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Forensic Files

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.
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  1. S1 E1 - The Disappearance of Helle Crafts
    April 20, 1996
    23min
    16+
    In the series premiere (pilot) of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a Connecticut flight attendant went missing and was never seen again. Police suspected her husband was guilty of murder and they were able to prove it - even though they never found the woman's body. Originally aired as Season 1, Episode 1.
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  2. S1 E2 - The Magic Bullet
    October 16, 1996
    23min
    16+
    A fifteen-year-old boy died from a mysterious gunshot wound to his head while he was sitting in the lobby of his father's gun club. Ballistics, laser technology, made-to-scale models and the latest in forensic animation showed that bullet had followed a tragic course after a misfire at the outdoor range. Originally aired as Season 1, Episode 2.
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  3. S1 E3 - The House That Roared
    October 16, 1996
    23min
    13+
    A woman disappeared and her husband became the prime suspect -- especially after police found a huge bloodstain on the carpet of their bedroom. When they sprayed the bedroom with Luminol, they discovered it was awash with blood spatter. Complex DNA testing proved it was the wife's blood. Now all they had to do was find her body. Originally aired as Season 1, Episode 3.
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  4. S1 E4 - Planted Evidence
    October 23, 1996
    23min
    16+
    Early one morning in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, a motorcyclist discovered the body of a young woman. She had been beaten, bound, strangled and possibly raped. The nearby plants would tell investigators more about the killer than any other single piece of evidence. Originally aired as Season 1, Episode 5.
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  5. S1 E5 - The Wilson Murder
    November 13, 1996
    23min
    16+
    On the night of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home after a meeting. She walked up the stairs to the bedroom and discovered her husband, lying in a pool of blood. Jack Wilson had obviously been murdered... but how? And by whom? Even the experts couldn't agree. Originally aired as Season 1, Episode 8.
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  6. S1 E6 - Insect Clues
    November 27, 1996
    23min
    16+
    Between 1985 and 1988, 18 people were choked, molested and left for dead in the remote desert mountains of California. The only witnesses were the insects - and they also proved to play an important role in solving the crimes and bringing the killer to justice. Originally aired as Season 1, Episode 10.
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  7. S1 E7 - The List Murders
    December 11, 1996
    23min
    16+
    In 1971, John List left a note with the bodies of his mother, wife and three children in his mansion ballroom right before he disappeared. Eighteen years later, all detectives had to work from is an outdated photograph of List. "America's Most Wanted" commissioned an age-scaled bust of List to help viewers in identifying the confessed murderer. Originally aired as Season 1, Episode 12.
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Directors
Michael JordanRichard Monahan
Starring
Peter Thomas
Studio
FilmRise
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