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The best of most shocking: Wild assaults is a television special event featuring ballistic bottle-throwers, clobbering clubs and other weird weapons.  With never-before-seen footage and new, exclusive first-hand accounts, this special edition includes a sidewalk samurai pitting sharpened steel against explosive firepower.  And, a robber goes out on a limb by attacking a cashier with a tree branch.  Then, a masked man sets off a bottle rocket blitzkrieg putting a terrified shopkeeper in the hot-seat.  Tv-14-v

Poison is an almost invisible form of death, and toxicologists must look for hidden clues in blood and tissue to bring these murders to light.

Some people do get away with murder…at least for a while. Flush with their success, serial killers murder again and again. But each time they kill, they leave behind a few more clues, which ultimately lead to their capture.

At the scene of a murder, sometimes the victim provides the only clues to their killer. Forensic anthropologists use skeletal remains to decipher the clues written in the bones.

A devoted mother vanishes after heading to pick up her children. Her car is found abandoned, her phone silent. As a frantic search unfolds, dark secrets emerge—blood, burned clothing, and deception. Weeks later, a chilling confession leads to a hidden grave.

The murder of a gay couple in rural california has police stymied – who would want to hurt the well-liked pair? As investigators and forensic scientists dig deeper, they suspect that the killings are linked to a series of arsons that have destroyed several synagogues and an abortion clinic. The trail leads them to the sinister world of hate crimes -- and a chilling plan that must be stopped.

Suspects will do anything to avoid arrest, including hiding in bizarre places.

Dr. G works on unexplained deaths in orange and osceola counties in florida, as well as similar deaths from her previous employment as an associate medical examiner in bexar county, texas. The show features dramatic re-enactments of the events leading up to the person's death as well as the autopsies. Interviews with dr. G, family members, and other people connected to the deaths are also shown.

When a nine year old girl headed for school vanishes from her quiet suburban neighborhood, an entire community starts searching for her abductor. Investigators wonder if her long-lost mother might be connected to the disappearance. Finally, police use satellites surveilling the Pacific Northwest to find who took her and where. Tracing the perpetrator's movements not only leads them to the girl, but shows the twisted motive in the perpetrator's mind.

When a Maine State Trooper is attacked during a routine stop, it triggers a chain of events which jump starts a stalled murder case hundreds of miles away. The Maine attack appears strikingly similar to the brutal sexual assault and murder of a young woman in New Jersey. There is very little forensic evidence in the New Jersey crime, but the “signature” the killer left behind – the ritualistic similarities in both of these crimes -- identified him just as convincingly as a DNA match.

A 19-year-old Pennsylvania woman disappears on her way to work leaving behind her infant son, a family who loves her, and a job she enjoys. Police investigators view this case as a missing person/possible homicide. It takes space-age technology, cat hairs and insects to pinpoint the image of the woman’s abductor before the real story can be told.

The 29-year-old, pregnant wife of a young, successful attorney is found dead in her Michigan home of a gunshot wound to the head. Was the wound self-inflicted, and if it was, why would this young woman kill herself? Blood spatter analysis and a painstaking investigation led police to the truth.

Time of death is an important consideration in a murder investigation, but when a killer freezes, burns, or grinds his victim, even the most skilled medical examiner would be at a loss about how to calculate it. Forensics has its own techniques to foil a killer's plans to halt an investigation.

When a bank teller arrived at her parent’s home the gunmen were already there. The robbers held her family hostage and forced her to empty a bank vault. If she didn’t comply she could lose everyone she loved.

When gangs go to war, they don’t care who gets in the way. In 1988 an innocent man was gunned down near Cleveland, Ohio, a victim of a deadly initiation.

Arizona v. Mark Gooch. A camper gathering firewood in Arizona's scenic Sunset Crater National Park was shocked to discover the body of a young woman in a traditional long dress, wearing black dress shoes. Her Mennonite family and friends were stunned — she had no known enemies and was a beloved, studious young woman, who loved books. How did she end up dead so far from home? Using sophisticated investigation techniques, police analyzed cell phone tower records and grainy surveillance videos that led them to their number one suspect.

When horseshoe bay police discover a multi-millionaire playboy brutally slain in his posh texas mansion, they are immediately puzzled as to why anyone would sadistically murder the popular local resident. To solve their mystery – and find the killer –investigators are forced to navigate through a wide circle of friends – a circle that includes rich ceos, celebrity athletes, movie stars, and a bevy of sexy strippers. In their search for forensic clues, investigators dig deep in the heart of millionaire’s row, uncovering x-rated photos, shocking videos, and a mysterious object hidden deep in the victim’s body.

After a night of drinking, 45-year-old Ana Trujillo bludgeons her on-again-off-again lover Stefan Andersson to death with a blue suede stiletto shoe.

Former Deputy Sheriff of Colbert, Georgia, Tracy Fortson shoots her boyfriend Douglas Benton as he sleeps, then abandons his body in a cement-filled trough in the woods.

While Frank and Nancy may have drifted apart in their long marriage, they are still on solid ground. But when one of them is confronted by a gunman in their driveway while the other is away, police follow a money trail stretching back several years. With so many people involved in the crime, who is actually behind it?

Former pro-wrestler Ivan Radocaj, known as ‘The Croatian Giant’, is ambushed and brutally murdered in the tiny Manitoba hamlet of Inwood. It looks like a robbery gone wrong. But when small town tongues start to wag, the police get interested and initiate a massive sting operation. What they hear over a wire tap brings to light a monstrous plot that seems alien to a tranquil community.

29-year-old Chris Devoy is shot in cold blood outside a neighborhood bar. Faced with a trio of suspects, Kenda trusts his gut and makes a controversial decision. The case hits a dead end, but Kenda gets an unexpected tip that proves his instincts right.

In Sacramento in the mid 1980Õs, a ruthless killer was making his way through the fringe community of Oak Park. Behind him, he left a trail of victims, stuffed in closets, hidden under debris and even buried alive. Handyman Morris Solomon was eventually captured and sentenced to death for these crimes.

In rural Wyoming, a young teen is found strangled and violated after vanishing from her group home. Relentless investigation reveals the killer’s shocking identity.

While dreaming a great career, opera singer Leandra Ramm meets a man masquerading as a musical sponsor, but he is actually just a psychotic cyber stalker.

After a 21-year-old mother doesn't return from her night classes, her car is found later burned and investigators immediately suspect foul play.

Most shocking: Citizen justice is a television special event featuring civilians under the gun and making a stand.  With never-before-seen footage and new, exclusive first-hand accounts, this special edition includes an ex-con attacking a cop which forces a good samaritan to lay down the law.  Plus, vigilantes corner a small-time crook and deliver a big-time beat-down.  And, gangsters invade a pawnshop but are blown back by a hail of gunfire. Tv-14-v