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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.
200823 episodesX-Ray16+
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Episodes

  1. S12 E1 - Sharper Image
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    September 26, 2007
    22min
    TV-14
    The longest running true crime series in television history, a young girl is found dead, and police quickly arrest the most likely suspect. But when cutting-edge technology from NASA enables a forensic odontologist to prove the wrong man is behind bars, the investigation resumes.
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  2. S12 E2 - Wheel of Misfortune
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    October 23, 2007
    22min
    TV-14
    Security cameras in a casino tracked a young woman's movements until shortly before she disappeared. She was never seen again, but through the evidence she left behind, she was able to tell investigators what happened to her and who was responsible.
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  3. S12 E3 - The Day the Music Died
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    November 14, 2007
    22min
    TV-14
    Seattle police had no suspects in the violent murder of a popular rock singer. More than a decade would pass before the evidence collected by an extraordinarily prescient medical examiner could be used by forensic scientists to identify the killer.
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  4. S12 E4 - Sole Survivor
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    November 19, 2007
    22min
    13+
    A Michigan State University grad student disappeared and was presumed dead. With the help of a professor of geological sciences, police hoped to get the "dirt" on her killer.
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  5. S12 E5 - Catch 22
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    December 16, 2007
    22min
    13+
    A Wal-Mart shoe clerk is gunned down in her driveway with a 22-caliber weapon. Police suspect first her husband, then a coworker and spurned would-be lover half her age.
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  6. S12 E6 - A Cinderella Story
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    December 24, 2007
    22min
    TV-14
    The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body. Police were sure that if they found the man who fit the shoes, they would also find the man who committed the crime. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 11.
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  7. S12 E7 - Insulated Evidence
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    October 2, 2007
    22min
    13+
    It's usually simple to figure out how a criminal entered the crime scene. But in this case, it was far from clear. It seemed like the killer vanished into thin air and perhaps he really did.
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  8. S12 E8 - Pressed for Crime
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    January 13, 2008
    22min
    16+
    A brutally violent murder, with many suspects and conflicting evidence, but the forensics were clear on one thing: the killer knew his victim. And that alone provided investigators with a head start.
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  9. S12 E9 - Finger Pane
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    January 20, 2008
    22min
    TV-14
    A serial killer is on the loose and police have to find him before he strikes again. Their most promising lead is an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint on the body of one of the victims.
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  10. S12 E10 - Good as Gold
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    January 27, 2008
    22min
    TV-14
    On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa, California home. The killer was not seen by their downstairs roommate, but he left his DNA behind in some cigarette butts and a groundbreaking test determined his race and even the color of his eyes and hair. Originally aired as Season 12, Episode 15.
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  11. S12 E11 - Dog Day Afternoon
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    February 24, 2008
    22min
    16+
    When the only witness to a brutal killing is the family dog, investigators turn to a microscopic analysis of some articles of clothing to find the guilty party.
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  12. S12 E12 - Shattered Innocence
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    May 8, 2008
    22min
    13+
    The murderer probably hoped to cover his tracks by staging the crime scene. But police saw through the attempt almost immediately, and they turned to forensic science to discover what really happened that night.
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  13. S12 E13 - Jean Pool
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    April 17, 2008
    22min
    13+
    The body of college co-ed Laura Salmon was found on a Georgia farm, covered with her own denim jeans as well as the jeans of the murderer. Investigators had plenty of suspects but no solid evidence linking any of them to the crime. More than a decade later, sophisticated technology would breathe new life into a case gone cold with the passage of time.
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  14. S12 E14 - Traffic Violations
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    May 8, 2008
    22min
    16+
    The body of an attractive young woman was found a mile from her abandoned car. Police were extremely concerned when they realized the victim had come to them for protection just two weeks earlier, after a road rage incident. Concern turned to dread when the evidence pointed not to an aggressive driver, but to one of their own police officers.
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  15. S12 E15 - Brotherly Love
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    May 22, 2008
    22min
    16+
    Fingerprints from a 1969 murder investigation turn up more than 30 years later, and detectives wonder if there could be a match in a modern fingerprint database.
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  16. S12 E16 - Disrobed
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    June 5, 2008
    22min
    16+
    Diane and Alan Johnson are shot to death in their Idaho bedroom. The killer's careful efforts to avoid leaving DNA evidence go for naught when forensic scientists take a careful look at the scene.
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  17. S12 E17 - Driven to Silence
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    June 19, 2008
    22min
    13+
    A witness comes forward to help solve the murder of a South Carolina hairdresser.
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  18. S12 E18 - Printed Proof
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    July 24, 2008
    22min
    13+
    When two women went missing and were later discovered viciously murdered, police wondered if they were victims of a hate crime; the women lived together and were politically active, outspoken advocates of gay rights. However, the motive turned out to be something with which investigators were all too familiar: greed, fueled by obsession.
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  19. S12 E19 - About Face
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    July 17, 2008
    22min
    13+
    A skeleton found in the woods behind a rented home in Wilmington, North Carolina is matched to a missing person using a free photo editing application.
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  20. S12 E20 - In the Bag
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    July 24, 2008
    22min
    16+
    After shooting his victims in the head, the killer staged the scene, placed the evidence into a plastic bag and tossed it into the river. But instead of floating downstream, it became entangled in overhanging branches. A few days later, when investigators found it, they hoped clues to the killer's identity and the solution to the crime were "in the bag."
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  21. S12 E21 - Yes, In Deed
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    August 7, 2008
    22min
    TV-14
    In a terrible twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer a fire claimed both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident. It was arson and murder. Police had to find out who wanted the woman dead and why.
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  22. S12 E22 - Guarded Secrets
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    September 11, 2008
    22min
    13+
    A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in an isolated camp site. More than 10 years would pass before a phone call breathed life into the cold case. A paint smear on the bottom of the victim's boot helped scientists confirm what happened during the last hour of his life.
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  23. S12 E23 - Smoking Out A Killer
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    August 28, 2008
    22min
    13+
    For years, a brutal series of rapes and murders of college girls shocked a local campus. Police feared a serial killer was on the loose and they needed to determine what - or who - these women had in common.
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Content advisory
Violencesubstance usealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Audio languages
English Dialogue Boost: MediumEnglishEnglish Dialogue Boost: High
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Michael Jordan
Cast
Kimberly VillanovaKim Vogel
Studio
Filmrise
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