Body farm

A body farm is a research facility where decomposition can be studied in a variety of settings. The aim is to gain a better understanding of the decomposition process, permitting the development of techniques for extracting information (such as the timing and circumstances of death) from human remains. Body farm research is particularly forensic anthropology and related disciplines, and has applications in the fields of law enforcement and forensic science. Six such facilities exist in the United States, with the research facility operated by Texas State University at Freeman Ranch being the largest, at seven acres. The first body farm outside the United States is being established by the University of Technology, Sydney, with construction beginning in 2015.

Facilities in the United States

University of Tennessee at Knoxville

The original "Body Farm" is the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility located a few miles from downtown on Alcoa Highway in Knoxville, Tennessee, behind the University of Tennessee Medical Center. It was first started in late 1981 by anthropologist Dr. William M. Bass as a facility for the study of the decomposition of human remains. Dr. Bass became head of the university's anthropology department in 1971, and as official state forensic anthropologist for Tennessee he was frequently consulted in police cases involving decomposed human remains. Since no facilities existed that specifically studied decomposition, in 1981 he opened the department's first body farm.

Body farm (disambiguation)

A body farm is a research facility where human decomposition is studied.

It may also refer to:

  • The Body Farm (novel), a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell
  • The Body Farm (TV series), a BBC police procedural crime drama
  • The University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, popularly known as the Body Farm
  • "Body Farm", a song by the deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation
  • Bodyfarm, a Dutch Death Metal band
  • The Body Farm (novel)

    The Body Farm is a crime fiction novel by Patricia Cornwell. It is the fifth book in the Dr. Kay Scarpetta series.

    Plot summary

    Kay Scarpetta is called in to assist in the investigation of the brutal murder of 11-year-old Emily Steiner in rural North Carolina, whose murder resembles the handiwork of a serial killer who has eluded the FBI for years. Scarpetta is joined by her ingenious, rebellious and very annoying niece, Lucy, an FBI intern with a promising future in Quantico's computer engineering facility. To help with the investigation, Scarpetta turns to a clandestine research facility in Tennessee known as the Body Farm. There she finds answers to Emily Steiner's murder.

    Characters in The Body Farm

  • Kay Scarpetta - Chief Medical Examiner.
  • Benton Wesley - FBI Profiler. He started having romantic relationships with Kay, despite being married.
  • Lucy Farinelli - Kay's niece. On internship at the FBI Academy, Quantico. Had a romantic lesbian relationship with Carrie Grethen. However, she was sabotaged, although she was subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing. Got into a car accident, under the influence of alcohol, in which Kay's Mercedes-Benz E500 was wrecked. It was later revealed that she was run off the road by Denesa Steiner.
  • Podcasts:

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    Body Farm

    by: Coilbox

    I can still see pissing me off
    and picking out
    if I can,t remember the things
    that makes me strong
    wherever I go but now
    whatever I think is low
    whoever I killa poor
    and I can,t remember saying ever no
    It makes me so unbreathless, let me go
    so prety fingers... in my box
    so perfect you dear
    say you love me
    as with no sense someone would love me
    you,re be able to become dust,cos this
    I,ll tell you all but separated of me
    pleassure of saying that that ill keep me extranger
    I said all that happened was be cause
    I,ll scared you while you,re separated of me
    gotta get out gotta take off
    from this dark hole
    there,s no control, there,s no control
    please give me some
    I sweard i said
    take care of the world
    supposed you,re really dead
    see how different and perfect
    just let me show you with me
    see some crypts can be gold
    see some minds uncorrected say
    you,ll kill to believe what I said
    as with no sense someone would love
    you,re be able to become dust cos this
    I.ll tell you all, separated of me
    pleasure of saying that ill keep me etranger
    I said all but happened was be cause
    I,ll scared you while you,re separated of me
    gotta get out gotta get out
    from this darkhole
    there,s no control there,s no control
    plase give me some
    I sweard, I said
    take care of your world
    supposed you,re really dead
    and I will hold you with me see
    sometimes I,m stronger not just a sick
    I,ll see you after the last breath of you
    sometimes I will go mas me




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