Good heavens. Go check out The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death.
Dollhouses as crime scenes. We were just tipped off to a remarkable book, the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. It tells the story of Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962), who was barred from attending medical school becuase she was a woman, but went on, nevertheless, to become a pioneer in the field of scientific crime detection and to later build these miniature crime scenes…
Oh my God. This is absolutely fascinating. What a remarkable woman! I think I had better find that book for myself.