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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In a tragic twist of fate, just days after a woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident. It was arson and murder. Investigators had to determine who wanted the woman dead... and why.
The episode was rated 7.60 from 10 votes.
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 she’d spurned his advances. They now had to determine if love had turned into obsession... and a motive for murder. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 10.
The episode was rated 7.65 from 23 votes.
A woman was murdered in her home, and the only witnesses to the crime were the family dogs. An expert in canine behavior was convinced the killer knew both the victim and the animals, and he was determined to find-out exactly what the dogs had seen.
The episode was rated 7.67 from 15 votes.
The body of an attractive young woman was found a mile from her abandoned car. Police were especially concerned when they realized the victim had come to them for protection just two weeks earlier, after a road rage incident. Concern turned to dread when the evidence began to point not to an aggressive driver, but to one of their own.
The episode was rated 7.69 from 16 votes.
A serial killer was loose and investigators had no leads until an alert investigator saw something no one else had seen: a possible finger print on the victim's skin. The problem was how to collect it.
The episode was rated 7.69 from 16 votes.
An ATM transaction allows Texas detectives to pinpoint a suspect in the slaying of a teacher, but a shoelace stolen from the victim's home proves to be the tie that binds her killer to the crime.
The episode was rated 7.72 from 25 votes.
After a suspect is convicted of arson and murder, he steadfastly maintained his innocence, but he was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison. He had no money, no lawyer and only a fifth grade education, but he never gave up. Could law books in the prison library and television programs about forensic science help him prove his case?
The episode was rated 7.74 from 19 votes.
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 was lucky to have escaped unharmed... but after a while, they wondered if the reason she was alive had more to do with careful planning than good fortune.
The episode was rated 7.80 from 10 votes.
As investigators explore details of the apparent suicide of a dentist's wife, another suicide 14 years earlier lead investigators to look more closely at the possibility of a double homicide.
The episode was rated 7.83 from 29 votes.
It's usually easy to figure out how criminal enters a crime scene, but in this case it was far from clear. It looked like the killer vanished into thin air... and perhaps he had.
The episode was rated 7.89 from 36 votes.
A college student vanished without a trace. Her abandoned car was found in one city, her belongings in another. Some dirt on a pair of shoes revealed the extent of one man's deception. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 8.
The episode was rated 7.91 from 32 votes.
A thirteen year old girl went missing from her Colorado home with little evidence to explain what happened. The investigation dragged on for two long years until an alert finger print examiner found a serious flaw in the system.
The episode was rated 7.95 from 21 votes.
A six-year-old girl ran and hid when she saw her grandmother being beaten to death, but the man followed her, beat her, and assaulted her. The girl said the man was her Uncle Clarence, and he was convicted because of her identification. She recanted her testimony years later, but the court denied Clarence's petition for a new trial. His wife was convinced he was innocent, and decided to conduct her own investigation to prove it. TV-14
The episode was rated 8.00 from 16 votes.
Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of a popular rock singer. More than a decade would pass before the evidence collected by an extraordinarily prescient medical examiner could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 7.
The episode was rated 8.00 from 31 votes.
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 decade later, sophisticated technology would breathe new life into a case grown cold with the passage of time.
The episode was rated 8.07 from 15 votes.
