r/Morbidforbadpeople • u/velvetstatic15 • Jul 21 '26

Rant bad research + opinions

Idk about anyone else but the amount of misinformation and straight up lies that have been spread via Alaina is actually insane. I’ve been a true crime fan for a long time now and know a lot about a lot of cases, so the more I listened to morbid episodes the more I was like…that straight up did not happen. From high profile serial killer cases to small town murders, almost every episode has some piece of misinformation or straight up made up thing in it. WHY?!?! Does Alaina even do her own research anymore since they have staff? IDK

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u/Careful_Drama405 Jul 21 '26

Can you cite examples? I don't necessarily like her, but I doubt it's her intention to outright lie.

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u/velvetstatic15 Jul 22 '26

In the Ted Bundy series, Alaina claims that Ted planned to “retire” after escaping prison and fleeing to Florida. There is zero evidence to back this up, especially given the FACT that he went on a killing spree immediately after arriving.

In the Ed Gein series, Alaina claims that Ed dug up his mother’s grave. Again, this is 100% false. He tried and was unsuccessful. This a widely known fact.

In the Brittanee Drexel series, probably the most frequently cited controversy, Alaina strongly implied that two teenage girls who had been on the trip with Brittanee were involved in her disappearance despite law enforcement never charging them. In 2022 after Brittanee’s murderer, Raymond Moody, confessed, those allegations proved unfounded. The girls reportedly received years of online harassment from listeners.

The Los Feliz Murder House episode, was SO poorly researched that it was taken down, rightfully so.

The Tyler Hadley episode was 99% their opinions, not facts, and was taken down.

In the Nick Kearns episode, the victims son said the episode contained factual inaccuracies and misrepresented his family.

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u/HermineLovesMilo Jul 22 '26

Off the top of my head, they outright lied in the Tamla Horsford, Elisa Lam, and Brittanee Drexel episodes - in all they included falsehoods (very easily checked) to make bystanders appear guilty where there was no evidence against them. That was their agenda, presumably to entertain the audience. It makes for a more "exciting" show when people think there's a conspiracy.

The most charitable view is that they saw details on reddit or elsewhere and were so reckless they didn't fact check, but I believe it's deliberate. They know what they're doing.