Just a day after America's greatest tragedy, a town 200 miles away from the World Trade Center experiences its own misfortune. A mother of four vanishes overnight without a trace. With a wealth of suspects, but scarce evidence, police rely on blood spatter to solve the case.

The episode was rated 7.23 from 22 votes.

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 would lead to the killer – so they posted huge copies of the note on five highway billboards.

The episode was rated 7.24 from 38 votes.

It appeared the victim had accidentally fallen and hit her head at the bottom of the stairs. But the odd position of her shoes and the absence of blood spatter led police to suspect the scene had been staged... and Luminol proved they were right.

The episode was rated 7.28 from 50 votes.

Threatening emails, a missing person and an abandoned truck lead police to a home where they believe a murder was committed. The evidence is overwhelming and investigators are sure they have the killer. What they don’t have is the body of the victim. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 2.

The episode was rated 7.30 from 69 votes.

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 they keys, which they hope will unlock not only a door, but also the mystery of her disappearance.

The episode was rated 7.31 from 35 votes.

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 alibi. When police find a mask near the crime scene, they hope it will lead to the killer.

The episode was rated 7.38 from 32 votes.

When their trailer catches fire, the young husband heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents’ home. The cut window screen points to an intruder, but the lack of supporting evidence compels investigators to look beyond the obvious. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 6.

The episode was rated 7.38 from 37 votes.

A middle-aged man is gunned down in his own home. The motive appears to be robbery, but a mysterious greeting card blows the investigation wide open. In order to prove his theory, a detective goes on a hunch and discovers a series of coincidences impossible to ignore. (Two-part episode)

The episode was rated 7.42 from 24 votes.

Twenty-four hours after her face-to-face meeting with a man she met online, a woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband were shot to death. Only the computer had been taken from her home, and with it, the means to identify the killer.

The episode was rated 7.50 from 20 votes.

In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a young mother is murdered after years of domestic abuse. There are clues at the scene: bloody footprints and DNA from the victim’s rape kit. But the evidence which will conclusively tie the killer to the crime is on a freshly-baked hamburger bun. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 1.

The episode was rated 7.51 from 88 votes.

As she left choir practice, the woman was gunned down in the church parking lot. Her husband became the prime suspect – particularly when police learned he found out just a month earlier that his wife had been cheating on him for three years. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 4.

The episode was rated 7.57 from 47 votes.

A community is shocked when police discover a woman raped and murdered in broad daylight on a public trail. Police sift through dozens of potential leads, but cannot match evidence to anyone close to the crime scene. With the help of an accurate eyewitness account, investigators track the killer through a wilderness of suspects.

The episode was rated 7.58 from 26 votes.

The truck fell off of the hydraulic jack, crushed the man working beneath it, and sparked a fire... or so it seemed. Investigators turned to forensic science to determine if they were dealing with a tragic accident or a carefully orchestrated murder. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 5.

The episode was rated 7.66 from 44 votes.

The man suffered a slow, agonising death over a period of days. His wife maintained he killed himself but police were skeptical, especially when they learned her first husband died when he was only 38-years-old and she refused to consent to an autopsy.

The episode was rated 7.67 from 36 votes.

The killer was meticulous, washing everything at the scene, including the victim’s body. The only definitive evidence was a single hair. Three years later he struck again and, this time, what he left behind would prove he committed both crimes.

The episode was rated 7.76 from 46 votes.