Forensic Files

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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October 1, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired October 14, 2019. A young college student is found dead in her apartment. There are no obvious signs of foul play, but skin cells under her fingernails yield DNA of an unknown male suspect, and petechial hemorrhages in her eyes prove this is a homicide.

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This episode originally aired October 10, 2019. A 12-year-old's death shakes a suburban Minnesota town. Police have no leads until a string of burglaries months after the murder leads them to the victim's possessions, and to the killer.

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September 17, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired October 7, 2019. After a day of fishing in a small village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. His body was found in a cornfield, but investigators found microscopic one-cell organisms on him, which could only be found in water.

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September 10, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired October 3, 2019. In 1993, worldwide attention focused on robberies which targeted tourists in Florida. Some vacationers were killed in thee attacks; some fought and survived, despite severe injuries. A bite mark is the key used to convict a suspect.

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September 3, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 30, 2019. A pregnant woman is brutally attacked in her own home and her unborn child is killed. Was her husband wrongly convicted?

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August 27, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 26, 2019. The truck fell off 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.

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August 20, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 23, 2019. 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.

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August 13, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 19, 2019. Orange fibers may link a van and a murdered girl's body.

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August 6, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 16, 2019. Three homicides on two continents look 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.

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July 30, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 12, 2019. 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 the keys, which they hope will unlock not only a door, but also the mystery of her disappearance.

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July 23, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 9, 2019. For six years, a serial killer prowled the streets of New York City. He wrote letters to police and "The New York Post," indicating he would kill twelve people, one for each astrological sign. Forensic astronomy, handwriting analysis, and DNA extracted from the flap of an envelope gave investigators a profile of the killer, and a stroke of luck enabled them to find him.

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July 16, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 5, 2019. The woman could have lost control of her SUV on the icy road, and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creed, But there were footprints in the snow leading away from the vehicle and bloodstains on both the inside and the outside. Investigators were convinced this was the scene of a crime, not an accident.

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July 9, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired September 2, 2019. When a woman is found dead of a gunshot wound, forensic scientists proved once again that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.

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July 2, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired August 29, 2019. 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, bruised body was discovered in a ditch 20 miles away.

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June 25, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired August 26, 2019. 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 died in questionable circumstances, they re-examine the crime scene

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June 18, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired August 22, 2019. While in high school, Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father to cardiac arrest but Marie had a secret.

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June 11, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired August 19, 2019. War criminals who moved to the United States are captured many years later thanks to forensic technology.

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June 4, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired August 15, 2019. 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 the only clues to his real identity are a Rolex watch and a maple leaf tattoo.

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May 28, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired August 12, 2019. 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 was a slow and painful death, so suicide was unlikely. Investigators had to determine who among her family, friends and business associates had a motive for murder.

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May 21, 2026 • 20 mins
This episode originally aired August 8, 2019. A murder mystery theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance.

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