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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 110 - The Mary Morris Murders

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

October 12, 2000. Houston, Texas. After leaving her home, 48-year old Mary Henderson Morris does not show up for work and her body is discovered inside her burned-out car on a remote road later that afternoon. Four days later, another Houston woman, 39-year old Mary McGinnis Morris, is discovered shot to death inside her car under eerily similar circumstances, but other than their name, there doesn’t appear to be any link between the two victims. However, the investigation uncovers potential suspects in Mary McGinnis Morris’ murder, including her husband and a hostile co-worker, which leads to speculation that Mary Henderson Morris’ murder may have been a botched contract hit in which the wrong person was killed. Was Mary McGinnis Morris the intended target all along? If not, then how are these two crimes connected? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we chronicle “The Mary Morris Murders”, the bizarre story of two women with the same name from the same city who happened to be murdered within days of each other. This episode of “The Trail Went Cold” is brought to you by “Murder Book”, a new true crime podcast hosted by bestselling author Michael Connelly, available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/mary-lou-mary-mcginnis-morris/ https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125738 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/689789/posts https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Two-Mary-Morris-slayings-remain-unsolved-1637059.phpgoog “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of The Trail Went Cold is brought to you by Murderbook.

0:03.5

A new true crime podcast hosted by best-selling author Michael Connolly,

0:07.8

available on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:10.9

Also be sure to check out Dark Sacred Night, Michael Connolly's latest number one bestseller

0:16.2

featuring detectives Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard.

0:19.6

Thank you and enjoy the show.

0:22.4

October 12, 2000.

0:26.0

Houston, Texas.

0:29.0

After leaving her home,

0:30.0

48-year-old Mary Henderson Morris does not show up for work and her body is discovered inside

0:35.7

her burned-out car on a remote road later that afternoon.

0:40.2

Four days later, another Houston woman, 39-year-old Mary McGinnis Morris, is discovered shot

0:46.4

to death inside her car under eerily similar circumstances, but other than their name,

0:52.1

there doesn't appear to be any connection between the two victims.

0:55.0

However, the investigation uncovers potential suspects in Mary McGinnis Morris's murder,

1:01.0

including her husband and a hostile co-worker, including her husband and a hostile coworker, leading to speculation that Mary

1:06.4

Henderson Morris's murder may have been a botched contract hit in which she was the victim

1:11.7

and mistaken identity.

1:13.2

After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh,

1:24.0

uh,

1:25.0

uh, uh, uh, uh,

1:26.0

uh,

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