06.6 | And they're both coming to Vegas with me. |
| 2:10.2 | So let's go ahead and give our Patreon shoutouts. |
| 2:12.7 | We had one new Patreon. |
| 2:14.8 | And that was Brian A. |
| 2:16.1 | But we really appreciate that support. |
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