204 - Crime Lab Fact & Fiction 🕵️
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This week Tayla is joined by Dennis Hilliard, director of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory, and author Claremary P. Sweeney to discuss how science helps us both solve crimes and improve mystery novels. They discuss Dennis’s work at the Crime Lab and at URI and how he became a character in Claremary’s books. They also discuss NCIS, Crime Shows, and the story behind Claremary’s background gag in a PBS special about South Kingstown. During The Last Chapter they discuss: Where is your favorite place to read?
Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you’d like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening!
Books
South County Mystery Series by Claremary P. Sweeney
Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin
Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman
AV
Edgar Allan, détective (1981-1983)
Death and Other Details (2024)
Our Town: South Kingstown (PBS)
Other
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