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Murder?! The Maggots Are on It

11, Jun 2010

Crime Scene Insects BBC World Service (June 11, 2010) This episode of BBC Documentaries explores forensic entomology: “the investigation of insects recovered from crime scenes and corpses.” Guests include Amoret Whitaker of the Natural History Museum in London, who studies the flies and maggots that congregate on corpses to find clues about the time and [...]

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  • By: Meg Holle
  • In: Death + Biology|Death + Crime
  • Tags: animals, anthropology, death and smell, decomposition, forensics, homicide, research
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Haiti’s Anonymous Dead

19, Jan 2010

As Haitians Flee, the Dead Go Uncounted Damien Cave, New York Times (January 18, 2010) Last home of country’s most famous families turns from place of respect and mourning into installation of horror Ed Pilkington, The Guardian (January 18, 2010) Following up on yesterday’s Haiti earthquake post, these New York Times and Guardian articles expand [...]

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  • By: John
  • In: Burial|Cemeteries|Death + Disaster
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The Impossibility of Identifying the Dead in Haiti

18, Jan 2010

How can a country in the grip of an apocalyptic tragedy deal in a dignified way with its victims? Paul Harris, The Guardian (January 17, 2010) The current stories emanating from Haiti are incomprehensibly awful. This Guardian article uses the word apocalyptic and that seems utterly appropriate. A crisis situation of this enormity is compounded [...]

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  • By: John
  • In: Burial|Cemeteries|Death + Disaster
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Death and the Economy: Too Many Unclaimed Dead Bodies for the Body Farm…

13, Oct 2009

Indigent Burials Are on the Rise Katie Zezima, The New York Times (October 11, 2009) Regular readers of the Death Reference Desk will recognize that the nationwide increase in indigent burials is a significant trend. Since this summer, when Death Ref launched, we have routinely posted articles on the uptick in unclaimed dead bodies under [...]

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  • By: John
  • In: Death + the Economy|Funeral Industry
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How Dead Bodies Become Beetle Juice

10, Oct 2009

To Casket Or Not To Casket? One Of America’s Great Field Biologists Thinks About Burial Robert Krulwich, NPR (October 9, 2009) NPR science reporter Robert Krulwich (also of RadioLab fame) did this short piece (it’s a little over five minutes long) on the decomposition of dead animal bodies and their consumption by beetles. He interviews [...]

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