Morgellons.org and the Disappearing Database
Both morgellons.org and morgellons.com were registered March 14, 2002. The registrant was not Mary Leitao or her husband Edward Leitao (an internist who died suddenly two years later and whose name appears in no subsequent MRF publication, board filing, press release, or congressional testimony). The registrant is listed as “dkornsin” (K-O-R-N-S-I-N), with an associated email address of [email protected]. No Kornsin appears in Pennsylvania nonprofit records or Pennsylvania public address records from this period.A user named “D. Kornsin” appears on BlackHatWorld, a black hat SEO forum, with a join date of January 2011 — resurfacing a decade later asking about domain resale value. The email cluster associated with the WHOIS data connects to Chinese software distribution infrastructure, specifically the 2345.com ecosystem — a major Chinese tech platform known in malware analysis circles for grey-zone adware distribution behind deliberately obscure registrant contacts. An associated email address, [email protected], also traces into that infrastructure.The domain was made private in October 2017 — six years after the MRF officially dissolved. Someone was still maintaining it then, and someone is still maintaining it today.The MRF Patient Registry and DissolutionThe MRF dissolution announcement, dated February 15, 2012, stated the organization was no longer active and not accepting registrations or donations. Remaining funds were donated to the Oklahoma State University Foundation to support Morgellons disease research. The dissolution was filed using IRS Form 990-N, the minimum possible instrument, available only when gross receipts fall below $50,000. No program descriptions, no asset disposition schedule, no documentation of what happened to organizational property.The patient registry — containing self-reported onset dates, locations, symptom profiles, occupational information, and geographic clustering data from over 12,000 families across all 50 states and at least 15 countries — has no documented public disposition. Its transfer to OSU, if it occurred, left no public trace.Historical Source Material: Mick West / Morgellons WatchThe episode references a 2007 post from Mick West’s Morgellons Watch site with 101 comments, and reads from a post by a commenter identified as “Nissi,” who described receiving 177 viruses from Morgellons-related websites, identified by her husband — the owner of a communications company who had previously been recruited by the FBI. Full coverage of Mick West’s role is flagged for a dedicated future episode.Andrew Huff / EcoHealth Alliance ConnectionThe episode references prior season coverage of Andrew Huff’s FOIA request and his allegation that Peter Daszak, head of EcoHealth Alliance (the organization involved in gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology), told Huff he had been working with the CIA since 2015. Huff later retracted the FOIA request after reporting organized harassment by the U.S. government.An open records request has been filed with Oklahoma State University (request 26-100) seeking documentation related to research agreements, contracts, MOUs, and CRADAs connected to Morgellons research — including any records related to the patient registry transfer. Response pending.Names and Entities for the RecordMary Leitao, Edward Leitao, dkornsin, [email protected], [email protected], 2345.com, BlackHatWorld, William T. Harvey, Virginia Savely, Greg Smith, Charles Holman, Kenneth Cowles, Cindy Casey, Mick West, Morgellons Watch, Morgellons Research Foundation, MRF, morgellons.org, morgellons.com, IRS Form 990-N, Oklahoma State University, Randy Wymore, Sherry Taylor, Andrew Huff, Peter Daszak, EcoHealth Alliance, Wuhan Institute of Virology, CIA, FBI, NASA Johnson Space Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Office of Naval Research, Journal of Medical Case Reports. https://youtube.com/shorts/gwHOQ477KXo?si=KvELgLokZpBComMJ
