Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan : The Smell of Death, Part Two
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 22 September 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
After responses to the Body Bags episode about decomposition called "The Smell Of Death," Joseph Scott Morgan realized he left out a couple of things that are important in the world of decomposition.
Whether out in the field trying to solve a homicide, or in the cottage of a loved one who dies of old age in their favorite chair, bodies will decompose. And the rate of decomposition is dependent on many factors. Joseph Scott Morgan takes a close up look at decomposition and what it tells investigators who are looking for answers.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:23 Explaining skin slippage
00:05:27 Wearing skin like a glove
00:09:34 Examination of body on the scene
00:13:36 Preserving the body
00:18:39 Body decomposition inside a house
00:23:15 Landfill with everything breaking down
00:27:58 Body preserved when barely covered
00:31:24 Body preservation in frozen area ,
00:34:15 Conclusion
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| 1:05.0 | Unlike notifying families, which I never got used to, |
| 1:08.0 | the last one was just as bad as the first one. |
| 1:11.0 | I can't say that about decomposition. It impacted me, it affected me, but I could |
| 1:20.3 | explain it to myself. And isn't that the key, I think, with anything in life? |
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| 1:30.0 | okay, this is what nature does to all of us. It is those elements that are left behind. |
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