The Black Museum

Rating:
Summary: The Mausoleum of Mayhem
Review: The FBI Crime Laboratory is the most respected forensic science lab in the USA. Scotland Yard is the most respected in the world. Orson Welles narrates eighteen true stories of murder and mayhem, each revolving around some artifact (a bullet, an empty bottle, a bloody sheet) that played a pivotal role in the solution of the crime. Welles takes the listener into the Black Museum, Scotland Yard's warehouse of evidentiary artifacts, describes one of the items located there, and tells its story. The stories are interesting, well-told, and have a ring of authenticity lacking in modern day "true crime" literature. Well told and instructive, this collection entertains the listener. It even includes some stories where the "bad guys" get away.

Rating:
Summary: The Mausoleum of Mayhem
Review: The FBI Crime Laboratory is the most respected forensic science lab in the USA. Scotland Yard is the most respected in the world. Orson Welles narrates eighteen true stories of murder and mayhem, each revolving around some artifact (a bullet, an empty bottle, a bloody sheet) that played a pivotal role in the solution of the crime. Welles takes the listener into the Black Museum, Scotland Yard's warehouse of evidentiary artifacts, describes one of the items located there, and tells its story. The stories are interesting, well-told, and have a ring of authenticity lacking in modern day "true crime" literature. Well told and instructive, this collection entertains the listener. It even includes some stories where the "bad guys" get away.