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Murder in a Nutshell (Preview)

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Frances Glessner Lee is affectionately revered as the Patron Saint of Forensics.

hrough interviews with her family, employee, biographers, historians, forensic experts, Murder in a Nutshell: The Frances Glessner Lee Story explores Lee's odd, isolating childhood, scandalous divorce, tumultuous career as a criminalist. This includes the creation of her legendary Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death - dollhouse crime scenes.

05/01/2026

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Murder in a Nutshell (Preview)

Preview: Special | 30s

hrough interviews with her family, employee, biographers, historians, forensic experts, Murder in a Nutshell: The Frances Glessner Lee Story explores Lee's odd, isolating childhood, scandalous divorce, tumultuous career as a criminalist. This includes the creation of her legendary Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death - dollhouse crime scenes.

05/01/2026

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