Can the dead reveal secrets to the living? In this riveting documentary, one of the country's most celebrated forensic pathologists details many of the cases and crimes that he helped solve as a "detective of death."

A mother reports two separate kidnappings of her infant daughters -- and both children are found dead. A corpse with no hands or head is identified as a rodeo cowboy -- and the culprit is brought to justice.

The strangled corpse of a pregnant woman turns up in an ice chunk on the Hudson. A man is poisoned to death by a lethal chemical that is almost impossible to obtain. A never-before-seen virus threatens to become an epidemic among Native American young people.

The corpses of a mother and child are unearthed in a spring thaw. A doctor is killed in her van, the only evidence being an unusual bite mark. A young Philippine bride disappears 16 years after her husband's first wife commits "suicide."

An almost-perfect murder in the classic Hitchcock tradition. A mysterious string of poisonings caused by an over-the-counter medication. A rape victim determined to have the last word. A look back at the original Siamese Twins.

A twisted case of sibling sabotage. A missing-person mystery with a sticky solution. A blood-soaked murder sniffed out by a canine Sherlock Holmes. A "perfect" crime foiled ten years after the fact. A "final answer" to the question "Who was the Black Widow"?