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The Decrypters: Cowboy Corpse

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The Decrypters: Cowboy Corpse
While unearthing a 150-year-old skeleton in a Denver public park, Dr. Michelle Hamilton and her team are struck by the size of his bones and visible injuries. To find out if the broken nose, grooved teeth or trauma to the legs and feet hold any clues, Dr. Xanthe Mallet consults with Deputy Coroner Michelle Weiss-Samaras. Initially, they think he's an East Asian cowboy, but after having some Wild West myths dispelled by historian Tom Noel, they focus on other 19th-century Denver vocations.

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