Name: Forensic Files
Released: 1996-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Peter Thomas

TV Show · Crime · Documentary

Eagle-eyed technical experts prove there is no such thing as a perfect crime as they assemble the pieces every criminal leaves behind. Dramatic crime re-creations and, sometimes, part of the investigations are a staple of the series. Some of the re-creations include alternate versions of the crimes, which are disproved by science. The show's episodes follow each case from the initial investigation until it reaches its legal resolution.

1996 · 45m

Starring Peter Thomas

EPISODE 101

The Disappearance of Helle Crafts; The House That Roared

The investigation into a missing flight attendant leads to her pilot husband's conviction; investigators use blood evidence to convict a man of murdering his wife.
EPISODE 102

Southside Strangler; The Magic Bullet

FBI psychological profiling and DNA fingerprinting track a serial rapist and murderer; old-fashioned police work and computer animation determine how a 15-year-old boy was shot while inside a Dallas gun club.
EPISODE 103

The Footpath Murders; Insect Clues

Scientists and detectives use DNA to solve a string of rapes and murders; a drifter gets murdered in Southern California.
EPISODE 104

Legionnaires' Disease; Deadly Parasites

When 182 war veterans contract pneumonia-like symptoms in Philadelphia, doctors become stumped; heavy rains and snow run-off carry manure into Milwaukee's water supply, leading to an epidemic of gastrointestinal illness affecting 400,000 people.
EPISODE 105

The List Murders; Ghost in the Machine

Retracing the steps of real investigations with interviews and dramatic re-creations as experts draw on forensic science to solve baffling crimes and other mysteries.
EPISODE 106

Zeugen der Opfer

In Arizona wird eine Leiche gefunden. Die Polizei kann einem Verdächtigen den Mord nicht nachweisen, findet aber in dessen Truck Samenhülsen, die von einem Molekulargenetiker untersucht werden sollen.