Forensic Files
Episodes
Introducing American Skyjacker: The Final Flight of Martin McNally
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Between the years of 1967 and 1972 over 300 commercial airplanes were hijacked worldwide, with over 130 of those happening in the United States alone....
Tight Fitting Genes
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A behavioral profile is helpful in a murder investigation, but it's not a road map to the killer. One such profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Depa...
Office Visit
20 Jul 2020
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An Arizona surgeon is found stabbed to death. All signs point to a random attack until investigators uncover an unlikely suspect. Police work to unrav...
Undertaken
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The medical examiner ruled the death an accident, but the detectives investigating the case thought the evidence at the scene indicated otherwise. It ...
Partners In Crime
13 Jul 2020
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The autopsy on the badly burned body of Charles "Jack" Lynch led investigators to search for a couple of killers. To learn more about how HLN protects...
Dirty Little Secret
09 Jul 2020
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A couple embarks on a holiday but never return. Police suspect drugs are the reason behind their disappearance. Days later a random burglary breaks th...
Family Interrupted
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A family interrupts a burglary in their suburban home. The gunman kills two and wounds two more. Police suspect the crime is related to a string of t...
Planted Evidence
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Denise Johnson was found dead in an Arizona forest with little forensic evidence around her. Could history be made in a courtroom with the utilization...
Trail Of A Killer
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A woman is murdered on a jogging trail in the middle of the day. The leads from cell phone records and search dogs go nowhere. Nine days later, a wi...
Fate Date
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty-four hours after her face-to-face meeting with a man she met online, the woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband were shot to death. Only the comp...
A Voice From Beyond
22 Jun 2020
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Police discover a decomposed body had been stuffed in a barrel 30 years earlier. An address book was found with the body. To learn more about how HLN...
The Killing Room
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The story of how a routine missing-person case became a murder inquiry involving a love triangle. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privac...
Grave Evidence
15 Jun 2020
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Forensic scientists provide authorities with evidence that a death deemed accidental 20 years ago was actually murder. To learn more about how HLN pro...
Deadly Formula
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A mother was convicted for the death of her four-month-old. An explanation for his death would come from his newborn brother. To learn more about h...
No Safe Place
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A wealthy man and his wife were attacked by three men outside their luxurious Louisiana home. He was shot dead and she was forced to open their hidden...
Best Foot Forward
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The investigation of an exotic dancer’s disappearance led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated. The destruct...
Postal Mortem
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A man kills two people with bombs in an effort to get investors off his back and is sentenced to life with no chance of parole. To learn more about ho...
Gone Ballistic
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When a real estate developer is shot to death, his wife becomes the prime suspect. Police have a wealth of evidence against her, but it’s circumsta...
Sniffing Revenge
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A woman dies suddenly at home. Investigators are unable to determine the cause of death until they receive a call from the ex-wife of the dead woman’...
Room With A View
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The victim had been stabbed more than a hundred times and her bedroom was soaked with blood. While her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she ha...
Shoein For Murder
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A 12 year-old is the only witness to her mother's death and is unable to provide many details. Little did they know 12 years later, forensic evidence ...
Sealed With A Kiss
14 May 2020
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An investigation into threatening letters sent to a popular elementary school teacher. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cn...
Needle In A Haystack
11 May 2020
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There was no apparent reason for the young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner found the tiniest of clues during the au...
Dirty Laundry
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The victim was a self-made man who never minced words. Perhaps he was murdered by a disgruntled client or employee. Perhaps the racy photos in his saf...
Textbook Murder
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The victim was brutally murdered. Police learn her fiancé was having affairs with other women, and he becomes the prime suspect... that is until a m...
Finger Pane
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint...
Introducing "The Plot Thickens"
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Bogdanovich was a young cinephile who quickly rose to become one of Hollywood's top directors. But he soon found himself a victim of jealousy, h...
Seeing Red
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The victim was discovered in a landfill, stuffed into a suitcase. She resembled another woman, missing for 18 months. Sure they were dealing with a ...
Weakest Link
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The body of a young girl was discovered on isolated farm land near Delano, California. She had no ID, but police found mailbox and house keys in the p...
Sign Of The Crime
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In little more than a month, two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered. The similarities of the crime scenes led police...
The Talking Skull
16 Apr 2020
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A mapmaker was surveying the grounds of a boy scout ranch when he came across a human skull. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, vi...
Social Circle
13 Apr 2020
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Four young adults are brutally murdered in an affluent Texas neighborhood, and the crime scene yields little evidence. The next door neighbors see two...
Palm Saturday
09 Apr 2020
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A couple is found dead in their Washington home and all signs point to a professional hit. A palm print and two distinct shoe impressions help police ...
Pet Rock
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The woman hadn't shown up for work in two days, and her boss reported her missing. When her body was found, the evidence pointed to suspects who claim...
Northern Exposure
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching. Authorities hydrated the fingers and obtained ...
The List Murders
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family eluded the FBI. Investigators used art and forensic science to find the killer. To learn more about...
Filtered Out
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When a teenaged girl goes missing, no one knows if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play. Everyone's worst fears are confirmed when a bod...
Catch 22
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A woman was ambushed in her driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that a co-worker half her age was in love with her,...
Dressed To Kill
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A possible false confession forces investigators to reopen the case of a missing six year old. A decade later, a fresh look at new evidence leads them...
Water Logged
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The bodies of three women were found floating in Tampa Bay. The water washed away any evidence, but police hoped a handwritten note found in the victi...
A Cinderella Story
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men's tennis ...
Hack Attack
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious computer crash pushes a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of employees. There is...
Invisible Intruder
05 Mar 2020
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A Texas woman claims an intruder killed two of her sons but detectives question her story upon discovering inconsistencies. To learn more about how HL...
Brotherly Love
02 Mar 2020
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When a young single mother was brutally assaulted and murdered, her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible and bring the killer to justice...
Bad Medicine
27 Feb 2020
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A young woman suddenly becomes critically ill; her symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving her unable to walk. Then a bone marrow test reveals t...
Sole Searching
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Now it's not only a fingerprint which can link a killer to a crime; a shoe print can be just as telling. Armed with little else, police hoped the show...
Smiley Face
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The woman had been sexually assaulted, stabbed repeatedly, and left for dead. She survived and gave police a detailed description of her attacker. Whe...
Order Up
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A man is found shot to death in his home. Determining the time of death becomes critically important to solving the murder, and in order to do so, inv...
Screen Pass
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A 13-year-old girl went missing from her Colorado home, and the only evidence the kidnapper left behind was three fingerprints on a window screen. Two...
A Welcome Intrusion
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A man tells police he shot an intruder who had attacked and murdered his wife. The husband is dubbed a hero for his valiant attempt to save his wife. ...
Chief Of Evidence
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A young couple was murdered during what appeared to be a drug deal gone awry. The victims' dog eventually led police to the killer. To learn more abou...
Introducing "Down the Hill: The Delphi Murders"
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Abby and Libby - two young girls murdered. Investigators are searching for the killer using their biggest clue: a recording of his voice from one of t...
Frozen Evidence
03 Feb 2020
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An investigator must think quickly to find a way to capture a shoe impression left to melt in the snow. To learn more about how HLN protects listener ...
Jean Pool
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Police investigating the 1984 murder of a college student had plenty of suspects, but no conclusive evidence linking any of them to the crime. More th...
If I Were You
27 Jan 2020
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His daughter suspected something was wrong... and when she learned virtually everything had been removed from her father's home, she was sure of it. E...
Skin Of Her Teeth
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The teeth had been removed from a human skull retrieved from a grave so the killer could keep the victim's identity secret. But did he? To learn more ...
Disrobed
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The crime scene was especially violent; A husband and wife had been shot to death in their bedroom. At first, investigators thought their 16-year-old ...
Deadly Rebellion
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Even though their daughter had run away before, she'd always come back. Her parents were sure this time would be no different... but they were wrong. ...
Treads And Threads
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A serial killer was strangling prostitutes then leaving the bodies in plain sight. The only clues were a tire impression and some threads. To learn mo...
Foundation of Lies
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When the wife of a noted doctor goes missing, authorities believe it may have to do with an allegedly shady adoption ring. But then her husband goes h...
A Leg To Stand On
06 Jan 2020
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When a severed leg is found in a dumpster, investigators are faced with the challenge of identifying the victim. To learn more about how HLN protects ...
Photo Finish
02 Jan 2020
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A beautiful model goes missing. No one can clue to her whereabouts until a park employee discovers photographs in a trash dumpster. To learn more abou...
Accident or Murder
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A woman's body was found at the bottom of the stairs. When an investigator recreates the fall, the results are surprising. Was this just a freak accid...
Quite A Spectacle
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was one of the most unusual cases in forensic history. Investigators had to find a way to solve a murder case with evidence which consisted of a sq...
Silk Stalkings
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The news of a flight attendant's brutal murder prompted the son of a victim who had been killed five years earlier to contact police. The MO of both m...
A Shadow Of A Doubt
19 Dec 2019
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A woman is shot to death but the case's prime suspect has a solid alibi: a video of his activities the day of the murder. Police asked a local profess...
Journey To Justice
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Six-year-old Nicole Rae Walker was killed in a hit-and-run in her Ft. Lauderdale neighborhood. This was the first case in the United States where vide...
House Call
12 Dec 2019
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The murder of a surgeon in an apartment community left police in St. Petersburg, Florida baffled. Cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of other ...
All Wet
09 Dec 2019
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A woman's death in Pennsylvania triggers a investigation into another woman's death in North Carolina. The similarities in the cases were striking, an...
Smoking Out A Killer
05 Dec 2019
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A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other. Five years earli...
Sworded Scheme
02 Dec 2019
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When a student is reported missing, police believe she'd turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood in her boyfriend's bedroom - which som...
In Harm's Way
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A woman's dead body is found in a public park. When a knife through to be the murder weapon turned up, investigators had an opportunity which seldom o...
Dancing With The Devil
25 Nov 2019
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The crime scene was awash with blood. Analysis showed it had come from two people, one of whom was female. The male DNA was the victim's, which meant ...
Smoke In Your Eyes
21 Nov 2019
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The bodies of two women are found in the ashes of a fire, which appeared to have been set deliberately. Evidence found leads investigators to a suspec...
Flower Power
18 Nov 2019
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Two different men telephoned 911 to report a woman had been murdered; neither knew the other had called. Examination of bloodstains, a discarded candy...
Concrete Alibi
14 Nov 2019
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An aspiring model turned up dead, and the prime suspect was her boyfriend. When he was eventually cleared, investigators had to dig deeper to find the...
Cloak Of Deceit
11 Nov 2019
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For seven years, a trio of men robbed one bank after another. They always got away before the police arrived, and they left no evidence behind. But th...
A Bag Of Evidence
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Painstaking forensic analysis of a murder victim leads police to a suspect, who turned out to be the same person who made what he thought was an anony...
Good As Gold
04 Nov 2019
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Two young women were brutally murdered in Napa, California on Halloween night. The killer left his DNA behind, and a groundbreaking test revealed his ...
True Lies
31 Oct 2019
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A woman's body was found on a deserted road outside of San Antonio. After years, the victim's family hired a private investigator who finds her person...
Second Shot At Love
28 Oct 2019
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A heart surgeon is found dead in his home. Police assume suicide, but further investigation reveals his new wife was out for money. To learn more abou...
Hell's Kitchen
24 Oct 2019
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It appeared the victim had accidentally fallen and hit her head at the bottom of the stairs. But the odd position of her shows and the absence of bloo...
Haunting Vision
21 Oct 2019
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A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging her father killed her mother 30 years ago. To learn more about how HLN pro...
Fire Dot Com
17 Oct 2019
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A federal agency ruled a fire that killed a child intentionally set, charging the mother with murder. Were government officials wrong? To learn more a...
Low Maintenance
14 Oct 2019
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A young college student is found dead in her apartment. There are no obvious signs of foul play, but skin cells under her fingernails yield DNA of an ...
The Music Case
10 Oct 2019
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A 12-year-old's death shakes a suburban Minnesota town. Police have no leads until a string of burglaries months after the murder leads them to the vi...
Micro Clues
07 Oct 2019
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After a day of fishing in a small village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. His body was found in a cornfield, but investi...
Tourist Trap
03 Oct 2019
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In 1993, worldwide attention focused on robberies which targeted tourists in Florida. Some vacationers were killed in thee attacks; some fought and su...
Memories
30 Sep 2019
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A pregnant woman is brutally attacked in her own home and her unborn child is killed. Was her husband wrongly convicted?To learn more about how HLN pr...
A Squires Riches
26 Sep 2019
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The truck fell off the hydraulic jack, crushed the man working beneath it, and sparked a fire... or so it seemed. Investigators turned to forensic sci...
Funeral Services
23 Sep 2019
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A funeral director is murdered and his son, the sole beneficiary of his estate, is considered a likely suspect... until witnesses provide him with an ...
Material Evidence
19 Sep 2019
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Orange fibers may link a van and a murdered girl's body.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about ...
To The Viktor
16 Sep 2019
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Three homicides on two continents look like professional executions. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic needed to find out if they were relat...
Skeleton Key
12 Sep 2019
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The woman was missing for a month. Police find her car but no evidence of foul play... only a fingerprint and a set of keys. There's a code on one of ...
Sign Of The Zodiac
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For six years, a serial killer prowled the streets of New York City. He wrote letters to police and "The New York Post," indicating he would kill twel...
Naughty or Nyce
05 Sep 2019
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The woman could have lost control of her SUV on the icy road, and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creed, But there were footprints in the sn...
A Shot In The Dark
02 Sep 2019
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When a woman is found dead of a gunshot wound, forensic scientists proved once again that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.To learn more about...
Picture This
29 Aug 2019
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A Modesto, California teenager went missing. There was no sign of a struggle in her home, and police suspected she'd simply run away... until her nake...
Broken Promises
26 Aug 2019
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When a gym teacher is found dead of what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound, his family is suspicious. When police find that the wife's previou...
Death Play
22 Aug 2019
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While in high school, Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father to cardiac arrest but Marie had a secret.To learn more about how HLN p...