The Homicide
Investigations Course
Learn to work a death investigation the way a real detective does — decision by decision. From the first call to the courtroom, taught in Christine Burke's own voice across twelve weekly lessons, ending in your Certified Detective badge.
Open to members now · New lesson every week
Educational case-study training — presumed innocent, never accusatory.
One new lesson every week, from first call to courtroom.
Death Investigation 101 — Learn the System
How an investigator decides, before anything else, whether a death is theirs to work.
Death or Murder? — Manner of Death
The call that decides whether a death is ever investigated at all.
The Scene Tells Stories — Evidence & Observation
Reading the one witness that can't lie — but can be erased.
Wounds as Language, Part 1 — Sharp Force
A wound is a sentence. Learn to read it.
Wounds as Language, Part 2 — Blunt Force
What patterns reveal about the weapon.
Death's Timing — Body Changes Over Time
The body keeps a clock — and it catches inconsistencies.
When Stories Don't Match — Red Flags
The gap between the account and the evidence.
Behavioral Clues — Introduction to Profiling
What a scene reveals about how it happened.
Specialized Investigations — High-Risk Cases
The cases the system is built to miss.
Case Synthesis I — Intake, Jurisdiction & Scene
Capstone, part 1: the first hour of a real case.
Case Synthesis II — Wounds, Timing & Inconsistencies
Capstone, part 2: the body and the clocks talk back.
Case Synthesis III — Graduation
Capstone, part 3: analyze it, and defend your conclusions.
Earn your Certified Detective badge.
The Homicide Investigations Course is included with membership — and it's open now. Join to start the lessons today, and get every case file, the Bullpen, and the Case Review Library too.
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