Roger Byard knows what death looks like. How it feels to the touch. He can tell you how it smells. In many ways, Roger Byard has given his life to death.

The Chair of Pathology at the University of Adelaide, Prof Byard has worked on a string of high-profile cases in SA and around the world, from Snowtown to the Bali bombings.

In this podcast Prof Byard opens up his case files and trawls back through his personal recollections, shedding a light on the macabre but fascinating world of forensic pathology.

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