Inside Forensic Science
by Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science
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Series 5 Episode 6: Digital Terrorism
Series 5 Episode 6: Digital Terrorism
About this podcast
Winner of Outstanding Indie Podcast True Crime Awards 2026 and Best True Crime, Mystery & Dark Stuff Podcast at The Scottish Podcast Awards 2026
Each series of Inside Forensic Science explores a crime where forensic science has played a major role. The story is told through the narrator Pennie Stuart and interviews with forensic science, law and police experts.
Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. The podcast was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 38 episodes
- Series 5 Episode 6: Digital Terrorism · 36 min · Season 5 Episode 6Content warnings: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episode 6 contains sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism, statements from victims and…
- Series 5 Episode 5: The Ribbon Society · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 5Content warnings: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episode 5 contains sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism, statements from victims and…
- Series 5 Episode 4: Bomb Makers · 38 min · Season 5 Episode 4Content warnings: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. This episode contains sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism including audio of calls to…
- Series 5 Episode 3: Infernal Machines · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 3Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism, statements from victims and…
- Series 5 Episode 2: By Design · 44 min · Season 5 Episode 2Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as…
- Series 5 Episode 1: The Gas Works · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 1Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as…
- Inside Forensic Science Series 5: The Dynamite Detectives · 2 min · Season 5In the fifth series of the award winning Inside Forensic Science podcast, we travel to 1883 to hear how a series of explosions in Glasgow city shaped how we investigate terrorism…
- Series 4: Episode 6: The Verdict · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 6Now that all the evidence is gathered, it becomes the role of prosecutors and expert witnesses to present their evidence in the courtroom. In the final episode of this series, we…
- Series 4: Episode 5: Written in Blood · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 5Content warning: mentions of domestic violence and discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment. Having arrested a suspect for the murders, investigators shift…
- Series 4: Episode 4: But is it Mary? · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 4Content warnings: mentions of domestic violence and discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment. How can investigators be sure that the bodies found in Moffat…
- Series 4: Episode 3: The Maid and her Mistress · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 3Content warning: discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment Investigators initially thought the two bodies from Moffat were of a man and woman. However, further…
- Series 4: Episode 2: Sin Eaters · 33 min · Season 4 Episode 2Content warning: discussions of dead bodies, decomposition, including mentions of insects and dismemberment. Now that the body parts have been recovered, it is the responsibility…
- Series 4: Episode 1: The Ravine · 35 min · Season 4 Episode 1Content warning: discussions of dead bodies, decomposition and dismemberment On a quiet Sunday in September 1935, two women walking outside the small town of Moffat stop at a…
- Series 4: A Case of Stolen Identity · 2 min · Season 4In the fourth series of Inside Forensic Science we unravel a case of stolen identity. If a victim’s identity is stripped from them, what can forensic scientists do to reclaim who…
- Series 3, Episode 6: The Verdict · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 6What did our experts and the jury of the day decide? How can people make a decision when experts disagree and who is able to be an expert in criminal cases? This episode covers…
- Series 3, Episode 5: The Experiments · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 5Content warning: graphic descriptions of injury and death involving a gun and mention of suicide. Accident or murder? To determine which is the most likely explanation for…
- Series 3, Episode 4: The Motive · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 4Alfred John Monson is accused of the murder of young Dudley Cecil Hambrough. For over 3 years Monson had acted not only as Hambrough’s tutor and guardian but as his friend. What…
- Series 3, Episode 3: The Postmortem and the Gun · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 3Content warning: this episode contains graphic descriptions of the autopsy process A young man has been shot dead on a hunting trip; his two hunting companions are suspected of…
- Series 3 Bonus: VR and Forensic Science · 20 min · Season 3 Episode 7This is a bonus episode designed to accompany Episode 2 of Series 3. It features an interview between Pennie Stuart and Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science Senior…
- Series 3, Episode 2: The Scene · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 2The police believe the death of Cecil Hambrough was no accident. His tutor Alfred John Monson is arrested for his murder 20 days after the incident. Scott, the last member of the…
