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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 Files
Catch 22
A woman was ambushed in her driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that a co-worker half her age was in love with her, and that…
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Dressed To Kill
A possible false confession forces investigators to reopen the case of a missing six year old. A decade later, a fresh look at new evidence leads them to…
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Water Logged
The bodies of three women were found floating in Tampa Bay. The water washed away any evidence, but police hoped a handwritten note found in the victims' car…
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A Cinderella Story
The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men's tennis shoes was…
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Hack Attack
A mysterious computer crash pushes a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of employees. There is no…
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Invisible Intruder
A Texas woman claims an intruder killed two of her sons but detectives question her story upon discovering inconsistencies. To learn more about how HLN…
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Brotherly Love
When a young single mother was brutally assaulted and murdered, her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible and bring the killer to justice. It…
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Bad Medicine
A young woman suddenly becomes critically ill; her symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving her unable to walk. Then a bone marrow test reveals the cause…
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Sole Searching
Now it's not only a fingerprint which can link a killer to a crime; a shoe print can be just as telling. Armed with little else, police hoped the show…
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Smiley Face
The woman had been sexually assaulted, stabbed repeatedly, and left for dead. She survived and gave police a detailed description of her attacker. When someone…
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Order Up
A man is found shot to death in his home. Determining the time of death becomes critically important to solving the murder, and in order to do so…
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Screen Pass
A 13-year-old girl went missing from her Colorado home, and the only evidence the kidnapper left behind was three fingerprints on a window screen. Two years…
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A Welcome Intrusion
A man tells police he shot an intruder who had attacked and murdered his wife. The husband is dubbed a hero for his valiant attempt to save his wife. Four…
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Chief Of Evidence
A young couple was murdered during what appeared to be a drug deal gone awry. The victims' dog eventually led police to the killer. To learn more about how HLN…
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Introducing "Down the Hill: The Delphi Murders"
Abby and Libby - two young girls murdered. Investigators are searching for the killer using their biggest clue: a recording of his voice from one of the…
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Frozen Evidence
An investigator must think quickly to find a way to capture a shoe impression left to melt in the snow. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy…
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Jean Pool
Police investigating the 1984 murder of a college student had plenty of suspects, but no conclusive evidence linking any of them to the crime. More than a…
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If I Were You
His daughter suspected something was wrong... and when she learned virtually everything had been removed from her father's home, she was sure of it. Even…
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Skin Of Her Teeth
The teeth had been removed from a human skull retrieved from a grave so the killer could keep the victim's identity secret. But did he? To learn more about how…
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Disrobed
The crime scene was especially violent; A husband and wife had been shot to death in their bedroom. At first, investigators thought their 16-year-old daughter…
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Deadly Rebellion
Even though their daughter had run away before, she'd always come back. Her parents were sure this time would be no different... but they were wrong. Workers…
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Treads And Threads
A serial killer was strangling prostitutes then leaving the bodies in plain sight. The only clues were a tire impression and some threads. To learn more about…
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Foundation of Lies
When the wife of a noted doctor goes missing, authorities believe it may have to do with an allegedly shady adoption ring. But then her husband goes…
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A Leg To Stand On
When a severed leg is found in a dumpster, investigators are faced with the challenge of identifying the victim. To learn more about how HLN protects listener…
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Photo Finish
A beautiful model goes missing. No one can clue to her whereabouts until a park employee discovers photographs in a trash dumpster. To learn more about how HLN…
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Accident or Murder
A woman's body was found at the bottom of the stairs. When an investigator recreates the fall, the results are surprising. Was this just a freak accident, or…
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Quite A Spectacle
It was one of the most unusual cases in forensic history. Investigators had to find a way to solve a murder case with evidence which consisted of a squashed…
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Silk Stalkings
The news of a flight attendant's brutal murder prompted the son of a victim who had been killed five years earlier to contact police. The MO of both murders…
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A Shadow Of A Doubt
A woman is shot to death but the case's prime suspect has a solid alibi: a video of his activities the day of the murder. Police asked a local professor to…
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Journey To Justice
Six-year-old Nicole Rae Walker was killed in a hit-and-run in her Ft. Lauderdale neighborhood. This was the first case in the United States where video…
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House Call
The murder of a surgeon in an apartment community left police in St. Petersburg, Florida baffled. Cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of other forensic…
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All Wet
A woman's death in Pennsylvania triggers a investigation into another woman's death in North Carolina. The similarities in the cases were striking, and medical…
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Smoking Out A Killer
A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other. Five years earlier, a…
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Sworded Scheme
When a student is reported missing, police believe she'd turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood in her boyfriend's bedroom - which someone had…
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In Harm's Way
A woman's dead body is found in a public park. When a knife through to be the murder weapon turned up, investigators had an opportunity which seldom occurs: to…
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Dancing With The Devil
The crime scene was awash with blood. Analysis showed it had come from two people, one of whom was female. The male DNA was the victim's, which meant the…
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Smoke In Your Eyes
The bodies of two women are found in the ashes of a fire, which appeared to have been set deliberately. Evidence found leads investigators to a suspect, but it…
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Flower Power
Two different men telephoned 911 to report a woman had been murdered; neither knew the other had called. Examination of bloodstains, a discarded candy wrapper…
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Concrete Alibi
An aspiring model turned up dead, and the prime suspect was her boyfriend. When he was eventually cleared, investigators had to dig deeper to find the…
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Cloak Of Deceit
For seven years, a trio of men robbed one bank after another. They always got away before the police arrived, and they left no evidence behind. But the way…
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A Bag Of Evidence
Painstaking forensic analysis of a murder victim leads police to a suspect, who turned out to be the same person who made what he thought was an anonymous…
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Good As Gold
Two young women were brutally murdered in Napa, California on Halloween night. The killer left his DNA behind, and a groundbreaking test revealed his race and…
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True Lies
A woman's body was found on a deserted road outside of San Antonio. After years, the victim's family hired a private investigator who finds her personal diary…
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Second Shot At Love
A heart surgeon is found dead in his home. Police assume suicide, but further investigation reveals his new wife was out for money. To learn more about how HLN…
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Hell's Kitchen
It appeared the victim had accidentally fallen and hit her head at the bottom of the stairs. But the odd position of her shows and the absence of blood…
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Haunting Vision
A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging her father killed her mother 30 years ago. To learn more about how HLN protects…
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Fire Dot Com
A federal agency ruled a fire that killed a child intentionally set, charging the mother with murder. Were government officials wrong? To learn more about how…
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Low Maintenance
A young college student is found dead in her apartment. There are no obvious signs of foul play, but skin cells under her fingernails yield DNA of an unknown…
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The Music Case
A 12-year-old's death shakes a suburban Minnesota town. Police have no leads until a string of burglaries months after the murder leads them to the victim's…
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Micro Clues
After a day of fishing in a small village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. His body was found in a cornfield, but investigators…
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Tourist Trap
In 1993, worldwide attention focused on robberies which targeted tourists in Florida. Some vacationers were killed in thee attacks; some fought and survived…
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Memories
A pregnant woman is brutally attacked in her own home and her unborn child is killed. Was her husband wrongly convicted? To learn more about how HLN protects…
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A Squires Riches
The truck fell off the hydraulic jack, crushed the man working beneath it, and sparked a fire... or so it seemed. Investigators turned to forensic science to…
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Funeral Services
A funeral director is murdered and his son, the sole beneficiary of his estate, is considered a likely suspect... until witnesses provide him with an ironclad…
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Material Evidence
Orange fibers may link a van and a murdered girl's body. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad…
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To The Viktor
Three homicides on two continents look like professional executions. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic needed to find out if they were related and…
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Skeleton Key
The woman was missing for a month. Police find her car but no evidence of foul play... only a fingerprint and a set of keys. There's a code on one of the keys…
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Sign Of The Zodiac
For six years, a serial killer prowled the streets of New York City. He wrote letters to police and "The New York Post," indicating he would kill twelve…
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Naughty or Nyce
The woman could have lost control of her SUV on the icy road, and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creed, But there were footprints in the snow…
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A Shot In The Dark
When a woman is found dead of a gunshot wound, forensic scientists proved once again that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. To learn more about how HLN…