Spelade
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In this episode, Lynda and Cass explore the science of forensic entomology – the study of how insects and bugs interact with a cadaver. At times it sounds like something out of a horror movie, but it’s a vital part of many police investigations, giving clues as to time of death and whether a body might have been moved. As Cass meets Dr Martin Hall in his lab at the Natural History Museum and gets hands-on with some maggots, Lynda recalls her first encounter with entomology at a murder scene. From extracting evidential DNA from insects that have drunk blood, to blow flies acting as sniffer dogs to help locate a corpse, forensic entomology is one of the most exciting, fast-moving and fascinating forensic disciplines. Over seven episodes, Lynda and Cass will investigate seven branches of forensics: discussing their own experiences, talking with experts, hearing how real life crime scenes are worked, exploring the latest innovations and demonstrating how CSI fact is even more thrilling than CSI fiction.
If you want to know what criminal investigation is like in real life, then get ready for a podcast that puts YOU at the crime scene.
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Discover more at: www.lyndalaplante.com/listening-to-the-dead/
You can read more about Martin’s work at the NHM here: www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/departments-and-staff/staff-directory/martin-hall.html
Credits
This podcast was made by Bonnier Books UK
Director: Jon Watt
Assistant Director: Laura Makela
Producer: Chris Attaway
Theme music: Game Over by Magic in the Other
Interview music: Sweeney by Mike Relm -
In 1986 the world of forensics changed forever when a British scientist discovered that patterns in some regions of a person’s DNA could be used to distinguish one individual from another.
For a CSI like Cass Sutherland, it meant changing his whole approach to investigating a crime scene and learning how this new evidence should be interpreted.
For an author like Lynda La Plante, it changed crime writing more than anything else in her long career.
For bloody pattern analysis expert Dr Peter Smith, it meant retraining in a whole new skill: using different tools to find bodily fluids, identifying new types of evidence and ultimately understanding how DNA could be made to stand up in court.
In this episode, Lynda and Cass unravel the scientific breakthrough that changed criminal investigation forever.
Over seven episodes, Lynda and Cass will investigate seven branches of forensics: discussing their own experiences, talking with experts, hearing how real life crime scenes are worked, exploring the latest innovations and demonstrating how CSI fact is even more thrilling than CSI fiction.
If you want to know what criminal investigation is like in real life, then get ready for a podcast that puts YOU at the crime scene.
Subscribe now!
Discover more at: www.lyndalaplante.com/listening-to-the-dead/
Credits
This podcast was made by Bonnier Books UK
Director: Jon Watt
Assistant Director: Laura Makela
Producer: Chris Attaway
Theme music: Game Over by Magic in the Other
Interview music: Sweeney by Mike Relm -
In this episode, Lynda and Cass turn their attention to the forensic investigation of fire with Dr Peter Mansi. A former fireman and colleague of Cass’, Peter is now an internationally renowned fire investigator who has worked on some of the most infamous cases or arson and accidental fire, including the recent tragedy at Grenfell.
Peter reveals to Lynda and Cass how he goes about investigating a fire, from reconstructing rooms to study fire behaviour, to tracking an ignition source and reading the smoke signals. As Lynda says: ‘It’s almost as if the fire becomes a living thing – a killer to be hunted.’
Over seven episodes, Lynda and Cass will investigate seven branches of forensics: discussing their own experiences, talking with experts, hearing how real life crime scenes are worked, exploring the latest innovations and demonstrating how CSI fact is even more thrilling than CSI fiction.
If you want to know what criminal investigation is like in real life, then get ready for a podcast that puts YOU at the crime scene.
Subscribe now!
Discover more at: www.lyndalaplante.com/listening-to-the-dead/
You can read more about Peter’s work here: https://www.fireinvestigationsuk.com.
Credits
This podcast was made by Bonnier Books UK
Director: Jon Watt
Assistant Director: Laura Makela
Producer: Chris Attaway
Theme music: Game Over by Magic in the Other
Interview music: Sweeney by Mike Relm -
Lynda and Cass kick off their new podcast series by exploring the fascinating world of forensic botany and ecology with leading expert Professor Patricia Wiltshire.
The team discuss how plant regrowth can be used to track a killer’s path months after a crime was committed and the infamous Soham murders – a case that Patricia's botanical evidence helped to crack and a trail that Lynda attended.
Over seven episodes, Lynda and Cass will investigate seven branches of forensics: discussing their own experiences, talking with experts, hearing how real life crime scenes are worked, exploring the latest innovations and demonstrating how CSI fact is even more thrilling than CSI fiction.
If you want to know what criminal investigation is like in real life, then get ready for a podcast that puts YOU at the crime scene.
Subscribe now!
Discover more at: www.lyndalaplante.com/listening-to-the-dead/
Patricia Wilshire's new book Traces - The Memoir of the forensic scientist is out now in audiobook, ebook and paperback.
Credits
This podcast was made by Bonnier Books UK
Director: Jon Watt
Assistant Director: Laura Makela
Producer: Chris Attaway
Theme music: Game Over by Magic in the Other
Interview music: Sweeney by Mike Relm
