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• Guest Blogger: Lisa Black: Expert Witness Testimony

  

  My guest today is Latent Print Examiner and CSI Lisa Black. She will discuss some of the rules for expert witness testimony in the courtroom. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, LEGAL, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Jodie Renner: Revising and Polishing Your Novel

  Today I welcome editor Jodie Renner to offer her opinions on the revision process. Revising and Polishing Your Novel Congratulations! You’ve finally finished th... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• NASA Is Coming to ThrillerFest

  

  Yes, NASA is coming to ThrillerFest VII. In case you didn’t know, NASA has been at the forefront of many discoveries and techniques used by modern forensic... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 CULTURE

• Guest Blogger: Elena Giorgi: Deep DNA Sequencing

  

  My guest today is E.E. Giorgi, a postdoctoral fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. She will discuss some newer and more-sophisticated... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 BIOLOGY, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Q and A: Can a Murder Be Staged to Look Like an Accidental Death from...

  

  Q: I am currently working on a book that centers on a murder staged to look like an accidental death by autoerotic strangulation. Obviously the victim (who is... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• ThrillerFest/CraftFest VII Registration Now Open

  

  Registration for the 2012 ThrillerFest, CraftFest, and AgentFest are now open. Sign up now and take advantage of the Extra Early Bird discount, which will last... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Guest Blogger: Frederick Strobl, MD: Locked-in Syndrome

  

  Here is another great guest blog from Dr. Frederick Strobl. This time he discusses the very odd syndrome known as Locked-in Syndrome. Imagine the unimaginable.... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Sextortion: Luis Mijangos Convicted

  

  On August 29th I posted a guest article by Allison Gamble on Cyber Safety. A recent Orange County, CA case starkly underlines her points. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A Trip to Europa

  

  I don’t mean the daughter of King Tyre and Zeus’ lover nor her namesake moon that spins around Jupiter. I mean the hallucinogenic drug created by Alexander... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Guest Blogger: Leaving Bits and Pieces of Our Information Online for Anyone to...

  

  Today I welcome Allison Gamble to The Writers Forensics Blog. She will discuss Cyber Safety. Welcome, Allison. It’s no secret that the Internet is a treasure... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Near Death Experiences: A View of the Other Side Or a Neuropsychiatric Event?

  

  You’ve heard the stories countless times. Someone has a brush with death but survives and later reports some very odd happenings. A bright light that pulls... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2011 CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY

• Q and A: What Are The Toxic Effects of a Poisonous Octopus Bite?

  

  Q:    If a healthy adult male, late forties, were to be bitten on the palm of his hand by an Australian blue-ringed octopus (octopus maculosus), how long would... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Blogger: Frederick Strobl, MD: Transient Global Amnesia

  

  “Where am I?” you ask the nurse on the locked psychiatry ward. “You are in County General,” he replies. “Where is that?” “Downtown. You were found wandering... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A Visit to Alpha Medical

  

  Last time I introduced Andrea Joel and her stellar work at CBS where she is Set Decorator for The Young and the Restless. I posed the question: Where does she... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A Visit to the CBS Studios and the Set of The Young and the Restless

  

  Last week we ventured up to LA to visit the CBS Studios where we hung out with my friend Andrea Joel. I met Andrea through her sister Stephanie Joel, the... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cell Phones Are a Gold Mine of Info

  

  You’ve seen it on the news many times. A criminal states that he was nowhere near the crime scene at the time of the crime yet his cell phone says otherwise.... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 GADGETS, SOCIETY, TECH

• Guest Blogger: LJ Sellers: A Visit to the Crime Lab

  

  I visited the Eugene Police Department’s crime lab where the lead criminologist gave me a two-hour crash course in processing evidence. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2011 MEDICINE

• Q and A: Will Ingestion of Bee Venom Kill Someone Who Is Allergic to Bees?

  

  Q: If a person is allergic to bee venom and the venom is ingested, would the person be likely to die? Would the venom show up on a tox screen at autopsy? Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A New Non-DNA Identification Technique?

  

  Most Americans have a positive Mumps Skin Test. Why? Most of use were exposed to the Mumps virus at some time in our lives and therefore have Mumps antibodies i... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 HEALTH, MEDICINE, SCIENCE

• Guest Blogger: Creating Contacts in the Forensics Field

  

  My guest today is Whitney Jones. Whitney, welcome to The Writer’s Forensics Blog. The writer is a person who seeks knowledge. He or she is very comfortable... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE