Dom Harvey

We talk about what it takes to do this job, what he really thinks of shows like CSI – spoiler alert, he hates them – what death smells like, and how he's learned to live with images that never truly leave you.

This conversation is confronting, it's uncomfortably honest and it's unforgettable and listener discretion is strongly advised.

This is the Dom Harvey Podcast and here is Tom Coyle.

I'm pleased you're here.

And just to clarify, we're going to be talking rubbish for two hours or so.

Okay.

No, it's going to be great.

You've got a brand new book out called The Dead Speak.

I have, yes.

My Life in Forensics, which I've read over the last couple of days.

The first thing I want to know is, did you have a ghost write or did you write it all yourself?

Uh, but it was apparently it's just part of the process.

Now you've, um, you've done really well.

It's a, it's a great book.

I got through it in a couple of days and I'm a notoriously slow reader.

Um, yeah, it's all about your life and career.

16 years at Met Police in London, 14 years with the New Zealand police, uh,

20,000 crime scenes, over 200,000 exhibits and laboratories.

Did you find this process, how did you find it?

Was it cathartic?