True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell

Morbid

Ash Kelley & Alaina Urquhart

Comedy, Paranormal, True Crime, Dark History

4.4 • 100.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Today we are joined by the legendary Patricia Cornwell! We dive into all things Scarpetta, the highly praisedTV adaptation of her iconic book series. We also get into the evolution of forensic science in storytelling, and how Patricia basically walked so every crime show could run. Then we shift gears into her deeply personal new memoir, where she opens up about her life, career, and the experiences that shaped her storytelling. From behind-the-scenes publishing drama to the real-life inspirations for her chilling cases, Patricia gets candid in a way that is equal parts fascinating and inspiring!

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0:00.0	Hey, weirdos, I'm Ash.
0:01.6	And I'm Elena.
0:02.7	And this is morbido.
0:04.5	It sure is.
0:19.5	Morbido.
0:20.1	So we're going to rebrand. Yeah, morbidito. I like that. Yeah, just, I don't know. It's just what I'm calling it now. You're like, you know what? I had something it left. It's the weekend. We never record on the weekend, and it feels strange. You know what that's from? The weekend. Wait, no, I do. Yeah. You know. Urban legend. Yeah. Because I know I say that sometimes and I have to wonder if like 85% of the audience is like, why do you say it's doing that? Watch Urban Legend if you haven't because that's a key movie. It's the best. And the Dean, when he gets got, before he gets got, he says, spoiler alert, he says. The Dean dies. He says something like, well, it's the weekend. And the way he says it has always made me laugh. It's so funny. It's a vocal stem that I've had for literal decades.
1:11.7	We have a lot of random vocal stems because I love from never been guessed,
1:16.7	ah, shit.
1:17.5	I don't even know my own kid.
1:19.6	I love saying that.
1:21.0	Jose.
1:21.6	Jose?
1:22.9	Oh, random people will just go, Jose?
1:26.4	People are probably like, what?
1:29.0	Like, it's from a movie.
1:30.3	I'm not Josie Grosie anymore.
1:32.3	And that's never been kissed.
1:33.6	Thank you.
1:34.7	Exciting news.
1:35.6	Let's move on to actual business.
1:37.3	We want you to go get yourself something spooky, honey.
1:41.4	Something spooky, something cute, something more bodito. Something morbidito. It's our
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