Inside Forensic Science

The battered body lay at the bottom of the staircase in a Broughty Ferry mansion house near Dundee. Over 100 years later the murderer hasn’t been found.

In this first episode, Pennie Latin introduces the scene through the words of Sergeant John Forbes who was the first person to see the body of Miss Jean Milne. From there we speak with a range of experts who are involved with the process of examining and protecting a crime sce...

Broughty Ferry 1912, a wealthy single woman is found murdered in her hallway. But who was Jean Milne and what do we know about this Tayside town that might help understand more about how she lived and what may have led to her murder? In this episode, we return to the witness statements from the time to understand more about Jean Milne and her life in and around Dundee in 1912. Commander Dave McLaren from the Metropolitan Police Ser...

This bonus material for Episode 2 contains further details of the British Association meeting that was held in Dundee in 1912 and what the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee is trying to achieve today.

In this extract, you hear from Matthew Jarron, Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee and Professor Niamh Nic Daeid, Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Scie...

Jean’s battered body is removed from the house and taken for autopsy. What can forensic science of 1912 tell us about how this independent wealthy woman from Broughty Ferry was murdered? We return to the crime scene and look in more detail at the process of preserving evidence – what was carried out in 1912 and what would be expected in an investigation today? What can the body tell us about what happened and what are t...

Now we know the cause of death of Miss Jean Milne we return to the witness reports and the crime scene to determine how forensic science experts and the investigation team work backwards to create a timeline to determine the date of death. This episode discusses a potentially important piece of evidence that was found at the scene.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode looks at content relating to murder and what happens to a body after de...

This bonus material for Episode 4 contains further details on the topic of fingerprint evidence. Presented by Caroline Gibb who is a fingerprint expert.

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As the case starts to come together we dig deeper into what scientific advancements have allowed us to detect at crime scenes and whether forensic science can place a person at the scene of a crime. This episode takes a closer look at a possible suspect and DNA evidence - a key difference in the forensic science toolbox between 1912 and now.

Speakers in this episode include Professor Niamh Nic Daeid from the Leverhulme Research Cent...

The evidence has been collected and the analysis completed. What happens next with the only suspect in the case of Miss Jean Milne? Was there enough evidence to prosecute and what do the experts today think of the conclusion?

Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio Ltd production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) at the University of Dundee and was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.

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The second season of Inside Forensic Science is here. A new historical case is in focus where we ask forensic scientists and experts from the criminal justice system ‘What would you do differently today?’ In this series we take a look at a case that rocked Victorian Scotland in 1857, the trial of Madeleine Smith. 

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A scandalous case that rocked Victorian Scotland. A middle-class young woman is on trial for the murder of her lover. What was the case of Madeleine Smith all about? In this episode, we provide an overview of the case and the evidence presented.

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Madeleine Smith's private letters to her deceased lover were presented as evidence in court of her motive for murder. What can letters and handwriting reveal to forensic scientists? What did the letters in the Madeleine Smith trial tell the jury and what do they reveal to us today?

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To understand the case of Madeleine Smith, we must first understand what life was like in the past. How can forensic scientists bring to life what happened previously?

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Content warning: this episode dicusses suicide

Pierre Emile L'angelier is dead. What happened next and how did this lead to Madeleine Smith being accused of murder? Discover the next piece of this mystery and learn about what tales the body can tell after death.

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There are unanswered questions around the circumstances of Emile's death. What can the forensic toxicology evidence tell us? Was everything carried out at the time that could have been and how would that differ with an investigation today?

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It's now time to put all the pieces of this puzzle together. Do you believe Madeleine Smith is guilty of poisoning her lover? Only Scotland has a ‘not proven’ verdict. What does this mean for a jury and for those who receive this judgement?

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This third series of Inside Forensic Science delves into our most complicated historical case yet: the Ardlamont Trial. 

On 10 August 1893 a young man dies from a gunshot to the back of the head while hunting on the Ardlamont Estate. Was this incident an accident or did one of his hunting companions seek to benefit from his death? Inside Forensic Science interviews forensic scientists including ballistics and medical experts t...

The early morning of Thursday 10 August 1893, a party of three men leave to hunt rabbits on the Ardlamont estate in Tighnabruaich—only two return. The youngest, Lieutenant Dudley Cecil Hambrough has died from a bullet to the back of his head. The local doctor decrees the death an accident, but is the story really so clear cut?

In this episode, we question what evidence might have been lost following Hambrough’s death an...

The police believe the death of Cecil Hambrough was no accident. His tutor Alfred John Monson is arrested for his murder 20 days after the incident. Scott, the last member of the hunting party has disappeared. Now it is up to the experts to gather what evidence they can from the scene. But after all that time, is there any evidence left to find?

This episode discusses what evidence may have been lost from the Ardlamont scene and wh...