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The Mysterious Death of Kathleen Peterson (Part 1) artwork

The Mysterious Death of Kathleen Peterson (Part 1)

Morbid

September 7, 2026

When Kathleen Peterson died in December 2001, it was assumed her death had been the result of an accidental fall down the stairs after combining alcohol and Valium.

Speakers Ash Kelley, Alaina Urquhart

TopicsTrue CrimeComedy

Ash Kelley (0:00)

Hey, Weirdos, I'm Ash.

Alaina Urquhart (0:02)

And I'm Elena.

Ash Kelley (0:03)

And this is Morbid.

Alaina Urquhart (0:19)

This is Morbid.

Ash Kelley (0:21)

It got gloomy again, so it's Morbid in the gloom, in the gloom, in the gloom noon.

Alaina Urquhart (0:26)

Ooh.

Ash Kelley (0:27)

In the gloom noon.

Alaina Urquhart (0:28)

There you go.

Ash Kelley (0:28)

You like that?

Alaina Urquhart (0:29)

Because it's in the afternoon, in case you didn't catch that.

Ash Kelley (0:33)

See, usually I like to explain my jokes, but you kind of like stepped in there for me.

Alaina Urquhart (0:37)

I did. I tried to help you out there.

Ash Kelley (0:39)

We've been having a silly, goofy day today.

Alaina Urquhart (0:40)

We have. I cried laughing at several times.

Ash Kelley (0:43)

I thought you were going to say you cried. I was like, I actually didn't see that happen.

Alaina Urquhart (0:47)

You're like, we've been having a silly day. I'm like, I actually bawled my eyes out, but none of you noticed.

Ash Kelley (0:52)

Well, were you crying laughing at earlier, like really bad?

Alaina Urquhart (0:55)

We were talking about the Sam and Colby episode we did at the SK. Pierce Mansion. And there's a part.

Ash Kelley (1:02)

No, it's so embarrassing. I called my cell phone. She's not calling me yet.

Alaina Urquhart (1:05)

I did not call her out. It was Ash calling her cell phone. When she pointed it out, I just started laughing. Because she recreated this. She did like a certain stance and said, I smell smoke. I said like, that's suspicious. And she did this like, ooh.

Ash Kelley (1:20)

It was like a leading comment.

Alaina Urquhart (1:22)

And she recreated it while she mentioned it. And it made me laugh so hard when she recreated it.

Ash Kelley (1:29)

I love it.

Alaina Urquhart (1:31)

I was being a YouTube girlie where I loved it.

Ash Kelley (1:33)

We're out here in these streets. It made me want to do something haunted again so badly.

Alaina Urquhart (1:36)

I want to do something haunted so bad.

Ash Kelley (1:38)

And our brothers texted us the other day, our brother Colton Coven, Sabrina and Corinne. And they were like, do you want to go do a seance with us? And I was like, hell yeah. That day is clear. And then I was like, I'm on vacation that day.

Alaina Urquhart (1:51)

I'm not.

Ash Kelley (1:51)

And I'm like, do I want to just cancel my whole vacation just to do a seance?

Alaina Urquhart (1:55)

Yes.

Ash Kelley (1:55)

I'm not gonna, because it's non-refundable.

Alaina Urquhart (1:58)

But damn.

Ash Kelley (1:59)

But damn. I never go on vacation, really.

Alaina Urquhart (2:02)

No.

Ash Kelley (2:03)

And I'm only going to, I'm not, but like whenever I do go to vacation, I go to Disney.

Alaina Urquhart (2:07)

Yeah.

Ash Kelley (2:07)

I'm not even going to Disney.

Alaina Urquhart (2:08)

Yeah.

Ash Kelley (2:09)

But I am going to, I'm going to FL.

Alaina Urquhart (2:12)

FL, going to America's Firearm.

Ash Kelley (2:16)

Yeah. Yeah.

Alaina Urquhart (2:17)

Cause it's shaped like a gun.

Ash Kelley (2:19)

No, it is. And I love that.

I was like, yeah, I am going there. It sounded, it sounded bad when you put it down.

Alaina Urquhart (2:24)

I mean, yeah.

Ash Kelley (2:26)

I'm not, and then I was going to say where I was going, but I was like, I'm not going to tell you guys where I'm going because this is a crime podcast. Yeah. We tell you guys not to do that. Exactly.

Alaina Urquhart (2:33)

You don't want to triangulate that.

Ash Kelley (2:34)

How do we move away from this?

Alaina Urquhart (2:37)

What's going on? Thanks for buying The Butcher Legacy so much.

Ash Kelley (2:42)

It's so good.

Alaina Urquhart (2:43)

You guys are pretty awesome, and it was cool to hang with all of you, and it's been awesome. I'm really glad that you guys are tagging me reviews and stuff. Thank you.

Ash Kelley (2:52)

I was telling Elena the other day, for those who have read it, there's a scene where like, I'm trying to think how to put it. There's a scene in the end that I just want to see on film so badly.

Alaina Urquhart (3:04)

Yeah.

Ash Kelley (3:05)

Like at the end of The Butcher Legacy, I'm not going to describe it because I feel like it'll give the paw away. But there's a scene and it involves like running.

Alaina Urquhart (3:12)

Yeah.

Ash Kelley (3:12)

And that's all I'll say and I want to see it so bad.

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