Coronerds

The death of Robin Williams crushed the world in 2014. In this episode, we discuss everything that plagued him inside and out, with an emphasis on the science behind his death. Because the self-harm content of this episode, discretion is strongly advised.

When severed limbs began to wash up on the shores of Lake Michigan, Milwaukee County had their work cut out for them. Follow along to learn all about the pathology, DNA, and sharp force trauma science that helped solve Sade Robinson's first date murder.

Chemistry, electronic microscopy, ICP-AES, and impressive detective work solved the thallium-laced Coca-Cola murder of the 1980s. This episode highlights all of the forensic science involved in catching the murderous chemist, as well as provides a crash course on the chemistry of the element thallium and what it does to the human body.

The cocktail of elements that led to John O'Keefe's mysterious death are explored in this episode. Was it a hit and run or something else, entirely? We know that alcohol and hypothermia are factors, but what about.......dog bites?

Drowning v. overdose in the Whitney Houston case. The mechanisms of how drugs affect the body and what happens to a body during the drowning process.

The expertise of forensic anthropology in identifying the remains of Brian Laundrie and determining how, with precision, he died. This episode delves into the key differences that forensic anthropologists look for in the human skeleton to determine age, sex, ancestry, and stature.

The fascinating science of forensic entomology is applied to the Lynne Harper homicide. Everything you want to know (and some you don't) about blow flies, flesh flies, and maggots, and what they do to break down a human body - and solve crimes.

Deep dive into the differences between rigor mortis, algor mortis, livor mortis, and pallor mortis as we apply them to the JonBenet Ramsey Case

Learn the differences between a coroner, medical examiner, and lay medical examiner, cause of death, manner of death, and mechanism of death, and what the ABMDI is. This is the first of a series designed to teach everything medicolegal death investigators do.