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What Nobody Tells You About the Morgue (with Patricia Cornwell)

Criminal by Vox Media Podcast Network

Jun 30, 202627:56Society & Culture

Phoebe interviews crime novelist Patricia Cornwell about how working in an autopsy suite inspired her to create her most famous character: forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta. Plus, Phoebe and Patricia talk about visiting...

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