Francois Courvoisier and the Head Bumps

Season 1 Episode 9: Using the case of Francois Courvoisier, a valet who was neither good at his job nor good at crime, we explore the development of phrenology as a "science." But what, pray tell, did this case have to do with Jack the Ripper?

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Voice Acting: Scott Mort

Music:

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette

The Bandit by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4483-the-bandit

Thinking Music by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music

Villainous Treachery by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4588-villainous-treachery

Improbable by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4069-improbable

Licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Umbrella Pants by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Sound Effects:

Chewiesmissus, Tom McCann, and JohnsonBrandEditing on freesound.org

Sources

Irrefutable Evidence: Adventures in the History of Forensic Science by Micahael Kurland

Sotheby’s “Russell, Lord William--Hobler, Francis.”

Roland Arkell. Antiques Trade Gazette. “Pick of the Week: Crime, punishment and phrenology.”

Phrenological Journal and Magazine of Moral Science, volumes 13 and 14.

John Van Wyhe. Historyofphrenology.org.uk. “The History of Phrenology on the Web.”

Lord William Russell. Wikipedia.

The Newgate Calendar, accessed on the Ex Classics Website.

Wendigogrison Urban Dictionary.

“Francois Benjamin Courvoisier.” Capitalpunishmentuk.org.

Dalya Alberge on The Independent. “Vital clue ignored for 50 years.”

Minna Scherlinder Morse on Smithsonian Magazine. “Facing a Bumpy History.”