In vivid detail, What the Corpse Revealed demonstrates the techniques used to solve sixteen real-life cases drawn from the files of forensic scientists all over the world.-In a room with no windows, the door locked from the inside, a business tycoon and his wife are found shot to death. No trace of the bullets can be found. The murderer is playing games with the police, but can a smart young forensic scientist outwit him?-A little boy disappears from a playground while his father reads a newspaper nearby. Police are baffled by the disappearance, until the forensic team sweeps the boy's home and finds evidence that will uncover a hideous and almost unbelievable crime.-A retired TV star receives a series of poisoned pen letters in his luxurious Bel Air mansion. Mysterious attempts on his life follow. Forensic scientists match the fingerprints on the letters to those of his brother. Yet his brother died in a house fire more than ten years ago....