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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 FilesPicture This
A Modesto, California teenager went missing. There was no sign of a struggle in her home, and police suspected she'd simply run away... until her naked…
Forensic FilesBroken Promises
When a gym teacher is found dead of what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound, his family is suspicious. When police find that the wife's previous husband…
Forensic FilesDeath Play
While in high school, Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father to cardiac arrest but Marie had a secret. To learn more about how HLN protects…
Forensic FilesUnholy Vows
War criminals who moved to the United States are captured many years later thanks to forensic technology. To learn more about how HLN protects listener…
Forensic FilesIntroducing "Hell And Gone"
Now in its second season, Hell And Gone is a podcast from iHeartRadio and School of Humans that follows writer and private investigator Catherine Townsend as…
Forensic FilesTime Will Tell
A Canadian scam-artist, Albert J. Walker, assumes the identity of co-worker Ronald Platt as part of a money-laundering scheme. Platt later turns up dead and…
Forensic FilesWriters Block
A brilliant young architect became ill and died just before she was to testify in a criminal trial. The autopsy revealed she'd been poisoned with arsenic; it…
Forensic FilesWhodunit
A murder mystery theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance. To learn more about how HLN…
Forensic FilesThe Common Thread
The year was 1984, and a serial killer was on the loose in Florida. Eight women had been found dead. At each crime scene, investigators found tiny red fibers…
Forensic FilesNo Corpus Delicti
A woman disappears without a trace; even though foul play is suspected, the leads don't pan out and the trail turns cold. Twenty years would pass before police…
Forensic FilesTelltale Tracks
Police find an abandoned car on a busy Philadelphia highway; later, strange marks on the driver's body lead police to her killer. To learn more about how HLN…
Forensic FilesSoft Touch
A young woman was killed in a senseless act of revenge. Could police identify the killer through a fingerprint on cloth? To learn more about how HLN protects…
Forensic FilesConstructive Criticism
The huge amount of blood at the crime scene spoke of the violence of the attack; investigators describe it as "overkill," and it's usually an indication that…
Forensic FilesHeadquarters
When hunters reported finding a skull in a Texas canyon, police immediately began an investigation. At the scene, they found bits of clothing, a woman's shoe…
Forensic FilesThe Alibi
After the rape and murder of a popular high school student, authorities ask the males in her social circles to volunteer DNA. When a match is found, the…
Forensic FilesSlippery Motives
While staying at a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, a Louisiana woman drowns in a bathtub. Her husband claims it was an accident, but detectives are skeptical as…
Forensic FilesBroken Bond
The story of nurse Tanya Reid who may have murdered her own baby and was planning to murder her son. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy…
Forensic FilesBed Of Deceit
A retired police officer is discovered dead in his bed. Examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and forensic…
Forensic FilesFlashover
A fire erupted in the Kings Cross Underground Station in London, killing 31 people and injuring dozens more. Arson investigators were able to pinpoint the…
Forensic FilesWater Hazard
The victim had ingested a massive amount of cyanide. An unlikely clue - a flaw on a mailing envelope -- exposed a murderer who was willing to kill innocent…
Forensic FilesKnot For Everyone
A series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., where prostitutes were gagged and molested, their clothes cut off in random patterns and their hair cut off. To…
Forensic FilesCement the Case
A man confesses to killing his wife but forensic evidence may lead to another suspect. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit…
Forensic FilesPastoral Care
When the body of a female prison guard shows up in a landfill, investigators suspect the prisoners in the facility where she worked. The medical examiner found…
Forensic FilesWhere The Blood Drops
When someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the spouse almost always is a suspect -- especially if they are in bed, sleeping beside the individual at the…
Forensic FilesNaked Justice
A 29-year-old pregnant wife is found dead in her home of a gunshot wound to the head. Blood spatter analysis led police to the truth. To learn more about how…
Forensic FilesVideo Diary
A gas station employee was shot at point blank range. Police find the entire murder was caught on the station's security camera. To learn more about how HLN…
Forensic FilesKilligraphy
A man considered unstable by his neighbors is accused of killing his wife. But a medical detective holds a different view. To learn more about how HLN protects…
Forensic FilesThe Metal Business
It looked like sixty-two-year-old Phillip Rouss, Jr. had it all: family, friends, and a new business which was the culmination of a life-long dream. Then his…
Forensic FilesWithout A Prayer
When the once called America's most hated woman and her top two lieutenants disappeared, there was no shortage of suspects. To learn more about how HLN…
Forensic FilesIntroducing Somebody Somewhere Season 2: The Jungle Murders Trailer
Murder in a Seattle homeless encampment known as The Jungle. Three teenage brothers were charged, but are they the real killers? Only The Jungle knows. Join…
Forensic FilesNailed
Just weeks before a witness is to testify against the man accused of sexually assaulting her, she is murdered in the front yard of her own home. Investigators…
Forensic FilesA Clean Getaway
An employee of a dry-cleaner was raped and murdered in the store, and investigators thought themselves fortunate to have two eyewitnesses. Their descriptions…
Forensic FilesCold Hearted
When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends were devastated but they had no proof of foul…
Forensic FilesA Bitter Pill To Swallow
A 33-year old woman meets, falls in love with, and marries a successful young doctor, but an unusual amount of discomfort during her pregnancy arouses her…
Forensic FilesPrints Among Thieves
The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not entirely unexpected; he flaunted his wealth and cared little for personal security. The evidence at the crime…
Forensic FilesPast Lives
The body of a businessman was found in his rental car. Teeth and bone fragments were all that remained of the body; When the victim's wife filed a life…
Forensic FilesWriting On The Wall
The victim was well liked and successful, which made the brutality of the crime even harder to understand. In the final moments of her life, she'd written a…
Forensic FilesSleight Of Hand
An elderly woman is murdered. Though investigators were able to lift prints from the scene, they failed to find a match and the crime went unsolved. Years…
Forensic FilesDrowning Sorrows
A family vacation turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in the lake. There are no witnesses and little conclusive evidence to help police…
Forensic FilesCold Storage
When a young dancer who got involved with the wrong crowd disappeared, her family immediately suspected her new friends. When a young dancer who got involved…
Forensic FilesPressed For Crime
A brutal murder, lots of suspects, and conflicting evidence... but the forensics were clear on one thing: The killer knew his victim. And that alone gave…
Forensic FilesHoly Terror
A serial bomber was on the loose in Illinois. Two churches had been bombed and one person was killed. Investigators had to stop the perpetrator before he…
Forensic FilesYes Indeed
In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy…
Forensic FilesMissing Pearl
A woman does not return home and, despite pleas from her family, police insist on treating it as a routine missing person's case. To learn more about how HLN…
Forensic FilesDeadly Valentine
An obstetrician returned home from the hospital and found his wife on the floor of the bathroom; she was covered with blood, not breathing. He tried…
Forensic FilesThe Blood Trail
Police uncover a trail that reveals a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit…
Forensic FilesThe Blood Trail
Police uncover a trail that reveals a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit…
Forensic FilesExpert Witness
The killer was meticulous, washing everything at the scene, including the victim's body. The only definitive evidence was a single foreign hair. Three years…
Forensic FilesSands Of Crime
A college co-ed was abducted from a parking lot. Her body was found later that day. She'd been sexually assaulted and shot at point blank range. Eight years…
Forensic FilesSunday School Ambush
When a woman's husband was gunned down in his own garage by intruders, investigators worked tirelessly to find the assassins. But when they discovered that a…
Forensic FilesHand Delivered
In 1995, police in San Diego, California are baffled by a pair of hands found in a dumpster. The case goes cold but about a year later, investigators receive…
Forensic FilesDew Process
When the wife of a dentist is found dead, police are unsure who killed her. As the investigation progresses, a woman confesses. Two years pass before fibers…
Forensic FilesWithin A Hair
In 1996 in Indiana, four women had been sexually assaulted and a suspect was soon convicted. But the story doesn't end there. To learn more about how HLN…
Forensic FilesMessage In A Bottle
For twelve years, the murder of a young woman went unsolved, but with the passage of time came the development of technology. Would a used tissue found at the…
Forensic FilesBody Of Evidence
Police exhume the body of a murdered woman to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy…
Forensic FilesAll The World's A Stage
Police arrive at a shooting, and discover the victim's husband is a homicide detective who says his wife shot herself. Investigators turn to a forensic…
Forensic FilesHundreds Of Reasons
The assistant manager of the restaurant had been stabbed to death. Police knew why he'd been killed: $8,000 was missing from the safe. As to who was…
Forensic FilesAs The Tide Turns
The woman was dead. The man had been shot four times but he survived. When the man's version of events was at variance with the evidence, investigators turned…
Forensic FilesAbout Face
A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she'd been dead for 18 months, they knew it would be difficult…
Forensic FilesThe Dirty Deed
Eileen and Derrick Severs disappeared from their home in the small village of Hambleton in Great Britain, and police found evidence which suggested foul play…