Peaceful Commune to Violent Murder: The Ezra Ralston Story

Ezra Ralston, 29, moves in with his grandparents on their beautiful property on the water in the Pacific Northwest, and repays their love and kindness by coming up with a plan to create a commune on his grandparents property. The only thing he needs to do is kill his grandparents and steal their property to make his dreams come true. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they take an in-depth look at death, fire, and the lies of Ezra Ralston on this episode of Body Bags.   Transcript Highlights  00:00:19 Joe Talks about finding save place for your family  00:01:18 Grandparents welcome 29-year-old grandson  00:02:15 Discussion about early 70s  00:03:47 Talk about the murder of Grandparents  00:04:46 Discussion of fire and explosion  00:06:16 Talk about arson, murder, investigation  00:09:02 Discussion about origin of fire in the house  00:11:05 Joe shares insight into recurring nightmare   00:13:09 Talk about finding the bodies of Joanna Gormley and Ted Ralston.  00:17:40 Discussion about gasoline used in fire  00:19:14 Joe explains assessing the bodies  00:23:02 Explaining what happens working a fire scene  00:24:54 Discussion of when to examine bodies  00:26:36 Looking around a fire scene is very confusing  00:27:47 Talk about the victims' wounds  00:32:03 Talk about plan to kill victims in their sleep  00:35:45 Ezra Ralston being encouraged by girlfriend  00:37:04 Discussion of using bleach to get rid of evidence  00:39:15 Fire creates more evidence   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.