Forensic Files
Upcoming episodes
May 20th
1100a
Whodunit
A evening out to a “murder mystery” theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance ends. But even good “acting” can’t mask the true culprit. Lies, greed and medical trickery can’t match the skills of forensic scientists, who bring the curtain down on the real killer.
May 20th
1130a
Horse Play
A young, happily married woman died tragically in a horseback riding accident. Her husband seemed far from grief-stricken and, when they investigated his background, police discovered a web of lies and a proficiency with pharmaceuticals... which led them to question whether the woman’s death truly was an accident.
May 20th
1200p
Killer's 'Cattle' log
When police in the Great Plains are called to retrieve a dead body, they do a background check on the victim. The trail leads them into a bizarre web of homeless drifters, cattle auctions and bad checks - all fronted by an elderly couple with a penchant for money and murder.
May 20th
1230p
Skin of Her Teeth
A human skull retrieved from a watery grave reveals a ghastly crime. Markings on the skull indicate deep knife wounds. The teeth had been removed from the skull, apparently so the killer could keep the victim’s identity a secret. But the killer can’t out-fox authorities who identify the remains as a young mother who disappeared two months earlier. Scientific tests indicate the killer used 19 knives, a hacksaw and needle-nosed pliers to skin his victim to the bone.
May 21st
1100a
Line of Fire
When a fundamentalist group starts attacking and robbing banks in the Pacific Northwest, authorities know immediately that they are dealing with experienced criminals. A tip leads them to the alleged perpetrators and the evidence found at their homes is extensive and incriminating. But in court, this wealth of evidence must withstand a well-funded defense.
May 21st
1130a
Bad Blood
A young doctor in a rural community is accused of sedating and sexually assaulting two of his female patients. DNA tests demonstrate that the doctor is innocent, but the women continue to insist that he sedated and raped them. On three occasions, blood was taken from the doctor’s arm for DNA testing, and each time, the results were “No Match.” Seven years later, a private investigator hired by one of the women takes a chap stick from the Doctor’s car, and has it DNA-tested. The results surprised everyone.
May 21st
1200p
Pure Evil
Creating a “profile” of a serial killer is part science and part intuition. The science involves studying criminals who have committed similar crimes, to see what characteristics they have in common. In a search for the killer of two teenagers in Texas, a behavioral profile led to a possible suspect - and hard science proved the profile was correct.
May 21st
1230p
Root of all Evil
For three years, investigators searched for the wife of a prominent farmer, who disappeared from her home without a trace. Eventually, a former lover of the missing woman’s estranged husband came forward with a fantastic tale of rage, murder, mutilation and cremation, but there was no way to test the validity of her story... that is, until a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist conducted some tests on the plant life on the farm, which led to a surprising revelation.
May 22nd
1100a
Where the Blood Drops
When someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the spouse almost always is a suspect -- especially if they are in bed, sleeping beside the individual at the time of their death. This is the story of a woman convicted of her husband’s murder, whose son was so convinced of her innocence that he enrolled in law school; he studied all of the evidence to learn the truth of what happened between his mother and father that fateful night.
May 22nd
1130a
Punch Line
When a patient in a hospital emergency room said he cut his hand on a dumpster, the doctor recognized the injury as something else. That doctor became the chief witness in a crime involving the murder of a 67-year-old grandmother.