by Daisy Sanderson | Jun 5, 2026 | Dissect
Summit fever can turn the top of the world into a deadly obsession. In the death zone, cost, pride and exhaustion can make turning back feel harder than climbing on. The summit means the top: the highest point on earth, 8,848.86 metres above sea level. For climbers,...
by Robyn Smith | Jun 4, 2026 | Dissect
It’s not only black cats that get a bad rep, cats have historically been associated with death and the afterlife. But can they tell when someone’s going to die? Rumours have circulated for centuries about cats and their link to death. Some see them as an...
by Jasmine Pegg | Jun 3, 2026 | Dissect
Have you ever dreamt that you, or someone in your life, has died? It’s a common but still mysterious phenomenon, sometimes traced back to our ancestors preparing themselves for danger, and our brains processing unresolved feelings. Watch the video below for...
by Daisy Sanderson | Jun 2, 2026 | Dissect
Dr Laurance Donnelly has spent three decades using soil, disturbed ground and decomposition to help police search for buried remains. The woman with a spade Dr Laurance Donnelly first knew Saddleworth Moor as a child. He grew up east of Manchester, close enough for...
by Poppy Rae Wilson | Jun 1, 2026 | Dissect, Relics
Gothic literature romanticises the tragic, but nearly an entire family wiped out through illness and poor living conditions inherent to the time might be taking it too far. Add contaminated water into the mix, well… An expected niche I found myself in a few...
by Daisy Sanderson | May 29, 2026 | Dissect
From seven feet of tubing to prisoners drowning beneath a white sheet, law professor Corinna Lain exposes the hidden science, secrecy and human cost of America’s lethal injections. Lethal injection is America’s most common execution method: a death by drugs presented...
