S21 Ep47: Clay and Bones: My Life As A Forensic FBI Artist w/ Lisa Bailey

True Crime Tuesday presents Clay and Bones: My Life As A Forensic FBI Artist with Forensic Artist/Author, Lisa Bailey! Just two months after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Lisa Bailey began her career as an FBI forensic artist. She threw herself into the work and over the next eighteen years handled hundreds of cases: unidentified remains pulled from shallow graves, sexual assaults, acts of terrorism, and kidnappings. She became a recognized authority in facial approximation from the skull, witnessing firsthand how her sculptures could restore a victim's identity and bring closure to grieving families. But even in those early days, Bailey noticed cracks in the Bureau's polished image. She'd heard stories of women who reported harassment or discrimination, only to find themselves quietly dismissed. She wanted to believe the rumors weren't true...then it happened to her. Now, Bailey breaks her silence in this raw, eye-opening account. She takes readers behind the scenes of the Bureau's most haunting cases, from mass disasters to cold-case homicides, and exposes the hidden toll of a career inside one of the world's most powerful law enforcement agencies. She describes the painstaking art of restoring a face from an unknown victim's skull, the profound relief of a confirmed identification, and the eerie reality of working among the dead at the University of Tennessee's famed "Body Farm. On Today's TCT, Lisa tells us about some of the intriguing things that happen to our bodies when we die, how she puts us back together again, then we switch up to her journey within the FBI, including the good, the bad, and the incredibly ugly, and even delve into some of the aftermath at the Bureau! Get your copy of "Clay and Bones ..." here: . Find out more about Lisa here: Check out Jessica Freeburg's website and get tickets to her events here: and check out Jess on TikTok: For the first time, get ALL NEW TRUE CRIME TUESDAY GEAR! Represent your favorite true crime podcast in style! There are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store at our website! Check out the Darkness Radio Store! Make sure you update your Darkness Radio Apple Apps! and

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S21 Ep47: Clay and Bones: My Life As A Forensic FBI Artist w/ Lisa Bailey is an episode from Darkness Radio.

This episode is 156:50 long.

This episode was published on Apr 21, 2026.

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