William M. Bass
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Oct 7, 2026
Peter VanezisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's a challenge.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
Forensic anthropologist Professor Bill Bass is a world expert in human decomposition.
Bill BassSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All of my adult life, I've been interested in looking at the changes that occur to teach students on what happens after death.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
Bass is the pioneering scientist behind The Body Farm in Knoxville, Tennessee, where human donors give their bodies for research.
Peter VanezisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's totally different.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
28 feet of intestines must be removed through the small gap.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
Forensic anthropologist Professor Bill Bass and Rebecca Taylor are experts in human decomposition.
Chris TerrillNARRATOR
they are monitoring the procedure remotely.
Peter VanezisGUEST
It's a challenge.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Forensic anthropologist Professor Bill Bass is a world expert in human decomposition.
Bill BassGUEST
All of my adult life, I have been interested in looking at the changes that occur to teach students on what happens after death.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Bass is the pioneering scientist behind The Body Farm in Knoxville, Tennessee, where human donors give their bodies for research.
Peter VanezisGUEST
It's, it's totally different.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
28 feet of intestines must be removed through the small gap.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Forensic anthropologist Professor Bill Bass and Rebecca Taylor are experts in human decomposition.
Rebecca TaylorGUEST
It comes from the same space as the internal organs.
John LordanHOST
And to help progress the case, investigators turned to the legendary Dr.
John LordanHOST
Bill Bass.
John LordanHOST
A professor from the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Bass X-rayed the bodies for traces of metal and other injuries that may have occurred at the time of death.
John LordanHOST
This would help determine if the women had been shot or stabbed.
Steve StocktonHOST
But Dr.
Steve StocktonHOST
Bill Bass was one of my professors and he started the body farm.
Steve StocktonHOST
Oh,
NevaehGUEST
yes.
Beth BradenHOST
The stipulation said that Dr.
Beth BradenHOST
Bill Bass, the forensic anthropologist, could not say whether or not Connie died of any, quote, criminal instrumentality, end quote.
Beth BradenHOST
If there's no proof of criminal instrumentality, how is there a criminal enterprise? Gary and James also hadn't been convicted of killing Tommy in Blount County yet, so it feels premature for the Sevier County judge to speak of them as if they were guilty.
Beth BradenHOST
I mean, that's probably splitting hairs when you look at the big picture, but since I was on a roll, I figured I'd point it out again.
AnnieHOST
Anyway, in order to put his mind at rest, he decided to have his father's body exhumed.
AnnieHOST
In January 2007, his father's casket, which was a really cool looking casket, by the way, was disinterred so that Dr. William M. Bass, a highly respected forensic anthropologist from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, could perform an autopsy and give him some answers.
AnnieHOST
You might recall that none of the victims of the plane crash had a formal autopsy done because when the bodies were initially recovered at the scene, the obvious trauma to the bodies made autopsy unnecessary.
AnnieHOST
But in order to find out what had really happened and why his father was found so far away from Buddy and Richie, he wanted this autopsy.