Knife After Death

About Knife After Death

Knife After Death delves deep into the world of death, decay, forensics, and disease through the experiences of Dr. Darin Wolfe, a board certified forensic pathologist.

Publisher

knifeafterdeath

Category

health & fitness · science · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Jun 2020

Latest episode

27 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

9 of 40 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   27 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Modern Art, Malpractice and Measles: Q&A Part Four

   Dr. Wolfe and Jessie Bones answer listener questions about modern art, malpractice, and measles in this engaging Q&A episode.

2. 

   8 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Parasites and Pathology Proclivities: Q&A Part Three

   Forensic pathologist Dr. Darin Wolfe and autopsy technician Jessie Bones answer listener questions about parasites and pathology, offering insights into forensic science in this interview.

3. 

   22 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ludwig van Beethoven: The Composer Who Requested His Own Autopsy

   Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the most brilliant composers to ever live and has a special place in the minds of many pathologists, embodying the spirit of the Latin phrase “Mortui Vivos Docent” or “The dead teach the living.” Beethoven requested his own autopsy 25 years prior to his untimely death in 1827, during a time in which autopsy was still a taboo practice, proving himself to be ahead of his time not only in music composition, but in medical science. #Beethoven #rokitansky #liver #victorianmedicine #cirrhosis #pagetsdisease #leadpoisoning #autopsy #composer #opera #thedeadteachtheliving #HeiligenstadtTestament If you can, please consider making a donation to https://liverfoundation.org Find Dr. Wolfe and Jessie on Instagram: @knifeafterdeath Find the Knife After Death YouTube Channel: @knifeafterdeath.drwolfe For any questions for Dr. Wolfe or submissions for Q&A episodes, please email producer Jessie Bones at jessiebones27@gmail.com

Inside a recent episode

Modern Art, Malpractice and Measles: Q&A Part Four

Published 27 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So what else binds to hemoglobin? Oxygen. And that's actually how we live is that hemoglobin, which is a structure that's you know hundreds of millions of molecules within each red blood cell, carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. And then it delivers the oxygen into the tissues. And you know, and that's that's just that's that's life. That's mammalian life, I guess. But carbon diet, sorry carbon monoxide binds to the hemoglobin 200 times as strong as oxygen does. So you got to think of it in terms of like a magnet, the the iron atom at the center of a hemoglobin molecule is like a magnet. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

181 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

137 ratings

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