Beyond Texas with W.F. Strong

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A man dies in fiery crash in Mexico.   Dr. Bill Bass, father of CSI and creator of the first body farm, is brought in to identify the charred remains of the victim.  I talk with Dr. Bass about how he created the body farm and how he identified the skeletal remains of man said to be "burned beyond recognition."  Evidently, dead men tell a lot of tales these days.  

Here's a link to photographs taken at the body farm: https://www.sallymann.com/body-farm

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This story traces Dr. Gorgas's inspirational saga from Brownsville to  Cuba to Panama, in which he constantly sought a cure for,  or containment of,  Yellow Fever.  He ultimately succeeded in the latter,  which made the completion of the canal possible and made the whole world a bit smaller.  Because of his success there, he has been called "the Medical Hero of the Panama Canal."  

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The story of Robert Falcon Scott's heart-wrenching effort to be the first man to the South Pole. 

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