Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals - Dr Elizabeth A

The Great Courses : Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals

24 lectures
30 minutes each
2014
MPEG-3
128 Kbps, 44.1 KHz, 2 channels
English
673 MB



Synopsis: 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.

Content:

01.The Infamous Jack the Ripper
02.Analyzing the Black Dahlia Murder
03.Dissecting Hollywood Deaths
04.Decomposition and Confusing Interpretations
05.Lizzie Borden and the Menendez Brothers
06.The Tylenol Murders
07.Copycats and Hoaxes
08.Frauds and Forgeries
09.Blood Doping and Other Sports Scandals
10.Bad Boys of U.S. Politics
11.Criminals of the Wild, Wild West
12.Investigating Incredible Bank Heists
13.How Reliable Is Eyewitness Testimony?
14.The Truth behind False Confessions
15.Crooked Cops and Bad Convictions
16.Guilty until Proven Innocent
17.Political Assassinations
18.Mysteries of the Romanov Family
19.Forensics of Genocide
20.The Nazis and the Witch of Buchenwald
21.The Spies Have It
22.Motive and Kidnapping
23.Identification Matters
24.The Past, Present, and Future of Forensics