National Institute of Standards and Technology | Detective X: (Re) Discovering Wilmer Souder @NIST | Uploaded February 2017 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
An Emmy winning short film about a scientist and a historian teaming up to discover the mostly forgotten history of Wilmer Souder, a scientist who worked at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) from 1911 to 1954. Souder was an early expert in the field of forensic science. His careful analysis of evidence and his expert testimony sent to prison countless murderers, bootleggers, gangsters, and thieves. The most famous case he worked on was the Lindbergh kidnapping case, and this video reveals that his involvement, in that case, was much greater than previously known. MORE INFO: nist.gov/nist-museum/rediscovery-nbs-crime-lab