Frances Glessner Lee revolutionised the study of crime investigation, founding the first centre for the study of forensic pathology at Harvard University.
Glessner Lee built a series of Dolls Houses in the 1940's with a carpenter, in which she constructed meticulous replica crime scenes to teach detectives their craft; these are still being used in training new detectives today.
Poet, Simon Armitage travels to the Medical Examiner’s office in Baltimore to investigate them, and their maker, who is regarded as the mother of modern CSI.
Contributors include; Bruce Goldfarb, Corinne May Botz, Dr David Fowler, Detective Robert Ross and Jerry Dziecichowicz.
Presented by Simon Armitage,
Produced by Sue Roberts
Size 13Mb. 28min. Bitrate 128kbps
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Missed this one on Radio 4, so I welcome the chance to listen to what sounds a most interesting subject. Love the idea of the replica crime scenes.
Excellent post, Thank You very much! ---------------------------------------------------- R
Thank you.