Best Episodes
Forensic Files profiles intriguing crimes, accidents, and outbreaks of disease from around the world. Follow coroners, medical examiners, law enforcement personnel and legal experts as they seek the answers to baffling and mysterious cases, which have been ripped from the headlines. Forensic Files puts a new spin on the "whodunit" genre and will satisfy the most ardent true-crime buffs.
Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 08, 2023.
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Three homicides on two continents looked like professional executions. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic needed to find out if they were related and, if they were, who or what they had in common. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 39.
The episode was rated 7.61 from 18 votes.
Two men were convicted of intentionally shooting and killing a passenger in a moving car, their friend was granted immunity for testifying against them, and the case was closed.
The episode was rated 7.61 from 18 votes.
In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a man riding a bicycle is fatally injured, and police believe he is the victim of a hit-and-run accident. Tiny clues found at the scene create a picture of the vehicle that struck him… and lead police to its driver. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 3.
The episode was rated 7.62 from 37 votes.
A serial arsonist was on the loose in Washington, DC. Each of the fires was started with the same type of incendiary device. The perpetrator was very careful, and seemed to leave no evidence behind… but there were clues in the ashes and it was up to forensic scientists to find them. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 37.
The episode was rated 7.63 from 19 votes.
The reconstruction of a shredded computer disk makes forensic history.
The episode was rated 7.64 from 22 votes.
Investigators must determine what caused a house fire that killed an elderly couple and whether the victims' son is responsible.
The episode was rated 7.65 from 31 votes.
A Native American woman was brutally killed in the desert of New Mexico, and the crime scene was rich in evidence: tire tracks, shoe impressions and even the murder weapons. The site was less than 10 miles from another crime scene where a male Native American was murdered two years earlier. Police began to wonder: Was a serial killer on the loose? Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 20.
The episode was rated 7.65 from 20 votes.
A 29-year-old woman was killed instantly when a bomb exploded in her home. The device was so powerful that shrapnel was embedded in houses across the street. The bomber had not only knowledge and skill, but also a motive for murder. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 40.
The episode was rated 7.67 from 21 votes.
When the head chef of a historic Philadelphia restaurant was found dead, investigators interviewed the usual suspects: family, friends and co-workers. As they sifted through the evidence, police uncovered a chilling tale of debt and deceit. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 36.
The episode was rated 7.69 from 16 votes.
A killer tried to incinerate and destroy everything that could link him to his crime. But in doing so, he inadvertently created new forensic evidence – evidence that came to light with a technique never before used in a criminal investigation. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 41.
The episode was rated 7.72 from 18 votes.
The crime scene was awash with blood. The victim had been brutally murdered as he slept in his own bed. There were no foreign fingerprints in his home, but investigators did find a shoe impression in the mud outside… physical evidence they hoped would lead them to the killer. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 34.
The episode was rated 7.74 from 19 votes.
A teenager went missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body was found a month later, three miles from her home. The killer unknowingly left trace evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues that pointed to him and him alone. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 30.
The episode was rated 7.82 from 17 votes.
Kansas City attorney Richard Armitage was brutally murdered in his office in broad daylight. The first prime suspect was Lou Campbell, who had previously threatened Armitage, but he was later cleared. Police turn their suspicions to Armitage's law partner Richard Buchli, who had very little success as a lawyer and was in debt for more than $250,000.
The episode was rated 7.88 from 16 votes.
A behavioral profile is helpful in a murder investigation, but it's not a road map to the killer. One such profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Department to search for the wrong man. They might not have made an arrest, had it not been for a DNA picture of the suspect, painted by a molecular biologist.
The episode was rated 7.91 from 22 votes.
A young woman was found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas. The grass on that course was so distinctive that it had evidentiary value. The evidence led police to two suspects. Each blamed the other, and they had to find out who the killer was. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 29.
The episode was rated 8.19 from 16 votes.
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