Inside the Morgue

This story has descriptions of true crime, which can be somewhat graphic and intense. If you are easily disturbed by things of this sort, continue at your own risk.

A former city medical examiner was interviewed about his work and the cases he saw during his time in the city, and we're giving you the inside scoop on the stories of Marie Noe, Gary Heidnik, Troy Graves, and Antonio Rodriguez.

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Sources:

https://billypenn.com/2019/10/26/real-life-philly-horror-stories-4-tales-of-true-crime-from-a-former-city-medical-examiner/

https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/noe-marie.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_M._Heidnik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Graves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Rodriguez_(serial_killer)

https://cap4kids.org/philadelphia/parent-handouts/violence-reductionvictim-resources/victim-services/#:~:text=CARES%20Philadelphia%20stands%20for%20%E2%80%9CCrisis,)%20686%2D8019%20for%20help.

http://avpphila.org/families-of-murder-victims/

This episode is all about evidence, specifically bite mark evidence. Our true crime story is also one you all know, Ted Bundy, but the story we're sharing is told from a difference perspective.

Episode information: NCIS S3 Ep9 Frame-Up

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Sources:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ted-bundy-kathy-kleiner-living-victim-serial-killer-784780/

https://www.broadinstitute.org/technology-areas/what-mass-spectrometry

https://study.com/academy/lesson/rigor-mortis-definition-timeline-stages.html

https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1116&context=dentistry_fac

https://www.horiba.com/int/scientific/resources/science-in-action/medical-examiner-department-ids-evidence-with-alternative-light-sources/

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/ultraviolet-forensic-imaging#:~:text=Ultraviolet%20(UV)%20light%20allows%20investigators,two%20techniques%20for%20UV%20photography.

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/forensic-investigation/forensic-anthropology/#:~:text=Approximate%20height%20can%20be%20determined,affects%20the%20calculation%20of%20height.

Jess and Alice turn into marine biologists this week as they dissect a Harrow episode about jellyfish and shark attacks. There are plenty of forensics points to go around here, especially the true murder mystery shark attack story at the end of the episode.

Episode information: Harrow Season 2 Episode 4: 

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https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24115-methemoglobinemia#:~:text=Methemoglobinemia%20(MetHb)%20is%20a%20rare,methemoglobinemia%20can%20be%20life%20threatening.

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000821.htm#:~:text=INFLAMMATION,into%20the%20tissues%2C%20causing%20swelling.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/inadmissible_evidence

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/different-types-of-evidence#:~:text=Inadmissible%20evidence&text=Forms%20of%20evidence%20judges%20consider,the%20events%20of%20a%20case.

https://www.reviewofoptometry.com/article/cs-eye

https://gizmodo.com/3-000-year-old-murder-mystery-solved-shark-attack-1847194903

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21002777?dgcid=author

This episode is jam-packed with fencing, organ harvesting, the black market, and burking (with some fun Victorian medicine tidbits for our true crime).

Episode information: Crossing Jordan S4 Ep9 Necessary Risks

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Sources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6923544/

https://forensicreader.com/fingerprints-on-clothes/

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/Burke-Hare-infamous-murderers-graverobbers/

https://tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/fingerprints.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_function#:~:text=In%20mathematics%2C%20a%20Gaussian%20function,characteristic%20symmetric%20%22bell%20curve%22%20shape

https://www.suecoletta.com/fingerprints-points-type-and-classification/

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/schistosomiasis

Questioning death and all it has to offer us. Play Morbid Curiosity with us and let us know what your answers would be!

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We love Bones and how literal they are sometimes with their clues and analogies. But, we have to talk about how they used the bone saw during this autopsy scene because that was bad, even for TV. Listen for more!

Episode information: Bones S2 ep12, The Man in the Cell

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https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/us/virgin-islands-pesticide-investigation/index.html

Did you know that a coroner and a medical examiner are entirely different? This show blurred the lines between those roles, but their autopsy suite made up for it. Learn about the difference between these two roles and pennyroyal overdoses in this week's episode.

Episode information: Coroner S4 Ep2, Cutting Coroners

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Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/well/herbal-abortion-tiktok-mugwort-pennyroyal.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha_pulegium#cite_note-33

https://sf.gov/information/how-medical-examiner-different-coroner

We had recently been interviewed by Dennis from the People of Pathology Podcast. We discuss our educational paths and how that led us to forensics, mental health, and the CSI effect.

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Just what you love to hear all about, decomposition and bodies in water. We're dissecting the fan-favorite, CSI, and diving into all things decomposition related, DNA extraction from teeth, blood spatter, and forensic anthropology.

Episode information: CSI S5 ep2 Down The Drain

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https://murderpedia.org/male.N/n/nilsen-dennis.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Nilsen

https://www.biography.com/crime/dennis-nilsen

https://xtremecleaners.com/how-does-water-affect-human-body-decomposition/

https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/forensic-archaeology-and-anthropology/0/steps/67882

https://forensicbites.org/2021/02/28/say-cheese-a-new-method-obtaining-dna-from-dental-tissue/#:~:text=A%20tooth's%20DNA%20is%20located,fine%20powder%20for%20DNA%20extraction.

https://sites.google.com/site/bloodspatteranalysisforensics/bloodstain-pattern-analysis

We have friends all over the forensicsworld...see what we did there? The morgue meets crime scene, Will from @forensicsworld on Instagram sat down with us this week to talk all about his Instagram page, his take on true crime dramas, and everything else about his job in forensics.

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