Preserved on a glass microscope slide at Michigan State University's Forensic Science department is a small sample of skin, the key piece of evidence, from an infamous 20th century homicide. Whose tissue is it...and who was responsible for their murder? 

In the archives of California's San Diego Natural History Museum is a collection of 52 birds, all victims of a mysterious epidemic. What killed these creatures? 

The Sharpsteen Museum in Calistoga, California houses a simple black cooking pot carried by intrepid pioneers on a long and desperate journey. What grisly stew was prepared in this kettle?

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