Death's Acre : Inside the Legendary Forensics Lab--the Body Farm--Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

by Bass, William; Jefferson, Jon

• ISBN13: 9780425198322
• ISBN10: 0425198324
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-05
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

Dr. Bill Bass, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, gained international attention when he built a forensic lab like no other: The Body Farm. Now, this master scientist unlocks the gates of his lab to reveal his most intriguing cases-and to revisit the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder, fifty years after the fact.

Author Biography

Dr. Bill Bass created the world's first and only laboratory devoted to the study of human decomposition: The Body Farm. Bass has written or co-written more than 200 scientific publications, many based on mysteries he helped solve.

Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist, science writer, and documentary filmmaker. His productions have been broadcast on such networks as The History Channel, A&E, and the National Geographic Channel, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, and USA Today.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Patricia Cornwell	ix
1. The Bones of the Eaglet	1	(12)
2. Dead Indians and Dam Engineers	13	(20)
3. Bare Bones: Forensics 101	33	(13)
4. The Unsavory Uncle	46	(13)
5. The Case of the Headless Corpse	59	(13)
6. The Scene of the Crime	72	(16)
7. Death's Acre: The Body Farm Is Born	88	(10)
8. A Bug for Research	98	(13)
9. Progress and Protest	111	(10)
10. Fat Sam and Cadillac Joe	121	(11)
11. Grounded in Science	132	(13)
12. The Zoo Man Murders	145	(27)
13. Parts Unknown	172	(19)
14. Art Imitates Death	191	(9)
15. More Progress, More Protest	200	(9)
16. The Backyard Barbecue	209	(14)
17. The Not-So-Accidental 'tourist	223	(14)
18. The Bloody Beneficiary	237	(18)
19. Ashes to Ashes	255	(21)
20. And When I Die	276	(5)
Appendix I: Bones of the Human Skeleton	281	(4)
Appendix II: Glossary of Forensic and Anthropological Terms	285	(6)
Acknowledgments	291	(4)
Index	295