The House Is Gone: The Idaho Student Murders

The Idaho house where Madison Mogen , Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were murdered has been demolished. Prosecution and Defense were both in agreement about the resident being demolished before the trial.

Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they discuss what might be missed and who might be helped by the biggest pieced of evidence being destroyed.

Transcript Highlights

00:01:08 Talk about why the odd shaped home had to come down

00:02:18 Discussion about destroying house before trial

00:03:47 Compare being able to visit the home of Lizzie Borden

00:05:47 Discussion of taking down horrible crime scenes

00:08:33 Comparing evidence like knife to house, would a picture of knife be sufficient

00:09:06 Discussion of both sides in agreement in taking building down

00:11:28 Talk about how to tell if someone could hear noise from top to bottom of house

00:13:36 Discussion of first-person perspective

00:15:48 Discussion of Parkland scene

00:17:42 Talk about taking jury to crime scene

00:19:26 Discussion of house layout – would killer have to be familiar

00:20:39 Talk about moving around rooms in the dark

00:21:53 Discussion about seeing size of rooms and 'ear' witness

00:24:15 Talk about effective documentation

00:26:23 Discussion about where suspect entered home

00:27:07 Discussion about room size

00:29:51 Talk about dynamic distribution of blood, being able to see it in context

00:31:32 Discussion of Jeffrey MacDonald case, jury saw murder scene in house

00:32:4 Talk about without house, no way to know where sound would go

00:33:51 Discussion comparing Gettysburg site to a house

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