Short Stuff: The Death of Charles Morgan

In this episode, Josh and Chuck dive into the unsolved 1977 murder of Charles C. Morgan, an Arizona escrow agent found dead in the desert wearing a bulletproof vest with a gunshot wound to the back of his head—a death ruled suicide despite evidence pointing otherwise. They uncover how Morgan got tangled up with organized crime through money laundering schemes involving precious metals, and trace the terrifying final months of his life that included a mysterious kidnapping, cryptic biblical messages, and his desperate attempt to buy his way out of a hit contract. It's a tragic true crime story that reveals how one man got in over his head and paid the ultimate price.