Autopsy

Storyline

Celebrity deaths often make the news, especially when a person is well-known or when mysterious circumstances surround a demise. Here, forensic pathologist Dr. Richard Shepherd researches some controversial ones to determine the causes -- and to quell rumors. In addition to Shepherd examining evidence, the show features interviews with family of the deceased and with people who worked with them, which may explain decisions they made. From revealing the drugs that ended Whitney Houston's life, to a condition discovered during Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy, Shepherd offers information that fans may not know.