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100

Magnifies objects up to 2,000,000 times to analyze trace evidence like hair, pollen, and gunshot residue.

 what is Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)?

100

This blood spatter expert proved evidence was planted in the Oj Simpson case.

Who is Dr. Henry Lee?

100

This pair went on a 2 year crime spree across the Midwest. from 1932-1934

Who is bonnie and Clyde 

100

Three inmates escaped the "escape-proof" island prison and vanished; it is unknown if they survived.

who is Alcatraz Escape?

100

This California cult, led by Charles Manson, was responsible for a series of murders in 1969.

What is the Manson Family?

200

Kits designed to analyze blood, often including chemical tests.

 What is Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Kits? 

200

This former NYC medical examiner conducted independent autopsies on George Floyd, and participated in the Oj Simpson trial.

Who is Dr. Michael Baden?

200
This pair committed a series of shootings along highways in 2002

Who are John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo?

200

The 6-year-old beauty queen was found murdered in her Colorado home on Christmas, with a ransom note found in the house.

 Who is JonBenét Ramsey?

200

Followers of this cult believed they would ascend to a spacecraft after death, under leader Marshall Applewhite.

What is Heaven’s Gate?

300

Identifies chemical compounds and explosive residues.

What is Raman Spectrometer?

300

An investigation in Texas found that this man  had engaged in misconduct and fraud that may have resulted in as many as 180 wrongful convictions while working with the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office.

Who is Fred Zain?

300

This pair committed a terror attack during the Boston Marathon in 2013

Who are Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?

300

Aspiring actress Elizabeth Short was found murdered, her body severed in two, in a vacant Los Angeles lot.

Who is The Black Dahlia?

300

This religious group was involved in a 1993 standoff with federal agents near Waco, Texas.

What are the Branch Davidians?

400

Identifies and quantifies trace substances—such as drugs, explosives, toxins, and trace evidence—by measuring the mass-to-charge ratio of ions, providing high sensitivity and specificity in criminal investigations

what is Mass spectrometry?

400

American chemist who was convicted of felony obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, and other crimes relating to mass falsification of lab results.

 Who is Annie Dookhan?

400

This pair were recently denied parole for killing their parents in 1989.

Who are Eric and Lyle Menendez?

400

 Seven people died after taking Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide, leading to national product safety changes.

 What is Chicago Tylenol Murders?

400

This "cult" involving people from Smallville is ___, a self-help organization

 What is NXIVM (pronounced Nexium)?

500

Adhesive stubs or kits used to collect GSR.

 what is Gunshot Residue Collection Kits?

500

A forensic anthropologist who established the "Body Farm" to study human decomposition, significantly advancing methods for determining time of death

Who is William M. Bass?

500

This pair killed and assaulted numerous people in Canada in the 1990's, including the wife's sister.

Who are Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka?

500

A family in Westfield, New Jersey, was stalked by an anonymous letter writer.

 What is The Watcher House?

500
Who founded the the Peoples Temple cult?

Who is Jim Jones

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