What Ash Kelley has said about Sensationalist press coverage of crime
3 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 9, 2026
Ash Kelley, Co-host of the true crime podcast Morbid, has been quoted on Sensationalist press coverage of crime 3 times in 1 episode of Morbid, most recently on April 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
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 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 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
Episodes
Tillie Klimek: Mrs. Bluebeard of ChicagoMorbid · Apr 9, 2026 · 50 min
Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart recount the arsenic murders, sensational 1923 trial, and conviction of Chicago's Tillie Klimek.
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