JFK, Epstein, Floyd: The Role of Forensic Pathology in High-Profile Cases with Dr. Michael Baden

In this episode of "Zone 7," Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, sits down with Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden.

Together, they discuss Dr. Baden’s journey from childhood, to internal medicine to becoming a forensic pathologist. Dr. Baden also talks about his role in cases like the Kennedy and Martin Luther King assassinations, George Floyd's case, and Jeffrey Epstein's death with a focus on the evolution of Forensic Pathology. 

Show Notes:

[0:00] Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum  

[1:40] Sheryl introduces the guest, Dr. Michael Baden to the listeners

[4:15] Question: What made you go into pathology and not work with live patients? 

[8:25] “This is the place where death delights to help the living.”

[10:55] Dr. Baden discusses the autopsy process 

[12:30] Question: How heavily do you rely, personally, on the police and detectives and the original police report and things like that?

[13:00] Discussion on excited delirium

[18:00] The iPhone has changed investigations forever 

[19:44] Question: Can you talk a little bit about your involvement in studying both President Kennedy and Dr. King's assassinations? 

[25:00] Question: How has your job changed your life or the way you live your life?

[33:00] Dr. Baden gives an overview of Jeffrey Epstein’s death 

[39:15] “Wherever the art of medicine is loved,  there is also a love of humanity.” -H

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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.  

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