1 | [[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/forensic.jpg]]]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[GreatDetective The World's Greatest Detective]].]] |
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4 | The average viewer only knows so much about the science and methodology of solving crimes. If they're going to understand your [[CrimeAndPunishmentSeries Crime and Punishment]] story at all, you're going to have to rely on a couple of standard crime-solving tricks. This is the AppliedPhlebotinum of the MysteryOfTheWeek. |
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6 | Though shows have gotten better over the years (probably because the audience has gotten smarter or better informed), quite a few of these tricks don't actually work or don't work nearly as well as they do on TV. |
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8 | !!Tropes: |
9 | [[index]] |
10 | * BitterAlmonds: The evidence smells like bitter almonds, proving poisoning by cyanide. |
11 | * CondensationClue: Steaming a crystal surface to reveal a hidden message previously written on it. |
12 | * ConvictionByContradiction: Finding a hole in someone's alibi proves their guilt, with no chance for reasonable doubt. |
13 | * CorpseTemperatureTampering: Obfuscating the time of death by interfering with the cooling of a dead body. |
14 | * EnhanceButton: Impossible image enhancement, often used to identify minuscule cues. |
15 | * FacialRecognitionSoftware: Computers can easily scan and identify a suspect based on a photo or video. |
16 | * FingerprintingAir: It's unrealistically easy for the police to find the fingerprints needed for their investigation. |
17 | * ForensicAccounting: Cracking secrets by tracing their finances and paperwork. |
18 | * GoingByTheMatchbook: The logo of a book of matches provides a clue to where its owner has recently been. |
19 | * GPSEvidence: Your evidence only occurs in a single part of the world! |
20 | * IdentificationByDentalRecords: The corpse is so devastated that its identity can only be confirmed by looking at its teeth. |
21 | * TheKillerWasLeftHanded: Deduction based on the dominant hand of a suspect. |
22 | * LocardsTheory: When two things touch there is always a small amount of each left behind. |
23 | * OmniscientDatabase: Highly improbable crime-solving search engines. |
24 | * SuperIdentikit: Police suspect sketch artists are super-humanly good. |
25 | * WritingIndentationClue: Revealing indentations made by the missing, prior page's writing by scribbling on a blank page. |
26 | [[/index]] |
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