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;
 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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Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!

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Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: From Manson Family Murders to  Beheadings - Truth About Sharp Force In

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