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Podcast: DEAD Talks
Episode: Inside NYC Death Investigations with Barbara Butcher (#159)
Description: What really happens behind the scenes of a death investigation in New York City? Barbara Butcher—one of the most prominent medicolegal death investigators in America and featured on Netflix’s Homicide New York—has seen it all. Over her 23-year career, she investigated more than 5,500 death scenes and 680 homicides, from everyday tragedies to some of the nation’s most high-profile disasters.Barbara recounts her extraordinary work identifying victims, investigating missing persons, and leading forensic responses to events like the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the crash of Flight 587, and the aftermath of 9/11. She reveals the human side of death...