The master of disaster

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In the 1990s Randall Bell had created a niche career for himself by specialising in a contrary form of real estate appraisal. He started assessing properties that had gone down in price because of natural or man-made disasters. He ended up becoming the foremost expert on valuing properties that were also crime scenes or locations of tragedies. He’s now worked on everything from the murder site of Nicole Brown Simpson to the World Trade Centre. Randall says all the grisly things he’s seen have taught him important life lessons. Specifically, how to move through the cycles of trauma and develop resilience. He even wrote a book about it called Post-Traumatic Thriving. (First broadcast in April 2023) Produced and presented by Saskia Edwards Get in touch: [email protected] (Photo: Randall Bell in 1997 Credit: Bob Grieser)