Pt. I. What medical detectives do : What done it? Dead men do tell tales ; How was it done? The brides in the bath
pt. II. Clues from the corpse : What blood reveals: the crazy carpenter and the Sheppard case ; What time will tell: the beach house murder ; Corporeal clues: the Cincinnati strangler ; Disguising the deceased: the chemist and the crusader ; Perfect poison: the Horn & Hardart mystery
pt. III. Beyond murder: suicide, sex, and drugs : Suicide ; Paternity suits ; Rape ; Drugs ; Sexual asphyxia ; Battered babies
pt. IV. The medical detectives : Dr. Milton Helpern: "The chief" ; Dr. Thomas Noguchi: "My schedule is murder" ; Dr. Cyril Wecht: Mysteries of the JFK assination ; Dr. John Edland: Attica revisted ; Ombudsmen of death.