Home invasion
Subject in True Crime
Home invasion has come up in 4 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including Morbid, 20/20, Serialously with Annie Elise. 4 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Patricia CornwellCrime novelist and creator of the Kay Scarpetta series
Cornwell advocates alarm systems for home security.
“First of all, I'm a big advocate of alarm systems”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 27:12
Cornwell counters that home invasions can occur at any time and occupants can become victims of opportunity.
“home invasions during the day or the night, it may not make any difference what time of day it is”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 26:40
Joni JohnstonClinical and forensic psychologist who studied the case
Johnston argued Carey claimed consensual sex only because the evidence that he was at Diskin's home was overwhelming.
“John Kerry claimed it was consensual sex because he knew there was overwhelming evidence that he had been there”
20/20: The Salem Strangler (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 58:18
Rosemary DiskinHamilton, Massachusetts real estate broker who survived a 2007 strangulation attack by John Carey
Diskin recounted that John Carey entered her home uninvited, put a tie around her neck and tried to strangle her.
“Put a tie around my neck and tried to strangle me. He pushed me back against the wall”
20/20: The Salem Strangler (Sep 26, 2026) · Listen from 49:30
Alaina UrquhartCo-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels
Urquhart argues that daytime intruders want property while nighttime intruders want the occupants, so she barricades doors at night.
“if they come to your house during the day, they want your stuff. If they come to your house during the night, they want you”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 26:02
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- Morbid · 2 episodes
- 20/20 · 1 episode
- Serialously with Annie Elise · 1 episode
Episodes
The Salem Strangler20/20 · Sep 26, 2026 · 1 h 27 min
20/20 recounts the 1986 strangling of Salem State student Claire Gravel and how a similar 2007 attack and DNA led to John Carey's conviction.
417: Grey’s Anatomy Inspired Murder: He Walked Inside, Then Took a Knife from the Kitchen | Logan TiptonSerialously with Annie Elise · Jul 6, 2026 · 56 min
Annie Elise recounts the 2015 stabbing of six-year-old Logan Tipton in Kentucky by Ronald Exantus, his insanity acquittal, early release, and the family's push for Logan's Law.
True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia CornwellMorbid · May 4, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell talks with Morbid hosts Alaina Urquhart and Ash Kelley about her memoir True Crime, personal safety, autopsies, Jack the Ripper and the Scarpetta TV series.
- Listener Tales 109: 80's Tales!
Morbid · Apr 30, 2026 · 49 min
Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart dress in 1980s outfits and read four listener tales set in the 1980s, including hauntings and a Richard Ramirez encounter.