Episode 7: Cesare Lombroso

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This week Amelia surprises Rachel with a secret topic! It is all about the 'father of modern criminology' and inventor of criminal anthropology - Cesare Lombroso.

 

Do you have the traits of a criminal or mad genius? Probably! 

Listen on to find out!

Cesare Lombroso

Image: Wikipedia Commons

“Six figures illustrating types of criminals”

Printed text L’Homme Criminel Lombroso, Cesar Published: 1888

“Six figures illustrating types of criminals”

Printed text L’Homme Criminel Lombroso, Cesar Published: 1888

Episode Sources:

• Wikipedia
• Museocriminologico.it
• Aocd.org
• Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict
• Eugenicsarchive.ca
• Simplypsychology.org
• Jstor.org
• Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

Episode 6: Bleeding Corpses - A true tale of cruentation

 

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Before fancy DNA finding skills, people relied on Trials by Ordeal to solve murders. This method of catching killers was gruesome and totally legit… right? Find out the truth behind the phenomena known as CRUENTATION.

Painting depicts a corpse bleeding in the presence of its accused murderer. 

Cruentation or Trial by the Law of the Bier.

Image: “The Body of Evidence” by Francesco Paolo de Ceglia

Painting depicts a corpse bleeding in the presence of its accused murderer. 

Cruentation or Trial by the Law of the Bier. 

Image: ancient-origins.net

A funeral bier in St. Helen’s Church, Britain. 

Copyright Richard Croft (CC BY-SA 2.0) 

Episode Sources:

• RP Brittain Cruentation in Legal Medicine and in Literature (1965) doi:10.1017/s0025727300030179
• HC Lea (1892) Superstition and Force: Essays on The Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal of Torture
• Project Gutenberg Ebook of Daemonologie 2008. (King James 1597) gutenberg.org
• ML Ingram Bodies That Speak scholarsbank.uoregon.edu
• Scholarworks.gsu.edu.
• Emedicine.medscape.com
• Exploreforensics.co.uk
• Australian.museum
• Strangeremains.com
• Nationalgeographic.com
• Wikipedia