Forensic Files Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Forensic Files: Season 10 (2009)

• Season 10 Episode 22: Deadly Rebellion (The Joshua Ashbrook Case)

  After a habitual runaway is found dead, police suspect people she would turn to in a crisis.

• Season 10 Episode 21: All That Glitters Is Gold

  Police have lots of suspects after a woman is slain on her way home from a party.

• Season 10 Episode 20: Hair Line (The Eric Miller Case)

  After a young scientist dies from a mystery illness, investigators discover evidence in his hair that might help identify his killer.

• Season 10 Episode 19: Dollars and Sense

  A man is found dead almost 100 miles from his home.

• Season 10 Episode 18: Black Friday (The Robert Erik Denney Case)

  A woman's murder goes unsolved for almost two years until a tiny drop of saliva revives the police investigation.

• Season 10 Episode 17: Needle in a Haystack

  Authorities investigate the death of a college coed with no signs of foul play.

• Season 10 Episode 16: Holy Terror (The Illinois Church Bombings)

  A rare type of wire, a rhinestone dog collar and a hypnotist help detectives investigating a string of church bombings in Illinois.

• Season 10 Episode 15: Trouble Brewing (The Virginia Russell Case)

  DNA, ballistics and a six-pack of beer help solve the case of a murdered high-priced call girl.

• Season 10 Episode 14: Family Ties (The Christoper Porco Case)

  A couple is brutally attacked at home, leaving the husband dead, the wife gravely injured and their son as a prime suspect.

• Season 10 Episode 13: As Fault (The Michelle Johnson Case)

  A young mother goes missing after a night out.

• Season 10 Episode 12: Drowning Sorrows (The Florence Unger Case)

  Investigators try to prove foul play caused a woman to fall to her death during a family vacation.

• Season 10 Episode 11: Dirty Laundry (The Robert Bosley Case)

  Police launch a massive manhunt after a Kentucky businessman is shot and killed at home in front of his wife.

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 9:00pm EST - Turner Network TV
• Season 10 Episode 10: Smiley Face (The Brenda Robinson Case)

  Forensic evidence leads police to a sadistic serial rapist after years of investigation in Delaware and Maryland.

• Season 10 Episode 9: DNA Dragnet (The Fredrick Evins Murders)

  Forensic investigators try to stop a killer who is apparently responsible for two slayings in a community in South Carolina.

• Season 10 Episode 8: Seedy Intentions (The Cindy Allinger Case)

  A girl goes missing during a Fourth of July celebration, then turns up dead with seeds planting the only clue to the identity of her killer.

• Season 10 Episode 7: Church Dis-service (The Dawania Dacosta Case)

  A woman heads home after church, but never makes it there alive, triggering a homicide investigation.

• Season 10 Episode 6: Fashion Police (The Jeremie Ryan Overstreet Case)

  After a recently divorced mother is found brutally murdered in her apartment, detectives find a mismatched button and follow the thread back to her killer.

• Season 10 Episode 5: Unmasked (The Stevie Green Case)

  A community in Texas becomes paralyzed by fear while police try to identify the masked man behind a string of sexual assaults.

• Season 10 Episode 4: Sworded Scheme
• Season 10 Episode 3: Calculated Coincidence (The Drew Planten Case)

  A nosy neighbor with a disturbing obsession becomes a suspect in a woman's murder at an upscale apartment complex; police discover an incredible link to an unrelated murder thousands of miles away.

• Season 10 Episode 2: Time Well Served (The Juli Busken Case)

  A DNA dragnet catches a killer eight years after the kidnapping, rape and murder of a college coed in Oklahoma.

• Season 10 Episode 1: Kidnapping (The Ginger Hayes Murder)

  A family vacation turns into a terrifying search for a missing wife and baby, then becomes a manhunt for a killer who committed a horrific crime.

Forensic Files: Season 9 (2004 - 2008)

• Season 9 Episode 36: Stranger in the Night (The Dorothy Donovan Case)

  After a Delaware man's mother is found dead, he tells a story that's so improbable police think it can't possibly be true.

• Season 9 Episode 35: Window Watcher (The Gary Larson Case)

  After a couple is attacked in their home, a bloody footprint on the kitchen floor seems to be the only clue left by the intruder, so the case becomes dormant for nearly two decades until an experimental test is tried.

• Season 9 Episode 34: Home Envasion (The Judy Southern Case)

  A shooting victim mutters the name of her apparent assailant before dying, but fingerprint comparisons, handwriting analysis, ballistics and DNA testing show someone else close to home is the true killer.

• Season 9 Episode 33: Constructive Criticism (The Darrell North Murder)

  The brutal murder of a construction site foreman looks like the work of a disgruntled employee, but forensic science points to an unlikely suspect.

• Season 9 Episode 32: Last Dance (The Rachel Siani Case)

  After police identify a murder victim thanks to her butterfly necklace, they discover several co-workers had vendettas against the victim.

• Season 9 Episode 31: Dancing With the Devil

  A few drops of blood are the only clues a man's female killer leaves behind, but years later and hundreds of miles away investigators hear an intriguing story about an exotic dancer who got away with murder.

• Season 9 Episode 29: Double Cross

  Two people are killed in a botched robbery at a Virginia apartment.

• Season 9 Episode 29: The Kathy Augustine Case

  Authorities delve into the facts surrounding the suspicious death of a prominent politician who apparently died of a heart attack during her campaign for office.

• Season 9 Episode 21: Seeds for Doubt

  How the latest forensic techniques helped detectives solve the case of a well-respected nurse who was killed in a car accident

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 12:00am EST - truTV
• Season 9 Episode 16: Brotherly Love

  Police search for a woman for over a decade after she disappears and leaves behind a mysterious note.

  Next on: Thursday 24th December 11:00pm EST - truTV
• Season 9 Episode 15: Traffic Violations

  Cell phone records and a unique shoe print provide police with the leads they need to find a killer.

• Season 9 Episode 14: Deadly Parasites

  Discovering the largest water-borne outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in the US, when adverse weather conditions contaminated Lake Michigan with manure from Wisconsin's dairy herds

• Season 9 Episode 9: Common Thread

  The discovery of carpet fibres linked ten unsolved murders in Florida in 1984, but the police still couldn't crack the case until a 17-year-old girl managed to escape from her captor and provide the final clue to catch the killer

• Season 9 Episode 8: If I Were You

  A daughter uncovers a mystery surrounding her father when she realises something is wrong with him, even though she lives more than a 1,000 miles away

• Season 9 Episode 7: Broken Bond

  An investigation into the cause of a baby's sleep disorder, which mysteriously stopped when it was taken away from its mother

• Season 9 Episode 4: Killer Impressions

  The case of a woman whose death was deemed an accident 16 years earlier is reopened due to a man claiming it was murder, but when the tipster is killed the police track down a possible serial killer

• Season 9 Episode 2: No Safe Place

  A Louisiana couple are attacked by armed thieves who force the woman to open a hidden safe - but investigators have little evidence as the criminals had their faces covered

Forensic Files: Season 8 (2004 - 2007)

• Season 8 Episode 40: Water Hazard

  Police investigate the murder of a man who died through ingesting cyanide. They find a clue in a mailing envelope which leads them to a dangerous killer

• Season 8 Episode 38: Foreign Body

  A Californian doctor claims to have proof that the human form of BSE can be contracted through eating infected beef

• Season 8 Episode 37: Murder She Wrote

  A victim of depression is found dead in what appears to be a straightforward case of suicide - until the discovery of a note hidden in a china cabinet leads investigators to her killer

• Season 8 Episode 36: Concrete Alibi

  A forensic geologist helps solve the murder of an aspiring model whose boyfriend was initially suspected of complicity in her death

• Season 8 Episode 35: Invisible Intruder

  An unusual murder case in which a woman was injured and her two children were killed, though the assailant left little evidence of his presence

• Season 8 Episode 34: Beaten by a Hair

  How a partial thumb print and single wig fibre led to detectives discovering what happened to a 23-year-old woman who disappeared without a trace, revealing a tale of murder, madness and mistaken identity

• Season 8 Episode 33: Saving Face

  A look at how detectives used DNA samples to solve the mystery of three women who disappeared without a trace

• Season 8 Episode 31: The Gambler

  A triple murder in the town of Verona, Wisconsin, leads detectives into the shady world of high-rollers and off-shore gambling

• Season 8 Episode 24: A Case of the Flue

  The team are called to investigate a robbery which ended in homicide - but the detectives become suspicious when evidence shows the killer was breaking out of the house - not into it

• Season 8 Episode 13: As The Tide Turns

  A murder investigation is complicated when a witness statement contradicts police evidence

• Season 8 Episode 8: A Tight Leash

  A stalker who was able to steal his victim's alarm code and personal photos is caught out by his threatening letters

• Season 8 Episode 7: Ring Him Up

  New scientific testing sheds light on a ten-year-old case involving a missing college student

• Season 8 Episode 6: Shell Game

  Criminals attempt to cover their tracks using fire. However, through the investigators' tenacity they find a small clue which leads them to the killers

• Season 8 Episode 4: Chief Suspect

  The case of a murdered policeman's wife is reopened when a newly formed cold case unit take another look at the evidence, and they find critical clues to the killers identity

• Season 8 Episode 3: A Novel Idea

  A man calls the police to his house where his wife has fallen down the stairs, but the amount of bloodstains at the scene prompts investigators to treat the death as suspicious

• Season 8 Episode 2: Vanished

  The police struggle to believe a girl who claims she was abducted and sexually assaulted from her unemotional recounting of the tale - until fibres from her clothes prove the story

• Season 8 Episode 1: Live Wire

  When a man is killed with a bomb investigators search for every piece of evidence until they find a clue that identifies the murderer

  Next on: Saturday 2nd January 1:00am EST - truTV

Forensic Files: Season 7 (2002 - 2006)

• Season 7 Episode 28: Freedom of Information
• Season 7 Episode 27: Nice Threads

  When little evidence is found at the scene of a murdered woman, detectives use a pioneering forensic technique to help catch the killer

• Season 7 Episode 26: Grave Danger

  A car accident which killed a young man develops into a sinister case when detectives believe it was murder. The results of the investigation devastate three families

• Season 7 Episode 25: Mortal Sins
• Season 7 Episode 24: Extreme Makeover
• Season 7 Episode 23: All Fall Down
• Season 7 Episode 22: Dark Waters

  A man is the victim of a hit-and-run in a sailing accident, and when the police appeal for witnesses an unlikely person admitts to being a passenger on the killer's boat

• Season 7 Episode 21: Undertaken

  The detectives rely on their tenacity to make a conviction when a medical examiner rules a death was accidental, and three years later the answer is revealed

• Season 7 Episode 20: Capitol Crimes

  A medical examiner rules that a death was accidental despite detectives who thought otherwise, then it takes three years, an exhumation and a second autopsy to determine who was right.

• Season 7 Episode 19: Weakest Link

  The body of a young girl is found on farmland in Delano, California, but a mailbox key is the only clue to her identity - prompting the police to search every building in the area

• Season 7 Episode 18: Key Evidence

  Tiny fibres and an asthma inhaler lead investigators to the gunman responsible for shooting an off-duty police officer

  Next on: Saturday 2nd January 2:00am EST - truTV
• Season 7 Episode 17: Dockter Visit

  A World War Two veteran is killed in his home, baffling the police - until a lucky break leads them to a shady character with a sweet tooth and a distinctive pair of boots

• Season 7 Episode 16: Shattered Dreams

  Investigators solve a double murder with the help of evidence obtained from a fingertip torn from a latex glove

• Season 7 Episode 15: Sunday's Wake

  A little girl's death baffles investigators, who travel halfway around the world before finally uncovering the answer in two unusual places - a shredded legal document and the signature of the child's mother

  Next on: Saturday 2nd January 12:00am EST - truTV
• Season 7 Episode 14: Just Desserts

  Investigators solve a double murder, helped by DNA evidence obtained from a spoon found at the scene of the crime

• Season 7 Episode 13: Going for Broke

  Investigators probe the case of a stockbroker who has failed to return home, and soon uncover proof that he has been murdered

  Next on: Today at 2:30am EST - truTV
• Season 7 Episode 12: Naughty or Nyce

  A woman is killed in what appears to be a road accident, but footprints around the vehicle, and bloodstains both inside and outside it, lead investigators to suspect foul play

• Season 7 Episode 11: Wood-be Killer

  Fire wood found a a crime scene helps investigators locate a killer.

• Season 7 Episode 10: Raw Terror

  Investigation into the effects of badly prepared food and the spread of the potentially fatal E-coli virus, including the story of an 11-year-old who nearly died

• Season 7 Episode 9: Wired for Disaster

  A 29-year-old woman is killed by a bomb that was planted in her doorway.

• Season 7 Episode 8: To the Viktor

  Investigators from two continents search for a killer.

  Next on: Tuesday 29th December 1:00am EST - truTV
• Season 7 Episode 6: Penchant for Poison

  Arsenic poisoning is found to be the cause of a woman's mysterious illness.

  Next on: Tomorrow at 11:00pm EST - truTV
• Season 7 Episode 5: Garden of Evil

  A DJ is found dead in a local garden.

• Season 7 Episode 3: Til Death Do Us Part

  How police became suspicious when they discovered traces of thallium in a deceased man's body, causing them to re-examine his 'accidental' death

• Season 7 Episode 2: Moss, Not Grass

  Finding the killer of a woman who was found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas. The distinctive grass on the course provided enough evidence to lead the police to two suspects

• Season 7 Episode 1: Elemental Clue

  Investigating the cases of two women from the same town who were murdered in the same way. Police fear a serial killer is on the loose - and find tiny clues which lead them to the same man

Forensic Files: Season 6 (1998 - 2007)

• Season 6 Episode 58: Enemy Within

  Police investigate the murder of a Kansas City lawyer in his own office, in the middle of the day. The killer left microscopic evidence which led directly to him

• Season 6 Episode 57: Summer Obsession

  Police investigate a seemingly accidental drowning in an affluent suburb of Philadelphia. The case becomes focused on one person who had a motive for murder

• Season 6 Episode 56: Cop Out

  Police investigate the murder of a college student who appeared to have known his killer. Hairs and microscopic cells help officers unravel a web of lies

• Season 6 Episode 55: Accident or Murder?

  A housewife is found dead at the foot of a flight of stairs, but the police initially rule out foul play : until her husband claims the life insurance and takes up with a new woman

• Season 6 Episode 54: Haunting Vision

  The disturbing tale of an American woman who experienced visions of her mother being killed by her father 30 years previously, although it was uncertain whether the events actually occurred

• Season 6 Episode 53: Scratching the Surface

  Despite the serial number being scratched off a gun used in a shooting crime, forensic scientists demonstrate how they were able to make the digits reappear using the latest technology and help police trace the weapon's owner

• Season 6 Episode 52: Unholy Alliance

  Police investigate the disappearance of a young woman, who they feared was the latest victim in a string of similar incidents until forensic analysis proved otherwise

  Next on: Saturday 2nd January 11:00pm EST - truTV
• Season 6 Episode 51: 'Prints' Among Thieves

  Investigating the murder of a millionaire, who flaunted his wealth and had little personal security. The evidence seemed to indicate robbery, but investigators were unsure

• Season 6 Episode 50: Clean Getaway

  Investigating the rape and murder of a woman at the dry-cleaners she worked at. Police had eyewitnesses but when their descriptions were not clear, they turned to forensics

• Season 6 Episode 49: Writers Block

  The case of an architect who died just before she was due to testify in a criminal trial. Investigators are seeking a motive

• Season 6 Episode 48: Four on the Floor

  When forensics investigate the murder of an American woman, they suspect a serial killer might be on the loose

• Season 6 Episode 47: Gold Rush

  The police investigate when they receive a call from a man, who claims his girlfriend shot and killed herself. The autopsy reveals that the wound could not have been self-inflicted

  Next on: Saturday 2nd January 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 6 Episode 46: Oily in the Morning

  When the police recover a submerged car belonging to a man reported missing, they are perturbed to discover a pair of broken glasses on the floor but no body

• Season 6 Episode 45: Ties That Bind

  Using forensic techniques, investigators try to uncover the murder of two boys who were killed in a similar way three months apart

• Season 6 Episode 44: Picture This

  The case of a missing Californian teenager, who was presumed to have run away. However, her body turned up in a ditch 20 miles away

• Season 6 Episode 43: Deadly Valentine

  Investigators determine how blood splatter evidence could prove that an obstetrician murdered his wife, despite his claims from him that he found her dead when he returned home

  Next on: Today at 11:30pm EST - truTV
• Season 6 Episode 42: Tight-Fitting Genes

  How the reconstruction of DNA by molecular biologists aided the Baton Rouge Police Department in catching a suspect

• Season 6 Episode 41: A Leg up on Crime

  Looking at how shoe prints aided the police in catching the killer of two people found in a canal

  Next on: Friday 1st January 11:00pm EST - truTV
• Season 6 Episode 40: Cereal Killer

  How the police used evidence to track down the killer of a young boy who disappeared during a house fire and whose body was found 50 miles away from home

• Season 6 Episode 39: Strong Impressions

  The death of an Air Force Officer's wife appears to be a tragic accident, but closer inspection of the scene reveals more sinister circumstances

• Season 6 Episode 38: Tagging a Suspect

  Tiny pieces of plastic - the size of grains of sand - provide police with clues after a bombing in which a man was killed

• Season 6 Episode 37: Army of Evidence

  The case of a woman who appeared to have committed suicide, only for a re-opened investigation to deduce murder was a possibility

• Season 6 Episode 36: Shear Luck

  Officers find themselves having to reassemble a computer disk cut up with pinking shears in order to solve a brutal murder case

• Season 6 Episode 35: Headquarters

  The discovery and identification of a human skull found in a Texas canyon, which led police to launch a manhunt when it was reconstructed

• Season 6 Episode 34: Picture Perfect
• Season 6 Episode 33: Soiled Plan

  An insight into how the latest techniques helped to find the murderer of a woman whose body was found 20 years ago

• Season 6 Episode 32: Up in Smoke

  Examining evidence to determine how a fire broke out in the home of an elderly couple and whether their son was to blame, despite his pleas of innocence

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 12:30am EST - truTV
• Season 6 Episode 31: Charred Remains

  The use of forensic evidence to solve crimes, focusing on the discovery of a woman's charred remains which led police to uncover a tale of drugs, greed and murder

• Season 6 Episode 30: Micro-clues

  How police used scientific techniques to detect where a boy was murdered, enabling them to link the case to a man arrested for another vicious killing

• Season 6 Episode 29: Cement the Cases

  A man confesses to his wife's bizarre murder, but the police are unconvinced. It needs the intervention of a dentist and a forensic geologist to find the real killer

• Season 6 Episode 28: Grave Evidence

  Insight into an incident in 1976 where the key witness had claimed his skeet-shooting partner had been shot accidentally

• Season 6 Episode 27: Plastic Puzzle

  How modern techniques helped the police identify a car that knocked down a cyclist and killed him, leading them to its driver

• Season 6 Episode 26: Similar Circumstances

  The police investigation into the kidnap of Robert and Paula Sims' baby daughter, which uncovered a similar incident that had taken place three years previously

• Season 6 Episode 25: The Talking Skull

  Insight into how forensic work revealed that human remains found on a campsite belonged to a pregnant woman who had been missing for five years, ultimately leading to the arrest and conviction of the victim's husband : a Scout leader

• Season 6 Episode 24: Marked for Life

  Police use handwriting analysis to track down a man who went on a crime spree in California nearly 50 years ago

• Season 6 Episode 23: Trial by Fire

  The story of a woman who was charged with arson and murder until a renowned fire inspector checked the evidence and discovered the real culprit

• Season 6 Episode 22: Deadly Delivery

  A bomber who appeared to be targeting members of the legal profession was tracked down after the police asked the FBI to draw up a psychological profile of the offender

• Season 6 Episode 21: Road Rage

  In another suspected murder case, a mark on a victim's body leads the forensic investigating team to the killer

• Season 6 Episode 20: Without a Trace

  The puzzling deaths of two dinner guests in Nebraska in 1978 which confounded police until they realised both victims had consumed lemonade laced with poison - the discovery of which led them to an embittered killer

• Season 6 Episode 19: Slippery Motives

  The police grow suspicious of a man when his wife drowns in the bath and an autopsy reveals a series of bruises on her body

• Season 6 Episode 18: Innocence Lost

  The case of a young girl's abduction, solved by police when fibres left at the scene were matched with those recovered from the car of their prime suspect

• Season 6 Episode 17: Over and Out

  Police are mystified as to why a young man and his mother should be the targets of a pipe bomb - until the remnants of a postage label point them in the right direction

• Season 6 Episode 16: With Every Breath

  How the FBI worked with Navajo medicine men to identify what had caused the deaths of children from their reservation

• Season 6 Episode 15: Crime Seen

  How DNA evidence finally exonerated a prisoner after he had been wrongly sentenced to three life sentences for rape and sodomy by a Virginia court in 1984

• Season 6 Episode 14: Fishing for the Truth

  A deckhand's heroic story of how he tried to save his captain's life after their small boat sank in a storm comes under suspicion when the man's body is found

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 1:00am EST - truTV
• Season 6 Episode 13: Speck of Evidence

  How police solved the case of a missing nine-year-old when they recovered a fragment of paint from a convicted child molester's car

• Season 6 Episode 12: Walking Terror

  Police are puzzled when a man who brutally stabbed his wife and tried to drown her in their swimming pool appears to have no recollection of the attack

• Season 6 Episode 11: Bitter Potion

  A woman's mysterious flu-like symptoms are diagnosed as something far more sinister, leading investigators to take an interest in one of her neighbours' passion for chemistry

• Season 6 Episode 10: The Blood Trail

  A farmer fears someone is conducting a vendetta against him and his wife, but investigations reveal all is not as it seems

• Season 6 Episode 9: Sealed With a Kiss

  A primary school teacher claims a colleague has resorted to a smear campaign to oust her from her position. The facts seem to bear out her allegations : but will DNA tests back up her story or tell an entirely different tale?

• Season 6 Episode 8: Killer Fog

  How experts investigated a thick fog's regular appearance over an American interstate - which led to a spate of fatal car crashes over a 15-year period - and found the trail seemed to end at the doors of a local paper plant

• Season 6 Episode 7: Something's Fishy

  How a link was established between two poisoning cases, when traces of a chemical used to kill algae in fish tanks were discovered by investigators in both of the victims

• Season 6 Episode 6: Fatal Fungus

  How investigators traced a series of outbreaks of bleeding lungs in infants to a deadly black fungus which was growing in water-damaged houses in a Cleveland neighbourhood

• Season 6 Episode 5: Out of the Ashes

  How police forensic teams used blood found at a murder scene to capture the killer of an 18-year-old woman, who was killed by her boyfriend when she refused his sexual demands

• Season 6 Episode 4: Covert Operation
• Season 6 Episode 3: Sex, Lies and DNA

  How a man who killed his wife and set fire to her body on his boat was convicted of her murder, when incriminating blood samples were taken from the family home

• Season 6 Episode 2: Deadly Formula

  Detectives learn that a genetic disorder caused the deaths of a woman's children, resulting in an overturned conviction.

• Season 6 Episode 1: The Dirty Deed

  The work of forensic teams in proving a missing couple's son was responsible for their disappearance, leading to the recovery of the body and the killer's conviction

Forensic Files: Season 5 (2002 - 2007)

• Season 5 Episode 34: Silk Stalkings

  Examining the case of a flight attendant's murder, and how meticulous analysis of biological evidence helped prove it was part of a series of killings

• Season 5 Episode 33: Northern Exposure

  The application of modern technology to crime-fighting, revealing how fingerprinting and red carpet fibres near a corpse led police straight to a murderer

• Season 5 Episode 32: Point of Origin

  How a discarded cigarette and a scrap of paper provided the forensic team with vital evidence to expose the identity of an arsonist in California

• Season 5 Episode 31: Muddy Waters

  Experts use scientific and forensic evidence to help solve a tricky murder case, leading to unexpected results

• Season 5 Episode 30: Deadly Matrimony

  The mystery of a missing go-go dancer comes closer to being solved following a phone call to police 20 years later

• Season 5 Episode 29: Badge of Betrayal

  Experts use forensic technology to track down a killer after a tiny fibre is discovered on a victim's clothing

• Season 5 Episode 28: Making the Collar

  A variety of forensic clues help police to solve a brutal murder case by painting a virtual portrait of the killer

  Next on: Friday 25th December 11:30pm EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 27: Buried Treasure

  Police discover evidence which proves who was responsible for a murder - 15 years after it took place

• Season 5 Episode 26: Sip of Sins

  Forensic scientists use DNA testing to reveal the sinister truth about a respected Sunday school teacher in a murder investigation

• Season 5 Episode 25: Cries Unheard

  Forensic experts use clues found in a suspect's rubbish bin to solve a murder case

• Season 5 Episode 24: Pinned by the Evidence

  A forensic animator uncovers new evidence in the case of a man who has already served six years in jail for murder

• Season 5 Episode 23: Over a Barrel

  How forensic scientists used material from a dentist's office to uncover ballistics evidence which had been overlooked in an investigation 10 years earlier

  Next on: Tomorrow at 12:00am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 22: A Daughters Journey

  A young woman discovers a dark family secret which may provide vital clues to the disappearance of her mother 20 years previously

• Season 5 Episode 21: In Her Bones
• Season 5 Episode 20: Cloak of Deceit

  How the forensic clues found on the clothes of three robbers led to their conviction for an apparently successful crime

• Season 5 Episode 19: The Financial Downfall

  At first investigators think a beautiful young woman's fatal fall from a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean was an accident, but forensic examination of photos arouses suspicion that foul play was involved.

• Season 5 Episode 18: Burning Desire

  Forensic scientists search the ashes of a blaze for clues to determine how the fire was started, and discover it may not have been ignited by a cigarette as was first thought

• Season 5 Episode 17: Hunter or Hunted?

  A forensic document examiner, a slingshot and an unusual physics experiment help investigators find another killer

• Season 5 Episode 16: Head Games

  The team employ the skills of a forensic psychiatrist and the results of ballistics tests to solve a murder case

• Season 5 Episode 15: News at 11

  Police dogs track a killer's scent to a crime scene, leading them to believe the murderer could be one of the onlookers

• Season 5 Episode 14: Bad Medicine

  Forensics are used to provide clues as to how a victim died of poisoning

• Season 5 Episode 13: No Corpus Delicti

  A clump of hair leads investigators to a missing body and gives the authorities the evidence they need to secure a conviction

• Season 5 Episode 12: Stake Out

  The kidnapping of a prominent banker's wife leads forensic experts to discover that extraordinary clues can be revealed by the examination of ordinary office equipment

• Season 5 Episode 11: South of the Border

  The motive for the murder of an American tourist at a Mexican resort at first appeared to be robbery, until police found the evidence pointed to something much more sinister

• Season 5 Episode 10: For Love or Money

  The will of a wealthy tycoon reveals instructions regarding what to do if he was to die in violent circumstances, prompting suspicion he may have known he was in danger

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 1:30am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 9: Traces of Truth

  A high school gym teacher disappears after offering to give a friend a lift home. Police suspect foul play when his wife receives letters saying they have moved away

• Season 5 Episode 8: Duelling Confessions

  A teenage girl is killed, and her boyfriend confesses to the crime. When another man turns himself in as well, a further 40 years are needed to solve the case

• Season 5 Episode 7: Grounds for Indictment

  A man is killed and another seriously injured in a drive-by shooting. The police have plenty of circumstantial evidence but nothing concrete : until they examine soil taken from the suspect's tyre treads

  Next on: Friday 1st January 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 6: Death by a Salesman

  Police investigating a brutal murder in a quiet neighbourhood fail to find any witnesses, but forensic evidence helps them apprehend their suspect in less than 12 hours

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 5: Flower Power

  A discarded sweet wrapper and a number of tiny seeds are used by forensic scientists to provide evidence in a murder investigation

  Next on: Tomorrow at 12:30am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 4: Bed of Deceit

  A retired police officer is found murdered in his bed and his wife claims his death was suicide - but a bank surveillance tape calls her explanation into question

  Next on: Today at 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 3: Stick 'em Up

  How scientists used forensic evidence to solve a murder case, taking clues from a missing piece of tape and tips from some concerned citizens

  Next on: Tuesday 29th December 12:00am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 2: True Lies

  The murder of Kathleen Lipscomb, whose body was found on a deserted road outside San Antonio in 1986. Investigators believe a diary found years later could solve the case

  Next on: Tomorrow at 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 5 Episode 1: In Harm's Way

  The case of a knife which was found 2,000 miles from a murder victim, but still led police to the killer

Forensic Files: Season 4 (2002 - 2006)

• Season 4 Episode 35: Letter Perfect

  An apparently healthy man dies mysteriously in his sleep, and toxicology tests reveal signs of foul play, causing police to suspect a 'suicide note' holds the key to the case

• Season 4 Episode 34: Sign of the Zodiac

  A serial killer announces his intention to kill one person from each sign of the zodiac, until handwriting analysis gives investigators the clues they need

  Next on: Tuesday 29th December 1:30am EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 33: Bioattack

  A mass food poisoning in Oregon, where investigators tracked the outbreak to a cult who intended to use germ warfare to overthrow the American government

• Season 4 Episode 32: Nailed

  A witness in a sexual assault case is murdered just before her appearance in court, leaving forensics to decide whether it was the defendant who killed her

• Season 4 Episode 31: Sphere of Influence

  A woman's disappearance in Alaska doesn't arouse suspicions of foul play, until she is discovered shot dead. An eyewitness's evidence reveals more

• Season 4 Episode 30: Bound for Jail

  Two decades after a woman's murder, investigators glean incriminating evidence including an old hat and a tiny shard of steel

  Next on: Sunday 27th December 11:30pm EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 29: Honor Thy Father

  A murdered teenager's parents accept responsibility for the killing, and claim they were acting in self-defence - but an FBI electronic surveillance device proves otherwise

• Season 4 Episode 28: Breaking News

  America's first DNA databank case succeeds in identifying the rapist and murderer of a TV news producer

• Season 4 Episode 27: Brotherhoods

  A gay couple are murdered, leading investigators to a white supremacist organisation connected with hate crimes

• Season 4 Episode 26: Web of Seduction

  Part one of two. Police investigating a fatal shooting discover no forensic evidence at the dusty and unkempt scene of the crime, but a trawl of computers belonging to the victim's wife and her lover soon yields the information they need

  Next on: Thursday 31st December 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 25: Private Thoughts

  Forensic investigators challenge the conclusion of firefighters that a family burned to death in a suicide pact

• Season 4 Episode 24: Within Arm's Reach

  A man accused of shooting his estranged wife maintains she committed suicide, and the investigators must establish which of the two versions best fits the evidence

• Season 4 Episode 23: When the Dust Settled

  Forensic examiners use a sound test, an electron microscope and a nightgown to explain how a union official was murdered in his bedroom without his wife in the next room hearing a thing

  Next on: Sunday 27th December 11:00pm EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 22: Order Up

  A man is found shot dead in his home, and investigators suspect his wife, who claims she was away on a camping trip with her lover at the time of her husband's death

  Next on: Saturday 26th December 11:00pm EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 21: Past Lives

  Investigators call in the experts when the wife of a wealthy car-crash victim makes a $7million insurance claim - and a chilling trail of fraud and deceit is soon uncovered

  Next on: Saturday 26th December 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 20: Smoke in Your Eyes

  The bodies of two women are found in the aftermath of an apartment fire, and a small sample of blood helps police investigate their suspicions about the case

  Next on: Thursday 24th December 5:00am EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 19: Once Bitten

  The story of a postman convicted of murder because of a bite mark on the victim. Ten years into his sentence, fresh evidence leads to another trial

• Season 4 Episode 18: Tourist Trap

  A bite mark leads police to convict a postman during an investigation into a spate of robberies which resulted in a number of tourists being killed and injured

• Season 4 Episode 17: Marathon Man

  When a man's body is found on a road near his family ranch, his wife tells police he went jogging, but the trail of evidence leads them back to his home

• Season 4 Episode 16: The Big Chill

  A woman is prescribed lithium to treat a mental disorder. When she dies, investigators must decide whether the side effects drove her to suicide

• Season 4 Episode 15: All the World's a Stage

  A homicide detective claims his wife accidentally shot herself in the head, but the evidence indicates otherwise.

• Season 4 Episode 14: Hair of the Dog

  When witnesses are unable to agree on the circumstances surrounding a murder, investigators have to rely on clues from a gun and the victim's dog

  Next on: Friday 25th December 11:00pm EST - truTV
• Season 4 Episode 13: Shadow of a Doubt

  When the prime suspect in a woman's murder produces a solid alibi, a time-stamped video tape showing his activities on the day of the killing is analysed for authenticity

• Season 4 Episode 12: Paintball

  Investigation into the murder of a Californian girl in 1962, which lasted 24 years before incriminating evidence was uncovered

• Season 4 Episode 11: A Welcome Intrusion

  A man's heroic defence of his wife turns out to have an ulterior motive when his case is reinvestigated four years later

• Season 4 Episode 10: The Music Case

  A girl's death is linked to a spate of burglaries when CDs similar to those owned by the victim are found among a cache of stolen goods

• Season 4 Episode 9: Dessert Served Cold

  A team of toxicologists investigate the death of a man whose girlfriend's suspicious behaviour led police to believe he was murdered

• Season 4 Episode 8: A Wrong Foot

  A single footprint puts forensic investigators on the trail of a killer after two injured victims fail to identify their attacker

• Season 4 Episode 7: Dinner and a Movie

  The forensics team are called in to investigate the murder of a pregnant woman, the circumstances of which bear a suspicious resemblance to scenes in a film recently shown on TV

• Season 4 Episode 6: Shot of Vengeance

  When a nurse exhibits signs of flu, doctors are baffled : until it turns out she has been deliberately infected with HIV

• Season 4 Episode 5: All Wet

  A woman's 'accidental' drowning bears suspicious similarities to another death, casting doubt on the prime suspect's alibi

• Season 4 Episode 4: Sign Here

  How a forensic handwriting expert found clues pointing to the murderer of a woman seen being bundled into a car

• Season 4 Episode 3: Plastic Fire

  The story of a woman who was sentenced to life for killing her mother. Her chances of winning a retrial appeared slim, until an expert witness proposed a different theory

• Season 4 Episode 1: X Marks the Spot

  Police in St Louis reveal how a computer helped to capture a serial killer

Forensic Files: Season 3 (2002 - 2004)

• Season 3 Episode 52: Burning Ambition

  Forensic scientists search the ashes of a blaze for clues to determine how the fire was started, and discover it may not have been ignited by a cigarette as was first thought

• Season 3 Episode 51: Time Will Tell

  How the latest forensic techniques helped solve the death of a money launderer who drowned while tied to an anchor in the ocean

• Season 3 Episode 50: Treading Not So Lightly

  A mother investigates when her daughter is injured in an alleged hit-and-run incident

• Season 3 Episode 49: House Call

  Phone mapping, wiretapping and other forensic evidence help to solve a complicated crime.

• Season 3 Episode 48: All Charged Up

  How a composite drawing of a suspect provided a lead in the hunt for a serial rapist responsible for multiple attacks in Philadelphia and Colorado

• Season 3 Episode 48: Breaking the Mould

  Respiratory problems in a three-year-old boy and signs of Alzheimer's disease in his father leave doctors baffled, but an expert on toxic materials believes their home may reveal the cause

• Season 3 Episode 46: Fire Proof

  How the latest forensic investigation techniques, such as behavioural profiling, hypnosis and sketch artistry, helped identify a serial arsonist in Seattle

• Season 3 Episode 45: Material Evidence

  The application of modern technology to crime-fighting, revealing how unusual orange fibres found near a corpse provided the only clue to a girl's murder

• Season 3 Episode 44: Postal Mortem

  Scientists prove the injured victim of a blast was actually the person who constructed and delivered the bomb

• Season 3 Episode 43: Cats, Flies and Snapshots

  How cat hairs and insects helped to track the villain behind a woman's abduction

• Season 3 Episode 42: Foundation of Lies

  Police probe an illegal adoption ring when a woman goes missing - but their investigation changes direction when her husband is seen with another lady claiming to be his wife

• Season 3 Episode 41: Sleight of Hand

  The hunt for an elderly woman's murderer, which took 16 years after fingerprints and a trail of blood were found at the scene of the crime

• Season 3 Episode 40: Killer's Cattle Log

  Cattle auctions, dud cheques and homeless drifters lead police to an elderly couple who are found to be responsible for a series of murders

• Season 3 Episode 39: Sniffing Revenge

  The sudden death of a rich woman which baffled investigators, who could find no evidence of foul play, until the widower's ex-wife came forward to tell her story

• Season 3 Episode 38: Planted Evidence

  A molecular scientist in Arizona investigates seed pods found in a murder suspect's car - and finds they came from a tree near the crime scene

• Season 3 Episode 37: Tooth or Consequences

  The discovery of a charred tooth provides enough evidence to convict the prime suspect in a case involving a woman's disappearance

• Season 3 Episode 36: A Bag of Evidence

  The abduction and murder of a nine-year-old girl from her home. Forensic investigators pieced together a trail which led to the arrest of the man who called the police

• Season 3 Episode 35: Shopping Spree

  Series revealing how the latest forensic techniques help solve crimes. A mother and daughter disappear without any trace. The girl's body is then found on a roadside with still no sign of the mother's whereabouts. Forensic investigators have to determine whether she is a suspect in her daughter's murder or a victim.

• Season 3 Episode 34: Skin of Her Teeth

  How scientific tests on a skull led police to discover not only the horrific nature of the murder but the identity of the victim

• Season 3 Episode 33: A Voice from Beyond

  An old address book provides a vital clue to a murder committed 30 years previously

• Season 3 Episode 32: Elephant Tracks

  The brutal murder of an elderly couple, which initially produced no suspects. However, years later, a pawn shop owner made a chance discovery which led police to the killer

• Season 3 Episode 31: Second Shot at Love

  Experts uncover the violent history and insatiable greed of a respected heart surgeon's wife as they investigate his alleged suicide

• Season 3 Episode 30: A Vow of Silence

  The disappearance of a Texan man's mail-order bride was initially seen as suspicious, but when police discovered his two previous wives died mysteriously, he was promptly arrested

• Season 3 Episode 29: The Sniper's Trail
• Season 3 Episode 28: The Metal Business

  Toxicologists discover the cause of a 62-year-old businessman's failing health where doctors were unable to diagnose the condition

• Season 3 Episode 27: Trail of Truth

  An FBI analyst devises an experiment which links a suspect with a murder

• Season 3 Episode 26: A Bitter Pill to Swallow

  A mother-to-be discovers her fiance may be to blame for the severity of the side-effects associated with her pregnancy

• Season 3 Episode 25: Dressed to Kill

  The disappearance of a six-year-old girl. Investigators initially accepted a confession from her father, who failed the polygraph test, but 10 years later, the truth was discovered

• Season 3 Episode 24: Within a Hair

  The investigation into sexual assaults on four women in Indiana during the summer of 1996. A man was arrested and convicted for the crimes, but new evidence casts doubt on his guilt

• Season 3 Episode 23: Cold Storage

  How forensic teams solved a case in which the friends of a talented dancer came under suspicion from the girl's parents following her disappearance

• Season 3 Episode 22: Frozen in Time

  The disappearance of a teenage girl who vanished while returning from a concert. Police found her abandoned truck with one tyre blown, but had to wait three years to find her body

• Season 3 Episode 21: A Ghost in the Machine

  How a Presbyterian minister's wife was discovered to have ingested large doses of different medications, leading investigators to suspect she was the victim of a murder plot

• Season 3 Episode 20: Bump and Run

  An abandoned car is found with the engine running and the driver's door open.

• Season 3 Episode 19: Chief Evidence

  The murder of a couple during a suspected drug deal baffles police when the pair are found to be clean of any narcotics, until their pet dog gives investigators a new lead

• Season 3 Episode 18: Partners in Crime

  The murderers who burned their victim's body to try to cover their crime, but failed to conceal 24 stab wounds found during forensic examinations

• Season 3 Episode 17: A Leg to Stand On

  When police are faced with a murder victim and a severed leg found in a skip, DNA testing leads them to the killer

• Season 3 Episode 16: Pillow Talk

  An arson investigator's depressed wife burns to death.

• Season 3 Episode 15: Palm Print Conviction

  How investigators managed to lift a handprint from the body of a murder victim using superglue fumes, and so gained enough evidence to catch her killer

• Season 3 Episode 14: Without a Prayer

  The disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of organisation American Atheists. Investigators have a number of suspects, until a mutilated body helps reveal the culprit

• Season 3 Episode 13: The Footpath Murders

  Pioneering genetic fingerprinting techniques are used to hunt down a man who committed murders in 1983 and 1986

• Season 3 Episode 12: A Shot in the Dark

  A bizarre case in which a woman was shot dead. Investigators initially suspected her husband of the crime, but forensic evidence gave the story a surreal twist

• Season 3 Episode 11: Telltale Tracks

  A case involving an abandoned car in Philadelphia. Police found the driver's body the next day, and unusual marks on her corpse led investigators to her killer

• Season 3 Episode 10: Memories

  A pregnant woman who is attacked in her own home loses her memory. She later identifies her husband as the culprit - but 16 years on, new DNA evidence casts doubt on her story

• Season 3 Episode 9: A Bite Out Of Crime

  The manhunt launched as police tried to catch a serial rapist. When their original suspect was brought into custody, investigators lacked enough evidence to prove their case

• Season 3 Episode 8: The Alibi

  The murder of a high-school girl in a South Carolina town, which led to DNA testing of many local men. However, when a match was found, the donor had a solid alibi

• Season 3 Episode 7: A Touching Recollection

  An 18-year-old girl's abduction from her home. Determined to prove the identity of her kidnapper, she deliberately left DNA at the crime scene

• Season 3 Episode 6: Scout's Honor

  The study of insects provides experts with vital clues as to when a murder took place and whether the man accused is actually guilty

• Season 3 Episode 5: A Clutch of Witnesses

  A case in which two witnesses reported seeing a truck drive over an apparently unconscious man. They retreated to the safety of a bar, but when police arrived, they found nothing

• Season 3 Episode 4: Last Will

  The case of the kidnapper and murderer of a 17-year-old who was traced using the letter he forced his victim to write

• Season 3 Episode 3: Who's Your Daddy?

  The murder of a young prostitute who was found dead in an Ohio waterway. Investigators faced an uphill battle to find her killer, as DNA evidence had washed away and a number of policemen featured on the woman's client list

• Season 3 Episode 2: Reel Danger

  A group of thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip : but there is no solid evidence to prove their guilt

• Season 3 Episode 1: The Cheater

  The 1983 disappearance of Walter Notheis Jr, lead singer with Sixties band Bob Kuban and the In-Men who had a hit with (Look Out For) The Cheater

Forensic Files: Season 2 (2001 - 2004)

• Season 2 Episode 21: Pastoral Care

  How the death of a female prison guard led to an investigation which revealed clues to a murder from 10 years earlier

• Season 2 Episode 20: Sibling Rivalry

  A look at the case of a leading pornographer who shot his brother. Investigators study the recording of the emergency call to find out why

• Season 2 Episode 19: Punch Line

  How a doctor discovered suspicious injuries when a villain sought advice for a cut hand

• Season 2 Episode 18: Where the Blood Drops

  A murder suspect's son who enrolled at law school and studied until he discovered the evidence needed to clear his mother's name

• Season 2 Episode 17: Double Trouble

  The similarities between an attack on a Maine State Trooper and the murder of a woman in New Jersey speed up the investigation into the killer's identity.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Pure Evil

  How a combination of behavioural science and intuition helped catch the killer of two teenagers in Texas

• Season 2 Episode 15: Killigraphy

  Detectives think the marks on a victim's body implicate a man in his wife's murder, but medical detectives have an alternative theory about how the scars were caused

• Season 2 Episode 14: Bad Blood

  Documentary about a 35-year-long experiment conducted in Alabama, in which 420 healthy black men were infected with syphilis and denied treatment so medical staff could monitor the effects of the disfiguring disease

• Season 2 Episode 13: Line of Fire

  The defence lawyer for a gang of bank robbers proves to be well organised in court, forcing police to rely heavily on forensic evidence

• Season 2 Episode 12: Photo Finish

  A professional photographer is linked to a missing model after vital evidence is uncovered by a park ranger

• Season 2 Episode 11: Church Disappearance

  The disappearance of a six-year-old girl from a church service leads investigators to a taxi driver who was in the area at the time

• Season 2 Episode 10: Soft Touch

  How technology enables fingerprint evidence to be taken from fabrics such as curtains : a scientific advance which proved vital in identifying a woman's killer

• Season 2 Episode 9: Frozen Evidence

  Investigators race against time to preserve evidence of a criminal's footprints found in the snow

• Season 2 Episode 8: Whodunnit

  How scientists uncovered a trail of deceit and medical trickery in their bid to learn the truth about a badly burned body

• Season 2 Episode 7: Mistaken for Dead

  The investigation of a man's death in a doctor's office reveals an insurance fraud involving stolen bodies and false identities

• Season 2 Episode 6: Death Play

  A Shakespearean play forces a girl to reveal the truth about the death of her father, who was thought to have died from a heart attack

• Season 2 Episode 5: Man's Best Friend

  How a girl's parents were jailed for her murder despite their claim that she was killed by the family dogs. Five years later, forensic scientists spot vital evidence

• Season 2 Episode 4: Missing Pearl

  How forensic techniques helped find the body of a missing woman after a trail of blood petered out

• Season 2 Episode 3: Missing in Time

  A man becomes the prime suspect when his wife is missing presumed dead after a domestic dispute - but new evidence comes to light suggesting he may have been framed

• Season 2 Episode 2: Video Diary

  The killer in a petrol station shooting is identified when cutting edge technology and forensic experts are brought together in the analysis of poor quality CCTV footage

• Season 2 Episode 1: Journey to Justice

  A prosecutor uses a ground-breaking video reconstruction in court to demonstrate how a drink-driving accident occurred

Forensic Files: Season 1 (2001 - 2005)

• Season 1 Episode 34: Deadly Knowledge

  An investigation reveals the double life of a murder victim who was both a student and call girl

• Season 1 Episode 33: Deadly Neighbourhoods

  Investigations into whether buried poisons, electrical substations and other modern environmental agents could be responsible for outbreaks of cancer and leukaemia across America

• Season 1 Episode 32: Dew Process

  Forensic evidence from fibres provide clues to the murder of a dentist's wife committed two years previously - and disproves a confession to the killing

• Season 1 Episode 30: The Magic Bullet

  A 15-year-old boy is shot in the head in the lobby of a gun club, and ballistics, laser technology and forensic animation are used to solve the case

• Season 1 Episode 29: Root of All Evil

  A farmer's wife disappears without trace, and the former lover of the missing woman's husband reveals a story of murder and cremation

• Season 1 Episode 28: Crash Course

  A highway patrolman is dispatched to a seemingly routine traffic accident, but his suspicions are aroused when he sees the amount of blood in the car

• Season 1 Episode 27: Signed, Sealed and Delivered

  Officers suspect an act of revenge when a bomb explodes in the family home of a witness who testified against two men convicted of shooting and killing a passenger in a moving car

  Next on: Tomorrow at 11:30pm EST - truTV
• Season 1 Episode 26: Core Evidence

  A baby's death prompts a police investigation when she is discovered to have died from E-coli poisoning and the trail of bacteria is traced to contaminated apple juice

• Season 1 Episode 25: Treads and Threads

  How a tyre impression and a few threads led Florida police officers to identify a serial killer

• Season 1 Episode 24: One for the Road

  An investigation into the disappearance of a woman yields nothing but a pair of sandals which may have belonged to her, until police stumble upon video evidence

• Season 1 Episode 23: Forever Hold Your Peace

  The story of a woman who was raped and murdered in a pizza restaurant. A man was jailed after confessing to the crime, but eight years later, a new confession reopened the case

• Season 1 Episode 22: Bagging a Killer

  A hidden fingerprint leads police to suspect the victim's mother after a nine-year-old girl goes missing

• Season 1 Episode 21: Fire Dot Com: Hinson

  How a woman charged with murdering her child in a house fire conducted her own investigations, bringing into doubt the government's conclusions

• Season 1 Episode 20: Hand Delivered

  How laser technology was used to trace the sender of an anonymous letter containing information about a murder and to discover the city, street and office number from where it was posted

• Season 1 Episode 19: Naked Justice

  An attorney's wife is found dead in what initially appears to be a suicide attempt - but further investigation uncovers the truth

• Season 1 Episode 18: Killing Room

  How faint blood splatters found on a wall during the search for a missing man alerted police to a love triangle gone tragically wrong

• Season 1 Episode 17: A Woman Scorned

  A husband accused of killing his wife and her infant son is proven innocent when forensics discover a blonde hair at the crime scene

• Season 1 Episode 16: The List Murders

  How a man who murdered his family was traced after 18 years on the run, using the latest technology to create an artificially-aged sculptured model of his likeness

• Season 1 Episode 15: The House That Roared

  Police investigate when a woman goes missing and bloodstains are discovered at her home

• Season 1 Episode 14: Insect Clues

  How the work of entomologist David Faulkner helped track down the killer of Sandra Cwik, whose body was found in 1988, decomposing and riddled with maggots

• Season 1 Episode 13: Purr-Fect Match

  How cat hair helped police identify a killer, after forensic investigators traced the feline fur discovered in a car along with the body of a woman

• Season 1 Episode 12: Internal Affair

  Friend's of a missing woman receive a shock when her body is discovered, propelling investigators to use blood evidence to find the killer

• Season 1 Episode 11: EPISODE: 11

  How the latest scientific and forensic techniques can help solve puzzling crimes

• Season 1 Episode 11: Southside Strangler

  Advances in DNA profiling lead to the conviction of a serial rapist in Virginia, and pave the way for the man originally convicted of the crimes to be released

• Season 1 Episode 10: Legionnaire's Disease

  Doctors are baffled after 180 legionnaires are struck down by a mysterious pneumonia-like illness, leaving 29 of them dead

• Season 1 Episode 9: Outbreak

  Scientists in South Dakota discover many residents have high levels of animal thyroid hormones in their systems - apart from one boy who doesn't eat meat

• Season 1 Episode 8: Nursery Crimes

  An investigation into the high child mortality rate at a Texas hospital, which revealed that a particular nurse was on duty in almost all cases. The discovery of an unlikely murder weapon provided sufficient proof to build a case against her

• Season 1 Episode 7: The Wilson Murder

  A doctor is found dead in a pool of his own blood and the prime suspect is a local handyman who is caught with the victim's credit cards, but his claims incriminate the victim's wife

• Season 1 Episode 6: Horse Play

  A woman dies in a horseback-riding accident, but investigators find facts that make her husband a murder suspect.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Unholy Vows

  How forensic techniques used on a postcard helped track down a World War Two criminal who fled to America

• Season 1 Episode 4: Broken Promises

  A man who died from what appeared to be an accidental gunshot wound, a case that turned into a murder investigation - with his widow as prime suspect - when police learned her previous husband suffered a similar fate

• Season 1 Episode 3: Badge of Deceit

  How computer studies and behavioural science combine to create the forensic technique of geographical profiling, which helped police catch a rapist

• Season 1 Episode 2: The Disappearance of Helle Crafts

  The mysterious disappearance of a woman who discovered her husband had been having an affair. Did she return to her native Denmark, or is there a more gruesome explanation?

• Season 1 Episode 1: Lasting Impression

  Officers investigate possible links between two cases when a piece of chewing gum is found at the scene of a murder

Forensic Files:

• Cold Feet (The Julie Stoverink Estes Case)

  Florida authorities rely on DNA evidence to try to nail the killer of a woman who was abducted from her late-night job at a convenience store, raped and strangled.

• Covet Thy Neighbor (The Olamide Elizabeth Adeyooye Story)

  A student's concerned family reports her as being missing from the University of Illinois.

• Hundreds of Reasons (The Stephen Holmes Story)

  An assistant manager is murdered while closing a Florida steakhouse for the night.

• Sign of the Crime (The Renee Powell/Barbara Powell Case)

  Unsettling evidence is found in the rubble from a fire in a Seattle woman's apartment that is soon followed by another blaze just 100 feet from the first, with clues indicating a serial killer is at work.

• Sunday School Ambush

  Investigators unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception after a woman claims her husband was gunned down by intruders.

  Next on: Wednesday 30th December 9:30pm EST - Turner Network TV
• Writing on the Wall (The Karen Pannell Case)

  Investigators face a growing list of suspects after a beautiful flight attendant is brutally murdered in her own home.

Forensic Files: Double Bill (2002)

• Bad Blood; Badge of Deceit

  An accused rapist has blood taken from his arm on several occasions, but the results are misleading; after more than a decade, geographical profiling enables police to catch a rapist.

• The Cheater/Naked Justice

  A song called 'The Cheater' foreshadows a singer's demise; investigators analyze blood to determine if a gunshot wound was self-inflicted.