Forensic Files

10 Best Episodes of Forensic Files - Season 13

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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Forensic Files - S13E14

#15 - Calculated Coincidence (Season 13 - Episode 14)

A young woman is found dead in her apartment. There's little evidence at the scene, leads don't pan out and the case turns cold... until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six years earlier in different state.

The episode was rated 7.77 from 22 votes.

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#14 - Sands of Crime (Season 13 - Episode 13)

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In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment. Her body was found later that day; she’d been sexually assaulted and then shot at point blank range. Eight long years passed… and then a pair of running shoes and a cell phone breathed new life into a very cold case. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 13.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 28 votes.

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#13 - Covet Thy Neighbor (Season 13 - Episode 35)

When a college co-ed vanishes without a trace, her fellow students grow concerned about her safety... and their own. Weeks later, the body of an unknown female is discovered 700 miles away in the ashes of a barn fire, and an alert police officer realizes the two crimes might be connected.

The episode was rated 7.85 from 13 votes.

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#12 - Smiley Face (Season 13 - Episode 21)

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The Brenda Robinson case. Forensic evidence leads police to a sadistic serial rapist after years of investigation in Delaware and Maryland.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 21 votes.

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#11 - Palm Saturday (Season 13 - Episode 41)

A young couple is found murdered in their Graham, Washington home; detectives discover shoe impressions, a partial palm print, and a neighbor's criminal past.

The episode was rated 7.91 from 11 votes.

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#10 - Trouble Brewing (Season 13 - Episode 26)

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Two suspects living in the same apartment are linked to a murder by a gun and a pair of bloodstained boots - items that belong to the one who claims he's never met the victim. Investigators hope the manufacturing code stamped on six beer bottles will be distinctive enough to prove who is telling the truth, and who is a cold-blooded killer.

The episode was rated 7.91 from 11 votes.

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#9 - Room With a View (Season 13 - Episode 29)

A college student is found stabbed more than a hundred times; her bedroom blood-soaked. While her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she hadn't been sexually assaulted. Was this a sex crime, or the random act of a man with an intense hatred of women?

The episode was rated 7.93 from 14 votes.

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#8 - Hundreds of Reasons (Season 13 - Episode 37)

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A restaurant manager is found stabbed to death. With $8,000 missing from the safe, police have their motive, but finding the killer doesn't prove so easy.

The episode was rated 8.00 from 13 votes.

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#7 - Lights Out (Season 13 - Episode 48)

Whoever stabbed the young mother to death had also savagely beaten her four-year-old daughter. Police had a suspect, but not enough evidence to tie him to the crimes. It would take 15 years and advances in DNA technology to bring the killer to justice. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 47.

The episode was rated 8.08 from 12 votes.

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#6 - Runaway Love (Season 13 - Episode 44)

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It was classic “overkill.” The woman floating in the harbor of an upscale yacht club had been stabbed more than 50 times. Her ex-husband and daughter are missing, and investigators turn to forensic science to determine if they’re searching for victims... or perpetrators. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 15.Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 43.

The episode was rated 8.09 from 11 votes.

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#5 - Family Ties (Season 13 - Episode 25)

An assailant breaks into a couple's home with an axe; he kills the husband and critically injures his wife. Nothing was taken, so this wasn't a robbery. Can a DNA profile from skin cells collected hundred of miles away reveal the killer's identity and his motive for murder?

The episode was rated 8.11 from 19 votes.

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#4 - Needle in a Haystack (Season 13 - Episode 28)

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There was no apparent reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner found a tiny clue during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel a mystery of betrayal and revenge.

The episode was rated 8.17 from 12 votes.

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#3 - Office Visit (Season 13 - Episode 40)

A respected surgeon was stabbed to death in the parking lot next to his office. The most likely suspect is seen having dinner in a restaurant at the time of the murder. But a cryptic conversation leads police to believe that, while the suspect may not have wielded the knife, he could very well have hired the man who did. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 40.

The episode was rated 8.20 from 15 votes.

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#2 - Family Interrupted (Season 13 - Episode 43)

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The gunman opened fire as the family of four entered their home, killing two and wounding the others. He’d pulled open a few drawers to make it look like a robbery, but the scene was clearly staged. When police pieced together the clues, they discovered an unlikely suspect and a carefully orchestrated plot. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 42.

The episode was rated 8.25 from 12 votes.

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#1 - Shoe-in For Murder (Season 13 - Episode 42)

Terrified, the young girl hid in her bedroom while her mother was attacked and stabbed to death. Investigators had a wealth of evidence: shoe impressions, distinctive blood drops, and the killer’s DNA. What they didn’t have was a basis for comparison. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 41.

The episode was rated 8.50 from 10 votes.

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