AEA: Autoerotic Asphyxia - David Carradine gained fame on TV in the early 70s as Kung Fu. Michael Hutchence was the frontman for hitmaking rock group INXS. Both men died doing the same thing: Autoerotic Asphyxia. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss AEA as well as other public deaths by Asphyxia including the hanging of Jeffrey Epstein, suicide of Robin Williams, and a story about the death of a man accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trials and how he died of asphyxia by "pressing".

Transcript Highlights

00:02.49 Introduction

00:39.43 "Blood Beneath My Feet"

04:48.20 Asphyxia by hanging

10:00.77 Suffocation - positional asphyxia

15:06.68 Compression of the neck

19:39.06 Hanging of Lewis Payne

24:40.59 Execution by "pressing"

30:12.40 Killed by hanging in public

35:11.67 Suspension Hanging vs Supported Hanging

39:15.66 Auto-Erotic Asphyxia

45:20.99 Strangle to point of death, and stopping, to cause more terror in victim

50:42.24 Conclusion

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Update on the decapitation of Baby Isaiah during his birth. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss what happened and how the family is still having to fight for justice. The parents, Jessica Ross and Traveon Taylor Sr. have filed lawsuits against the hospital and the doctor but the first suit is about the damage done to the family by the doctor hired to do the autopsy of baby Isaiah, Dr. Jackson Gates. Dr. Gates posted pictures and video of the autopsy without the parents knowledge or permission and a jury awards the parents $2 million in damages.

Transcript Highlights
00:04.96 Introduction

00:48.33 Parental grief with loss of a child

04:45.27 Use of forceps during childbirth

06:37.45 The death of baby Isaiah

10:04.56 Explanation of child birth options

14:28.88 Doctor applied enough force to decapitate baby

20:30.53 Baby Isaiah head placed on body so it wouldn't fall off

25:19.76 Funeral home reported decapitation

30:06.68 Head removed during delivery

35:09.52 Paying for autopsy

39:42.33 Lawsuit filed when autopsy doctor placed images of autopsy on social media

44:59.93 Conclusion

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Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the Manson family murders and the real injuries suffered by the victims, as well as beheadings carried out hundreds of years ago in an effort to explain the difference in the type of injuries created by all manner of weapons that can be used to stab, slice, carve, and disembowel. Professor Morgan explains the difference between the facts of a case and how injuries and weapons are shown in film and how difficult it is to determine the source of a sharp force injury.

Transcript Highlights
00:13.87 Introduction - Sharp Force Injuries

01:11.86 Description of a beheading

04:56.77 Sharp force injury

10:02.83 Executioner refusing to execute

14:59.68 Stabbing injuries

20:27.08 Studying the margin - edges of injury

24:48.30 Always look for the "winking eye"

29:58.47 Thorough autopsy - tongue comes out

35:03.25 First documented autopsy, Caesar

38:58.59 Manson family knife attacks, Sharon Tate

45:03.35 Manson Murders shown in movie shows fork bouncing up and down, ridiculous

46:2 9.07 Conclusion

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