What the Forensics

This month we switch things up and discuss the mystery of the Isdal Woman.  There is no science for this episode and instead we just discuss possible reasons as to why she ended up in the mountains. …

Join us this episode (not if you have Pruritophobia!) as Journey tells us about the heartbreaking story of young Victoria Climbie. We pick holes in the investigation (or lack thereof) and discuss our…

Join us this week and listen to Rebecca’s Spark’s Note version of the turbulent, political, history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, providing context to our discussion on the Srebrenica Massacre, the wors…

This month we delve into the case of The Craigslist Killer! As it turns out there is more than one person deemed the Craigslist Killer so we give a brief overview of them  before focusing mainly on P…

You've probably heard the name Casey Anthony but do you know what she did? This episode Journey tells us all about who Casey Anthony is and what she is suspected of doing. Spoiler - no one actually  …

Cut loose and grab your dancing shoes for this episode of WTF because it’s a fun one! We learn that you can quite *literally* dance yourself to death, and that these dancing plagues happened more tha…

This week we each research an ethically questionable psychological study. Rebecca researches the Asch Experiment, Nicole researches the Milgram Experiment, and Journey researches the Stanford Prison …

This week on What The Forensics we talk about Canadian killer Luka Magnotta, his life leading up to the murder, the murder victim Justin Lin, and what it means to kill for fame. This is a very intere…

This week we delve into the interesting case of Samuel Little. This man confessed to 93 murders (!) at the age of 74, after spending a lifetime going in and out of jail. Rebecca does a great job givi…

Are you ready to quit smoking? In just 5 short days, YOU, can be on the road to salvation! … This may have been a marketing tactic for Roch Thériault and his followers, The Anthill Kids, as he beings…

What are two things that sound like they don't go together... and yet they do? What about salmonella poisoning and Sex Guru? 
Listen in to this week's episode where Journey tell us all about Bhagwan S…

How did one man's hope of spreading peace through meditation and worship spiral into him becoming the God of his own deadly cult? This kicks off our 3-part special on cults. Join us this week as Rebe…

This is a special episode where in honour of the National day of Truth and Reconciliation, September 30, we have decided to focus on some cases of wrongful death and murder of Indigenous men, women, …

Mayday, mayday! I repeat, mayday, we're going down .... a rabbit hole of information as Journey tells us all about three different plane crashes, SwissAir Flight 111, Flight TWA-800, and MH370. After…

Have you ever wondered how much radiation the human body can withstand? In this episode of What The Forensics we discuss the controversial case of Alexander Litvinenko, an ex-Russian KGB agent who ge…

Join us as we delve into another wrongful conviction case, one that baffles us all (especially Nicole), that covers Ray Krone who was sentenced to death based on circumstantial evidence and exonerate…

Join us this week as we delve into the case of Richard Ramirez a.k.a The Night Stalker. Nicole shares with us all the ups and downs of Richard Ramirez's life and how he evolved into the serial killer…

Stalking has always been a crime...right? In the first episode of our two-part stalking special, we discuss a stalking case study and the legal history of stalking.
Journey delves into the lesser know…

In this episode Nicole tells us all about the processes of decomposition and body farms. She explains which environmental and non-environmental processes can affect a body and what we can learn from …

Have you ever seen Disney’s movie "Anastasia"? If so, this is one episode you won't want to miss; listen in and try to compare and contrast the real life Anastasia with Disney’s! In this episode we i…