Ash Kelley

Kelley jokingly attributed the college house fire to the cross left on the stove rather than the reported car explosion.

“No, it was the cross on the stove. Yeah, probably. That's what I think”

Morbid: Listener Tales 114: Back to School Tales (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 51:52

Kelley asked listeners to submit Halloween-themed listener tales ahead of October.

“that means you need to send us your Halloween listener tales, please”

Morbid: Listener Tales 114: Back to School Tales (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 1:50

Kelley said she would rather face a human threat than an invisible one.

“I'd rather deal with a human scary person than an invisible”

Morbid: Listener Tales 111: Camping Tales (Jun 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:53

Kelley called the Manitoba forest story one of the best listener tales the show has done.

“I think that's one of the best listener tales we've ever done”

Morbid: Listener Tales 111: Camping Tales (Jun 25, 2026) · Listen from 54:16

Kelley joked that producer Mikey tried to silence the studio presence the hosts call Nicholas.

“Mikey just tried to silence Nicholas. And it's me he doesn't like?”

Morbid: Listener Tales 110: Playdates with the Paranormal (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 43:46

Kelley said she would not want child ghosts in her home.

“I don't know about that. I don't really want kid ghosts”

Morbid: Listener Tales 110: Playdates with the Paranormal (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 15:09

Kelley quotes Klimek's testimony denying responsibility for her husbands' deaths.

“I loved them. They loved me. They just died. Same as other people. I'm not responsible for that”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 41:19

Kelley relays nurse Mildred Scully's testimony that Klimek joked about striking her ailing husband with a board.

“if he makes any trouble for you take a two by four board and hit him over the head with it”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 38:02

Kelley summarizes prosecutor William McLaughlin's opening statement alleging a wholesale poison plot involving at least six deaths.

“the two women had planned and carried out a wholesale poison plot, which claimed at least six lives and caused serious illness to nearly a score more”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 36:27

Kelley says Klimek confessed to poisoning her husband because she believed he was seeing other women.

“she broke down and confessed that she tried to poison Joseph because he was, quote, fooling around with other women”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 25:58

Kelley says Joseph Klimek later explained he married Tillie because she kept a good home.

“He later said that he married her for a nice home because she was a good cook and kept a clean space”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 16:12

Kelley recounts a mourner's account that Klimek grabbed her dead husband's ear at his funeral and shouted at the corpse.

“tilly reached into the coffin and grabbed frank's ear shouting you devil you won't get up anymore”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 12:42

Kelley said the Perrons stayed until 1980, when Carolyn told Roger she would not survive another winter in the house.

“they kept living in the house until 1980 when they finally decided it was time to move”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:56

Kelley said Andrea Perron later concluded her father's refusal to believe stemmed from not wanting to admit he had endangered the family by buying the house.

“admitted that he didn't want to believe his wife because he didn't want to think that he had put his family in a perilous situation with the purchase of the house”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:25

Kelley, citing Joe Nickell, said Roger Perron never truly believed his wife's and daughters' accounts even when he appeared to go along with them.

“Roger eventually seemed to acquiesce, possibly to promote domestic harmony, but he never appears to have truly believed the claims from his wife and daughters”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 35:33

Kelley described a coat hanger attack witnessed by Carolyn's five daughters and a neighbor, Mrs. Pettigrew.

“see her being whacked across the face, head and neck with a wire coat hanger. Held in the air just like by some unseen force”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 41:32

Kelley said Carolyn was nearly struck by a hand scythe thrown at her in the barn while she felt paralyzed and unable to move.

“Then out of nowhere, a hand scythe came flying in her direction from above”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 40:25

Kelley recounted Cynthia Perron walking into a silky, smoky figure that emerged from the cellar, leaving a foul-smelling cloud that made her ill at school.

“a quote, silky smoky figure emerged from the cellar”

Morbid: The Perron Family Haunting (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 38:40

Kelley argued that the siblings' own conflicts, more than bad press, ended their business.

“it was actually their own interpersonal dynamics that ended up being the final nail in the coffin”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 37:46

Kelley said a March 1875 letter by childhood friend D.P. Westcott was the first major blow to the brothers' credibility.

“the first major blow to their credibility came in late March of 1875 in the form of a letter to the editor of the Rutland Daily Globe”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 37:00

Kelley recounted L.A. Bigelow's report that a struck match revealed Horatio playing the guitar himself during a seance.

“Mr. Horatio Eddy, the medium, could be distinctly seen in front of the circle, untied with the guitar in his hand, playing it vigorously”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 25:04

Kelley recounted that the brothers' father, unable to rid them of a perceived curse, sold them to a sideshow.

“He couldn't get rid of their curse, so he sold them to a traveling sideshow”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 12:51

Kelley related the legend that the brothers descended from Salem witchcraft convict Mary Bradbury.

“They both descended from a long line of psychics going back to Mary Bradbury”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 8:26

Kelley said she leaned toward believing the Eddy brothers may have had genuine abilities.

“I kind of think they might have been the real deal”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 8:01

Kelley says that while sightings should be treated cautiously, many in this case feel credible.

“obviously you have to take sightings with a grain of salt. But like... a lot of these do feel credible”

Morbid: The Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:11:41

Kelley says she firmly believes Amy Bradley is alive and wants her reunited with her family.

“i want this case to be solved so badly and i so badly want her to be reunited with her family because i firmly believe she's alive”

Morbid: The Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:49

Kelley dismisses a rumor that Amy planned to swim to shore, citing her fear of the ocean.

“But I think that's just people talking shit because if you remember, one, like you just said, she was terrified of the ocean anyways”

Morbid: The Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 39:40

Kelley notes that strong local currents meant a body would likely have washed up, making the absence of remains significant.

“had she jumped off the boat or been pushed off the boat, it was likely that she would wash up at some point because of how strong the current is”

Morbid: The Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 33:12

Kelley states she does not believe Amy Bradley jumped or fell off the cruise ship.

“I just have to say off the bat, right off the bat, I do not believe that she jumped off or fell off the boat at all”

Morbid: The Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley (Apr 27, 2026) · Listen from 6:01

Kelley describes Morbid as an inclusive space for its 'weirdo' listeners.

“Because we always say you're the table or we're the table that anybody can sit at”

Morbid: Carrie, Cult Classics & Chaos: A Sit Down with Matthew Lillard (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 21:15

Kelley argued the condom stain needed no explanation given the house had been occupied by football players.

“It's a house full of football players. Somebody like threw that condom at somebody else and it staged the wall”

Morbid: Listener Tales 114: Back to School Tales (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 49:22

Kelley said she quit high school cheerleading because people were unkind to the cheerleaders.

“that's actually why i quit cheer because people were not nice to us”

Morbid: Listener Tales 111: Camping Tales (Jun 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:02

Kelley told new listeners that the show's early episodes are rough but that the podcast improves over time.

“We start sounding a lot better and we get much more professional as time goes on”

Morbid: Listener Tales 110: Playdates with the Paranormal (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 3:27

Kelley recounted that a Halifax teenager was arrested for staging her own attack.

“a teenage girl in Halifax was arrested for providing a false report after she was found to have tied herself up and torn her clothing”

Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 49:05

Kelley quoted Scotland Yard's Detective Sergeant saying people were cut but no slasher was involved.

“certainly 15 persons did actually receive slashes, but the police are now satisfied that no one who has been termed the slasher was concerned”

Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 48:13

Kelley explained that near-simultaneous reports from distant towns made a single attacker, or even three, implausible.

“it would have been impossible for one man or really even three to get across town so quickly”

Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 46:23

Kelley highlighted that James Leonard received the same one-year hard-labor sentence for cutting dresses as Smith did for a killing.

“and that this man who cut a couple dresses was sentenced to that, you really got to sit with that”

Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 33:43

Kelley says contemporaries speculated Klimek was convicted because she was considered unattractive, citing unkind press descriptions.

“Some members of the press and public speculated that her conviction was due to her lacking physical attraction”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 44:11

Kelley expresses dislike of accused killers giving jailhouse interviews and becoming celebrities during investigations and trials.

“I know. I hate that part of murder investigations and trials and everything”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 32:34

Kelley says the suspected victim count grew to 20 people by mid-November 1922 as the press covered every sensational detail.

“By mid-November, the suspected number of victims had risen to 20 people, and that was just as they were indicted by a grand jury”

Morbid: Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of Chicago (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 33:11

Kelley says John F. Kennedy campaigned at the hotel in 1960 and stayed twice in room 216, then its largest suite.

“JFK campaigned there in 1960, and he stayed on two separate occasions in May of that year. Apparently, he stayed in room 216 both times”

Morbid: Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition! (Mar 30, 2026) · Listen from 34:55

Kelley notes the hotel's 1889 amenities included combined electric and gas lighting, steam heating, elevators and modern plumbing.

“It also had steam heating. Whoa. Both service and passenger elevators, which like that was huge at the time”

Morbid: Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition! (Mar 30, 2026) · Listen from 31:09

Kelley says the Blennerhassett Hotel opened in 1889 after six years of construction, managed by Colonel William Nelson Chancellor with the goal of being West Virginia's most opulent hotel.

“The hotel took six years to build, and the whole entire project was managed by Colonel William Nelson Chancellor. The goal was to make this like the most opulent hotel in West Virginia”

Morbid: Haunted Roadtrip: West Virginia Edition! (Mar 30, 2026) · Listen from 29:20

Kelley argued that people are recognizing they do not want to be connected to their phones constantly.

“I think people are realizing they don't want to be connected to their phones 24-7”

Morbid: Listener Tales 108: 90's Tales! (Mar 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:19

Kelley said she has been experiencing intense, painful nostalgia for the 1990s.

“lately I've been having such like brutal nostalgia for the 90s”

Morbid: Listener Tales 108: 90's Tales! (Mar 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:00:51

Kelley said collecting Happy Meal and similar toys was a defining part of 1990s childhood, and that her own family treated McDonald's as a rare special occasion.

“back then we were all obsessed with collecting anything and everything we could get our hands on collecting was a huge part of the 90s”

Morbid: Listener Tales 108: 90's Tales! (Mar 26, 2026) · Listen from 13:48

Kelley said Olcott, after examining Honto's cave and seeing a materialization, left his first seance convinced the brothers were genuine.

“So he left the seance that night convinced of the brother's legitimacy”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 33:49

Kelley praised Olcott for approaching the Eddys' claims scientifically.

“I think it's kind of cool that he's approaching it from, like, a place of science”

Morbid: The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 30:48

Kelley compared the Halifax hoaxes to the Salem witch trials and suggested boredom drove people to invent drama.

“It's very similar to the Salem Witch Trials. I think life was fucking boring back then”

Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 50:26

Kelley characterized the Hammersmith Ghost as a solid example of mass psychogenic illness.

“So the Hammersmith ghost is a very solid example of mass psychogenic illness, also known as mass hysteria”

Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 28:25

Kelley allows that violent pornography could exacerbate existing tendencies even if it is not the cause.

“I'm sure if you're already Ted Bundy and you watch crazy porn, that's not going to help anything”

Morbid: The Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway (Part 3) (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 42:23

Kelley argues that attributing Bundy's crimes to pornography ignores the many factors behind his development.

“there's a lot at work here so to just chalk it up to porn is nuts yeah because there was many things that went into the making of ted bundy”

Morbid: The Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway (Part 3) (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 41:41

Kelley concluded that the stories had not persuaded her to go camping.

“If you guys thought that this was going to make me camp, you're wrong”

Morbid: Listener Tales 111: Camping Tales (Jun 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:28:31

Kelley said she experienced sleep paralysis while staying in a camper in the woods and thought about The Blair Witch Project.

“And I got sleep paralysis there and I thought of the Blair Witch a lot”

Morbid: Listener Tales 111: Camping Tales (Jun 25, 2026) · Listen from 2:42

Kelley notes that women in the 1970s faced major barriers to leaving a marriage with children.

“wasn't easy for a woman in the 70s to break out on her own with two children”

Morbid: The San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 28:07

Kelley suggests Etna Huberty likely stayed because she was terrified of leaving a violent man with many guns.

“i'm sure a part of her was probably terrified to leave him like she was probably horrified”

Morbid: The San Ysidro McDonald's Massacre (Jun 8, 2026) · Listen from 27:16