Forensic Factor

Forensic Factor

About the show

Based on true crimes solved by an elite team of investigators, Forensic Factor details the trade secrets used by the world's best sleuths to nab the most elusive criminals, with re-enactments of crucial incidents and firsthand accounts from the experts providing depth and insight.

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Upcoming episodes

Jul 22nd
800a

Leaving Las Vegas

Glamorous las vegas, nevada is famous for wealth, lady luck and second chances. But when homicide detectives discover the charred remains of a prominent business man, sin city reveals a darker side. With a long list of suspects and millions of dollars on the line, investigators are suddenly thrust into a dangerous world of high stakes deception fueled by passion, greed and revenge. A murder mystery where nothing is as it seems and anyone is capable of anything, only forensic science can expose the truth and catch the killer.
Jul 22nd
500p

Dead Mans Hollow

A retired fireman on a morning bike ride notices a burning bundle in a farmer’s field…and recognizes the smell of burning human flesh. Investigators at the scene find an unrecognizable body, a distinctive lighter, 2 pairs of latex gloves and the box they came in, paper towels and torn scraps of an office memo. State of the art forensics, dogged police work, and some extraordinary turns of events lead police to the murder scene - the medical room of a ball bearings factory, and the arrest of a former armenian mafia thug turned english family man for the brutal murder of his cruel ex-boss.
Jul 23rd
800a

Greetings From Yahweh

A series of bombings and bank robberies have left the usually serene city of spokane, washington reeling. Claiming responsibility for the reign of terror, is a deadly, almost invisible sect called the phineas priests who seem to strike at will. The phantom cell, driven by a perverted code of hate is considered be the most radical and dangerous in the entire white supremacist movement. Although the gunmen are masked and leave few clues, an fbi forensic photoanalysis team, working with high quality bank surveillance footage, slowly starts to get a clearer picture of the assailants. The question is, can they find them before they strike again?
Jul 23rd
500p

Sniper

For 23 days in october, 2002 a sniper terrorizes the washington dc area, shooting thirteen people and killing ten. The victims are ordinary people doing routine activities.
Jul 24th
800a

Picture Prefect

In small-town bartow, florida four bodies are found slaughtered in a factory. It’s the largest mass murder in county history. Each victim is somehow connected to the factory and the family business -- and each victim seems to have been executed by a professional assassin. When investigators finally zero in on a prime suspect, they are foiled by his picture-perfect alibi – security footage showing him 500 miles from the scene of the crime. With no hard evidence in sight – and with the bloodthirsty killer still on the loose – investigators turn to video forensic analysis, complex timeline reconstruction, and a most unexpected 3-year-old fingerprint.
Jul 24th
500p

Gods Bomber

The 1996 summer olympics in atlanta, georgia are rocked by a massive pipe bomb explosion. A woman is killed and hundreds injured. Subsequent bombs at an abortion clinic and a gay bar show a similar m.O., And increasing refinement. Police have no clue who is behind the bombings until they receive a letter signed by ‘the army of god’, an anti-abortion, anti-gay, white supremacist group. When another abortion clinic is bombed in birmingham, alabama, a witness sees a suspicious man leaving the scene and gets his license number. Police are soon on the trail of christian extremist eric rudolph, but it will take a five year manhunt through the rugged terrain of the natahala national forest before they can catch america’s most wanted criminal.
Jul 26th
600a

Bike Path Rapist

On september 29, 1990, the body of twenty-two year old college student, linda yalem, is discovered off a bike path in a suburb of buffalo, new york. Yalem has been raped and strangled with a garrote. Dna evidence recovered from her body allows police to link the crime to six other recent rapes in the buffalo area. But other than dna evidence police have little to go on; the murderer remains at large. Over the next sixteen years, attacks slow but do not stop. There is another rape and two more murders. Then advances in dna technology and clues culled from unsolved rape cases lead police to the unlikely killer and rapist. He’s buffalo suburbanite, altemio sanchez. Sanchez is a pillar of the community: Married, with two children, and active in church and little league.
Jul 26th
700a

Million Dollar Murder

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.
Jul 26th
800a

Shopping Spree Killer

An 86-year-old woman is stabbed and strangled in her home, within the secure walls of the upscale gated community of canyon lake, california. Before the body is cold, another elderly woman is brutally slain. Investigators can’t find a motive, and the violence against the frail victims is so shockingly over-the-top, they fear there’s a psychopathic serial killer on the loose. While the community cowers in fear, and people move their elderly parents out of canyon lake, police race to stop the killer in time. In their investigation, they dig deep for the scanty forensic evidence, befriend potential suspects, and are appalled by a callous post-kill ritual that becomes the murderer’s trademark.
Jul 26th
900a

Thrill Kill

Days after christmas 2005, the desert city of phoenix, arizona is shocked by a drive-by shooting rampage that injures multiple people and leaves two men dead. Forensics determines that this isn’t the first time the shooters have struck. It appears that phoenix police have a unique serial killer team on their hands. But just as the trail of the bloody christmas shootings is going cold, the killers come back with a vengeance. In the heat of the summer, the city is tormented by the murderous duo who get their thrills stalking and shooting innocent people under the cover of night. A challenging investigation is made worse because the shooters use a gun that’s virtually untraceable forensically. As the bodies continue to pile up, detectives race to put the pieces together to find the two killers and end their reign of terror. When at last police get the serials shooters in their sights, they must endure an agonizing night of surveillance as they follow them on the hunt. Can detectives and forensic scientists ensure that both serial shooters are convicted and taken off the streets forever?