On a wooded hillside in Tennessee blowflies, bacteria and buzzards fest
on human flesh, unhindered by coffins or mausoleums. They're buried in
shallow graves; submerged in tanks of water; concealed under slabs of concrete;
locked in the boots and backseats of rusting cars. They are serving the
needs of science in the cause of justice. In "The Real Body Farm" Dr Bill
Bass, the facility's founder and one of the world's leading forensic scientists,
describes how he created it and how the work of him and his colleagues
have brought murderers to justice and cleared the names of the innocent.
Within a riveting narrative he details his own career and of the many criminal
cases he has been involved in, bringing forensic science vividly to life
and highlighting its crucial role in modern day policing.
