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Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals Audible Audiobook – Original recording

Elizabeth A. Murray (Narrator, Author), The Great Courses (Author, Publisher)
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Modern history is filled with terrible crimes, baffling hoaxes, and seedy scandals. The infamous Jack the Ripper slayings. The alleged survival of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the murdered Tsar. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's public fall from grace. The Chicago Tylenol poisonings and the copycat crimes that followed.

Step into the world of forensic science and study the most fascinating crimes and mysteries from the last two centuries in the 24 lectures of Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals. Professor Murray, a forensic anthropologist with nearly 30 years of experience in the field, has crafted lectures that are a remarkable blend of storytelling and science - a whirlwind tour that takes you from the gas-lit streets of Victorian London to small-town America. As you journey around the world and into the past, you'll re-examine modern history's great crimes and scandals using the tools and insights of forensic science. In doing so, you'll learn how cutting-edge advancements in science and technology are applied to investigations and how to evaluate evidence and think like a forensic scientist.

Using her extensive background in the field and her skill at weaving riveting stories, Professor Murray invites you peer over the shoulders of investigators as they examine some of the most famous crimes in history, as well as cases that shed light on what happens when the justice system goes awry. Whether they're controversial or by-the-book, solved or unsolved, hot or cold, these cases are an opportunity to gain deeper insight into the historic and cutting-edge methods and tools forensic scientists use on the job. Having participated in hundreds of investigations in America and abroad, Professor Murray intersperses these historical examinations with some of her own, equally intriguing, personal experiences.

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  1. Listening Length
    12 hours and 11 minutes
  2. Author
    Elizabeth A. Murray, see all
  3. Narrator
    Elizabeth A. Murray
  4. Audible release date
    December 12, 2014
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    The Great Courses
  7. ASIN
    B00QWMKWOE
  8. Version
    Original recording
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 12 hours and 11 minutes
Author Elizabeth A. Murray, The Great Courses
Narrator Elizabeth A. Murray
Audible.com Release Date December 12, 2014
Publisher The Great Courses
Program Type Audiobook
Version Original recording
Language English
ASIN B00QWMKWOE
Best Sellers Rank #92,470 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#969 in True Crime (Audible Books & Originals)
#3,590 in True Crime (Books)

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  • Patsy L. Seo
    5.0 out of 5 stars I love it The story is fascinating educational and I am ...
    Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2017
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    The course book and CD's have arrived. I love it The story is fascinating educational and I am enjoying reading the book. It is convenient to listen to the tapes when I am driving a long distance. They arrived promptly and were exactly what I wanted.
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  • A reviewer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Anecdotal lectures on crimes, scandals, and hoaxes have little forensic educational value
    Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2018
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    Although I love most of the courses I have taken from the Great Courses series, this one is the exception. The professor spends most of her time discussing criminal activity and the people suspected of the crimes, from murder to political corruption, from hoaxes, to athletes' abuse of prescription meds, and more. She spent little time on the forensics involved in actually solving the cases. In fact, in many of her cases, they occurred at a time when forensic techniques were extremely limited. So the use of fingerprint matching, DNA evidence, body decomposition, and blood analysis, to give some examples, were not available at all or were extremely limited. I got tired of hearing how today's forensic technology would have made the solving of those cases much easier. I got tired of hearing about how the press interfered with the investigations by traipsing through the murder scenes and destroying evidence.

    Besides the anecdotal content, including the biographies of the criminals, their partners in crime, and their other misdeeds, the lectures were very poorly organized. The professor skipped from one crime to another, and then back again, so it was sometimes hard to distinguish who was connected with which crime. So pass this course by and select another from the many courses by this company that have sound educational value.
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  • William R. Corcoran, PhD, PE
    3.0 out of 5 stars A Course in Self-Defense
    Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2017
    This is a must read for those who want to protect themselves, their families, and, perhaps, others from criminals. These criminals include members of the legal profession and the law enforcement profession.

    The technical quality of this course is not as good as most of The Great Courses I have taken.
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  • carol irvin
    5.0 out of 5 stars terrific audio course. It is entirely about forensics and criminal law cases
    Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2015
    This is a terrific audio course. It is entirely about forensics and criminal law cases. She's got Lizzie Borden, the Tylenol Murders, the Blue Dahlia, the Romanovs and just about every other great crime which comes to mind. She has an interesting voice and delivery. She has a very engaging way of presenting this material. I can understand why her actual classes are so popular. It is much more of an experience hearing her tell you about these cases. This is one book I would much rather take in by hearing than reading. Professionally she is an anthropologist.
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