Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensics Lab--The Body Farm--Where the Dead Do Tell Tales Free Audiobook Download by Jon Jefferson,Dr. Bill Bass
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensics Lab--The Body Farm--Where the Dead Do Tell Tales written by Jon Jefferson, narrated by George Grizzard is a memoir of professor at University of Tennessee and his work as co-founder of the body farm. The book also includes some info about forensic anthropology techniques and procedures.
Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensics Lab--The Body Farm--Where the Dead Do Tell Tales is a book chronicling the forensic investigations of Dr. Bill Bass. In 1965, Bass was an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, where he and fellow professor returned to investigate the site where they had conducted their original research into human decomposition on the dunes of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The site had become a makeshift cemetery for those who lost their lives in nearby scrap metal yards and warehouses.
The Body Farm is a research facility located at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. It's the world's most famous facility that studies human decomposition as it occurs in nature. Created by Dr. Bill Bass and Dr. Frank Logan, The Body Farm is a place where forensic anthropologists study how bodies decompose, often utilizing real donated cadavers for research purposes. Told from the perspectives of Drs. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson, Death's Acre: Inside The Legendary Forensics Lab--The Body Farm--Where The Dead Do Tell Tales is an audiobook detailing their work at the facility, which includes various experiments like studying the effects of different animal scavengers on a body or determining what happens to a body left out in the hot sun all day long.
Death's Acre by Jon Jefferson is an engrossing work of non-fiction that takes the reader inside this famous, yet little known, campus. Located in Tennessee, The Body Farm is the only facility of its kind in the world where forensic scientists come to study how bodies decompose and cadavers are left out in the open to create a living sample of what happens to our bodies after death. Death's Acre is full of bizarre tales involving animals that feast on human flesh and organs, and it also includes riveting true-crime stories that involved some of the most infamous crimes in recent memory.
The Body Farm is a forensic research facility where scientists study the changes in human corpses left exposed to elements of the environment. The book is a fascinating account of the work done at this "sacred ground."
Published Date | 2003-10-01 |
Duration | 6 hours 12 minutes |
Author | Jon Jefferson, Dr. Bill Bass |
Narrated | George Grizzard |
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Abridged | Yes |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Non-Fiction |
Parent Category | Uncategory |