Forensic Files

This episode originally aired August 8, 2019. A murder mystery theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired August 5, 2019. 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 fibers, fibers they hoped would lead them to the killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired August 1, 2019. 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 before police are able to link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with the missing woman. Members of "NecroSearch," a group of volunteer forensic scientists, searched a remote area of Colorado a meter at a time, found the victim's body, and gave authorities the evidence they needed to bring the killer to justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 29, 2019. Police find an abandoned car on a busy Philadelphia highway; later, strange marks on the driver's body lead police to her killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 25, 2019. A young woman was killed in a senseless act of revenge. Could police identify the killer through a fingerprint on cloth? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 22, 2019. 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 indication that the victim knew the attacker. Police hoped that, during the struggle, the killer had left some of his own blood - and his DNA - behind. Their challenge was to find it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 18, 2019. 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's shoe, some small bones and a strand of hair. An anthropologist determined the victim was a Caucasian woman, and that she'd been stabbed repeatedly. A forensic artist reconstructed her face, and the image was released to media. Eventually, police learned who she was. Now all they had to do was find her killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 15, 2019. 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, the community is stunned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 11, 2019. 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 skeptical as they discover evidence of foul play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 8, 2019. The story of nurse Tanya Reid who may have murdered her own baby and was planning to murder her son. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 4, 2019. 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 forensic textbooks found in the victim's home are used to solve the murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired July 1, 2019. A fire erupted in the Kings Cross Underground Station in London, killing 31 people and injuring dozens more. Arson investigators were able to pinpoint the cause of the fire, but it would take state-of-the-art computer technology and experts in the field of fluid dynamics to explain why it became a deadly inferno. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 27, 2019. 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 innocent people to get the one person he wanted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 24, 2019. A series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., where prostitutes were gagged and molested, their clothes cut off in random patterns and their hair cut off. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 20, 2019. A man confesses to killing his wife but forensic evidence may lead to another suspect. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 17, 2019. 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 examiner found an important clue, a "signature" element, which figured in two other murders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 13, 2019. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 10, 2019. 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 6, 2019. A gas station employee was shot at point blank range. Police find the entire murder was caught on the station's security camera. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired June 3, 2019. A man considered unstable by his neighbors is accused of killing his wife. But a medical detective holds a different view. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired May 30, 2019. 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. Then his health began to deteriorate. Doctors couldn't pinpoint the cause of the illness and Phil began to suspect his condition was no accident. Toxicologists and investigators identified the real problem just in time to save Phil's life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode originally aired May 27, 2019. When the once called America's most hated woman and her top two lieutenants disappeared, there was no shortage of suspects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This episode originally aired May 23, 2019. 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. Investigators immediately suspect her attacker, but they don't have enough evidence to prove his guilt. It would take fifteen years, and the remarkable advances in forensic science and DNA testing which occurred during that time, to enable police to nail the killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode originally aired May 20, 2019. An employee of a dry-cleaner was raped and murdered in the store, and investigators thought themselves fortunate to have two eyewitnesses. Their descriptions were similar but not identical, and the prime suspect didn't come close to resembling that person. So police turned to forensic science for the answers they needed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices