Thursday

A wealthy man and his wife were attacked by three men outside their luxurious Louisiana home. He was shot dead and she was forced to open their hidden safe. The woman could not describe the men because they wore masks. To solve the case, police would have to find out who knew about the concealed safe, and who would benefit from the crime.

The bomb was constructed to cause as much damage as possible… and it did, killing the victim with deadly force and flame. A painstaking search yielded tiny clues, which identified the killer as surely as if he’d signed them.

A twelve-year-old girl claimed she had been abducted and sexually assaulted. She recounted what happened in such a flat, unemotional voice that police found it difficult to believe her. Fibers on her clothing would prove she was telling the truth, and help police to find her attacker.

Emergency Dispatch in Durham, North Carolina received a frantic call from a man who said his wife had fallen down the stairs; she was unconscious but still breathing. When paramedics arrived, they could do little more than pronounce the woman dead. The number and volume of bloodstains at the scene was greater than usual. It was up to forensic scientists to find out why.

A killer was on the loose in one of America’s most popular tourist destinations. Armed and desperate, he evaded law enforcement at every turn. As the Fourth of July weekend quickly approached, thousands of people became potential targets.

Over a thousand hunting accidents are reported in the United States each year. Fewer than ten percent of them are fatal. But when one hunter’s death seemed suspicious, the FBI was called in to investigate.

Tool marking: A tool used to commit a crime can often be the same tool used to solve it. The pattern a machine leaves on an item, the unusual way a tool crimps a wire, and even something as innocuous as the shape of a wood chip can lead to a killer.

Alexander Jackson, an Eagle Scout, called 911 to report a mysterious intruder killed his parents and sister, and shot him in the leg. But as they interviewed Alexander in the hospital, detectives began to suspect Jackson wasn’t telling the whole truth.  

Entitled, stubborn people take their traffic stops from 0 to 100 in minutes.

During the summer of 2003, 66-year-old Sharron Erickson is found raped and murdered on the floor of her garage in the small town of Colon, Nebraska.

When police discover Billy Triplett and his wife dead, town residents suspect it has to do with his unlawful liquor business dealings.

Diana Algar and Jose Molina are discovered brutally murdered in a trailer at the Paradise Camp Resort in Hollenback Township, Pennsylvania.

The peaceful town of Guffey, Colorado is shaken one January night when Carl Dutcher and his wife, JoAnna, are brutally murdered alongside their grandson.

When two suburban housewives are killed in their homes within a week of each other in May 1970, it leaves the rural areas surrounding Toronto in fear. Thirty years later, the murders are solved, and the man responsible is caught, thanks to the meticulous collection and preservation of DNA evidence. But there is a surprising twist - Ronald West was a Toronto police officer at the time of the murders.

When the son of a prominent politician is murdered in his basement, Lt. Joe Kenda feels pressure from City Hall to solve the case. To do so, Kenda must sort through a list of nefarious suspects, and delve deep into the victim’s eccentric lifestyle.

A killer was on the loose in one of America’s most popular tourist destinations. Armed and desperate, he evaded law enforcement at every turn. As the Fourth of July weekend quickly approached, thousands of people became potential targets.

Over a thousand hunting accidents are reported in the United States each year. Fewer than ten percent of them are fatal. But when one hunter’s death seemed suspicious, the FBI was called in to investigate.