1. Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin (16 Episoden)

In der Crime-Doku "Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin" werden reale Morde rekonstruiert und beleuchtet. In nachgestellten Szenen, Dokumentarteilen und Interviews mit den beteiligten Ermittlern zeigt die Reihe, wie es gelingt, auch das scheinbar perfekte Verbrechen mit viel Erfahrung, modernster Technik, Fachwissen und nicht zuletzt Kreativität aufzuklären.

01

Mord in Serie

Mitte der 80er Jahre werden in den Bergen in der Nähe von Sacramento und im San Joaquin Valley in Kalifornien drei Frauenleichen gefunden. Alle Frauen wurden erdrosselt, ihre Haare abgeschnitten, ihre Kleidung in einem wahllosen Muster aufgeschnitten.

02

Verräterische Abdrücke

Mark Fair findet seine Verlobte Karla Brown in der 12.000-Seelen-Stadt Wood River in Illinois in ihrem gemeinsamen Haus ermordet auf: auf ihren Knien, von der Taille abwärts nackt, die Hände auf den Rücken gefesselt, den Kopf in einem mit Wasser gefüllten Wäschekorb.

03

Eigen Fleisch und Blut

Robert und Paula Sims leben in Alton / Illinois. Sie haben zwei Kinder: Sohn Randy und Tochter Heather. Sechs Wochen nach Heathers Geburt, am 29. April 1989, bringt Paula gegen 22:30 Uhr den Müll nach draußen, als eine maskierte, bewaffnete Person sie ins Haus zurückdrängt und ihr einen Schlag auf den Kopf versetzt.

04

Mord auf Raten

Am 12. September 1978 wurde der 11 Monate alte Chad Shelton in ein Krankenhaus in Omaha eingeliefert, weil er sich fortwährend erbrach. Seine Eltern gaben zu Protokoll, dass auch sie selbst einige Tage zuvor dieselben Symptome wie ihr Sohn gehabt hätten.

05

Rendezvous mit dem Tod

Eines Tages wird die 23-jährige Tina Biggar von ihrem Freund Todd Nurnberger bei der Polizei als vermisst gemeldet.

06

Explosive Botschaft

Alabama: Richter Bob Vance öffnet ein Paket, das eine Bombe enthält. Bei der Explosion kommt er ums Leben. Seine Frau wird schwer verletzt.

07

Spuren ins Ungewisse

Wie schon so oft, gehen Martin Dillon und Dr. Stephen Sher gemeinsam auf die Jagd. Die beiden Männer und ihre Ehefrauen sind schon seit Jahren eng befreundet, doch das ändert sich an diesem Tag: Am Ende der Jagd ist Martin tot – erschossen von einer Kugel aus Stephens Waffe.

08

Tödliche Gefühle

Kurz vor Weihnachten wartet Andrew Katrinak auf seine 26-jährige Frau Joann und seinen vier Monate alten Sohn Alex, die Weihnachtseinkäufe machen wollten. Als sie nicht auftaucht, meldet er sie als vermisst. 200 Meter von ihrem Zuhause entfernt wird Joanns Wagen gefunden.

09

Todesengel

Jim Reid und seine Frau Tanya lebten anscheinend ein perfektes Leben. Zu ihrem Glück gesellte sich noch die Geburt ihrer zweiten Tochter Morgan Renee.

10

Brandgefährlich

In den frühen Morgenstunden erwacht Terri Hinson von den Schreien ihrer beiden Kinder Brittany (vier Jahre) und ihrem 17 Monate alten Sohn Joshua.

2. Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin (13 Episoden)

In der Crime-Doku "Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin" werden reale Morde rekonstruiert und beleuchtet. In nachgestellten Szenen, Dokumentarteilen und Interviews mit den beteiligten Ermittlern zeigt die Reihe, wie es gelingt, auch das scheinbar perfekte Verbrechen mit viel Erfahrung, modernster Technik, Fachwissen und nicht zuletzt Kreativität aufzuklären.

01

Verwischte Spuren

Seit einigen Tagen ist die 47-Jährige Pearl Bruns spurlos verschwunden. Ihr Ehemann William behauptet, er sei einkaufen gefahren und habe seine Frau seither nicht mehr gesehen.

02

Falsche Fährten

In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, Eileen and Derrick Severs disappeared from their home in the small village of Hambleton in Great Britain, and police found evidence which suggested foul play. Careful analysis of a soil sample would tell investigators not only what happened to the couple, but who was responsible for the dirty deed.

03

Zweifelhafte Zeugen

Für die mysteriösen Grippesymptome von Peggy Carr findet sich scheinbar keine medizinische Erklärung. Erst ein Neurologe stellt zufällig fest, dass seine Patientin offenbar an den Folgen einer Thallium-Vergiftung leidet. Als das tödliche Gift schließlich Peggys Leben ein Ende setzt, gerät ihr Ehemann Pye unter Mordverdacht, obwohl dessen psychologisches Profil nicht dem eines Killers entspricht.

04

Rekonstruktion des Todes

Nach dem spurlosen Verschwinden von Ruby Morris gerät bald ihr Ehemann Earl ins Fadenkreuz der Ermittlungen. Im Badezimmer gefundene Blutspuren legen den Schluss nahe, dass Ruby einen schweren Schlag auf den Kopf erlitten haben muss. Während die Indizienlast immer erdrückender wird, bleibt der Mordverdächtige standhaft bei der Geschichte, seine Frau habe Selbstmord begangen.

05

Tödliche Familienbande

In einer 24-Stunden-Tankstelle in Holt, Michigan, wird die Angestellte Wanda Mason hinter der Kasse erschossen aufgefunden. Die Polizei verhaftet einen Verdächtigen, dem man den Mord aber nicht nachweisen kann.

06

Bis dass der Tod uns scheidet

In a quiet village in Great Britain, a farmer came upon a chilling sight. Impaled on his fence post was a severed lamb’s head along with a note which read, “You next.” The author of the note didn’t elaborate on why the farmer had been targeted, but between the lines, he’d said plenty.

07

Tod im Rotlichtmilieu

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.

08

Grausame Funde

Bei "Medical Detectives" geht es um spektakuläre Kriminalfälle aus dem echten Leben. Die Ermittler setzen bei ihren Arbeiten die neuesten Errungenschaften der Wissenschaft ein. Denn oft sind diese entscheidend, um die richtigen Spuren zu finden.

09

Lebenslänglich

Die 19-jährige Jane Lewis und ihr Freund verirren sich bei einem Campingausflug in Virginia und schlafen schließlich in ihrem Auto. Sie werden von einem bewaffneten Mann in Tarnuniform überfallen, der Jane mehrmals vergewaltigt.

10

Unter Verdacht

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 stalker knew a lot about the victim - more, in fact, than anyone could possibly have imagined. DNA analysis would eventually help seal the perpetrator's fate.

3. Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin (13 Episoden)

"Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin" zeigt Berichte über spektakuläre, tatsächlich vorgefallene Kriminalfälle aus den USA.

01

Spur des Verschwindens

Bei "Medical Detectives" geht es um spektakuläre Kriminalfälle aus dem echten Leben. Die Ermittler setzen bei ihren Arbeiten die neuesten Errungenschaften der Wissenschaft ein. Denn oft sind diese entscheidend, um die richtigen Spuren zu finden.

02

Mörderische Gene

In the mid-1980s, bodies of nude woman were found in remote hill of California. The police got a break when a known prostitute escaped an attacker and was able to identify him and his automobile. The suspect was 50-year-old Roger Kibbe. A criminalist was assigned to review the evidence in the case. Human hair found on one of the victims was similar to several hairs recovered from Kibbe's inner thighs. He was later charged with first-degree murder.

03

Tödliche Bakterien

In 1987, a human skull and some bones were discovered at a Boy Scout Camp near Farmington, Missouri. Also found were some blue jeans, which helped determine the approximate height and weight of the victim. A facial reconstruction helped the investigators in this case. The victim was identified as Bun Chee Nyhuis and her husband Richard H. Nyhuis was now the prime suspect. Nyhuis was an assistant scoutmaster, which explained why his wife's remains were discovered at a scout camp and, eventually, he confessed to killing his wife. Richard H. Nyhuis was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

04

In der Falle

Between 1986 and 1989, a disease swept through British cattle herds. The disease came to be known as the Mad-cow disease. Scientist began to suspect that this was somehow related to some human illness. A California neurologist, said both humans and animals were suffering from a mutated prion. When defective prions are transmitted from an infected host to a new host, they convert any normal prions they come across into copies of themselves. So it is possible for a mutated prion to be transmitted from a cow to a person by eating beef. Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner received a Nobel prize for his work with prion.

05

Hund Katze Mord

In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a serial bomber was waging a vendetta against the legal profession: A judge, two attorneys and even a courthouse had been targeted. Employing a range of forensic techniques, investigators used evidence from the bombs to lead them to the perpetrator.

06

Tödliche Beziehung

Robert Sims returned home after working the night shift, and found his wife, Paula, unconscious on the kitchen floor. Their two-year-old son, Randy, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom, but their six-week-old daughter, Heather, was missing. Paula Sims was the only witness to a crime that baffles investigators to this very day.

07

Im Schatten des Gesetzes

The shooting of a man during a hunting trip is reopened years after the incident, and the victim's hunting partner becomes a suspect.

08

Zwischen Himmel und Erde

Bei "Medical Detectives" geht es um spektakuläre Kriminalfälle aus dem echten Leben. Die Ermittler setzen bei ihren Arbeiten die neuesten Errungenschaften der Wissenschaft ein. Denn oft sind diese entscheidend, um die richtigen Spuren zu finden.

09

Aussage gegen Aussage

Early one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda home and walked to the station to take a train to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in Laura’s hairbrush enabled investigators to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.

10

Zeit der Warheit

Edward Honaker was convicted of rape, sodomy and aggravated sexual battery; he was sentenced to three life terms in prison. Honaker steadfastly maintained his innocence. After years in prison and writing countless letters, he finally found someone who believed him, and was willing to pay for DNA testing which could prove he was telling the truth.

4. Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin (14 Episoden)

Die Reihe, die für ihre erfolgreiche Suche nach Gerechtigkeit bekannt ist, beschäftigt sich in dieser Staffel unter anderem mit dem Mord an einer Bibliothekarin, einem Selbstmord, einem Serienmörder und einem verdächtigen Hausbrand.

01

Episode 1

Police received a call from Darlie Routier one morning telling them of her two sons' murders. However, police were unsure about the validity of Darlie's story and began an intensive search of the crime seen. The police determined the killer by analyzing blood spatter, doing behavioral profiling and analyzing Darlie's 911 call. The evidence proved that Darlie killed her two oldest sons with a knife, inflicted wounds on herself, cleaned the evidence and created a story of a crazed intruder who had come in the house. Darlie's motive was to obtain the $5,000 each of her sons had in a bank account.

02

Episode 2

Scott Dunn was missing and when the police sprayed his bedroom with Luminol, a scene of horrific violence emerged. Now investigators faced a daunting task: to prove Scott Dunn had been murdered, even though they had no body, no weapon, and no witnesses

03

Episode 3

Debora Green lost two children in a fire that burnt down her mansion late one night. Routine procedures occurred and both Debora Green and her previous husband Mike Farrar were questioned. Suspicions arose when Debora refused to cooperate during questioning. Police then questioned Mike and uncovered disturbing stories proving Debora was dangerous. She had poisoned Mike during their separation and told him he would only get custody of the children over their dead bodies. Debora's singed hair and the initial location of the fire proved her involvement in the arson.

04

Episode 4

Shirley and Ed Andronowich were regulars at a neighborhood bar. One night, Ed decided to leave early and Shirley wanted to stay. There was a brief argument, and Ed went home alone. The next day, Shirley’s badly beaten and mutilated body was found outside of a nearby high school. The murder weapon was a 55-pound piece of concrete. It was up to investigators to determine what had happened to Shirley Andronowich and who was responsible.

05

Episode 5

Five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared from a Christmas party in 1989. The fibers on her clothes were the only means for police to determine her abductor. Police grew suspicious of Cal Hughes who was washing his clothes at 1am when they came to his home. They searched his car and found several fibers similar to the clothes Melissa had worn to the party. However, there was no way to test the fibers until an investigator's wife remembered seeing Melissa's outfit in a catalog. The same outfit was taken from another customer and tested. The fibers matched and Cal Hughes was convicted of abduction with intent to harm.

06

Episode 6

The doctors at the hospital couldn’t determine the cause of Bobby Curley’s hallucinations and intense pain. At first, they treated it as a neurological disorder, but Bobby’s condition deteriorated. Something he was being given in the hospital wasn’t curing him, it was killing him.

07

Episode 7

Two young boys were found tied and murdered with similar wounds within three months of each other. The rope used to tie the boys was very unique: it was made of left-over garbage in South Korea and used by the air force. Another clue turned up when one of the boy's brother was hypnotised and remembered a uniformed man in a tan car. Shortly after, someone noticed a strange car and gave the licence plate number to police. This vital information led to the conviction of John Joubert, an air force-enlisted man who carried the same exact rope used to bind the two boys.

08

Episode 8

Karla Brown was the youngest of three girls in the Brown family. After many failed relationships, Karla became engaged to Mark Fair. The couple began moving into their dream home in June 1978. On the morning of June 20, Mark left for work and Karla remained at home. When Mark and a friend returned home that evening, they found Karla dead. The condition of Karla's body told investigators that she was a victim of sexual assault; she had resisted, struggled, and was killed. The Police questioned Paul Main and John Prante, who lived across the street. They were considered low-level suspects. After a second autopsy, they were able to re-examine bite marks. A Computer enhancement gave a better view of the bite marks, and the science of forensic odontology identified John Prante. On July 15, 1983, five years after the murder, Prante was found guilty and sentenced to 75 years in prison.

09

Episode 9

Clayton Johnson, a Nova Scotia schoolteacher, left for work on the morning of February 20, 1989. At 7.40 AM, the school bus arrived to pick up the Johnson children. At 7.51 Mrs. Molloy arrived to drop off her child at the Johnson home. She found Janice Johnson lying at the bottom of the basement stairs in a pool of blood. Clayton Johnson later married a 22-year-old member of his Pentecostal congregation. When homicide investigator Brian Oldford heard this, he became suspicious and decided to reinvestigate. He learned that Clayton had taken out a $125,000 life insurance policy on his first wife, Janice, shortly before she died. Clayton Johnson was charged with the first-degree murder. By examining the photos and nature of the injuries, they were convinced that she had fallen backwards. The accidental fall scenario would also account for the complete lack of defensive wounds on Mrs. Johnson or Mr. Johnson. Testimony was presented to the Canadian high courts and a decision is pending.

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Episode 10

At 16 months of age, Anne Grace Gimmenstad became very ill and was rushed to the hospital, and within two weeks died. Following extensive medical examinations, it was determined that Anna had been the victim of the deadly bacteria E-Coli. Anna'a mother recalled a trip to the grocery store when Anna pointed excitedly at her favorite drink, Odwalla apple juice. As early as 1993, tests on samples of Odwalla juices found high levels of general bacteria. Federal and state inspections reports confirm that the company used two loads of apples with relatively high defect levels on the day the juice was made. The genetic markings on the E-Coli in the victims matched the bacteria found in the product bottled that day. Odwalla pleaded guilty to violating Federal food safety laws and agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine for the outbreak of E-Coli in its juices.

5. Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin (19 Episoden)

Die Reihe, die für ihre erfolgreiche Suche nach Gerechtigkeit bekannt ist, beschäftigt sich in dieser Staffel unter anderem mit der Ermordung von zwei Staatsanwälten und einer Tat, die erst nach 46 Jahren aufgeklärt werden konnte.

01

Versunkene Wahrheiten

Bei "Medical Detectives" geht es um spektakuläre Kriminalfälle aus dem echten Leben. Die Ermittler setzen bei ihren Arbeiten die neuesten Errungenschaften der Wissenschaft ein. Denn oft sind diese entscheidend, um die richtigen Spuren zu finden.

02

Episode 2

When the wife of a well-known dentist is found dead, police are unsure who killed her. Some fibers and a study of the weather patterns on the night of the murder break the case open and reveal the real killer.

03

Episode 3

When a young mother and her infant son are found dead in a cornfield, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a long, blonde hair found on the victims.

04

Episode 4

When a decomposed body is discovered inside a barrel, police immediately suspect foul play. But the body had been placed there 30 years earlier. One of the few clues was an address book found along with the body but years of moisture had washed away the ink. Scientists desperately searched for a way to unlock the secrets of that address book.

05

Episode 5

In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a Seattle policeman’s home is destroyed by an arsonist. One month later, the officer arrests a low-level drug dealer, who confesses to the arson. But when the suspect vanishes, investigators begin to question the authenticity of his confession.

06

Episode 6

Dianna Green was just 20 years-old and pregnant when she was brutally raped and beaten in her apartment. The assault caused the death of her unborn baby. When Dianna came out of a coma 3 weeks later, she told police she knew the identity of her attacker. But was her memory accurate?

07

Episode 7

A mother and her two young daughters are found brutally murdered. The crime scene yielded a good deal of evidence, but no conclusive link to the prime suspect. To solve the puzzle, an FBI analyst designs a unique experiment.

08

Episode 8

A young girl is found dead, the victim of an apparent sex-killer. Authorities are intrigued by unusual orange fibers embedded in clothing found near the victim. Months pass and the case goes cold, until a van turns up with what appear to be the same orange fibers.

09

Episode 9

In the back woods of Georgia, in a dilapidated house, a 49 year old recluse named Virginia Ridley was found dead. A medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. But who would murder someone who seldom ventured out of her home? Investigators found some clues in the notes she had written shortly before her death.

10

Episode 10

Why do children at a Texas hospital seem to be dying at a higher rate than at any other hospital in the country? Medical investigators have no answers until they discover that one nurse seems to be on-duty in almost all the fatal cases. But proving the connection seems impossible until an international team of doctors uncovers an unlikely murder weapon.

6. Medical Detectives - Geheimnisse der Gerichtsmedizin (30 Episoden)

Auch in dieser Staffel wird gezeigt, wie die Polizei mithilfe moderner Ermittlungsmethoden auch den raffiniertesten Tätern auf die Spur kommt und wie oft kleinste Spuren dazu beitragen können, einen Täter zu überführen.

01

Episode 1

A young woman was reported missing after a fight with her husband. She was presumed to be dead and her husband was the prime suspect. Police were suspicious of a secondary suspect when he reported a suspicious fire in his car. Two tiny drops of blood were found in the burned interior. Traditional DNA testing was difficult, since there was no body for DNA comparison. But a tiny clue inside the suspect's watchband and a popular television show helped solve the case.

02

Episode 2

In 1991, Maine resident Pearl Smith is missing after an argument with her husband Bill Bruns. Despite pleas from her children, police insist on treating it as a routine missing person's case. But, when an investigation turns up a blood trail that leads to the couple's basement, police are sure they'll find the victim's body. Initially, they find nothing and the case stalls, until new forensic technology helps investigators find the body. The investigators first use luminal over the cleaned carpet to reveal the blood spatter on the floor and a path down to the basement. Then, they use ground penetrating radar to scan the basement for radiation; they found three feet down, excavated rusted sand everywhere except in a certain area. The body had absorbed the rust and was found there.

03

Episode 3

In 1989, 4-year-old April Loveless was found dead in the backyard of her Texas home. Her mother Debbie Loveless and step-father John Miller told police that she was attacked and killed by the family dogs. Investigators did not agree and believed that April's wounds were not dog bites at all, but slashing injuries, consistent with a knife wound. John and Debbie were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Five years later, the parent's prayers were answered when a forensic scientist saw something in the crime scene photographs that had been missed the first time around.

04

Episode 4

In 1995, police in San Diego, CA, are baffled by a pair of hands found in a dumpster. Through further investigation, they determine that the hands are those of missing person Don Hardin. With this knowledge, the police focus on local homeless man Dale Whitmer, whom had lived with Hardin around the time of his disappearance. However, they can find no solid, forensic evidence on Whitmer and the case goes cold. About a year later, investigators receive an anonymous letter with information about the crime that had been withheld from the press – information only the killer (or someone close to the killer) would know. Laser technology helps to identify the state, city, street address and even the office number from where the anonymous letter was mailed, which leads them to LDS (Mormon) Bishop Mark Davis. Davis cites the privilege between clergy and church member as a reason to not disclose the source of the information, but a judge rules that since Davis sent the letter, he must identify the source. The source was Dale Whitmer's daughter Andrea, who ultimately chooses to testify against her father.

05

Episode 5

In 1993, 16-year-old Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father Steve Robards. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The lines she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil, from the secret she had been hiding: Barium acetate obtained in her high school chemistry class.

06

Episode 6

In 1996, 17-month-old Josh Hinson died in a fire in his North Carolina home. A federal agency ruled that a fire was intentionally set and Josh's mother Terri Strickland was charged with murder. But are government scientists, with all of their resources, always right? Using the then-emerging resources of the Internet, Terri Strickland undertook her own investigation. An independent fire investigator was able to poke enough holes in the government's scientific conclusions to raise serious questions about whether the fire was intentionally set.

07

Episode 7

In 1988, when a patient identified as Gene Hanson dies unexpectedly in the office of California neurologist Richard Boggs, police begin what they think will be a routine investigation. What they find throws doubt on the time of death, the identity of Hanson and raises questions about the doctor's role in his death. Soon they uncover a bizarre story of corpse stealing, fake identities and sexual perversion – all part of an elaborate insurance case that will center on what actually caused the victim's death: a sex act gone wrong or premeditated murder?

08

Episode 8

In 1992, two masked gunmen enter the Canadian home of Ward and Diana Maracle to rob them, but Ward was shot in the head. If a perpetrator leaves a shoe print in the mud, investigators use established techniques to make a mold of the shoe impression for later identification. In this case, the impression is left in the snow? Here's the story of one investigator, whose quick thinking and knowledge of science enabled him to capture a shoe impression made in snow, before the evidence melted away. Knowledge of the shoe led investigators to Peter Benedict and Frank Lanoue, who were convicted of aggravated assault and robbery.

09

Episode 9

In 1992, 22-year-old Dawn Bruce was brutally murdered in her Virginia apartment. The killer left very little evidence, but investigators did notice a blood smear on a pillow case that appeared to have been made by one of the killer's fingers. New technology enabled investigators to identify a fingerprint from the cloth surface of the pillow case. This gave police the means to apprehend Robert Douglas Knight, who killed Dawn Bruce in a senseless act of revenge.

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Episode 10

In 1981, six-year-old Cassie Hansen disappeared from her St. Paul, Minnesota church during a evening service. After a tip from a witness that an older man was seen carrying a small body, Cassie's body was found in a dumpster. The FBI created a psychological profile of the perpetrator, but are still unable to find the killer. Dorothy Noga contacted police to let them know that Stuart Knowlton was a massage client that liked to discuss his fantasies during his weekly massages and that one fantasy he spoke of closely resembled the church abduction, which caught her attention. Knowlton had also asked Noga to be his alibi on the night of the murder. Even though she was later attacked by Knowlton and stabbed 32 times, Noga testified against Knowlton in the trial. Knowlton died in prison in 2006.

7. Staffel 7 (42 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert faszinierende Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler, Rechtsmediziner und Experten suchen nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. Die Serie verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst eingefleischte True-Crime-Fans begeistern.

01

Episode 1

Details the death of Walter Scott (Walter Notheis Jr.), lead singer for the 1960s band Bob Kuban and the In-Men, who disappeared in 1983. James H. Williams, Sr. was later arrested and convicted of murdering both Scott and his unfaithful wife, Sharon Williams.

02

Episode 2

An examination of an unusual case in Texas involving the 1988 rape and murder of Nancy DePriest, while at work at Pizza Hut. After suspect Chris Ochoa confessed and implicated Richard Danzinger and they were imprisoned, the case was considered closed. Eight years later, Achim Marino confessed to the same crime. DNA evidence cleared Ochoa while proving that Marino was, in fact, the perpetrator.

03

Episode 3

The investigation into a brutal attack on two boys near a pond relies on evidence fished out of the murky water. It was the first case where Diatom evidence was used to place a suspect at the scene of the crime and references the subsequent case from Season 2 Forensic Files episode Micro-Clues, which also used Diatom evidence. The evidence helped in the conviction Christopher Green & Brian Davis, who were both 16 years old and were tried as adults. Their accomplice Jason, who was a minor, was sent to a juvenile detention center.

04

Episode 4

In 1988, the body of a young woman was discovered in an Ohio river under ice. Most of the evidence found at the crime scene – hairs, fibers, & fingerprints-- had been washed away. But the victim's 6 year-old son unwittingly told investigators all they needed to know about the killer... and he did it without saying a word. The clue was in his genes.

05

Episode 5

In 1991, A high school girl vanishes, after attending a party. Her abandoned vehicle was found in a school parking lot, near her home. The prime suspect had not one, but two alibi witnesses for the night she disappeared. A solid alibi can often overcome much circumstancial evidence. But forensic evidence, is another matter .

06

Episode 6

In 1997, two years after a series of unsolved kidnappings and sexual assaults in California. One of the victims suddenly recalled an important detail of the crime which she had not told police. She left some forensic evidence in the assailant's vehicle, evidence that left quite an impression.

07

Purr-Fect Match

1994 wurde der Leichnam Shirley Duguays, der getrennt lebenden Ehefrau von Douglas Beamish, auf der kanadischen Insel Prince Edward Island gefunden. Per DNA-Analyse konnten die auf der Jacke der Ermordeten entdeckten Katzenhaare mit der Katze von Beamishs Eltern, bei denen der Mordverdächtige zur Tatzeit lebte, in Verbindung gebracht werden.

08

Episode 8

1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack: Investigators uncover a plot to overthrow the government, after a unique strain of salmonella makes people ill.

09

Episode 9

Two sets of scientists, probe a woman's death.

10

Episode 10

The Madalyn Murray O'Hair case is related. The founder of American Atheists disappeared in 1995 along with one of her sons and granddaughter, along with $500,000 in gold coins. In time, the police honed in on several suspects, including David R. Waters, who worked as the office manager for O'Hair's organization. In 2001, he led authorities to her grave, located on a ranch near San Antonio.

8. Staffel 8 (42 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert fesselnde Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Begleiten Sie Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler, Rechtsmediziner und Experten auf ihrer Suche nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. „Forensic Files“ verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst eingefleischte True-Crime-Fans begeistern.

01

Episode 1

In 1991, Massachusetts emergency personnel are called to the home of Richard Alfredo, who was slumped over dead of an apparent heart attack. No one thought foul play was a possibility until police looked into odd behavior of his girlfriend Christina Martin in the days before his death. Controversy surrounded the case for almost a decade, which pitted competing teams of toxicologists against each other -- one claiming the death was natural and the other saying it was cold-blooded murder.

02

Episode 2

In 1999, 12-year-old Cally Jo Larson was found murdered in her own home and it changed the feeling of security residents had in the small town of Waseca, Minnesota. Despite a meticulous search of the Larson home and an exhaustive investigation, police had no suspects. Then a string of burglaries several months after the murder led police to the home of Lorenzo Sanchez, where they found a cache of stolen goods, which included CD cases similar to those belonging to Cally Jo. That evidence would make the case, and bring the killer to justice.

03

Episode 3

In 1962, the people of the small town of Hanford, California lost their sense of peace when one of their own, 15-year-old Marlene Miller, was murdered. Booker T. Hillery was convicted and after countless appeals, Hillery received a re-trial in 1983. Forensic scientists had to use new knowledge of microscopic evidence to be able to place Hillery at the scene.

04

Episode 4

A mother of two vanishes after a shopping trip. Her body is discovered a month later. Witnesses say they saw the victim being forced into a car by an unknown person. Police later learned that car had been rented, but the signature on the rental agreement did not match that of their prime suspect. A forensic handwriting expert showed investigators the signs, which clearly pointed to the murderer.

05

Episode 5

A woman is shot to death in her store just one day before she is to testify against the man accused of robbing her. The robber becomes the prime suspect, but he has 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; he enabled them to find the killer who was hiding in the shadows.

06

Episode 6

In 1993, the state of Florida was known for more than just swimsuits, sun, and Disney World. Worldwide attention focused on a rash of robberies, which targeted tourists. Some vacationers were killed in these attacks, but 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.

07

Episode 7

During the early morning hours of December 29, 1991, a woman is murdered in a Phoenix bar. At the crime scene, investigators find a shoe-print, several foreign hairs, and unknown fingerprints. But they believe the most telling piece of evidence is the bite mark on the victim's chest. Based on his bite pattern, a local postman is charged, tried and convicted of murder, but he maintains his innocence. Ten years into his sentence, improved technology yields new information about old evidence, and earns him another trial.

08

Episode 8

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.

09

Episode 9

A 34-year-old nurse experiences a variety of flu-like symptoms. None of her doctors are able to discover the cause, until she visits the gynecologist for a routine check-up. Then she learns it's something far worse than the flu. She is HIV-positive. Being a nurse, she could have contracted the HIV virus in any number of ways. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom. The worst part: It wasn't an accident.

10

Episode 10

Time of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom. A striking similarity between her death and an HBO movie gives forensic examiners the clues they need to thaw out the alibi of a cold-blooded killer.

9. Staffel 9 (30 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert faszinierende Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler, Rechtsmediziner und Experten suchen nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. Die Serie verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst den anspruchsvollsten Krimifan begeistern.

01

Episode 1

The investigation of a discarded sleeping bag, containing bloody sneakers and a purse, leads police to the body of a young woman, Carrie Love. Evidence from the autopsy and the crime scene was carefully collected and analysed, but it would be a mark found on the victim's body, which would enable police to track the killer, Jesse Pratt.

02

Episode 2

On the last day of deer hunting season, a woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods. The victim has no enemies and her husband has an alibi, so police assume it was a hunting accident... until a strange letter turns up, allegedly written by the woman before her death. Police begin to wonder if the woman may have been the target all along, and a forensic document examiner, a slingshot, and an unusual physics experiment answer their question.

03

Episode 3

An Alaskan police officer found a woman's body while on routine patrol of a public park. The victim had been stabbed to death and, during the autopsy, the medical examiner preserved the portion of her rib cage which sustained the fatal wound. A knife thought to be the murder weapon turned up days later, two thousand miles away. Forensic scientists now had an opportunity, which seldom occurs: to compare the microscopic marks on the presumed murder weapon with the marks on the victim's bone.

04

Episode 4

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.

05

Episode 5

A talented television news anchor was shot to death outside her home; it appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan. A police dog tracked the scent of the killer through the adjacent woods and back to the crime scene. Could the murderer be one of the onlookers, watching the police conduct their investigation?

06

Episode 6

Investigators sifted through the ashes of a fire, which had killed a 40-year-old woman, the estranged wife of a police officer. At first glance, the fire appeared to have been started by an unattended cigarette. But when forensic scientists looked closely, they discovered the cause was far more complicated.

07

Episode 7

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 the way they stood and the clothes they wore told a story that could be read by forensic scientists.

08

Episode 8

A young woman suddenly becomes critically ill; her symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving her unable to walk. Then a bone marrow test reveals the cause: arsenic. Investigators now had to determine if the poisoning was caused by groundwater contamination, or something much more sinister.

09

Episode 9

Residents of Noel, Missouri were stunned to learn that their bank had been robbed and the bank president was missing. His body was later found floating in a lake, securely bound to a chair with duct tape. When the tape was carefully reassembled using a technique known as end match analysis, investigators discovered one piece was missing. It would be that piece, and tips from concerned citizens, which would solve the crime.

10

Episode 10

A young couple decided to celebrate their first wedding anniversary with a camping trip to Mount Hood. During the trip, the husband was shot and killed, and his wife told two different versions of the events which led to his death. Forensic psychiatry finally enabled her to distinguish fact from fiction, and the evidence from ballistics tests allowed investigators to determine what really happened.

10. Staffel 10 (42 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert faszinierende Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Begleiten Sie Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler, Rechtsmediziner und Juristen bei der Suche nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. Die Serie gibt dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Wendung und wird selbst den anspruchsvollsten Krimifan begeistern.

01

Episode 1

In einer kalten Januarnacht ging ein Haus in Flammen auf, wobei eine Person ums Leben kam und eine weitere verletzt wurde. Die Überlebende machte eine Kerosinheizung verantwortlich, doch die Spuren am Brandort widersprachen ihrer Darstellung, woraufhin sie wegen Brandstiftung und Mordes angeklagt wurde. Erst ein landesweit bekannter Brandursachenermittler konnte herausfinden, was wirklich geschah und wer die Verantwortung trug.

02

Episode 2

1957 fahndet die Polizei in Kalifornien nach einem Mann, der in einer einzigen Nacht mehrere Verbrechen, darunter auch einen Mord, begangen hat. Nachdem aber Tausende von Spuren ins Leere führen, wird der Fall zu den Akten gelegt. Knapp 50 Jahre später wird der Täter dank Fortschritten in der Computer- und Handschriftenanalyse schließlich doch noch ermittelt.

03

Episode 3

Ein Radfahrer wird bei einem Unfall mit Fahrerflucht tödlich verletzt. Kleinste Spuren am Unfallort führen die Polizei zum Tatfahrzeug und dessen Fahrer.

04

Episode 4

Als ein älteres Ehepaar bei einem verdächtigen Hausbrand ums Leben kommt, gerät ihr Sohn unter Tatverdacht. Er beteuert seine Unschuld: Sein Versuch, das Feuer mit Wasser zu löschen, habe alles nur noch schlimmer gemacht. Nun soll die Forensik klären, ob es sich um Brandstiftung oder einen tragischen Unfall handelt.

05

Episode 5

Eine zweifache Mutter verschwindet und wird kurz darauf tot aufgefunden. Mangels handfester Beweise wird der Fall zu den Akten gelegt. Zwanzig Jahre später werfen neue Technologien ein neues Licht auf die damaligen Spuren und führen die Ermittler direkt zum Täter.

06

Episode 6

Als Jäger in einer texanischen Schlucht einen Schädel finden, entdeckt die Polizei Kleidungsteile, einen Damenschuh, kleine Knochen und eine Haarsträhne. Ein Anthropologe stellt fest, dass das Opfer eine weiße Frau war, die mehrfach erstochen wurde. Mithilfe einer Gesichtsrekonstruktion, die in den Medien veröffentlicht wird, kann die Polizei schließlich ihre Identität ermitteln. Jetzt müssen sie nur noch den Mörder finden.

07

Episode 7

Ein Ehepaar will mit einem Kurzurlaub in Key West der Winterkälte entfliehen. Doch dann verschwindet die Frau. Die Polizei sucht die gesamte Insel ab, findet aber nichts als ein Paar Sandalen, das ihr gehört haben könnte. Als zwei wichtige Videoaufnahmen auftauchen, fragen sich die Ermittler, ob sie nach einer Vermissten oder einem Mörder suchen.

08

Episode 8

Eine Mutter von zwei kleinen Kindern wurde tot in ihrem Schlafzimmer aufgefunden. Zunächst deutete alles auf Selbstmord hin: Neben ihrer Leiche lagen Abschiedsbriefe und sie hielt eine Pistole in der Hand. Ihr Tod wurde als Suizid eingestuft – doch als die Ermittler erfuhren, dass sie drei Jahre zuvor bei einem Hausbrand beinahe ums Leben gekommen wäre, nahmen sie die Beweise erneut unter die Lupe.

09

Episode 9

Als 1991 die Ehefrau eines Soldaten auf den Philippinen brutal ermordet wurde, wurden die Sonderermittler der Air Force aktiv. Die Spuren führten zum Ehemann des Opfers, doch dieser beteuerte seine Unschuld. Um herauszufinden, ob er die Wahrheit sagte, mussten die Ermittler etwas Beispielloses tun: eine 5-1/4-Zoll-Diskette zusammensetzen, die mit einer Zickzackschere zerstückelt worden war.

10

Episode 10

Bombenanschläge sind schwer aufzuklären, da der Täter meist nicht am Tatort ist und die Beweise sich in Rauch auflösen. Doch es gibt Spuren, wenn die Ermittler wissen, wo sie suchen müssen. In diesem Fall führten sandkorngroße Plastikteilchen zur Aufklärung des Mordes an einem Mann.

11. Staffel 11 (42 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert faszinierende Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Verfolgen Sie Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler und Rechtsexperten bei ihrer Suche nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. „Forensic Files“ verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst eingefleischte True-Crime-Fans begeistern.

01

Episode 1

The woman could have lost control of her SUV on the icy road, and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creek. But there were footprints in the snow leading away.

02

Episode 2

A successful stockbroker told his wife he'd be working late, and when he didn't come home, she reported him missing. Investigators found his car a few blocks from his office and, two days later, proof that he had been murdered.

03

Episode 3

The prime suspect had a criminal record, and his driver's license was found at the scene of a brutal, double homicide. That physical evidence seemed damning, but it wasn't the only evidence. DNA extracted from a discarded spoon would point investigators in a different direction.

04

Episode 4

When a little girl got sick and died, investigators were stumped. Was it an accident, an unexplained illness, or murder? Scientists would travel halfway around the world before finding the answer in two unlikely places: a shredded legal document and her mother's signature.

05

Ein zweites Leben

1990 werden drei Prostituierte brutal ermordet und am Ufer des Spokane Rivers zurückgelassen. Die Ermittler hatten nur wenige Anhaltspunkte. Es wurden Tierhaare, Fasern und ein Fingerabdruck gefunden, aber der Täter wurde jahrelang nicht identifiziert. Mehr als 20 Jahre später gibt es einen Durchbruch in dem Fall - und endlich wird ein Mörder verhaftet, aber niemand hätte je gedacht, wer hinter diesem unheimlichen Verbrechen steckt.

06

Episode 6

A World War II veteran was found dead in his home, and the investigation ground to a halt when the prime suspect had a solid an alibi. But a lucky break led to a shady character who wore distinctive boots and had a sweet tooth.

07

Episode 7

A woman who was known to have suffered from depression apparently took her own life. But her sister told police that, a year before her death, she said if anything were to happen to her, there was a note in the china cabinet. Investigators found the note and the killer.

08

Episode 8

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 perpetrator. With the help of a forensic geologist, they identified the most unlikely suspects.

09

Chief Suspect

Bei "Medical Detectives" geht es um spektakuläre Kriminalfälle aus dem echten Leben. Die Ermittler setzen bei ihren Arbeiten die neuesten Errungenschaften der Wissenschaft ein. Denn oft sind diese entscheidend, um die richtigen Spuren zu finden.

10

Episode 10

One warm summer afternoon, the town of Verona, Wisconsin, faced its first triple homicide. To solve the case, investigators had to delve into the world of high rollers and offshore betting.

12. Staffel 12 (30 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert fesselnde Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Verfolgen Sie Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler und Rechtsexperten bei der Suche nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. „Forensic Files“ verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst die eingefleischtesten True-Crime-Fans begeistern.

01

Episode 1

Als ein junges Mädchen tot aufgefunden wurde, nahm die Polizei schnell den Hauptverdächtigen fest. Doch dank modernster NASA-Technologie konnte ein forensischer Odontologe beweisen, dass der Falsche hinter Gittern saß. Da der wahre Mörder noch auf freiem Fuß war, waren die Ermittlungen noch lange nicht abgeschlossen.

02

Episode 2

Wie ein Verbrecher an den Tatort gelangt ist, lässt sich für gewöhnlich leicht feststellen. Doch dieser Fall war alles andere als klar. Es sah so aus, als hätte sich der Mörder in Luft aufgelöst … und vielleicht hatte er das ja auch.

03

Episode 3

Als ein junger Feuerwehrmann an einer scheinbar schweren, aber undiagnostizierten Herzkrankheit stirbt, sind seine Familie und Freunde am Boden zerstört, haben aber keine Beweise für ein Fremdverschulden. Dann erfahren sie, dass sechs Jahre zuvor in einer Nachbarstadt ein junger Polizist auf die gleiche Weise ums Leben kam. Die beiden Männer hatten eine Gemeinsamkeit: Zum Zeitpunkt ihres Todes waren sie mit derselben Frau verheiratet.

04

Episode 4

Die Überwachungskameras eines Kasinos verfolgten eine junge Frau bis kurz vor ihrem Verschwinden. Sie wurde nie wieder gesehen, doch die von ihr hinterlassenen Spuren verrieten den Ermittlern, was ihr zugestoßen war und wer dafür verantwortlich ist.

05

Episode 5

Einer der ungewöhnlichsten Fälle der Kriminalgeschichte: Die Ermittler müssen einen Mordfall lösen, doch die einzigen Beweismittel sind eine zerdrückte Tomate am Tatort und winzige Lichtreflexe auf einem Foto. Reicht das, um den Täter zu fassen?

06

Episode 6

Als eine engagierte und angesehene Lehrerin verschwindet, steht die Polizei vor der Frage, ob sie heimlich Urlaub macht oder Opfer eines Verbrechens wurde. Die Ermittler hoffen, mithilfe der Forensik die entscheidenden Antworten zu finden.

07

Episode 7

Nach dem brutalen Mord an der Post-Grunge-Sängerin Mia Zapata hatte die Polizei von Seattle zunächst keine Spur. Erst über ein Jahrzehnt später konnten Forensiker die von einem außerordentlich vorausschauenden Gerichtsmediziner gesicherten Beweise nutzen, um den Mörder zu identifizieren.

08

Episode 8

Eine Doktorandin der Michigan State University verschwand und galt als tot. Mithilfe eines Professors für Geowissenschaften hoffte die Polizei, entscheidende Beweise gegen ihren Mörder zutage zu fördern.

09

Episode 9

How unlucky could one man be? His wife had taken her own life, and his college sweetheart had killed herself in much the same fashion fourteen years earlier. Investigators had to determine if this was a bizarre coincidence, or an attempt to get away with murder... twice.

10

Episode 10

In 1996, 54-year-old Gayle Isleib was ambushed in her Manchester, Connecticut driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that her 25-year-old co-worker Tyrone Montgomery was in love with her and that she had spurned his advances. They now had to determine if love had turned into obsession... and a motive for murder.

13. Staffel 13 (50 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert faszinierende Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler, Rechtsmediziner und Rechtsexperten suchen nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. „Forensic Files“ verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst die eingefleischtesten True-Crime-Fans begeistern.

01

Episode 1

In 2004, Mary Ann Clibbery was found brutally murdered in her Illinois business and investigators had to determine if this was a robbery gone wrong or a calculated murder. The evidence at the scene told police what happened and they got a huge break when evidence from the murder on top of a nearby frozen river. The investigation focused on the business co-owner George Hansen when police found that he was embezzling from the company and that evidence in the bag also pointed to him.

02

Episode 2

In 2006, Texas real estate agent Sarah Anne Walker was found brutally murdered in a model home. Weeks later, a witness came forward who may have seen the killer and police used forensic hypnosis to help him recall every detail of the man's appearance. His description was used to create a composite sketch, which police used to draw the killer Kosoul Chanthakoummane out of hiding.

03

Episode 3

In 2003, St. Cloud teenager Jason MacLennan returned home after a night out with friends and discovered his father Ken's body lying in a pool of blood. There were shoe impressions outside in the new-fallen snow; because the victim's wallet and watch were missing, the motive may have been robbery. But before making that determination, police needed to find out who had the most to gain from his death.

04

Episode 4

In 2006, Nevada politician Kathy Augustine died mysteriously during a hard-fought re-election campaign and the medical examiner could neither isolate the cause of death, nor explain the tiny puncture wounds discovered during the autopsy. Upon deeper analysis, investigators focus on her husband Chaz Higgs, a critical care nurse who had ready access to succinylcholine.

05

Episode 5

In 1996, Virginia Beach police arrive at the Makdessi apartment to find Elise Makdessi and her lover Quincy Brown dead. Elise's husband Eddie had reported that he killed Quincy Brown in self defense after Brown had murdered Elise. Eddie gave the police a videotape Elise had made a week before, alleging that she had been the victim of sexual harassment and assault while in the Navy. investigators found evidence that her allegations may have been part of an elaborate scheme for financial gain. Hoping to separate fact from fiction, they turned to forensic science.

06

Episode 6

In 1999, Patrick McRae was found dead in his Des Moines home and the crime scene was awash with blood. Analysis showed it had come from two people, one of whom was female. The male DNA was McRae's, which meant the killer was a woman. Leads dried up and the case went cold until a suspect arrested for drug possession offered police a deal, and told a bizarre tale of an exotic dancer named Andrea Morris who listened to the voices in her head. She was later charged in 2005 and sentenced to life in prison for the murder.

07

Episode 7

In 2000, the body of exotic dancer Rachel Siani was found beneath a New Jersey bridge and investigators wondered if she had committed suicide. Evidence at the scene proved not only that she'd been carried to the bridge and thrown over the side, but also that she was alive when she fell. Police first looked at customers at the gentlemen's club and discovered that Rachel offered to assist a drunk customer named John "Jack" Denofa back to his motel room and that was the last time Rachel was seen alive.

08

Episode 8

In 2000, construction manager Darrell North was found dead in his work trailer in Ft. Worth, Texas. When investigators arrived, they found that he had been stabbed 46 times, described as overkill and indicating a personal relationship between the victim and 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. They looked at several suspects, but focused on the last person known to see North alive, sub-contractor Curtis Wayne Pope.

09

Episode 9

In 2000, Judy Southern arrived home from work and was shot by a gunman waiting within. Her husband Allen arrived shortly afterwards, called 911 to report his wife had been shot and drove her to the hospital. She died on arrival and the investigation focused on her husband Allen, but forensic analysis and a suicide note found at the scene pointed to Jonathan Binney.

10

Episode 10

In 1986, Gary Dale Larson was stabbed to death in his Edmond, Oklahoma home and then the killer sexually assaulted Larson's girlfriend Janet Haynes. Hayne's story seemed farfetched: The perpetrator was wearing only underwear and gloves broke into the house, stabbed Larson to death, then raped and terrorized her for hours afterwards. But, the evidence at the scene supported her story, and investigators turned for help to the FBI and their criminal profilers. The case remained cold until 2004, when Jonathan Scott Graham was arrested in the same neighborhood where Larson was murdered and footprint and DNA analysis placed Graham at the scene of the murder.

14. Staffel 14 (21 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert faszinierende Verbrechen, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler, Rechts- und Polizeiexperten suchen nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. „Forensic Files“ verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst die eingefleischtesten True-Crime-Fans begeistern.

01

Episode 1

In this episode of Forensic Files, a young mother is murdered after years of domestic abuse. There are clues at the scene: bloody footprints and DNA from the victim’s rape kit.

02

Episode 2

Threatening emails, a missing person and an abandoned truck lead police to a home where they believe a murder was committed. The evidence is overwhelming and investigators are sure they have the killer. What they don’t have is the body of the victim.

03

Episode 3

In 2000, Kristine Fitzhugh failed to show up for her music class and her husband Ken found her dead at the bottom of the stairs of their Palo Alto home. Upon further investigation, luminol reveals evidence of murder in the kitchen. As detectives investigate the crime further, they uncover a long-held family secret that provides motive.

04

Episode 4

As she left choir practice, the woman was gunned down in the church parking lot. Her husband became the prime suspect – particularly when police learned he found out just a month earlier that his wife had been cheating on him for three years.

05

Episode 5

In 2008, Illinois emergency response came upon a garage fire and a man was found crushed beneath a truck. Upon first glance, the victim was the homeowner Ari Squire. Investigators turned to forensic science to determine if they were dealing with a tragic accident or a carefully orchestrated murder. With the discovery that Ari had recently hired a Home Depot employee named Justin Newman, who had recently disappeared, the case focused on the search for Squire.

06

Episode 6

In 2007, the Florida mobile home of Effie and Michael Ratley catches fire and Michael heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is found beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents' home. The cut window screen points to an intruder, but the lack of supporting evidence compels investigators to look within.

07

Episode 7

In 2005, David Castor suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days. His wife Stacey maintained it was suicide, even though it was done with antifreeze. Police were skeptical, especially when they learned Stacey's first husband Michael Wallace died when he was only 38 years old and she refused to consent to an autopsy.

08

Episode 8

In the 1990s, the media dubbed Richard Rogers the "Last Call Killer" because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated. His methods involved dismembering the bodies and wrapping the parts in plastic bags, which he then carefully washed to remove all incriminating evidence. He eluded capture for almost ten years and then new technology revealed fingerprints no one knew were there.

09

Episode 9

In 2006, Jackson, Mississippi, resident Avis Banks and her unborn child were brutally murdered in her garage and was discovered by her fiancé Keyon Pittman. Police learn Pittman was having affairs with other women and he became the prime suspect. That is, until a man came forward who not only believed he owned the murder weapon but that he also knew who used it. Their focus then turns to Carla Hughes, Pittman's co-worker and lover.

10

Episode 10

In 2000, when teenager Tara Munsey goes missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant, it is unknown if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play. Everyone's worst fears are confirmed when a body is found at the bottom of an isolated ravine. Investigators scoured the crime scene, hoping to find enough evidence to identify the killer. But, information from her friends and an informant directs police to Jeff Thomas, a man who had previously known Tara.

15. Staffel 15 (3 Episoden)

„Forensic Files“ präsentiert fesselnde Kriminalfälle, Unfälle und Krankheitsausbrüche aus aller Welt. Begleiten Sie Gerichtsmediziner, Ermittler, Rechtsmediziner und Rechtsexperten bei der Suche nach Antworten in rätselhaften und mysteriösen Fällen, die Schlagzeilen machten. „Forensic Files“ verleiht dem Krimi-Genre eine neue Dimension und wird selbst den eingefleischtesten True-Crime-Fan begeistern.

01

Episode 1

In dieser klassischen Folge von „Forensic Files“, der langlebigsten True-Crime-Serie der Fernsehgeschichte, stellen Behörden in South Dakota bei den Einwohnern alarmierend hohe Schilddrüsenhormonwerte fest. Die Ermittler untersuchen eine Großfamilie, deren 12-jähriger Sohn nicht erkrankt. Der entscheidende Hinweis: Er ist Vegetarier. Ursprünglich ausgestrahlt als Staffel 1, Folge 11.

02

Episode 2

Am Tatort eines brutalen Mordes gibt sich der Täter große Mühe, seine Fingerabdrücke und die blutigen Schuhspuren auf dem Boden zu verwischen. Dabei hinterlässt er jedoch neue Beweise, die ebenso belastend sind. Ursprünglich ausgestrahlt als Staffel 4, Folge 1.

03

Episode 3

Ein mysteriöser Systemabsturz bringt eine erfolgreiche Produktionsfirma an den Rand des Zusammenbruchs und gefährdet Hunderte von Arbeitsplätzen. Da es weder eine ersichtliche Ursache noch eindeutige Hinweise gibt, müssen Forensiker feststellen, ob ein technischer Defekt, menschliches Versagen oder Sabotage für den Vorfall verantwortlich ist. Es handelt sich um die 39. Folge der 8. Staffel.