Going beyond the popular TV show, this is the true story of forensic
science from those who solve crimes without witnesses.
How do you identify a serial killer?
What are the tell-tale signs of guilt?
Can we now solve the unsolvable?
Since even before the first season of Silent Witness in 1996, forensic
science has played an increasingly important role in the investigation
of violent crimes. With a boom in cold-blooded cases throughout the
1980s, police began to rely on DNA evidence to help them find
perpetrators and since then forensic science has taken off as a powerful
tool in solving murders.
Bestselling true crime author Wensley Clarkson takes us beyond the
headlines to examine the real-life stories where forensics have played a
crucial role. He speaks to experts who have worked on the most gruesome,
most chilling and most shocking crime scenes and explains how notorious
criminal cases from across the world were solved. And he shows how the
silent witness is often the one who screams the loudest.