The Mystery Starts Here

I started to watch a really interesting-looking program on television last night – very authentic stuff. It was all about how or if one can commit the perfect murder. They had all kinds of experts on, even a doctor who teaches classes for writers on how to kill folks and get away with it – how fun it that? I stopped when they started with the maggots! I can watch parts of an autopsy, but can not handle maggots – yuck. However, I did learn one new and interesting thing. The forensic pathologist on the show said there is a window of five and a half hours to determine TOD. So, next time you see a cop show and they say, “He died at between six and eight last night” give them the old raspberry. It ain’t so.

I love all that cop lingo and am always looking for new terms, so if you have any – share, please! We’re all aware of the perps, unsubs or my favorite DRT. Know what that means? Dead right there! I found it in a mystery – don’t ask which on as I read three to five a week, but the female cop comes in, looks at the body and says, “Was he DRT?” So much more fun than books rife with the F word. I hung around Sheriff’s deputies for over two years and rarely heard them use the F word. They were more likely to call crooks dirt bags or scum bags.

So, that’s about all for today. I’m busy judging an RWA contest and I have to say, it’s very interesting! If you ever get a chance to judge any kind of contest – do. I’ve learned so much over the years it’s amazing. If you have a topic you’d like to discuss or have some good cop words to say – please do!

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