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In 1849, a gruesome murder has just occurred at Harvard University. When body parts are uncovered, science at the time is put to the ultimate test to discover who committed this brutal murder. Professor Paul Collins tells us how this morbid mystery unfolds.
View transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsMurderInTheIvoryTower
In this episode we discuss:
(00:00) Murder case that shocked Harvard University
(02:35) A millionaire disappears
(06:08) Tea box of fear
(07:34) Professor
(09:33) Administrator
(12:00) Lawsuit against professor
(14:25) Trial
(17:48) Forensic medicine from the 1800s is here.
(25:29) Judgment
This episode was produced by Caitlin Thorley with assistance from Wendy Zuckerman, Rose Rimler, Merrill Horne, and Odelia Rubin. Edited by Bryce Terrell with assistance from Caitlin Kenney. Fact checked by Michelle Harris. Mix and sound design by Emma Munger. Music by Emma Munger and Bobby Lord. Many thanks to Jessica Murphy and the Harvard University Archives team, as well as Lars Trembley and Matthew Nelson, Frank Lopez, Joseph Lovell Wilson, and the Zuckerman family.
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