Popular TV shows and high-profile televised trials have made forensic science famous...but what’s the science and history behind it? Host and filmmaker Molly Hermann traces the roots of these tools and the questions surrounding their accuracy.
CSI On Trial is a co-production of iHeart Podcasts and School of Humans. It is a Curiosity Podcast based on the Curiosity Stream series CSI On Trial. You can watch all six episodes of the video series here if you sign up for Curiosity Stream.
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03/05/23 • 33 min
CSI On Trial - CSI On Trial: Ep 1 – The Flaws of Forensic Science
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Oh can you name this TV show? So the width of the burn and the pinpoint detail in the fuel, I've narrowed down what our suspects using. Burned the tags off a blowtworks. Yeah, burns a small precise, just like what you get with compact torches used in dental labs. It's CSI Crime Scene Investigation, a CBS crime drama featuring a team of investigators solving crimes by analyzing the physical evidence.
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