Forensic Files
Episodes
Palm Saturday
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Contributed by Lukas
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
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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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Unholy Vows
19 Aug 2019
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War criminals who moved to the United States are captured many years later thanks to forensic technology.To learn more about how HLN protects listener...
Introducing "Hell And Gone"
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Now in its second season, Hell And Gone is a podcast from iHeartRadio and School of Humans that follows writer and private investigator Catherine Town...
Time Will Tell
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A Canadian scam-artist, Albert J. Walker, assumes the identity of co-worker Ronald Platt as part of a money-laundering scheme. Platt later turns up de...
Writers Block
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A brilliant young architect became ill and died just before she was to testify in a criminal trial. The autopsy revealed she'd been poisoned with arse...
Whodunit
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A murder mystery theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance.To learn more about ...
The Common Thread
05 Aug 2019
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The year was 1984, and a serial killer was on the loose in Florida. Eight women had been found dead. At each crime scene, investigators found tiny red...
No Corpus Delicti
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A woman disappears without a trace; even though foul play is suspected, the leads don't pan out and the trail turns cold. Twenty years would pass befo...
Telltale Tracks
29 Jul 2019
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Police find an abandoned car on a busy Philadelphia highway; later, strange marks on the driver's body lead police to her killer.To learn more about h...
Soft Touch
25 Jul 2019
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A young woman was killed in a senseless act of revenge. Could police identify the killer through a fingerprint on cloth?To learn more about how HLN pr...
Constructive Criticism
22 Jul 2019
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The huge amount of blood at the crime scene spoke of the violence of the attack; investigators describe it as "overkill," and it's usually an indicati...
Headquarters
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When hunters reported finding a skull in a Texas canyon, police immediately began an investigation. At the scene, they found bits of clothing, a woman...
The Alibi
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After the rape and murder of a popular high school student, authorities ask the males in her social circles to volunteer DNA. When a match is found, t...
Slippery Motives
11 Jul 2019
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While staying at a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, a Louisiana woman drowns in a bathtub. Her husband claims it was an accident, but detectives are skep...
Broken Bond
08 Jul 2019
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The story of nurse Tanya Reid who may have murdered her own baby and was planning to murder her son.To learn more about how HLN protects listener priv...
Bed Of Deceit
04 Jul 2019
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A retired police officer is discovered dead in his bed. Examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and ...
Flashover
01 Jul 2019
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A fire erupted in the Kings Cross Underground Station in London, killing 31 people and injuring dozens more. Arson investigators were able to pinpoint...
Water Hazard
27 Jun 2019
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The victim had ingested a massive amount of cyanide. An unlikely clue - a flaw on a mailing envelope -- exposed a murderer who was willing to kill inn...
Knot For Everyone
24 Jun 2019
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A series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., where prostitutes were gagged and molested, their clothes cut off in random patterns and their hair cut o...
Cement the Case
20 Jun 2019
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A man confesses to killing his wife but forensic evidence may lead to another suspect.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn...
Pastoral Care
17 Jun 2019
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When the body of a female prison guard shows up in a landfill, investigators suspect the prisoners in the facility where she worked. The medical exami...
Where The Blood Drops
13 Jun 2019
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When someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the spouse almost always is a suspect -- especially if they are in bed, sleeping beside the individu...
Naked Justice
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A 29-year-old pregnant wife is found dead in her home of a gunshot wound to the head. Blood spatter analysis led police to the truth.To learn more abo...
Video Diary
06 Jun 2019
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A gas station employee was shot at point blank range. Police find the entire murder was caught on the station's security camera.To learn more about ho...
Killigraphy
03 Jun 2019
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A man considered unstable by his neighbors is accused of killing his wife. But a medical detective holds a different view.To learn more about how HLN ...
The Metal Business
30 May 2019
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It looked like sixty-two-year-old Phillip Rouss, Jr. had it all: family, friends, and a new business which was the culmination of a life-long dream. T...
Without A Prayer
27 May 2019
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When the once called America's most hated woman and her top two lieutenants disappeared, there was no shortage of suspects.To learn more about how HLN...
Introducing Somebody Somewhere Season 2: The Jungle Murders Trailer
26 May 2019
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Murder in a Seattle homeless encampment known as The Jungle. Three teenage brothers were charged, but are they the real killers? Only The Jungle knows...
Nailed
23 May 2019
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Just weeks before a witness is to testify against the man accused of sexually assaulting her, she is murdered in the front yard of her own home. Inves...
A Clean Getaway
20 May 2019
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An employee of a dry-cleaner was raped and murdered in the store, and investigators thought themselves fortunate to have two eyewitnesses. Their descr...
Cold Hearted
16 May 2019
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When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends were devastated but they had no proof...
A Bitter Pill To Swallow
13 May 2019
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A 33-year old woman meets, falls in love with, and marries a successful young doctor, but an unusual amount of discomfort during her pregnancy arouses...
Prints Among Thieves
09 May 2019
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The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not entirely unexpected; he flaunted his wealth and cared little for personal security. The evidence at the...