Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the Manson family murders and the real injuries suffered by the victims,  as well as beheadings carried out hundreds of years ago in an effort to explain the difference in the type of injuries created by all manner of weapons that can be used to stab, slice, carve, and disembowel. Professor Morgan explains the difference between the facts of a case and how injuries and weapons are shown in film and how difficult it is to determine the source of a sharp force injury. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Transcript Highlights 
00:13.87 Introduction - Sharp Force Injuries
  
01:11.86 Description of a beheading

04:56.77 Sharp force injury

10:02.83 Executioner refusing to execute

14:59.68 Stabbing injuries

20:27.08 Studying the margin - edges of injury

24:48.30 Always look for the "winking eye"

29:58.47 Thorough autopsy - tongue comes out

35:03.25 First documented autopsy, Caesar

38:58.59 Manson family knife attacks, Sharon Tate

45:03.35 Manson Murders shown in movie shows fork bouncing up and down, ridiculous

46:2 9.07 Conclusion

 

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the Manson family murders and the real injuries suffered by the victims,&nbsp; as well as beheadings carried out hundreds of years ago in an effort to explain the difference in the type of injuries created by all manner of weapons that can be used to stab, slice, carve, and disembowel. Professor Morgan explains the difference between the facts of a case and how injuries and weapons are shown in film and how difficult it is to determine the source of a sharp force injury.&nbsp;
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 Transcript Highlights&nbsp; 00:13.87 Introduction - Sharp Force Injuries &nbsp;&nbsp; 01:11.86 Description of a beheading
04:56.77 Sharp force injury
10:02.83 Executioner refusing to execute
14:59.68 Stabbing injuries
20:27.08 Studying the margin - edges of injury
24:48.30 Always look for the "winking eye"
29:58.47 Thorough autopsy - tongue comes out
35:03.25 First documented autopsy, Caesar
38:58.59 Manson family knife attacks, Sharon Tate
45:03.35 Manson Murders shown in movie shows fork bouncing up and down, ridiculous
46:2 9.07 Conclusion
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Join Joseph Scott Morgan every week as he explores a world that not many have had a chance to visit, the realm of death. Jo Scott will lead listeners on a journey through the blood soaked death scenes of America and then into the autopsy room to fully understand the science behind each case. Jo Scott is one America’s leading experts on applied forensics and is regularly featured on ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’, ‘The Piketon Massacre’, Court TV and more.

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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

Join Joseph Scott Morgan every week as he explores a world that not many have had a chance to visit, the realm of death. Jo Scott will lead listeners on a journey through the blood soaked death scenes of America and then into the autopsy room to fully understand the science behind each case. Jo Scott is one America’s leading experts on applied forensics and is regularly featured on ‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’, ‘The Piketon Massacre’, Court TV and more.

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From Manson Family Murders to Execution by Beheading: Truth About Sharp Force Injuries

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