Show Notes
Blood – it's a pretty standard part of a crime scene.
But what can bloodstains splattered across a room actually tell us about a crime?
And how granular can that detail get? Down to the very weapon that was used?
Dr Sophie Calabretto talks to Cosmos Magazine journalist Ellen Phiddian about bloodstain pattern analysis and reconstructing gruesome events only using little red droplets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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