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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Death Play

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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Unholy Vows

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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Time Will Tell

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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Writers Block

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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Whodunit

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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The Common Thread

May 14, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired August 5, 2019. The year was 1984, and a serial killer was on the loose in Florida. Eight women had been found dead. At each crime scene, investigators found tiny red fibers, fibers they hoped would lead them to the killer.

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No Corpus Delicti

May 7, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired August 1, 2019. A woman disappears without a trace; even though foul play is suspected, the leads don't pan out and the trail turns cold. Twenty years would pass before police are able to link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with the missing woman. Members of "NecroSearch," a group of volunteer forensic scientists, searched a remote area of Colorado a meter at a time, found the victim's ...

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Telltale Tracks

April 30, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 29, 2019. Police find an abandoned car on a busy Philadelphia highway; later, strange marks on the driver's body lead police to her killer.

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Soft Touch

April 23, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 25, 2019. A young woman was killed in a senseless act of revenge. Could police identify the killer through a fingerprint on cloth?

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Constructive Criticism

April 16, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 22, 2019. The huge amount of blood at the crime scene spoke of the violence of the attack; investigators describe it as "overkill," and it's usually an indication that the victim knew the attacker. Police hoped that, during the struggle, the killer had left some of his own blood - and his DNA - behind. Their challenge was to find it.

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Headquarters

April 9, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 18, 2019. When hunters reported finding a skull in a Texas canyon, police immediately began an investigation. At the scene, they found bits of clothing, a woman's shoe, some small bones and a strand of hair. An anthropologist determined the victim was a Caucasian woman, and that she'd been stabbed repeatedly. A forensic artist reconstructed her face, and the image was released to media. Eventually...

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The Alibi

April 2, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 15, 2019. After the rape and murder of a popular high school student, authorities ask the males in her social circles to volunteer DNA. When a match is found, the community is stunned.

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Slippery Motives

March 26, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 11, 2019. While staying at a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, a Louisiana woman drowns in a bathtub. Her husband claims it was an accident, but detectives are skeptical as they discover evidence of foul play.

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Broken Bond

March 19, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 8, 2019. The story of nurse Tanya Reid who may have murdered her own baby and was planning to murder her son.

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Bed Of Deceit

March 12, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 4, 2019. A retired police officer is discovered dead in his bed. Examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and forensic textbooks found in the victim's home are used to solve the murder.

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Flashover

March 5, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired July 1, 2019. A fire erupted in the Kings Cross Underground Station in London, killing 31 people and injuring dozens more. Arson investigators were able to pinpoint the cause of the fire, but it would take state-of-the-art computer technology and experts in the field of fluid dynamics to explain why it became a deadly inferno.

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Water Hazard

February 26, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired June 27, 2019. The victim had ingested a massive amount of cyanide. An unlikely clue - a flaw on a mailing envelope -- exposed a murderer who was willing to kill innocent people to get the one person he wanted.

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Knot For Everyone

February 19, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired June 24, 2019. A series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., where prostitutes were gagged and molested, their clothes cut off in random patterns and their hair cut off.

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Cement the Case

February 12, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired June 20, 2019. A man confesses to killing his wife but forensic evidence may lead to another suspect.

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Pastoral Care

February 5, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode originally aired June 17, 2019. When the body of a female prison guard shows up in a landfill, investigators suspect the prisoners in the facility where she worked. The medical examiner found an important clue, a "signature" element, which figured in two other murders.

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Forensic Files

Episodes

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Time Will Tell

Writers Block

Whodunit

The Common Thread

No Corpus Delicti

Telltale Tracks

Soft Touch

Constructive Criticism

Headquarters

The Alibi

Slippery Motives

Broken Bond

Bed Of Deceit

Flashover

Water Hazard

Knot For Everyone

Cement the Case

Pastoral Care

Popular Podcasts

Death Play

Unholy Vows