Deadly Diocese
Driven by Father Joe’s twin sister’s unwavering determination to get justice for her brother, an unlikely friendship with an outcast Priest and the autopsy tech who alongside the famous Dr. Cyril Wecht, exhume the body, perform a second autopsy and find disturbing evidence that should prove this could not have been a suicide. From the creators of Seven Deadly Sinners comes a podcast investigating a True Cold Case, Hosts and Producers Rachael O’Brien and Greg Hunter work along side Father Joe’s twin sister Sue and former autopsy tech, Joe Wedge, to expose the Diocese for what it reall...
Trailer · Tue, April 15, 2025
S2: Security Camera Footage Reveal Exclusive - This Thursday April 17th
We’ve got a big episode coming up exclusively on Patreon revealing the secrets stored within the security camera footage at St. Lawrence the day Father Joey Died - with the help of Gina we were able to unlock hours and hours from multiple angles of security camera footage that we’ve combed through and will be showing exclusively on our Patreon THIS THURSDAY April 17th at 7pm EST - we will have a live Q and A during the episode and the entire episode will be available following the broadcast only on Patreon. Don’t miss it. LINK TO THE DEADLY PATREON: www.patreon.com/DeadlyPodcast
S2 E8 · Sat, March 08, 2025
An Interview With Nick Bryant Part Two
Rachael, Gina and our friend Frank from season 1 continue their conversation with author and journalist Nick Bryant for a revealing interview exposing hard truths about pedophiles, satanic cults and human trafficking rings....
S2 E7 · Fri, February 21, 2025
An Interview With Nick Bryant
Rachael, Gina and our friend Frank from season 1 sit down with author and journalist Nick Bryant for a telling conversation on Buffalo political figures, the Jesters, Diddy and more....
S2 E6 · Thu, February 06, 2025
Unmasking Buffalo's Corruption: BuffNet and The Former New York Attorney General
Buffalo, New York, has long been a hub for corruption, with a deeply interconnected web involving the Diocese of Buffalo, local law enforcement, organized crime, and influential political figures. At the center of this network is Dennis Vacco, former New York State Attorney General, whose career reveals patterns of systemic protectionism, ethical lapses, and selective prosecution. His involvement in high-profile cases like BuffNet, his alleged ties to organized crime, and his protection of the Diocese highlight a broader culture of impunity. This episode examines Vacco's tenure, Operation Ripcord, and his role as legal counsel for the Diocese of Buffalo.
S2 E5 · Fri, January 24, 2025
An Interview With Kevin Brunn
Kevin's story is a tough one to hear but we appreciate his bravery and determination to get justice for all of the victims of the Buffalo diocese.
S2 E4 · Wed, January 08, 2025
Interviews With A Priest On His Deathbed Part 2
The last conversations with Father Art Smith continue.
S2 E3 · Wed, December 25, 2024
Interviews With A Priest On His Deathbed
Gina boldly confronts her Uncle Father Art Smith before he passed about Father Joe's Death.
S2 E2 · Thu, December 12, 2024
Godwinks, Secrets & IP Addresses
Greg is back in the saddle sluething down rabbit holes and researching Satanic Cults - BUT FIRST what does all of this IP Address Data mean and where can we take it?
S2 E1 · Thu, November 28, 2024
The Computer
Episode One of Season Two of Deadly Diocese. Rachael talks with the niece of a priest in the Diocese, Gina, about what she discovered when tracking Father Joe's known IP addresses.
Trailer · Thu, September 12, 2024
COMING SOON: Deadly Diocese Season Two
Rachael and Greg are back with a new season of Deadly Diocese and what we've discovered is more appalling than we could have ever imagined. As you might remember from season one, when Father Joe was found dead many things had been tampered with before the police even arrived - including his computer mysteriously vanishing. In Season Two the search for the truth will take us overseas to European diocese where his computer was tracked and where the Catholic Church has held secrets kept for over a thousand years. We have never before seen footage, security tapes, new groundbreaking interviews, and new evidence we want to share with you - so we are putting everything up on Patreon. Everything we've compiled, all the videos, all the photos, all the evidence - because so many major breakthroughs in this case have come from listeners. Go to www.patreon.com/DeadlyPodcast and subscribe for Season Two now! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Bonus · Mon, October 23, 2023
Listen Now: Ghost Story
Tristan Redman is a journalist who doesn’t believe in ghosts. But weird things happened in his teenage bedroom – weirder than normal. When, years later, he discovers subsequent occupants of his family home were haunted by the ghost of a faceless woman, he’s curious. Because by a strange coincidence, it just so happens that the house Tristan grew up in is right next door to a murder scene - where his wife’s great grandmother was killed by two gunshots to the face. Could there be a connection? Tristan decides to investigate and soon finds himself where no son-in-law should ever be: delving deep into his wife’s family history, asking questions no one wants answered. Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios present Ghost Story — a seven-part podcast series about family secrets, overwhelming coincidences and the things that come back to haunt us. Follow Ghost Story on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge all episodes of Ghost Story ad-free right now by joining Wondery Plus. Listen now: Wondery.fm/Ghost_Story See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Trailer · Tue, July 18, 2023
Listen Now: Suspect "Five Shots in the Dark"
Leon Benson spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. His conviction hinged on the testimony of two eyewitnesses – but what if their memories turned out to be wrong? And what if the people who knew what really happened had never been allowed to speak? Suspect Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark is the story of two victims: one murdered, one sentenced to life. Follow host Matt Shaer and attorney Lara Bazelon as they investigate how the justice system failed both Leon and Kasey, and who the real killer might be. Join this unprecedented look inside the attempt to overturn a wrongful conviction and find out if justice will finally be served. Listen to Suspect wherever you get your podcasts. You can binge Suspect ad-free on Wondery Plus. Find Wondery Plus in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts: Wondery.fm/Suspect_S3 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Thu, June 29, 2023
Justice For Father Joe
This is the Final Episode of Season One of Deadly Diocese - If you believe the mysterious death of Father Joe Moreno needs to be re-investigated by a legal authority outside of Buffalo, New York PLEASE sign the petition: www.change.org/JusticeForFatherJoe Remember, you don't have to tithe to a church not meeting your spiritual needs. Father Joe was a spiritual Hero and his Legend will live on for years and years to come. We will continue to fight for Justice for Father Joe until his soul can rest with the truth uncovered. In honor of Father Joe, show up somewhere with free Pizza.
Wed, June 14, 2023
The Chaplain of Ground Zero
Father Joe was a great man, nothing makes this more evident than his call to Ground Zero on September 11th 2001. Despite every flight in the country being grounded that day, Father Joe somehow was on a flight later that morning to New York City. He managed to make it past the last civilian stop on the subway and onto the “pile” as it was called. He was made NYPD Police Chaplain that same day, and ministered to hundreds of first responders that needed spiritual guidance in the midst of 1.8 million tons of wreckage left from the collapse of the World Trade Center, where to begin? how to continue? In the 7th months he was at ground zero Father Joe made such an impact on the heroic effort that he was personally thanked by: President George Bush, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, New York City Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, The CEO of Marsh, Fema, The FBI, ATF, The Red Cross, and the NYPD.
Bonus · Tue, June 06, 2023
Listen Now: Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
From Wondery and Bloomberg, the makers of The Shrink Next Door, comes a new story of incredible wealth, betrayal, and what happens when “doing good” goes really, really bad. When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29-year-old, he pledged to donate his billions to good causes. But when Sam's crypto exchange FTX collapsed, billions of dollars went missing, and Sam was in handcuffs, those who knew him were left wondering — who was Sam really? A well-meaning billionaire who made a mistake? Or a calculated con man? Listen to Spellcaster: Wondery.fm/SC_Morbid See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Wed, May 31, 2023
The Petition
How do we dismantle a theocracy - take out a pillar. The Erie County DA's office is the pillar holding this corrupt system in place by not prosecuting priests and John Flynn has repeatedly laid dormant while the Diocese has had its way with the courts… and how are we going to start? A good ol’ fashion Petition. Petitions have stopped the executions of death row inmates, changed street names, granted clemency to the unjustly imprisoned, and produced arrests in the face of corrupt prosecution. www.Change.org/JusticeForFatherJoe You guys have probably seen a petition on change.org before and in 2023 there is no better medium to use for a petition - it’s easy, effective and you don’t even have to create an account to sign - you simply go to www.Change.org/JusticeForFatherJoe and sign you name.
Wed, May 17, 2023
Buffalo Is A Theocracy
Buffalo is a Theocracy.
Wed, May 03, 2023
Seven Deadly Sinners Bonus Episode: Tony & Susan Alamo
Rachael and Greg are currently on a comedy train tour across the country - but we didn't want to leave you hanging... so we are releasing one of our favorite throw back Seven Deadly Sinner's episodes as a bonus while we are away: Tony & Susan Alamo We will be back next week with your regularly scheduled Deadly Diocese programming!
Wed, April 19, 2023
The Anonymous Letter
We interview a former Diocesan employee who was part of Siobhan O'Conner's group of peaceful prayer protesters in 2018 and reveal the contents of an anonymous letter mailed to Sue Moreno right before we started this podcast with no return address.
Wed, April 05, 2023
The Secrets of October 13th
So when we left off we we’re in Buffalo on October 12th… We we’re at Sue’s house and we just had met with Frank - the day before the 10 year anniversary of Father Joe’s passing on October 13th, 2012 - which happens to be quite a cosmic anniversary in the Catholic world; 105 years earlier in Portugal, the Miracle of Fatima took place - and as we are leaving Sue’s after interviewing Frank for hours, the clock strikes midnight and he mentions Fatima. A miracle that Pope Pius XII himself said he witnessed in 1950 and ruled it a true miracle. It is a pretty epic modern miracle that occurred in the 20th century and is recognized by the church and we find it very peculiar the dates coincide with Father Joe’s passing. The Miracle of Fatima… started in the beginning of spring 1916, three Catholic shepherd children living near Fátima, Portugal reported apparitions of an angel.
Wed, March 22, 2023
French Provincial Furniture (The Lone Priest)
The Lone Priest, Father Robert Marino, was known for his love of French Provincial Furniture - Did he leave a clue behind about his suspect number 1 hidden somewhere is his beloved French Provincial Furniture collection?
Wed, March 08, 2023
Frank Truth
We meet an undercover man inside the church, Frank Truth.
Fri, February 24, 2023
The Hand & The Gun
No fingerprinting, No ballistics and no explanation as to why a gun that was turned into a Buffalo Police officer 14 years prior - was found at the crime scene. And despite the fact that no one can seem to agree on the placement of the gun upon arrival at the rectory there are other clues contained within the body and the Smith & Wesson short barrel .38 that will allow us to determine a framework of real possibilities.
Trailer · Mon, February 13, 2023
Wondery Presents: Stolen Hearts
Sergeant Jill Evans is a small town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less than impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces and one affair, she’s beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He’s a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries. Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss and fall in love. Roll credits. But that would be boring, wouldn’t it? Instead, this is a love story like no other. It’s all going so well for Jill and Dean, until Halloween night, when Dean disappears. And Sgt. Jill is left to pick up the pieces. From Wondery and Novel, comes a new series. Hosted by Kerry Godliman. Follow Stolen Hearts on Amazon Music of wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App. Listen to Stolen Hearts: Wondery.fm/SH_Diocese See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Thu, February 09, 2023
The Autopsy with Ash + Alaina from Morbid
In this episode of Deadly Diocese we examine the original autopsy conducted on Father Joe just hours after he died with special guests Ash & Alaina from Morbid to get the real take from an autopsy tech's point of view.
Fri, January 27, 2023
Lottery Tickets and Taxes
We left off last episode at the crime scene the day Father Joe died… however to understand the circumstances surrounding a rectory that is now taped off and crawling with cops, fire fighters and first responders we must push the clock back even farther and rewind another month to September 12th 2012 when the diocese requests Father Joe to do an audit of St. Lawrence.
Thu, January 12, 2023
The Crime Scene
We rewind to the morning of October 13th, 2012. Sue has equipped us with her brother’s phone records, schedule and calendar to produce a timeline. Father Joe's Twin Sister Sue is so well versed in this case, she can stack so much evidence against the alleged suicide of her brother in one fail swoop that it can leave you breathless. In awe, shocked something like this could happen in America…
Thu, December 29, 2022
The Exhumation
Rewind back to the Spring of 2015; where we left off last episode - Bishop Malone is still sleeping soundly in his bougie abode on Oakland Place - Joe Wedge has been asked to help exhume a body by a Priest, Father Rob Marino - Joe says he can’t turn down a favor from a Priest and he and Rob are friends after all…. There was no gun in the casket but they do find a curious second suture - was there a 2nd bullet wound? Perhaps the brain will offer more insight.
Wed, December 21, 2022
Buffalo or Bust
Rachael and Greg travel to Buffalo to meet former autopsy tech Joe Wedge, Sue Moreno and Joe Moreno Sr. to discuss the suspicious details of Father Joe's death... and start poking around town asking questions...
Wed, December 21, 2022
The Phone Call
Rachael sets up a cold call with a former autopsy tech after receiving an e-mail detailing the suspicious death of a Priest and subsequent exhumation of his body....
Thu, December 08, 2022
Deadly Diocese - Premieres December 21
Driven by Father Joe’s twin sister’s unwavering determination to get justice for her brother, an unlikely friendship with an outcast Priest and the autopsy tech who alongside the famous Dr. Cyril Wecht, exhume the body, perform a second autopsy and find disturbing evidence that should prove this could not have been a suicide. From the creators of Seven Deadly Sinners comes a podcast investigating a True Cold Case, Hosts and Producers Rachael O’Brien and Greg Hunter work along side Father Joe’s twin sister Sue and former autopsy tech, Joe Wedge, to expose the Diocese for what it really is - Deadly. For years the Buffalo Diocese has been covering up abuse, hiding money, exploiting children and adult men alike - This podcast investigates, boots on the ground in Buffalo, and unravels the cover up of the mysterious death of Father Joe Moreno. PREMIERES DECEMBER 21st 2022
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