Can a Brain Injury Turn Someone Into a Criminal? The Forensic Psychology of the Injured Brain
Can damage to the brain actually change someone’s personality enough to contribute to criminal behavior? From impaired impulse control to aggression and poor judgment, injuries to certain brain region...
30 Sep 3min
The Poison That Left a Trail: Forensic Science and the Litvinenko Case
When Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian security officer, fell inexplicably ill in London in 2006, doctors initially had no explanation — until forensic testing uncovered polonium-210 in his syste...
27 Sep 4min
What a Body Still Knows: The Stephen Smith Exhumation Case
When 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead on a South Carolina road in 2015, investigators initially attributed his death to a vehicle strike — a conclusion that didn't hold up over time. This epis...
21 Sep 3min
The Clock That Lied: How a Jealous Fiancé and a Pinch of Face Powder Made Forensic History in Lyon, 1912
Through the lens of forensic psychology, this case illustrates how pathological jealousy and an obsessive need for control can drive an intimate partner toward violent, calculated homicide. Émile Gour...
20 Sep 5min
China’s T800 Robot SWAT Patrols: The Dawn of AI Police Humanoids That Could Save Lives (or Replace Them?)
China just deployed the EngineAI T800 humanoid robot alongside SWAT officers in Shenzhen, walking real public patrols with fluid human-like motion, 5G real-time alerts, and zero fatigue – the most adv...
14 Sep 5min
“Diagnosed for Dollars: How Law Firms Betrayed the NFL’s Concussion Victims”
The NFL’s billion-dollar concussion settlement was designed to compensate former players suffering from the devastating neurological consequences of a career in professional football — but a bombshell...
13 Sep 4min
Behind the Behavioral Science Unit: Jana Monroe on the Science of Profiling
Jana Monroe, the first female FBI agent in the Behavioral Science Unit, spent her career applying crime-scene analysis and victimology to roughly 850 homicide cases — work she describes as systematic ...
7 Sep 3min
Weaponizing Narcocultura: The Cartel Marketing Machine
6 Sep 5min
