I saw a cool doco last night on National Geographic.

I believe it's airing on the 9th in the US, but to be sure, go check out
National Geographic -Biography of a corpse - Episode 2[/URL]

This isn't for the faint hearted and certainly not something you watch while eating. But it is well worth it. If you're into anthropology, archeology, death, horror, the human body etc etc, you will enjoy this.
Just mind the maggots.

[ January 07, 2003, 09:21 PM: Message edited by: Lefora ]

Hehehe... yep, the doc has LOTS of bodies out there. If we're talking about the same Body Farm Lefora... It's at the University of Tennessee, about a 20 minute drive from where I live. You actually have to drive past it to get to the Knoxville Airport.

I've seen the documentary... and highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't... unless you have a really weak tummy.

[ January 08, 2003, 07:53 PM: Message edited by: plumb spooky ]

Yup, it's the body farm in Tennessee. (University of Tennessee) I've seen shows on it before, but I don't know if I've seen this particular one. Although not for the faint of heart, it's very important study and contributes greatly to forensic investigations because it simulates so many conditions in which bodies can be found. Helps to determine time of death and so on. If I remember correctly, they also have the largest collection of bones... he's an expert on that stuff too!

Argh... I remember one poor gal they had decomposing in the back seat of a car... let's just say she left her scalp behind when they removed her from the car.

Kell

You guys should really watch CSI. I haven't seen this the National Geographic show, but CSI has really cool stuff like that. In one episode they went to a body farm and it was really interesting to see how they did a time of death based on the insects feeding on the corpse. I never knew that the insects come in a certain order.

Yep - entemology plays a big part in assessing time of death, particulary when the body isn't found for some days/weeks.

Who knew that blenderizing maggots would be so helpful!?

Kell