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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.
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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This episode originally aired August 19, 2019. War criminals who moved to the United States are captured many years later thanks to forensic technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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