# Rosewood: Of course nails and hair grown after death

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosewood-of-course-nails-and-hair-grown-after-death/732837>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 28, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosewood-of-course-nails-and-hair-grown-after-death/732837 "2015-09-28T14:30:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosewood-of-course-nails-and-hair-grown-after-death/732837/1 "2015-09-28T14:30:55Z")

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While I was dubious about Rosewood, I decided to give it a chance because I find Morris Chestnut…compelling, and had to find out what a private pathologist would be all about. I stood for it through the rather silly premise and investogation, until they started talking about the corpse whose hair had turned blue after she had been on the slab for a day or two. “We know that nails and hair keep growing after death, but…” and that’s when I turned it off.

What other “facts” have you heard on supposedly scientific shows? I wasn’t a fan of CSI but I imagine there were some good ones.

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**Author:** ![Strassia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Strassia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strassia)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosewood-of-course-nails-and-hair-grown-after-death/732837/2 "2015-09-28T19:12:17Z")

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The average human only uses 10% of their brain. That one drives me nuts. How could that even happen?