Episode
Adam Ruins Everything: Adam Ruins Forensic Science
Overview
Adam uncovers the scary truth behind unreliable methods used as evidence in criminal cases. He exposes the flaws of fingerprinting, hair strand matches and bite mark analysis - which often send innocent people to jail.
Details
- Series
- Adam Ruins Everything
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 2015-10-20
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Adam Ruins Forensic Science is Episode 4 in Season 1 of Adam Ruins Everything. It aired on 2015-10-20. The runtime is 30 min.
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