|
#1
●
11-29-2008, 08:48 AM
| ||||||||
 Super ********* Poster Rank:88 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 17,426 Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Quoted: 99 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Beyond the Body Farm
what is a body farm? (from wiki) A body farm is a research facility where human decomposition after death can be scientifically studied in a variety of settings. The aim is to gain a better understanding of the decomposition process, permitting the development of techniques for extracting information (such as the timing and circumstances of death) from human remains. Body farm research is particularly important within forensic anthropology and related disciplines, and has applications in the fields of law enforcement, medical examination and crime scene investigation. There are currently three such facilities in the United States with the farm at Texas State University being the largest. there's also a book written entitled "beyond the body farm", a small review below In Beyond the Body Farm, readers will follow Bass as he explores the depths of an East Tennessee lake with a twenty-first-century sonar system, in a quest for an airplane that disappeared with two people on board thirty-five years ago; see Bass exhume fifties pop star "the Big Bopper" to determine what injuries he suffered in the plane crash that killed three rock and roll legends on "the day the music died"; and join Bass as he works to decipher an ancient Persian death scene nearly three thousand years old. Witty and engaging, Bass dissects the methods used by homicide investigators every day, leading readers on an extraordinary journey into the high-tech science that it takes to crack a case. |
|
#2
●
11-29-2008, 12:02 PM
| ||||||||
 ★ ★ GENERAL ★ ★ Poster Rank:42 male Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 34,450
Contributions: 35
Mentioned: 2166 Post(s) Quoted: 20745 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: Beyond the Body Farm
I saw a show on this, it's pretty freaky!
__________________ Support the site and our continued existance by upgrading to a Green Name |
|
#4
●
05-25-2009, 08:18 PM
| ||||||||
 Cunt Poster Rank:154 Was für eine Scheiße Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 10,452 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 15 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: Beyond the Body Farm
Ya, very cool! I have a book on the body farm somewhere and there was a fab 2 hour documentary about it on tv at some point.. Interesting stuff!  |
|
#5
●
05-25-2009, 08:55 PM
| ||||||||
 ☢ Poster Rank:82 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,649
Contributions: 49
Mentioned: 96 Post(s) Quoted: 2921 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: Beyond the Body Farm
I've seen a couple doco's on body farms and loved watching them. Felt a bit goulish for enjoying it so much but the human body is so fascinating during decomposition I hope to visit a farm (as a living guest, not a resident lol) and check it out in person. |
|
#7
●
05-25-2009, 09:18 PM
| ||||||||
| ☢ Poster Rank:82 Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,649
Contributions: 49
Mentioned: 96 Post(s) Quoted: 2921 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: Beyond the Body Farm
The doco's were on TV so I don't have any shots from them. If I see another one soon I'll be sure to capture some screenshots and put them on here. It's a pity we can't upload the aromas too...  |
|
#8
●
05-25-2009, 09:34 PM
| ||||||||
| Super ********* Poster Rank:88 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 17,426 Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Quoted: 99 Post(s)
| ||||||||
|
Re: Beyond the Body Farm
yes!! i always wish there was some way to perceive aromas. it reminds me of Larry 6 where the game came with a card with 9 or 12 patches (i forget) and at certain times in the game it would say to scratch one of the squares and sniff it, and it would release an aroma relevant to the scene in the game
|
