Life in Death is a new podcast that takes a deep dive into the people behind the crime scenes, presented by Dr. Marie Cassidy, the first female State Pathologist in Ireland, alongside her old friend, GP and crime author, Dr. Paul Carson. Born and bred in Glasgow where she trained in medicine, Marie soon discovered she wasn’t cut out to be a doctor for the living, and when she did a stint in the hospital morgue, her future path became clear – a life in death! Each week Marie and Paul are joined by guests from the world of forensics, path...
Latest episodes
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43 min
Episode Eight – Joan Deane The Founder of Advocates of Victims of Homicide
Joan Deane joins Marie and Paul for the last episode in this series, telling them how she founded AdVIC after losing her son, Russell, to murder in 2003, having felt lost during an…
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1 h 04
Episode Seven – Ciara Staunton The Criminal Psychologist
Ciara talks to Marie and Paul about the fascinating role of the criminal psychologist – looking into the minds of murderers, trying to discover what makes a killer, and therefore h…
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56 min
Episode Six – Michael O’Higgins The Defence Barrister
The tables are turned this week with Marie asking the questions to Defence Barrister Michael, making a change to her being the one interrogated on the stand. They discuss his route…
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44 min
Episode Five – James Donovan The Senior Forensic Scientist
James Donovan was the Senior Forensic Scientist in the Guarda Tech Bureau, and set up the first forensic laboratory in Ireland, now Forensic Science, Ireland. He talks about his wo…
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1 h 07
Episode Four – Robert McNeil The APT
Robert was one of Marie’s Anatomical Pathology Technicians -or APTs. They worked together in Glasgow and Ireland, and then in Bosnia where they witnessed the horror of mass graves…
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47 min
Episode Three – Brian Farrell The Coroner
Brian was one of the first people Marie met on the job in Ireland, and the first person informed of a suspicious death. They discuss cases they worked on together and the changing…
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55 min
Episode Two – Niamh McCullagh The Forensic Archaeologist
Niamh talks to Marie and Paul about the role of the Forensic Archaeologist, the person who finds the bodies, and how her research could change the way missing people are located, f…
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47 min
Episode One – Marie Cassidy The Pathologist
In this opening episode we hear Marie telling her old friend, GP and crime writer, Paul Carson, about her path into becoming a pathologist, giving us an inisight into the nitty gri…
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1 min
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Life in Death is a new podcast that takes a deep dive into the people behind the crime scenes, presented by Dr. Marie Cassidy, the first female State Pathologist in Ireland, alongs…