Welcome to the Cold Case Films Podcast - the ultimate podcast for horror enthusiasts and movie buffs alike. Join our hosts Ainsley, a seasoned forensics and missing persons expert, and Tanner, a dude who likes movies as they view, review, and dissect your favorite horror films with a uniquely realistic perspective.

Every episode, Tanner and Ainsley discuss a horror movie. They summarize the movie, discuss its more critical elements, and talk about the level of realism of the more grim and scary aspects of the film using Ainsley's forensics expertise. This episode is on the 1976 film The Omen, let's dive in!

SPOILER WARNING AND TRIGGER WARNING. This episode includes discussion of the film in its entirety and an in-depth discussion on the topic of suicide from a death investigator/forensics viewpoint.

Our hosts start the episode by talking about the context of the shifting culture in the 70's and how it impacted a shift in film and TV from gothic horror to supernatural horror (6:20). They review omens in real life (9:31) and the omens that cursed the crew while filming (12:20).

After summarizing the movie's plot (19:33) and their opinions on it (27:40), Ainsley discusses her professional forensics experiences (42:44) with suicide by hanging, the different types of hanging, the different effects they have on the body, and how death investigators tell the difference between human remains and animal remains.

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