EPISODE FIFTEEN: DEATH BY DROWNING

There's a form of virtually indestructible phytoplankton that can hold the secret to a murder investigation. In this episode, guest Kirstie Scott, lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, shows us how diatoms have helped solve the case. We also hear from Belgian forensic scientist Michel Piette.

Plant Crimes is written and produced by me, Ellen Airhart. If you like this episode, please subscribe and tell people about it through a review. If you want to support the show, here’s a link to my Patreon. Plant Crimes art is by Nikki Duong. Intro music by Doxent Zsigmond and theme song and outro music is by APM. The photo is from the study “3D Diatom–Designed and Selective Laser Melting (SLM) Manufactured Metallic Structures” in the journal Scientific Report. If you want me to investigate a plant crime or you would like to advertise on the show, please get in touch via email at plantcrimes [at] gmail [dot] com, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.