Body To Burial

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07: The Fingerprint Examiner ✋ Aug 02, 2022

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This week we welcome Detective Sgt & Fingerprint Examiner - Crime Scene Investigation Unit, Juan Velazquez. How easy is it to find fingerprints at a crime scene? Does CSI mirror real life? A powder brush and boom, fingerprint? Juan sets the record straight on the CSI effect, otherwise known as the CS Lie effect.

In this episode, we uncover The Dirt on Juan.

How many types of fingerprint types are there?
Fingerprint patterns and characteristics.
How long do fingerprints stay on objects?
And the strangest object he has been able to pull a fingerprint off of.

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06: The Embalmer 👩‍🔬 Jul 26, 2022

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This week we welcome Sam Taranek, Licensed Funeral Director, and Embalmer. Embalming is the art and science of preserving the human body, whether for funeral services, cremations, or burials. Sam guides us through her step-by-step process for embalming. *This episode is graphic in nature and may not be suitable for all listeners.

In this episode, we uncover The Dirt on Sam.

Why did she become an embalmer?
The embalming process from start to finish.
Restorative arts.
Physical risks of working with formaldehyde.
And what she does with her collection of embalming jars.

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05: The Bloodstain Pattern Analyst 🩸 Jul 19, 2022

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This week we welcome our version of Dexter. He may not work for Miami Metro Police Department and is undoubtedly NOT a vigilante serial killer, but he does know blood. Let’s give a warm-blooded welcome to Jayme Dozier, Bloodstain Pattern Analyst.

In this episode, we uncover The Dirt on Jayme.

Dexter. Accurate or not accurate? Does he appreciate the spotlight brought to his profession because of Dexter Morgan?
Bloodstain patterns and characteristics.
Elements that affect blood characteristics.
How much blood is in the human body?
And, when he doesn’t want to spend the evening being compared to Dexter, he tells people that he does what profession for a living?

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Connect with Jayme: Website | IG |

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04: The Coroner ⚰️ Jul 12, 2022

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This week we welcome, Darrell Hervey, Deputy Coroner. Darrell walks us through the process of when a call comes in and how he approaches working a scene. And helps Mariya set the record straight on the difference between a Medical Examiner and Coroner.

In this episode, we uncover The Dirt on Darrell.

Becoming a Coroner and the ins and outs of dealing with death daily – it’s not CSI, folks.
Notifying next of kin – is it a knock at the door, like in the movies?
How does he manage the ‘Dad Darrell’ and the ‘Deputy Darrell.’
Processing death personally – and the need for mental support in his field.
And, dishes for the dishwasher – pre-rinsed or just straight in?

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03: The Death Doulas 💀❤️ Jul 05, 2022

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This week we welcome Erin Merelli and Lauren Carroll, Founders of the Deathwives collective. Deathwives was founded to teach others about the history and practices of death work and seek to honor sacred traditions, remove stigmas around death, empower collective grieving, and create a safe space for community, connection, and support.

In this episode, we uncover The Dirt on Erin & Lauren.

Defining a death doula and death work.
The loss of ritual in death and grieving and societies drift in end-of-life care.
Facing fears around dying and death, as we explore their fundamental belief that death is a natural part of life and how not to stop the process but facilitate it.
The dividing line between death doulas and hospice care providers.
The process and beauty of a home funeral.
How to become a death doula.
And the theme song for the death doula industry.

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02: The Criminal Profiler & Linguist ✉️ Jun 27, 2022

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This week we welcome James R. Fitzgerald, an American criminal profiler and forensic linguist. James is a retired FBI agent and is best known for his role in the UNABOM investigation, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of Ted Kaczynski. He designed and developed the FBI’s Communicated Threat Assessment Database (CTAD), a first-of-its-kind, fully searchable repository for all threatening and criminally oriented communications. And for his magnum opus, James authored three books in a memoir series, A Journey to the Center of the Mind.

In this episode, we uncover The Dirt on James ‘Fitz.’

Profiler or linguist, which came first?
Exploring the complex world of sociolinguistics.
How James decoded the Unabomber letters on a flight to the West Coast.
The impact of digital communications on his field.
And does James take his water with ice or room temp?

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Connect with James: Website | Order Book |

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01: The FBI Hostage Negotiator 📞 Jun 21, 2022

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We welcome our very first guest, retired Chief, FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit, Gary Noesner.

Noesner worked for the FBI for more than 30 years as an investigator and instructor. As a hostage negotiator, he defused prison riots, government standoffs with right-wing militias, overseas kidnappings, and terrorist embassy takeovers. His career trajectory coincided with many significant events in the evolution of hostage negotiation at the FBI.

In 2010, Noesner released Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator, detailing his time working at the bureau. In the memoir, he wrote about the various standoffs he has been involved in, including Waco – his involvement as a negotiator in this crisis would change the FBI forever.

In this episode, we uncover The Dirt on Gary.

We explore the development of the FBI Negotiation Unit.
Skills to lower emotional confrontation, whether in a crisis or at home.
The art of stalling for time and the importance of voice, "I would ask, what did we say that made you come out? Because we try to learn from these cases. And the answer was always the same. It was always, I don't remember what you said, but I liked the way you said it. It's really a powerful concept to consider that the voice, the projection of sincerity may be far more important than the actual words."
The level of the emotional and mental toll that years in the bureau have taken and the cases that never leave him.
His shortest negotiation and his oddest request from a perpetrator.
And more importantly, the one thing he hoards.

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Connect with Gary: Website | Order Book |

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Trailer Mar 04, 2022

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When someone dies, naturally or most unnaturally, a journey of discovery, inquisition, ritual, justice, and healing begins. A person’s death may end their existence, yet still, the body remains, launching a trail leading from the crime scene to the final resting ground. Body to Burial is a new podcast that follows this far-reaching journey—plus the related and sometimes unexpected side trails that follow—from the perspective of the professionals who deal with it every day. After all, the body's path is rarely direct, and many different people are often involved. Each week we bring you exclusive, in-depth, unscripted conversations with death and death-adjacent professionals. The goal is to better understand the intricacies of their field and examine the physical, mental, and emotional toll that comes from making a living off of crime and death. These casual, easygoing conversations serve as a welcome relief from the heavy nature of the true-crime world while staying in the same universe. Join us for a deep dive into the people and processes involved with death—

from body to burial.

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