%0 Journal Article %T Lightning and the Forensic Pathologist %A Ryan Blumenthal %J Archive of "Academic Forensic Pathology". %D 2018 %R 10.23907/2018.007 %X This paper explores the pathology caused by lightning. It covers the basic physics and mechanisms of injury of lightning strikes followed by a short discussion. The purpose of this paper is to suggest an approach to the investigation and autopsy of a lightning-related death %K Forensic pathology %K Lightning %K Keraunopathology %K Autopsy %K Postmortem %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6474460/