Monday, May 7, 2012

Sunday, May 6 - France's Greatest Detective

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France's Greatest Detective
Season 1, Episode 18
(16 May 1955)

The true story of Alphonse Bertillon, a brilliant clerk for the French Police, who revolutionizes criminal investigation by instituting scientific methods to identify criminals. By studying and measuring bone structures and body features, his methods lead to the capture and conviction of over 7,000 criminals. His later attempts to use the ancient scientific method of fingerprinting for criminal investigations for the first time in France, soon proved to be even more effective in solving crimes.

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