Herman the Shocker
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During a car crash, rotational movement of the occupant’s head against the jagged glass resulted in a deep…
Vehicular intrusion occurs when external objects penetrate a vehicle’s occupant space during a crash. In this case, a…
The images show a jet of ignited putrefaction gas (methane) at the end of a needle inserted into…
Suicidal hanging of a young man with the knees bent and the feet touching the floor. The hanging…
Germany. On the afternoon of a bright day in early spring, a 69-year-old man was riding a motorcycle…
Note the bloated face of the deceased. This victim’s body was found indoors during the summertime. He had…
Oval to round cutaneous defects caused by crustaceans postmortem on the neck and upper trunk in a drowning…
This 52-year-old woman has a contact gunshot wound of her right temple. Note how the scalp is split…
The morbidity and mortality produced by obesity in the United States and other developed societies has reached epidemic…
On June 28, 2009, a 70-year-old male corpse was found in his house in Pisa. He was lying…
Skin burns on a victim of lysol suicide. The trickle pattern makes it obvious that the victim was…
A 42-year-old woman was discovered dead, the body was covered with fungal plaques. She had been leading a…
Massive injuries from contact handgun wounds of the head, when they do occur, are associated with Magnum calibers,…
This individual died lying on top of a gun. The patterned appearance of the gun is seen because…
Postmortem animal depredation is a substantial part of the taphonomic processes a body undergoes after death. While the…
A woman was found dead in her apartment in January 2009. She had not been seen for 40…
