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Forensic Files
Forensic Files is a pioneer in the field of fact-based, high-tech, dramatic storytelling. This series of television programs delves into the world of forensic science, profiling intriguing crimes, accidents, and outbreaks of disease from around the world.
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Episodes
Forensic FilesYes Indeed
This episode originally aired April 11, 2019. In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took…
Forensic FilesMissing Pearl
This episode originally aired April 8, 2019. A woman does not return home and, despite pleas from her family, police insist on treating it as a routine missing…
Forensic FilesDeadly Valentine
This episode originally aired April 4, 2019. An obstetrician returned home from the hospital and found his wife on the floor of the bathroom; she was covered…
Forensic FilesThe Blood Trail
This episode originally aired April 1, 2019. Police uncover a trail that reveals a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money. Learn more about your…
Forensic FilesExpert Witness
This episode originally aired March 28, 2019. The killer was meticulous, washing everything at the scene, including the victim's body. The only definitive…
Forensic FilesSands of Crime
This episode originally aired March 25, 2019. A college co-ed was abducted from a parking lot. Her body was found later that day. She'd been sexually assaulted…
Forensic FilesSunday School Ambush
This episode originally aired March 21, 2019. When a woman's husband was gunned down in his own garage by intruders, investigators worked tirelessly to find…
Forensic FilesHand Delivered
This episode originally aired March 18, 2019. In 1995, police in San Diego, California are baffled by a pair of hands found in a dumpster. The case goes cold…
Forensic FilesDew Process
This episode originally aired March 14, 2019. When the wife of a dentist is found dead, police are unsure who killed her. As the investigation progresses, a…
Forensic FilesWithin A Hair
This episode originally aired March 11, 2019. In 1996 in Indiana, four women had been sexually assaulted and a suspect was soon convicted. But the story…
Forensic FilesMessage In A Bottle
This episode originally aired March 7, 2019. For twelve years, the murder of a young woman went unsolved, but with the passage of time came the development of…
Forensic FilesBody of Evidence
This episode originally aired March 4, 2019. Police exhume the body of a murdered woman to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer. Learn more…
Forensic FilesAll The World's A Stage
This episode originally aired February 28, 2019. Police arrive at a shooting, and discover the victim's husband is a homicide detective who says his wife shot…
Forensic FilesHundreds Of Reasons
This episode originally aired February 25, 2019. The assistant manager of the restaurant had been stabbed to death. Police knew why he'd been killed: $8,000…
Forensic FilesAs The Tide Turns
This episode originally aired February 21, 2019. The woman was dead. The man had been shot four times but he survived. When the man's version of events was at…
Forensic FilesAbout Face
This episode originally aired February 18, 2019. A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she'd been…
Forensic FilesThe Dirty Deed
This episode originally aired February 14, 2019. Eileen and Derrick Severs disappeared from their home in the small village of Hambleton in Great Britain, and…
Forensic FilesDessert Served Cold
This episode originally aired February 11, 2019. When a Massachusetts man dropped dead of an apparent heart attack, no one thought foul play was a possibility…
Forensic FilesA Vow Of Silence
This episode originally aired February 7, 2019. Emelita Villa came to Arlington, Texas from the Philippines as a shy, impoverished, 18-year-old mail order…
Forensic FilesBound For Jail
This episode originally aired February 4, 2019. A woman is found dead in a ravine near a jogging path. Crucial crime scene evidence had been washed away by…
Forensic FilesWithin Arms Reach
This episode originally aired January 31, 2019. A man accused of killing his estranged wife insisted she committed suicide. Investigators said it was murder…
Forensic FilesVisibility Zero
This episode originally aired January 28, 2019. In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history when the Sunset…
Forensic FilesPrivate Thoughts
This episode originally aired January 24, 2019. Firefighters find an entire family dead inside their burned-out home, and at first glance, it appears to be a…
Forensic FilesCrash Course
This episode originally aired January 21, 2019. A highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine traffic accident... until he looked in…
Forensic FilesThe Disappearance of Helle Craft
This episode originally aired January 17, 2019. The investigation into the disappearance of Helle Craft led to the murder conviction of her husband. Learn more…
Forensic FilesSip Of Sins
This episode originally aired January 14, 2019. After eluding police for years, a model citizen in Olney, Texas is fund to be a serial killer. Learn more about…
Forensic FilesSpeck Of Evidence
This episode originally aired January 10, 2019. A speck of bicycle paint and a speck nickel tie a suspect to the murder of a 9-year-old. Learn more about your…
Forensic FilesPalm Saturday
This episode originally aired April 16, 2018. A couple is found dead in their Washington home and all signs point to a professional hit. A palm print and two…
Forensic FilesPet Rock
This episode originally aired April 12, 2018. The woman hadn't shown up for work in two days, and her boss reported her missing. When her body was found, the…
Forensic FilesNorthern Exposure
This episode originally aired April 9, 2018. Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching…
Forensic FilesThe List Murders
This episode originally aired April 5, 2018. For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family eluded the FBI. Investigators used art and forensic science to…
Forensic FilesFiltered Out
This episode originally aired April 2, 2018. When a teenaged girl goes missing, no one knows if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play. Everyone's…
Forensic FilesCatch 22
This episode originally aired Mar 29, 2018. A woman was ambushed in her driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that a co-worker…
Forensic FilesDressed To Kill
This episode originally aired Mar 26, 2018. A possible false confession forces investigators to reopen the case of a missing six year old. A decade later, a…
Forensic FilesWater Logged
This episode originally aired Mar 22, 2018. The bodies of three women were found floating in Tampa Bay. The water washed away any evidence, but police hoped a…
Forensic FilesA Cinderella Story
This episode originally aired Mar 14, 2018. The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she…
Forensic FilesHack Attack
This episode originally aired Mar 13, 2018. A mysterious computer crash pushes a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the jobs…
Forensic FilesSex Lies & DNA
While Earl Morris was vacationing in California, he learned that his wife had gone missing from their home in Arizona. The search for Ruby Morris involved…
Forensic FilesMissing In Time
A woman was reported missing, presumed dead. A clue inside the suspect’s watchband and a popular television show helped solve the case. To learn more about how…
Forensic FilesThe Footpath Murders
A 1986 case of sexual assault and serial murder marked the first time DNA was used as evidence in a court of law. To learn more about how HLN protects listener…
Forensic FilesPenchant For Poison
Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders. The killer had been careful; he used poison which has no taste or odor. Fortunately for…
Forensic FilesVan-ished
A twelve-year-old girl claimed she had been abducted and sexually assaulted. She recounted what happened in such a flat, unemotional voice that police found it…
Forensic FilesTrouble Brewing
Two suspects living in the same apartment were linked to a murder by a gun and a pair of bloodstained boots – items that belonged to the one who claimed he'd…
Forensic FilesInsulated Evidence
It's usually easy to determine how a criminal entered the crime scene. But in this case, it was far from clear. It looked like the killer vanished into thin…
Forensic FilesBeaten By A Hair
Early one morning, a woman went missing on her way to work. A strand of hair in her hairbrush led investigators to unravel the mystery. To learn more about how…
Forensic FilesPaintball
Twenty-four years after the death of a 15-year-old in California, forensic scientists discover enough microscopic evidence to finally bring the killer to…
Forensic FilesTouch Of Evil
The media dubbed him the “Last Call Killer” because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated. His MO involved dismembering the bodies and…
Forensic FilesWeb Of Seduction
Bruce Miller was shot to death in the office of the business he owned. When a computer expert examined the computers owned by the victim’s wife and by her…
Forensic FilesSouthside Strangler
A serial killer in Arlington, Va., leaves the same clues behind at each crime scene. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit…
Forensic FilesPurebread Murder
A young mother is murdered after years of domestic abuse. There are clues at the scene: bloody footprints and DNA from the victim’s rape kit. But the evidence…
Forensic FilesThe Gambler
One warm summer afternoon, the town of Verona, Wisconsin, faced its first triple homicide. To solve the case, investigators had to delve into the world of high…
Forensic FilesInnocence Lost
A little girl disappears from a Christmas party. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices…
Forensic FilesBadge Of Deceit
Women in a small Louisiana city live in fear of a rapist who leaves no clues to his identity. But computer technology and behavioral science combine to give…
Forensic FilesOnce Bitten
When a woman is found murdered in a bar. Investigators believe the best evidence is the bite mark found on the victim. A postman is convicted of murder, but he…
Forensic FilesNursery Crimes
Children at a Texas hospital seem to be dying at a higher rate than at any other US hospital. Investigators look to a suspicious nurse. To learn more about how…
Forensic FilesMans Best Friend
A girl was found dead in her backyard. Her parents claimed she was attacked and killed by the family dogs, but police disagreed. To learn more about how HLN…
Forensic FilesKidnapping
When a mother and her child are abducted during a carjacking, the crime is reported within minutes. Police know they have a small window of opportunity to find…
Forensic FilesBurning Ambition
Arson is suspected when a Seattle policeman's house burns down. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about…
Forensic FilesA Woman Scorned
When a young mother and her infant son are found dead in a cornfield, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on…
Forensic FilesNews At 11
A talented television news anchor was shot to death outside her home; it appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan. A police dog…