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Podcast: 10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Episode: The Wood Chipper
Description: Corpus delicti is a Latin term from the Western legal theory that literally means "body of the crime." This principle requires proof that a crime took place before an individual can be charged with that crime. Thus, what comes to homicide, the corpse is often the most crucial piece of evidence that helps to make the conviction possible. So what happens if there is no body?In England, the view of "no body, no murder" persisted for centuries after three individuals were hanged for the death of another man in 1660, but two years later, the man in question appeared...