The episode investigates the bizarre 2002 attack on Memphis medical examiner Dr. O.C. Smith, who was found bound in barbed wire with a bomb strapped to his chest — only for a 15-month investigation to conclude he may have staged the attack himself, culminating in a mistrial and unresolved
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