Personal safety

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Personal safety has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Cornwell advises ride-share passengers to carry an item they could use for self-defense if abducted.
“make sure when you are doing ride sharing, you always have something in your pocketbook or your pocket or your coat”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 30:41
Cornwell recommends calling 911 to verify an unexpected lone police officer at the door because fake uniforms are available.
“you say, I'm sorry, I'm not expecting you. I'm calling 911 to see why you're here”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 27:37
Cornwell warns that wearing convention name tags in public lets predators feign familiarity.
“People go to conventions and they walk out on the sidewalk with a name tag on”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 24:03
Cornwell describes scanning parked cars for clues that would mark their owners as potential victims.
“I look at every car I walk between. And I think if I were a bad person, what information are they leaving in their car”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 24:39

Urquhart advises making ride-share drivers state the passenger's name rather than volunteering it.
“never give them your name up front. Don't go up and say, hey, is this for Elena?”
Morbid: True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell (May 4, 2026) · Listen from 31:43

True Crime: A Sit Down With Patricia Cornwell
Morbid · 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.