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The Role Of A Journalist In An Ongoing Investigation | What Remains Podcast Episode 10 Amanda Lamb As a journalist who has been covering the criminal justice system for decades, one of the biggest challenges for me is getting information and …

Covering The Heartbreak Of Missing Children | What Remains Podcast Episode 9 Amanda Lamb The cases I absolutely hate to cover are those involving missing, injured or dead children. This comes from a place of being a mother myself, and having …

Science Meets Art In Facial Reconstruction | What Remains Episode 8 Amanda Lamb I doubt any child ever proclaims: “I want to draw dead people when I grow up.” It’s not exactly something you think about as a kid, or even as a…

An Unsung Member Of Cold Case Investigations | What Remains Episodes 6 and 7 Amanda Lamb  The best part of creating What Remains has been meeting all kinds of people who work behind the scenes on cases that no one ever hears about. And w…

Homicide Detectives Seek Justice, Not Glory | What Remains Podcast Episode 5 Amanda Lamb For homicide detectives, solving a cold case is about more than just solving a mystery. It’s about catching the bad guy, getting a conviction in co…

The Doe Network Changes The Way Cold Cases Are Documented |  What Remains Episode 4 Amanda Lamb When I first started my research for What Remains, I was doing random online searches, just trying to get a handle on what the biggest factor…

What Happens At A Body Farm? What Remains Podcast, Episode 3 Amanda Lamb Putting together a podcast is a lot more organic than you might think. You have an idea, and then that idea percolates in your brain giving birth to more ideas or new paths y…

What is Forensic Anthropology? What Remains Podcast Episode 2 Amanda Lamb Forensic anthropology is the study of human remains – usually skeletal remains – to help with criminal investigations. If anyone can answer the question “W…

Introducing What Remains – True Crime Meets Forensic Science – New podcast investigates some of the oldest cold cases in North Carolina  Amanda Lamb If you grew up in the 1980’s, you probably remember the missing c…