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Investigating Murder

Horizon 1967-1968

Find out about modern methods of crime investigation, and how a routine scientific test can often establish guilt more decisively than half a dozen eye-witnesses. (1968)

In Britain the crime of murder, the most serious of crimes, leads to the most serious punishment. The investigation of murder and the presentation of evidence always demands the utmost care in proving a man's guilt ' beyond all reasonable doubt' for his liberty will depend on it.

The certainty and ingenuity of science is helping more and more to establish the outcome of a case. The scientifically trained detective at the scene of the crime, the pathologist in the mortuary, and the biochemist in the laboratory can each supply the piece of the jigsaw that solves the crime, and often a routine scientific test can establish guilt more decisively than half a dozen eye-witnesses. (1968)

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Tue 9 Apr 1968 20:00
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four Murder By Gaslight Collection

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four Murder By Gaslight Collection
A collection of documentaries on notorious murderers that horrified 19thΒ Century Britain.

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Narrator Christopher Chataway
Editor R.W. Reid
Producer Christopher La Fontaine
Producer Karl Sabbagh

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