JFK. O.J. Simpson. Sid Vicious. Nicholas and Alexandra. These are some of the most celebrated cases in the history of forensic pathology - and Dr. Michael Baden has had a hand in every one of them.
This special explores two suspicious cases of death that were brought to HBO's attention as a result of a component of the Autopsy website.
A murderer is revealed in the fingernails and hair of four corpses.
A painted "dummy" at a carnival funhouse turns out to be a human corpse.
Can the dead speak? Yes...but only to those who know how to listen. In this riveting documentary, Dr. Michael Baden, one of the country's most celebrated forensic pathologists, reveals the stories behind the cases of unnatural or suspicious death that he helped solve--and helped earn him the nickname, 'detective of death.'