Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
Jan 23rd
900a
Fatal Fungus
An infant was rushed to a Cleveland emergency room with serious breathing problems. The baby’s lungs were bleeding, a life threatening, extremely rare condition. Within months, there were more than 30 cases – an incidence more than a thousand times higher than anywhere else in the world. Doctors had never seen anything like it, and searched frantically for the cause and a cure.
Jan 23rd
930a
Charred Remains
Shortly after daybreak in Vancouver, British Columbia, a fire was set in a dumpster. No one saw either the arsonist or the fire, and it burned for hours in the deserted parking lot. But there was more than garbage in the container, and it would take sophisticated science to find the evidence in the ashes.
Jan 23rd
1000a
Something's Fishy
Two people in Seattle, Washington died after taking an over-the-counter pain reliever; lab analysis of the pills showed they were tainted with a lethal concentration of cyanide. The investigation which followed led police to a suspect with a motive for murder and a callous disregard for others.
Jan 23rd
1030a
Sealed With a Kiss
For more than a year, angry, hateful letters were sent to a first grade school teacher in a small town in Pennsylvania. When scientists analyzed the letters, they found evidence that the sender knew a lot about the victim – more, in fact, than anyone could possibly have imagined.
Jan 23rd
500p
Shadow of a Doubt
A woman was shot to death just one day before she was to testify against a man accused of robbing her. The robber became the prime suspect, but he had a solid alibi: a time-stamped videotape of his outdoor activities on the day of the murder. Police asked a local physics professor to help them authenticate the videotape, and he enabled them to see the killer who was hiding in the shadows.
Jan 23rd
530p
Tourist Trap
In 1993, the state of Florida was known for more than swimsuits, sun, and Disney. Worldwide attention focused on a rash of robberies which targeted tourists. Some vacationers were killed in these attacks; some fought and survived, despite severe injuries. One of those injuries, a bite mark, would be the key piece of evidence used to convict a determinedly uncooperative suspect, who ran into an even more determined detective.
Jan 23rd
600p
Once Bitten
During the early morning hours of December 29, 1991, a woman was murdered in a Phoenix bar. At the crime scene, investigators found a shoe-print, several foreign hairs, and unknown fingerprints. But they believed the most incriminating piece of evidence was the bite mark found on the victim. On the strength of that evidence, a local postman was convicted of murder, but he continued to maintain his innocence. Ten years into his sentence, improved technology yielded new information about old evidence, and earned him another trial.
Jan 23rd
630p
All Wet
A woman’s death in Pennsylvania triggers a homicide investigation into another woman’s death in North Carolina. The similarities in the cases were striking, and medical examiners must determine if the suspect’s story about accidental drowning is all wet.
Jan 26th
900a
Postal Mortem
On October 15, 1985, two bomb explosions rocked Salt Lake City and resulted in two deaths. A third explosion occurred the next day; this time, the victim was injured but survived. As the investigation progressed, police came to believe the survivor was more than an innocent by-stander. When they turned to forensic science for help, they uncovered an almost unbelievable story of forgery, fraud and murder.
Jan 26th
930a
Micro-Clues
After a day of fishing in a small, quiet village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. The investigation revealed some important microscopic evidence in the water near where he was last seen. It was the only forensic evidence detectives had... but would it be enough for them to find him?