There are many excellent books, podcasts, and interviews that nicely supplement forensic pathology. Here are a few of my favorites. Feel free to share yours.
Recommended reads and listens.
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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South
A painful, eye-opening, true-life story set in rural Mississippi following the careers of a medical examiner and a dentist that built successful, profitable careers as experts off manipulating the criminal justice system, science, and trust, and ultimately harming many.
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The Big Book of Celebrity Autopsies
From JFK to Marilyn--the morbid, medical, and mysterious facts behind the most famous celebrity deaths.
Presidents: Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
Politicians: Simon Bolivar, Adolf Hitler, Vladmir Lenin, and Malcolm X
Assassins and Criminals: Lee Harvey Oswald, Jesse James, and Bonnie and Clyde
Musicians and Movie Stars:Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Notorious B.I.G., Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, and Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Mississippi Goddam - the Ballard of Billey Joel
This seven-part investigative podcast examines the death of Billey Joe Johnson, a 17-year-old Black student and top high school football recruit who reportedly died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound after being pulled over by a police officer in Lucedale, Mississippi on December 8, 2008.