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Inside Forensic Science
by Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science
Winner of Outstanding Indie Podcast True Crime Awards 2026 and Best True Crime, Mystery & Dark Stuff Podcast at The Scottish Podcast Awards 2026Each series of Inside Forensic Science explores a crime where forensic science has played a major role. The story is told through the narrator Pennie Stuart and interviews with forensic science, law and police experts. Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. The podcast was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
Episodes
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Series 5 Episode 6: Digital Terrorism
Content warnings: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episode 6 contains sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries, as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. 17th December 1883,...
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Series 5 Episode 5: The Ribbon Society
Content warnings: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episode 5 contains sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. As police…
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Series 5 Episode 4: Bomb Makers
Content warnings: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. This episode contains sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism including audio of calls to emergency services, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing....
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Series 5 Episode 3: Infernal Machines
Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. The explosion at...
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Series 5 Episode 2: By Design
Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. It is 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland and Colonel...
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Series 5 Episode 1: The Gas Works
Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. On the night of 20 January 1883, a series of...
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Inside Forensic Science Series 5: The Dynamite Detectives
In the fifth series of the award winning Inside Forensic Science podcast, we travel to 1883 to hear how a series of explosions in Glasgow city shaped how we investigate terrorism today.
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Series 4: Episode 6: The Verdict
Now that all the evidence is gathered, it becomes the role of prosecutors and expert witnesses to present their evidence in the courtroom. In the final episode of this series, we explore what happened in the courtroom and what became of the culprit. Join us on Facebook or visit our website to see...
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Series 4: Episode 5: Written in Blood
Content warning: mentions of domestic violence and discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment. Having arrested a suspect for the murders, investigators shift their attention to the potential crime scene in 2 Dalton Square, Lancashire. What did forensic scientists find and what…
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Series 4: Episode 4: But is it Mary?
Content warnings: mentions of domestic violence and discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment. How can investigators be sure that the bodies found in Moffat were those of Mary Jane Rogerson and Isabella Ruxton? Who did this to them and why? In episode 4, we discuss more of the...
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Series 4: Episode 3: The Maid and her Mistress
Content warning: discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment Investigators initially thought the two bodies from Moffat were of a man and woman. However, further investigation leads police to suspect that they may be mistaken. Not long before the bodies were found a young maid…
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Series 4: Episode 2: Sin Eaters
Content warning: discussions of dead bodies, decomposition, including mentions of insects and dismemberment. Now that the body parts have been recovered, it is the responsibility of forensic scientists to attempt the gruelling task of examining and putting the pieces back together. However, with...
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Series 4: Episode 1: The Ravine
Content warning: discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment On a quiet Sunday in September 1935, two women walking outside the small town of Moffat stop at a stone bridge overlooking a ravine through which a small waterfall and stream flowed. It was then that the women spotted...
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Series 4: A Case of Stolen Identity
In the fourth series of Inside Forensic Science we unravel a case of stolen identity. If a victim’s identity is stripped from them, what can forensic scientists do to reclaim who they were and bring their stories to light?
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Series 3, Episode 6: The Verdict
What did our experts and the jury of the day decide? How can people make a decision when experts disagree and who can be an expert in criminal cases? This episode covers all of the details and also answers the question of what happened to Scott and Monson after the trial. Join us on Facebook to…
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Series 3, Episode 5: The Experiments
Content warning: graphic descriptions of injury and death involving a gun and mention of suicide Accident or murder? To determine which is the most likely explanation for Hambrough’s death, experts in both 1893 and the present carry out experiments to test what distance the shot could have come...
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Series 3, Episode 4: The Motive
Alfred John Monson is accused of the murder of young Dudley Cecil Hambrough. For over 3 years Monson had acted not only as Hambrough’s tutor and guardian, but as his friend. What motive could there have been for Monson to commit murder? The prosecution say money. Join us for this episode as we...
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Series 3, Episode 3: The Postmortem and the Gun
Content warning: this episode contains graphic descriptions of the autopsy process. A young man has been shot dead on a hunting trip; his two hunting companions are suspected of murder. With Monson arrested and Scott on the run, attention turns to the body. What can an autopsy tell us about how...
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Series 3 Bonus: VR and Forensic Science
This is a bonus episode designed to accompany Episode 2 of Series 3. It features an interview between Pennie Stuart and Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science Senior Research Engineer Vincenzo Rinaldi about the application of Virtual Reality in forensic science.
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Series 3, Episode 2: The Scene
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...
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Series 3, Episode 1: A Death
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...
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Series 3: The Ardlamont Mystery
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…
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Series 2: Episode 6 The Verdict
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? Join our Facebook group to see further resources and...
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Series 2: Episode 5 The Poison
Content warning: this episode discusses suicide. 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? Join us…
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Series 2: Episode 4 The Autopsy
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. Join our Facebook group to see...
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Series 2: Episode 3 The Context of Evidence
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? Join us in our Facebook group to see further resources and discuss the podcast or visit our website. Inside Forensic Science is…
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Series 2: Episode 2 The Letters
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? Join us in our...
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Series 2: Episode 1 Madeleine Smith on trial
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. Join us on Facebook to see further resources and...
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Inside Forensic Science Season 2: Trailer
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...
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Episode 6: From Case to Court
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...
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Episode 5: Who committed the crime?
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...
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Episode 4 Bonus: Fingerprint Evidence
This bonus material for Episode 4 contains further details on the topic of fingerprint evidence. Presented by Caroline Gibb who is a fingerprint expert. For further discussion and resources relating to the podcast please visit our Facebook group. Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio…
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Episode 4: Dating a death
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...
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Episode 3: The Autopsy
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...
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Episode 2 Bonus: The British Association Meeting Dundee
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...
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Episode 2: Who Was The Victim?
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...
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Episode 1: The Discovery of a Crime
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...
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Inside Forensic Science Podcast
Inside Forensic Science tells the story of a crime scene investigation through the eyes of forensic scientists. This first series focuses on a historical unsolved murder case from 1912 and asks forensic scientists ‘what would you do differently today?’ The podcast was commissioned by the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Winner of Outstanding Indie Podcast True Crime Awards 2026 and Best True Crime, Mystery & Dark Stuff Podcast at The Scottish Podcast Awards 2026Each series of Inside Forensic Science explores a crime where forensic science has played a major role. The story is told through the narrator Pennie Stuart and interviews with forensic science, law and police experts. Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. The podcast was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
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Winner of Outstanding Indie Podcast True Crime Awards 2026 and Best True Crime, Mystery & Dark Stuff Podcast at The Scottish Podcast Awards 2026Each series of Inside Forensic Science explores a crime where forensic science has played a major role. The story is told through the narrator Pennie...
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