Sabbatical Stories 1: Ryan Blumenthal

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While preparation for Season II is underway, we will be bringing you fortnightly tales from people and places nearby. This week we feature Professor Ryan Blumenthal, well known forensic pathologist who believes that the dead have a lot to teach the living. And after 15 000 autopsies he knows what he’s talking about!

19 Sep English Explicit South Africa Places & Travel · Personal Journals

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