What’s the best gun to carry? What’s the best ammo to stop a human threat? What is knock down power? What stops a human threat? Gunshot wound ballistics, how to “Dress for Success” when carrying a concealed weapon. Don’t miss this very informative discussion between DrRon and his Forensic Death Investigations team ballistic scientist and firearms expert Lance Martini. The pair discuss all things firearms-related in Florence, Italy, as well as talking about how the invention of gunpowder changed the paradigm of warfare in the Middle ages with armament, weaponry, fortifications and castles.

What constitutes the science of “ballistics?” DrRon and Forensic Death Investigations Team member Nationally renowned ballistic scientist and firearms expert Lance Martini discuss the Ten Top TV Fallacies of Firearms and Ballistics as the cruise down the Rhine River in Europe. What is recoil? Can guns really shoot under water? Can cops really shoot cars to stop them? Do people really get knocked backwards when shot with the Dirty Harry .44 Magnum? What really happens when bullets penetrate glass and more. Join the team as they discuss the realities of ballistics in tonight’s interesting episode.

During the course of a normal criminal investigation, the District Attorney of a small, rural California county discovers bodycam forensic evidence that a sheriff’s deputy had used excessive force on a handcuffed prisoner. The force was not reported by the deputy in his incident reports. DrRon Martinelli and Modoc County (CA) District Attorney Jordan Funk discuss the forensic evidence in this case, why prosecutors use forensic police practices experts and the value these experts bring to criminal cases.

Police injured prisoner who becomes a quadriplegic; woman seriously injured by suspect in police pursuit; a tragic Blue on Blue shooting death analysis; a gay police captain refused employment by his former police department. DrRon Martinelli and retired Colorado Police Chief and now police practices expert Dan Montgomery discuss the wide variety of cases that forensic and police experts investigate and testify on in this fascinating episode of A Thread of Evidence.

Enter the world of forensic investigations and peer into the darkest caverns of the mind to discover why parents kill their kids. Learn how forensic investigators reconcile these challenging and emotionally traumatic crime scenes to bring parents to justice. DrRon interviews death investigator Darren Dake of the Death Investigations Academy in St. Louis, MO about the rarely seen homicide dynamic of “filicide” or parents who murder their children. DrRon and Mr. Dake also provide insight into suicidal ideations, homicide classification and special clues used in solving homicide cases. This episode should not be missed.