Explore the impact Sherlock Holmes had on real forensic investigations.
AIR DATE 12/17/13
The fictional Sherlock Holmes was a scientist who used chemistry, bloodstains and minute traces of evidence to catch criminals. In an era when eyewitness reports and smoking gun evidence were needed to convict criminals, Sherlock Holmes crime-scene methods were revolutionary. Forensic scientists, crime historians and Sherlockian experts reveal for the first time the astonishing impact Arthur Co