You’d think our bag of tricks would be empty by now, what with the conference coming up this Saturday on June 12. If you registered, rest assured you will be getting a Mail Chimp alert soon on how to call in. And if you registered and have not won any of our random giveaways, rest assured you’re in the running for our penultimate giveaway. (Yes, penultimate. We got another doozy on conference day.)

Instead of a book, this time you’re in for some schooling: A Professor at Mount St. Joseph University, Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Murray is certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and has participated in hundreds of forensic cases in southwest Ohio and Kentucky, as well as in national and international investigations.

Dr. Murray is generously giving away 24 (!!) enthralling sessions on fascinating histories and crimes from the last century. Let’s just quote from the Great Courses page and wish you good luck!

Modern history is filled with terrible crimes, baffling hoaxes, and seedy scandals. The infamous Jack the Ripper slayings. The alleged survival of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the murdered Tsar. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong’s public fall from grace. The Chicago Tylenol poisonings and the copycat crimes that followed.

These events have the power to captivate us with their mystery and shock us with views into the darkest parts of the human psyche. As a society, we seek resolution of these crimes and scandals, to bring their perpetrators to justice and hopefully prevent such events from occurring again.

Step into the world of forensic science and study the most fascinating historical crimes and mysteries from the last two centuries in Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals. Delivered by acclaimed Professor Elizabeth A. Murray of Mount St. Joseph University, a forensic anthropologist with nearly 30 years of experience in the field, these 24 lectures are a remarkable blend of storytelling and science—a whirlwind tour that takes you from the gas-lit streets of Victorian London to the mountains of Puerto Rico to small-town America. As you journey around the world and into the past, you’ll re-examine modern history’s great crimes and scandals using the tools and insights of forensic science. In doing so, you’ll learn how cutting-edge advancements in science and technology are applied to investigations and how to evaluate evidence and think like a forensic scientist.