Sherlock Holmes and the Beginning of Modern Forensic Science

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Fishers Library
Fishers Center

Event Details

David Zauner is a forensic scientist with the Indianapolis-Marion Co. Forensic Services Agency, and the current vice president of the Illustrious Clients of Indianapolis, the local Sherlock Holmes Society chapter. In this program, Mr. Zauner combines his expertise in the field of forensics and his interest in Arthur Conan Doyle's Great Detective to explore parallels between the methods in the Holmes stories and those actually used at the time. He compares Holmes cases to true crime cases at the turn of the 20th Century.
Event Type(s): Adult Programs
Presenter: David Zauner