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The author, Emily Craig earned a Ph.D. in forensic physical anthropology from the University of Tennessee and became Kentucky's state forensic anthropologist. She served with the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office until her retirement in 2010. While working on her Ph.D, she spent time on Dr. William Bass's famous Body Farm. If you've read any or all of Dr. Bass's fictional accounts of the Body Farm (co-authored with Jon Jefferson), you'll have a good idea of what "Teasing Secrets from the Dead" is about, except the yuck factor is much higher. Example:

"Skull fragments and teeth often filter down into the base of the skull, the neck, or even the victim's decomposing chest cavity, and then I have to grope around to find them, feeling through dark brownish-green tissues that resemble nothing so much as chocolate pudding into which someone has stirred a few cups of chunky vomit."

Even Dr. Craig is grossed out by maggots, but she's learned to live with them. There's a scene in the autopsy room, where "tens of thousands of maggots [are] boiling up out of the chest cavity like suds overflowing from a washing machine." And that isn't even the grossest part. The grossest part is when the maggots start crawling up her arm and "migrating up toward my face, with its tempting facial openings."

Anyone who thinks he or she might be interested in becoming a forensic anthropologist needs to read this book.

Dr. Craig applies her training to down-home Kentucky murders, but she has also been called in on national tragedies such as the Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995) that killed 168 people, the deaths of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (April 1993), and the destruction of the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001. The amount of information she is able to 'tease' from bone fragments, teeth, and other bits of what was once a human being is truly amazing. As a writer, she has the gift of putting you right there in the autopsy room, on the muddy river bank, or down a claustrophobic mine shaft wherever remains have been found. This is a very compelling read.


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Teasing Secrets from the Dead My Investigations at America Most Infamous Crime Scenes Emily Craig 9781400049226 Books Reviews

Amazing accounts of what has gone on "behind the scenes" of several of the most recent mass tragedies in US history. Waco, Oklahoma City and the destruction of the Twin Towers. Dr. Craig also relates stories of her many years in training and as the forensic anthropologist for the state of Kentucky. Captivating and easy to read.
I like the way Emily shows how she deals with the remains of the dead as a scientist and as a human being with feelings, showing respect for the dead. The book gives a unique view of two major disasters/crimes in American history the mass murder of the branch Davidians in Waco, Texas in 1993 and the attack on the twin towers in 2001. Reading her personal and professional experiences as a forensic anthropologist at these crime scenes will leave you with lingering thoughts of the meaning of life and death.
This is an excellent book, telling what goes into being a forensic anthropologist and telling about her training and her work. I found her tales fascinating and only wish she had more to tell. The work is interesting and she tells of it well.
This book was highly readable and almost felt like i was taking a class on forensic investigations. I learned a ton and am amazed at the conclusions that can be drawn from the amount of hard work scientists like Emily have done.
I am a retired RN and was a nurse for 38 years. In the course of my career, I have, on occasion, had to deal with wounds and diseases that would make a normal person nauseated or even faint. (This actually happened once when I demonstrated a wound dressing on a patient with gangrene to a group of student nurses.) I have even dealt with a type of wound debridement that actually uses live maggots.
Even so, just in reading this book, I had to take it in small steps and it took me a week to finish it. At the same time, I was very appreciative of the detail in the writing. However, I'm not sure I would ever recommend this book to just anyone.
I am a Detective with a Sheriff's Department in a mid-west state. This year I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Craig on a 20 year old Jane Doe case. From day one, it was obvious that Dr. Craig was one of the tops in her field but it wasn't until I read her book that I realized just how amazing her career has been. The work she has done is nothing less than remarkable. Teasing Secrets from the Dead gave me a tremendous amount of insight in to my own case which was recently solved.
I don't know why I bought this book. It is not my usual type of book at all & t he cover is gruesome, but, i was hooked immediately the writer puts you right into her life! It is sometimes gruesome and sometimes heart breaking, but always gripping!
I could almost see and smell what she was doing, not pleasant, but so insightful about a life I would not have had the nerve to live. Someone has to do it thought, and she dies it so well.
The author, Emily Craig earned a Ph.D. in forensic physical anthropology from the University of Tennessee and became Kentucky's state forensic anthropologist. She served with the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office until her retirement in 2010. While working on her Ph.D, she spent time on Dr. William Bass's famous Body Farm. If you've read any or all of Dr. Bass's fictional accounts of the Body Farm (co-authored with Jon Jefferson), you'll have a good idea of what "Teasing Secrets from the Dead" is about, except the yuck factor is much higher. Example

"Skull fragments and teeth often filter down into the base of the skull, the neck, or even the victim's decomposing chest cavity, and then I have to grope around to find them, feeling through dark brownish-green tissues that resemble nothing so much as chocolate pudding into which someone has stirred a few cups of chunky vomit."

Even Dr. Craig is grossed out by maggots, but she's learned to live with them. There's a scene in the autopsy room, where "tens of thousands of maggots [are] boiling up out of the chest cavity like suds overflowing from a washing machine." And that isn't even the grossest part. The grossest part is when the maggots start crawling up her arm and "migrating up toward my face, with its tempting facial openings."

Anyone who thinks he or she might be interested in becoming a forensic anthropologist needs to read this book.

Dr. Craig applies her training to down-home Kentucky murders, but she has also been called in on national tragedies such as the Oklahoma City bombing (April 19, 1995) that killed 168 people, the deaths of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (April 1993), and the destruction of the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001. The amount of information she is able to 'tease' from bone fragments, teeth, and other bits of what was once a human being is truly amazing. As a writer, she has the gift of putting you right there in the autopsy room, on the muddy river bank, or down a claustrophobic mine shaft wherever remains have been found. This is a very compelling read.