Forensic medicine is a growing scientific field in our time, due to the latest researches in the understanding of the causes of death and the increasing number of mass disasters. In fact, we all have assisted a large number of victims of mass disasters such as terrorist attacks and environmental disasters, which carry the necessity of a fast and secure way of reporting the causes of body lesions or death. Forensic radiology plays a pivotal role in this new scenario thanks to its faster and accurate detection possibility of body injuries, sometimes in the same place where the disasters occurred, with different techniques: X-ray, computed tomography. Sometimes, magnetic resonance could also be useful in the forensic field, especially in neurological lesions. The use of radiological examinations together with conventional autopsy has increased the diagnostic accuracy of causes of death, shortening the execution time of forensic studies. Consequently, in the last years, the term “virtual autopsy” was coined, which refers to a new diagnostic radiological tool that is helpful especially in the examination of burned corpse, shot bodies, orthopedic fractures, or in case of massive emphysema.