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b"CSI tells us only part of the story. \\xa0After an unexplained death, what happens back at the morgue? \\xa0Who is in charge of making sure clues are recorded so crimes can be prosecuted? \\xa0New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is currently one of the best in the world, but that hasn't always been the case. \\xa0It was not so long ago that New York City was saddled with a corrupt and ineffective system, with coroners accepting bribes to change death certificates or ignore inconvenient homicides. \\xa0Listen as Kate and Kathleen tell you all about some truly reprehensible coroners from the past, and the struggle to implement our current medical examiner system.Kate was horrified to discover, in the course of her research, that\\xa0Murderpedia\\xa0is a thing.Blood On The Table\\xa0by Colin Evans is really interesting. It's the whole reason Kathleen made Kate do this topic.A coroner would get paid $27.75 per body in 1868, so they were very motivated to grab all the bodies they could find. \\xa0That's approximately $477.00 in today's money, according to\\xa0MeasuringWorth. \\xa0And that scant $11,000 annual salary? \\xa0That's $189,000 today. Um, yes, please.OCME had a close relationship with Bellevue Hospital early in its existence. \\xa0Learn more about this beautiful and storied institution thanks to\\xa0Untapped Cities!Learn more about the\\xa0Jake Walk\\xa0that afflicted drinkers of Jamaican rum extract during Prohibition. \\xa0Because it was poisoned. On purpose. No joke.PBS American Experience bring you an\\xa0interactive comic book. \\xa0Follow forensic chemist Alexander Gettler and chief medical examiner Dr. Charles Norris through 1920s New York City as they help solve crimes with groundbreaking forensic science.Former CME\\xa0Micheal Baden loves the spotlight. \\xa0He investigated the deaths of the lost Tsar Nicholas, John Belushi, the president of Poland, Nicole Brown Simpson, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner.A bit more detail about the\\xa0Murder at The Met.And don't forget to check our\\xa0Facebook\\xa0page for lots of great images, including gorgeous photos of Bellevue! \\xa0(Nothing gory, we promise. \\xa0Some bones, that's all.)"