3 GRUESOME Centuries Old Cold Cases That Haunt Us...

About this episode

The episode explores historical cold cases from the 1800s and the limitations of investigative techniques at that time.

It can be easy today to take police investigative techniques and forensic technology for granted. But back in the 1800s, not even fingerprinting was utilised, never mind DNA analysis and the M-Vac system; which today is an invaluable tool to forensic investigators. As a result of this lack of technology, cases were often solved by witnesses and confessions, though many investigations never saw any resolution at all. In today’s video, we’ll be looking at a few examples of such inquiries, as we...

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Host: Hit The Lights

Topics covered

• cold cases
• forensic technology
• 1800s investigations
• police techniques
• unsolved mysteries

Keywords

• cold cases
• forensic technology
• 1800s
• investigative techniques
• unsolved cases

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