Werner Spitz's guest appearances

Werner Spitz

Foul Play: Crime Series

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Ryan White

Jane Roe

Gemma Hoskins

Mitrice Richardson

Paul Holes

Bob Erlandson

Cindy Lovell

Sharon Schmidt

Cathy Cesnik

Marie Spannhake

Tom Nugent

Jean Wehner

Joyce Malecki

Beverly Wallace

Catherine Winters

OwlTail

Today we talk to forensic pathologist Werner Spitz. Dr. Spitz is 96 but shows no signs of retirement. As we’ll find out, he wouldn’t even want to retire on his 100th birthday in 2026. Spitz was born in what was then Germany and is now Poland in 1926 to a Jewish family and moved to France early in Hitler’s rise to power. The family moved to Israel, where Spitz would later receive an MD. After he moved to the U.S., Werner worked as a forensic pathologist in Maryland and in Michigan, where he’s based now. Over his career, Spitz has worked on the cases of JFK, MLK,  JonBenet Ramsey, Nicole Brown Simpson, and others. He’s also a coauthor of the textbook, Medicolegal Investigation of Death, an over 700 page tome written to help new forensic pathologists and the police. The book’s in its fifth edition, it now contains color photographs, and has gotten rave reviews from many, including David Sedaris. We’ll talk about the structure of forensic pathology, Werner’s family, and his career. We'll be starting our annual summer hiatus soon. Ezra--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsnerds/message

Today we talk to forensic pathologist Werner Spitz. Dr. Spitz is 96 but shows no signs of retirement. As we’ll find out, he wouldn’t even want to retire on his 100th birthday in 2026. Spitz was born in what was then Germany and is now Poland in 1926 to a Jewish family and moved to France early in Hitler’s rise to power. The family moved to Israel, where Spitz would later receive an MD. After he moved to the U.S., Werner worked as a forensic pathologist in Maryland and in Michigan, where he’s based now. Over his career, Spitz has worked on the cases of JFK, MLK,  JonBenet Ramsey, Nicole Brown Simpson, and others. He’s also a coauthor of the textbook, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Spitz-Fishers-Medicolegal-Investigation-Death-dp-0398093121/dp/0398093121/ref=dp_ob_title_bk" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Medicolegal Investigation of Death</a>, an over 700 page tome written to help new forensic pathologists and the police. The book’s in its fifth edition, it now contains color photographs, and has gotten rave reviews from many, including David Sedaris. We’ll talk about the structure of forensic pathology, Werner’s family, and his career. We'll be starting our annual summer hiatus soon. Ezra--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsnerds/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newsnerds/message</a>

Forensic Pathologist Werner Spitz

CAUTION: This episode contains graphic forensic content.  Gemma discusses Sister Cathy's case with Forensic Pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz, who was the Medical Examiner for Baltimore when Cathy was murdered. Dr. Spitz has worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the investigations of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. He also testified at the trials of Casey Anthony and Phil Spector, the 1996 civil trial against O.J. Simpson, and consulted on the investigation of JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 death.  Are you obsessed with true crime and rotten people? If you have a favorite murder and you’re a crime junkie with a slight morbid since of curiosity you’re in the right place. If you can’t get enough Dateline or 20/20 and you don’t quite trust going out alone in your own back yard because people are shady - yeah me too! And if you also enjoy listening to Generation Why, True Crime Garage, The Vanished, My Favorite Murder or basically any podcast about unsolved cases and mysteries - well you’ll probably enjoy this one!

CAUTION: This episode contains graphic forensic content. Gemma discusses Sister Cathy's case with Forensic Pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz, who was the Medical Examiner for Baltimore when Cathy was murdered. Dr. Spitz has worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the investigations of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. He also testified at the trials of Casey Anthony and Phil Spector, the 1996 civil trial against O.J. Simpson, and consulted on the investigation of JonBenet Ramsey's 1996 death. Are you obsessed with true crime and rotten people? If you have a favorite murder and you’re a crime junkie with a slight morbid since of curiosity you’re in the right place. If you can’t get enough Dateline or 20/20 and you don’t quite trust going out alone in your own back yard because people are shady - yeah me too! And if you also enjoy listening to Generation Why, True Crime Garage, The Vanished, My Favorite Murder or basically any podcast about unsolved cases and mysteries - well you’ll probably enjoy this one!

S2 Ep59: Unsolved Murder of Sister Cathy [Dr. Werner Spitz]