The Real Silent Witnesses

The uncomfortable truth about the real relationship between forensic experts and the police investigators who work alongside them. 

How hitmen operate according to criminologists and the ground-breaking developments in forensic science that have helped solve some of the underworld’s infamous murders. 

How we can tell fiction from reality inside the small screen world of the long running TV series that has brought forensics into millions of people’s living rooms and sparked a new generation of investigative scientists.

The forensic battle to unlock two of the most mysterious deaths in modern day London history. 

The bizarre story of the publishing mogul whose mysterious death led to multiple post-mortems by different experts, desperate to try and establish the truth about his final hours. 

The inside story of how one brilliant British scientist uncovered the biggest forensic breakthrough that the world has ever known.

How one legendary forensic scientist’s incredible obsession led to the development of a unique research facility that’s helped solve some of the world’s most chilling crimes. 

How forensic experts used their unique skills to bring justice to the killers behind a murder that exposed endemic racism inside the UK’s premier police force. 

How profiling and psychology can help catch the most cold-blooded killers of all with no direct connection to their victims, which makes them the most challenging cases any forensic expert can face.

Join bestselling true-crime author and investigative journalist Wensley Clarkson as he takes us beyond the headlines and speaks to experts who have helped to solve the most gruesome, most chilling and most shocking crime scenes through forensic science. How do you identify a serial killer? What are the tell-tale signs of guilt? Can we now solve the unsolvable? In this podcast you are about to hear how the silent witness is often the one who screams the loudest.