Dr. Panter’s Criminal Investigative Science Podcast: Recent Episodes

Dr. Heather Panter

A critical examination of criminological, psychological, sociological, and forensic theories within investigative science. This podcast provides listeners, non-academic and academic alike, informative material covering concepts of policing within the context of criminal justice, criminology, psychology, and other theories of forensic evidence have upon criminal investigations. Further, this podcast will examine criminal investigations within the news, within the media, and historical case studies. Notably, views expressed are solely my own.

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This episode explores Netflix’s “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” and the dangers of docuseries and armchair detectives. Namely this episode critically explores the dangers of doxing individuals during missing persons investigations.

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This podcast examines the investigative issues surrounding the murders committed by Belle Gunness (1859-?).

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Exploring the book “Naming Jack the Ripper” by Russell Edwards and the limitations of mtDNA evidence

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This episode explores Occum's Razor and the dangers of unfounded assumptions in police investigations. 

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Locard’s Exchange Principle and Occam’s Razor