Episode 42: Forensic Anthropology in Action, OR, If Professor Plum Dies, How Long before He Becomes a Professor Prune?

The Two Humans follow in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they investigate the history of forensic anthropology.

Episode 42: Forensic Anthropology in Action, OR, If Professor Plum Dies, How Long before He Becomes a Professor Prune?

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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Resources:

 

Bass, Bill and Jon Jefferson

2003 Death’s Acre. Berkley Books, New York, NY.

 

Burns, Karen Ramey

2013 Forensic Anthropology Training Manual (Third Edition). Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ. 

 

Byers, Steven N.

2011 Forensic Anthropology (Fourth Edition). Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ.

 

Center for the History of Medicine

2023 Thomas Dwight. Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Countway Library (website), collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/exhibits/show/nature-of-every-member/thomas-dwight.

 

Chicagology

2023 1897—Sausage Vat Murder. Chicagology (website), chicagology.com/notorious-chicago/sausagevatmurder/.

 

Cleveland Police Museum

2020 Criminal Identification: The Bertillon System. Cleveland Police Museum (website), April 7, 2020, www.clevelandpolicemuseum.org/historical/criminal-identification-the-bertillion-system/.

 

Corrieri, Brigida and Nicholas Marquez-Grant

2015 What Do Bones Tell Us? The Study of Human Skeletons from the Perspective of Forensic Anthropology. Science Progress (1933 - ), Vol. 98, No. 4 (2015), pp. 391-402.

 

Dutchen, Stepanie

2013 Head of the Class: Giant Skull and Foot Models Donated to Warren Anatomical Museum. Harvard Medical School (website), November 21, 2013, hms.harvard.edu/news/head-class.

 

Eschner, Kat

2017 William R. Maples Popularized Forensic Anthropology Long Before CSI. Smithsonian Magazine, August 7, 2017, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/william-r-maples-popularized-forensic-anthropology-long-csi-180964317/.

 

Flower, Amanda

2018 What Exactly Is a Cozy Mystery? Publishers Weekly, May 18, 2018. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/76834-the-enduring-appeal-of-the-cozy-mystery.html.

 

Fosdick, Raymond B.

1915 The Passing of the Bertillon System of Identification. Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Sep., 1915, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Sep., 1915), pp. 363-369.

 

Hogan, Corinne

2019 Murder in the Medical School: The Parkman-Webster Case, Boston 1849-1850. Royal College of Surgeons of England (website), April 12, 2019, www.rcseng.ac.uk/library-and-publications/library/blog/murder-in-the-medical-school/.

 

Killgrove, Kristina

2016 How a Harvard Doctor’s Sordid Murder Launched Modern Forensic Anthropology. Forbes, August 26, 2016, www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/ 2016/08/26/how-a-harvard-doctors-sordid-murder-launched-modern-forensic-anthropology/?sh=40b7bdaebe9f .

 

Manheim, Mary H.

1999 The Bone Lady. Penguin Books, New York, NY.

 

PBS

2003 The Murder of Dr. Parkman. American Experience, July 14, 2003, www.pbs.org/ wgbh/americanexperience/features/murder-dr-parkman/.

 

Popovici, Alice

2023 The Game Clue Was Borne of Boredom During WWII Air-Raid Blackouts. History.com, October 16, 2023, www.history.com/news/clue-game-origin-wwii.

 

Snow, Clyde Collins

1982 Forensic Anthropology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 1982, Vol. 11 (1982), pp. 97-131.

 

Whipple, Amy

2023 Forensic Anthropology Tools of the Trade. PBS, October 9, 2023, www.pbs.org/ independentlens/blog/forensic-anthropology-tools-of-the-trade/.