by Rose of Sharon Winter
synopsis
This program is part of the popular HBO series America Undercover: Autopsy. The show features Dr. Michael Baden, a forensic pathologist who works with the New York State Police. Dr. Baden has performed many autopsies of high profile cases, from John Belushi to Billy Martin, Tsar Nicholas to Medgar Evers. Dr. Baden presents some case studies which illustrate how the bodies of deceased people can tell the trained investigator the stories of their demise. In this episode, the reasons for several mysterious deaths are discovered. They include a death from a black widow spider and an arsenic poisoning. Dr. Baden also inquires into the strange deaths of an entire Civil War regiment of black soldiers at Folly Island.
characteristics
- Investigation
- Morgue
- Corpse
- Coroner
- Body
- Cadaver