Forensics in Action
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From uncovering the fascinating lives of ancient pharaohs to providing crucial insight into criminal investigations, forensics help us reconstruct the past in illuminating ways.
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Forensic Test Reveals a Mummy's Travels Before Death
From: Secrets: Bog Bodies
- 3m 25s
- HD
A ground-breaking scientific technique is tracing the life of one of the bog bodies of Northern Europe. Amazingly, it's allowing archaeologists to piece together a timeline of that person's movement.
This Plant DNA Brought a Killer to Justice
From: Catching Killers: Plant Evidence
- 3m 28s
- HD
When the only evidence in a murder case is a set of seed pods, forensic botanists extract DNA material from the pods to genetically match it to a tree near where the victim was found.
What Forensics Tell Us About This Odd Plane Crash
From: Air Disasters: High Rise Catastrophe
- 3m 20s
- HD
Forensic analysis of the engine from El-Al Flight 1862, which crashed on October 4, 1992, finds no explosive residue on it. But if it wasn't terrorism, then what caused the crash?
Were Egyptian Pharaohs as Mighty as They Seemed?
From: Mummies Alive: The Pharaoh's Secret
- 3m 56s
- HD
Grand depictions of pharaohs in battle show rulers that were epically violent and powerful. But were these images truthful or merely idealized? These researchers used forensics to find out.
The Bizarre Sausage Factory Murder Mystery
From: Catching Killers: Skeletal Secrets
- 2m 53s
- HD
In 1897, bone fragments are found at a factory belonging to the husband of a missing woman, and George Dorsey, the first forensic anthropologist in America, gets called in to consult.
Forensic Artists Help Identify Victims of the "Killer Clown"
From: Catching Killers: Skeletal Secrets
- 2m 39s
- HD
Forensic artists use expert knowledge of bone structure to put faces back onto skulls. With clay, erasers, and skill, they can recreate a face and make a skeleton recognizable.
What the First Ever Autopsy Revealed About Julius Caesar
From: Catching Killers: Cause of Death
- 1m 47s
- HD
An autopsy offers clues that allow a forensic pathologist to get from a body to an explanation.
This Forensics Test Brought a Serial Killer to Justice
From: Catching Killers: Proving Poison
- 3m 23s
- HD
With Michael Swango in custody for fraud, it's up to the scientists to figure out how he killed his patients - before his sentence is up and he gets another chance to escape.
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