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

May 7th
800a

The Payne Case

Texas officers respond to what looks like a murder-suicide between a mother and her teenage son. Forensic testing of gunshot residue, body temperatures, and toxicology will decide whether this was a family tragedy or a staged scene.
May 7th
500p

Atomic Dog

A self-appointed angel of death on a mission beyond the law. A sniper who targets abortion doctors and then disappears into the shadowy underground that supports and protects him. But when the sniper’s mission moves to murder, a city is thrown into blind panic that spreads across the country and beyond. Armed with the very latest in forensic technology, this is one game the cops have no intention of losing.
May 8th
800a

The Kendhammer Case

A Wisconsin couple’s drive turns tragic when a pipe allegedly flies off a truck and smashes their windshield. As bloodstain evidence and crash tests clash with the husband’s story, investigators ask if this was accident or foul play.
May 8th
500p

The Eclectic Murders

When the police in farmington, new mexico discover a broken window at a local head shop called the eclectic, they expect to find evidence of a robbery. Instead they uncover a horrific crime scene, with two badly mutilated bodies. One year later, a battered body is found tossed into a canyon, the eyes and genitals gouged. Then the bloodied corpse of a naked woman is discovered on a remote road outside of town. As police search for clues to her death, tracking a lost cell phone, scattered footprints and layers of tire marks far into the desert, they soon come to a terrible realization - that one man and his friends are suspected in all three crimes. And when a renowned blood spatter expert finally determines who the murderer is, the community is shocked to learn that a serial killer has been living in their midst.
May 10th
600a

The Barsock Case

A woman is found shot in her garage, and all eyes turn to her boyfriend after a friend names him as the attacker. When alibis, bullets, and DNA conflict with witness accounts, detectives must untangle a web of lies to find the real story.
May 10th
700a

The Morse Case

The body of a young woman surfaces in a Florida river with few clues beyond rope and duct tape. To identify her killer, investigators push forensic science to the limit, even turning to DNA from her former pet dog.
May 10th
800a

The Look in Her Eyes

After a body is found in a ditch, police link it to a missing father who lives nearby. With no clear crime scene, investigators scour his home and the roadway, using trace evidence and creative forensic tests to reconstruct what happened.
May 10th
900a

Deadly Foreclosure

After Heidi Firkus is shot during an alleged home invasion, detectives question the only other witness. Years later, they use digital reconstructions, trajectory tests and 911 audio to see if the story of a mysterious intruder makes sense.
May 11th
800a

Playing with Fire

After a fiery car crash, charred remains are identified as Clayton Daniels until forensic evidence suggests the death was staged. As questions mount, investigators follow burn patterns, autopsy clues and records to uncover a bizarre scheme.
May 11th
500p

To Catch a Serial Killer

The world’s top criminal investigators, forensic scientists and behavioral analysts go behind the scenes of some of their most challenging serial murder cases to reveal the cutting edge forensic science, technology, behavioral psychology and investigative techniques involved in tracking down a serial killer. The detection and apprehension of the gainesville ripper, who brutally attacked and murdered five college students in florida, provides the core narrative against which the unique forensic and investigative details of four other cases are compared and contrasted.