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Before forensics, DNA, and CSI we had dollhouses - an unimaginable collection of miniature crime scenes, known as the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. These surreal dollhouses reveal a dystopic and disturbing slice of domestic life with doll corpses for murder victimes, or perhaps something that just looks like murder. Created in the 1930s and 1940s by a crime-fighting grandmother, Frances Glessner Lee, the Nutshells are still used today to help homicide detectivs hone their investigative skills.
Documentary film, Of Dolls & Murder, explores the dioramas, the woman who created them, and their relationship to modern day forensics. From the iconic CSI television show to the Body Farm and criminally minded college students, the legendary John Waters narrates the tiny world of big time murder.
Original Release
04/01/2012
US Release
04/01/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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John Waters | Self - Narrator |
Jamie Bowen | Self - Forensic Technician, Baltimore County Police Department |
Darrolyn Butler | Self - Autopsy Technician, State Morgue, Maryland |
Rajesh Chopra | Self - Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey |
David Fowler | Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland |
Peter Georgiades | Self - Hartford County Sheriff's Office, Maryland |
Brenda J. Haggerty | Self - DeSales University Student |
Sean Jones | Self - Baltimore City Police Department |
Amanda Kensacki | Self - DeSales University Student |
Erica Marshall | Self - National Library of Medicine |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Waters | Self - Narrator |
Jamie Bowen | Self - Forensic Technician, Baltimore County Police Department |
Darrolyn Butler | Self - Autopsy Technician, State Morgue, Maryland |
Rajesh Chopra | Self - Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office, New Jersey |
David Fowler | Self - Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland |
Peter Georgiades | Self - Hartford County Sheriff's Office, Maryland |
Brenda J. Haggerty | Self - DeSales University Student |
Sean Jones | Self - Baltimore City Police Department |
Amanda Kensacki | Self - DeSales University Student |
Erica Marshall | Self - National Library of Medicine |
Donnell McCullouch | Self - Autopsy Supervisor, State Morgue, Maryland |
Joe Pochron | Self - Upper Sochon Township Police Dept., Pennslyvania |
Katherine Ramsland | Self - Author, The CSI Effect |
Robert Ross | Self - Baltimore City Police Department |
Naren Shankar | Self - Executive Producer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
Chris Toms | Self - DeSales University Student |
Larry Wilson | Self - York Reginal Police, Canada |
Rebecca Wilson | Self - Forensic Anthropology Center, University of Tennessee |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Susan Marks | Producer |
John Kurtis Dehn | Producer |