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Frozen Assets
When a respected business owner was brutally attacked and killed, investigators had to determine if this was a robbery gone wrong or a calculated murder. The evidence at the scene told police what happened but not who was responsible and then they got a huge break because of a frozen river five miles away.
House Hunting
When a successful real estate agent is brutally murdered, panicked townspeople begin looking over their shoulders and locking their doors. Weeks later, a witness comes forward who may have seen the killer, and police use forensic hypnosis to help him recall every detail of the man's appearance. His description is used to create a composite sketch, which police hope will draw the killer out of hiding.
Shoot to Thrill
A teenager returned home after a night out with friends, and discovered his father'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.
Political Thriller
The Kathy Augustine Case. When a politician died mysteriously during a hard-fought re-election campaign, the medical examiner could neither isolate the cause of death, nor explain the tiny puncture wounds discovered during the autopsy. If the victim had been murdered, it would be up to investigators to determine if her political enemies were to blame, or if the killer was someone much closer to home.
Double Cross
A naval officer threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault, and a callous military hierarchy concerned only with covering-up the incidents. When the officer was brutally murdered, investigators found evidence her allegations may have been part of an elaborate scheme for financial gain. Hoping to separate fact from fiction, they turned to forensic science.
Dancing with the Devil
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 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 who listened to the voices in her head.
Last Dance
When the body of a beautiful young woman was found beneath a bridge, investigators wondered if she'd 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 had to determine who the victim was... and who wanted her dead.
Constructive Criticism
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.
Home Evasion
The man called 911 to report his wife had been shot; she was badly wounded and they were on their way to the hospital. When she died, he became the prime suspect. The investigation would prove two things: He was innocent, and he'd been only moments away from being a victim in the most bizarre crime police had ever seen.
Window Watcher
The woman's story seemed farfetched: A man wearing only underwear and gloves broke into the house, stabbed her boyfriend to death, and raped and terrorised 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.
Stranger in the Night
The Dorothy Donovan Case. Police are skeptical when a man claims his mother was murdered by the hitchhiker he picked up. Their suspicions are heightened when he refuses to take a polygraph test, and they turn to forensic science. Would the blood and fingerprint evidence at the crime scene support the man's story, or prove his guilt?
Kidnapping
When a mother and her child are abducted during a carjacking, the crime is reported within minutes. Police know they have a small window of opportunity to find them and the clock is ticking.
Sands of Crime
In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment. Her body was found later that day; she’d been sexually assaulted and then shot at point blank range. Eight long years passed… and then a pair of running shoes and a cell phone breathed new life into a very cold case. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 13.
Calculated Coincidence
A young woman is found dead in her apartment. There's little evidence at the scene, leads don't pan out and the case turns cold... until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six years earlier in different state.
Sworded Scheme
When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others, and she’d turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood spatter in her boyfriend’s bedroom – blood spatter someone had gone to great lengths to conceal -- they know this case is going to be different. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 15.
Unmasked
A serial rapist is on the loose in a Texas town. No one knew where he'd strike next, but the audacity of his attacks and the escalation of violence against his victims made finding him imperative.
Fashion Police
The victim has been stabbed more than thirty times, and the crime scene is awash with her blood. Near her head, police discover a distinctive button with strands of thread still attached. If they can find the owner of the shirt the button came from, they’ll also find the killer. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 17.
Church Dis-service
A young woman attends evening church services... then disappears. When her abandoned car is found, the tank is empty and a gas can she kept in her trunk for emergencies is missing. Eyewitnesses place her at a nearby gas station, getting into a van, but their descriptions of the vehicle don’t match. Three days later when her body is discovered, the search for the driver of that van intensifies. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 18.
Seedy Intentions
When a nine-year-old girl goes missing, police and volunteers spend weeks searching for her. A psychic’s vision leads to a field where her body is discovered, along with what investigators hope is enough evidence to help them to also find her killer. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 19.
DNA Dragnet
Digital enhancement of security camera video shows that what appears to be a casual encounter is actually a forced abduction, leading to murder. The perpetrator’s MO is remarkably similar to another murder which occurred five months earlier, 15 miles away. When investigators learn the crimes might not be isolated or random, they also realize a serial killer may be on the loose. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 20.
Smiley Face
The Brenda Robinson case. Forensic evidence leads police to a sadistic serial rapist after years of investigation in Delaware and Maryland.
Dirty Laundry
The Robert Bosley case. A self-made man who never minced words is found murdered. Was a disgruntled client or employee involved, or could money and racy photos hold the clues that will crack this case wide open?
Drowning Sorrows
An investigation into a mother's tragic fall while on a family vacation. Police had to determine if this was a suicide, accident or homicide. Forensic experts disagreed initially, but a new chemical test showed what happened.
As Fault
A woman in the back of a truck is seen flailing her arms, screaming. Witnesses thought she was doing something dangerous for the fun of it. But when they found a jacket near a pool of blood, they knew what they'd seen wasn't a joy ride; it was an abduction.
Family Ties
An assailant breaks into a couple's home with an axe; he kills the husband and critically injures his wife. Nothing was taken, so this wasn't a robbery. Can a DNA profile from skin cells collected hundred of miles away reveal the killer's identity and his motive for murder?
Trouble Brewing
Two suspects living in the same apartment are linked to a murder by a gun and a pair of bloodstained boots - items that belong to the one who claims he's never met the victim. Investigators hope the manufacturing code stamped on six beer bottles will be distinctive enough to prove who is telling the truth, and who is a cold-blooded killer.
Holy Terror
Two churches are bombed and one person is killed. Can a thin copper wire help find the perp before he strikes again?
Needle in a Haystack
There was no apparent reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner found a tiny clue during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel a mystery of betrayal and revenge.
Room with a View
A college student is found stabbed more than a hundred times; her bedroom blood-soaked. While her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she hadn't been sexually assaulted. Was this a sex crime, or the random act of a man with an intense hatred of women?
Dollars and Sense
When a body is found burned beyond recognition, police create a composite sketch to identify the victim. But who could have killed him and why did they want him dead?
Hair Line
A young scientist falls gravely ill and tests arrive too late to save him. But lab analysis of his hair showing when attempts were made on his life, help police catch the killer.
All That Glitters is Gold
A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses. Was this an ambush or a random attack? Was the victim abducted or dead? The answers lay in a unique clue, so tiny it was measured in millionths of a meter.
Deadly Rebellion
The body of a teen with a history of running away is discovered half-naked on the side of a road. Her throat has been slit. Police hope a single foreign hair found in a defensive wound on the victim's thumb will lead to the killer.
Sign of the Crime
When two women from the same apartment complex are found murdered police conclude they are dealing with a serial killer who harbors an intense hatred of women. Can they find him before he strikes again?
Covet Thy Neighbor
When a college co-ed vanishes without a trace, her fellow students grow concerned about her safety... and their own. Weeks later, the body of an unknown female is discovered 700 miles away in the ashes of a barn fire, and an alert police officer realizes the two crimes might be connected.
Writing on the Wall
In the final moments of her life, a woman writes a name on the wall - presumably that of the killer - in her own blood. But this isn't an open and shut case and, in order to solve it, investigators must read between the lines.
Hundreds of Reasons
A restaurant manager is found stabbed to death. With $8,000 missing from the safe, police have their motive, but finding the killer doesn't prove so easy.
Cold Feet
A convenience store safe is found empty and the clerk, missing. Hours later, her bound, half-naked body is discovered in nearby woods. Can advances in forensic science help police catch the killer two decades later?
Separation Anxiety
Attempting to dispose of the body by incinerating it proved to be one of many mistakes... culminating in the killer's grainy image in security video being brought into sharp focus by something ordinary and everywhere: a store discount card.
Office Visit
A respected surgeon was stabbed to death in the parking lot next to his office. The most likely suspect is seen having dinner in a restaurant at the time of the murder. But a cryptic conversation leads police to believe that, while the suspect may not have wielded the knife, he could very well have hired the man who did. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 40.
Palm Saturday
A young couple is found murdered in their Graham, Washington home; detectives discover shoe impressions, a partial palm print, and a neighbor's criminal past.
Shoe-in for Murder
Terrified, the young girl hid in her bedroom while her mother was attacked and stabbed to death. Investigators had a wealth of evidence: shoe impressions, distinctive blood drops, and the killer’s DNA. What they didn’t have was a basis for comparison. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 41.
Family Interrupted
The gunman opened fire as the family of four entered their home, killing two and wounding the others. He’d pulled open a few drawers to make it look like a robbery, but the scene was clearly staged. When police pieced together the clues, they discovered an unlikely suspect and a carefully orchestrated plot. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 42.
Runaway Love
It was classic “overkill.” The woman floating in the harbor of an upscale yacht club had been stabbed more than 50 times. Her ex-husband and daughter are missing, and investigators turn to forensic science to determine if they’re searching for victims... or perpetrators. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 15.Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 43.
Watchful Eye
A state park employee is murdered in the park office in the middle of the afternoon. There’s a wealth of evidence at the scene, but it doesn’t implicate the prime suspect, it clears him. Six years -- and 600 leads -- later, advances in DNA technology enable investigators to identify and convict the killer. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 44.
Waste Mis-Management
The evidence suggested the woman had been bound, sexually assaulted and murdered. Afterwards, the killer spent hours at the crime scene, wiping away his fingerprints and disposing of everything which might incriminate him, including the woman’s body. Police now face a daunting task: They not only have to find the killer, they also have to find the body of the victim. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 45.
Dirty Little Seacret
A couple spent Memorial Day weekend at the beach, and then they simply vanished. Their clothes and personal items were still in the rented condo, their car was parked outside, and there were no signs of forced entry or foul play. A week later, police would get an unexpected lead from a robbery in progress, and the evidence they found helped solve a crime of unparalleled violence and brutality. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 46.
Lights Out
Whoever stabbed the young mother to death had also savagely beaten her four-year-old daughter. Police had a suspect, but not enough evidence to tie him to the crimes. It would take 15 years and advances in DNA technology to bring the killer to justice. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 47.
Pet Rock
A quiet waitress vanishes without a trace. Police suspect a case of a date gone horribly wrong. When her body is discovered it comes wrapped in a mountain of evidence. It takes fingerprint analysis, trace evidence and DNA work to unravel a woman's final night of terror.
Best Foot Forward
The investigation of an exotic dancer's disappearance leads police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone was shot and cremated. The destruction of the remains is almost complete, but not quite. Soft tissue attached to a limb provides enough DNA for a genetic profile, and positive identification of the victim.
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Season 13
Release Date
PremieredForensic Files Season 13 released on September 12, 2008.
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Sign In to Track ProgressFrozen Assets
When a respected business owner was brutally attacked and killed, investigators had to determine if this was a robbery gone wrong or a calculated murder. The evidence at the scene told police what happened but not who was responsible and then they got a huge break because of a frozen river five miles away.
House Hunting
When a successful real estate agent is brutally murdered, panicked townspeople begin looking over their shoulders and locking their doors. Weeks later, a witness comes forward who may have seen the killer, and police use forensic hypnosis to help him recall every detail of the man's appearance. His description is used to create a composite sketch, which police hope will draw the killer out of hiding.
Shoot to Thrill
A teenager returned home after a night out with friends, and discovered his father'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.
Political Thriller
The Kathy Augustine Case. When a politician died mysteriously during a hard-fought re-election campaign, the medical examiner could neither isolate the cause of death, nor explain the tiny puncture wounds discovered during the autopsy. If the victim had been murdered, it would be up to investigators to determine if her political enemies were to blame, or if the killer was someone much closer to home.
Double Cross
A naval officer threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault, and a callous military hierarchy concerned only with covering-up the incidents. When the officer was brutally murdered, investigators found evidence her allegations may have been part of an elaborate scheme for financial gain. Hoping to separate fact from fiction, they turned to forensic science.
Dancing with the Devil
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 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 who listened to the voices in her head.
Last Dance
When the body of a beautiful young woman was found beneath a bridge, investigators wondered if she'd 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 had to determine who the victim was... and who wanted her dead.
Constructive Criticism
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.
Home Evasion
The man called 911 to report his wife had been shot; she was badly wounded and they were on their way to the hospital. When she died, he became the prime suspect. The investigation would prove two things: He was innocent, and he'd been only moments away from being a victim in the most bizarre crime police had ever seen.
Window Watcher
The woman's story seemed farfetched: A man wearing only underwear and gloves broke into the house, stabbed her boyfriend to death, and raped and terrorised 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.
Stranger in the Night
The Dorothy Donovan Case. Police are skeptical when a man claims his mother was murdered by the hitchhiker he picked up. Their suspicions are heightened when he refuses to take a polygraph test, and they turn to forensic science. Would the blood and fingerprint evidence at the crime scene support the man's story, or prove his guilt?
Kidnapping
When a mother and her child are abducted during a carjacking, the crime is reported within minutes. Police know they have a small window of opportunity to find them and the clock is ticking.
Sands of Crime
In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment. Her body was found later that day; she’d been sexually assaulted and then shot at point blank range. Eight long years passed… and then a pair of running shoes and a cell phone breathed new life into a very cold case. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 13.
Calculated Coincidence
A young woman is found dead in her apartment. There's little evidence at the scene, leads don't pan out and the case turns cold... until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six years earlier in different state.
Sworded Scheme
When a college student is reported missing, police believe their investigation will be like countless others, and she’d turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood spatter in her boyfriend’s bedroom – blood spatter someone had gone to great lengths to conceal -- they know this case is going to be different. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 15.
Unmasked
A serial rapist is on the loose in a Texas town. No one knew where he'd strike next, but the audacity of his attacks and the escalation of violence against his victims made finding him imperative.
Fashion Police
The victim has been stabbed more than thirty times, and the crime scene is awash with her blood. Near her head, police discover a distinctive button with strands of thread still attached. If they can find the owner of the shirt the button came from, they’ll also find the killer. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 17.
Church Dis-service
A young woman attends evening church services... then disappears. When her abandoned car is found, the tank is empty and a gas can she kept in her trunk for emergencies is missing. Eyewitnesses place her at a nearby gas station, getting into a van, but their descriptions of the vehicle don’t match. Three days later when her body is discovered, the search for the driver of that van intensifies. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 18.
Seedy Intentions
When a nine-year-old girl goes missing, police and volunteers spend weeks searching for her. A psychic’s vision leads to a field where her body is discovered, along with what investigators hope is enough evidence to help them to also find her killer. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 19.
DNA Dragnet
Digital enhancement of security camera video shows that what appears to be a casual encounter is actually a forced abduction, leading to murder. The perpetrator’s MO is remarkably similar to another murder which occurred five months earlier, 15 miles away. When investigators learn the crimes might not be isolated or random, they also realize a serial killer may be on the loose. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 20.
Smiley Face
The Brenda Robinson case. Forensic evidence leads police to a sadistic serial rapist after years of investigation in Delaware and Maryland.
Dirty Laundry
The Robert Bosley case. A self-made man who never minced words is found murdered. Was a disgruntled client or employee involved, or could money and racy photos hold the clues that will crack this case wide open?
Drowning Sorrows
An investigation into a mother's tragic fall while on a family vacation. Police had to determine if this was a suicide, accident or homicide. Forensic experts disagreed initially, but a new chemical test showed what happened.
As Fault
A woman in the back of a truck is seen flailing her arms, screaming. Witnesses thought she was doing something dangerous for the fun of it. But when they found a jacket near a pool of blood, they knew what they'd seen wasn't a joy ride; it was an abduction.
Family Ties
An assailant breaks into a couple's home with an axe; he kills the husband and critically injures his wife. Nothing was taken, so this wasn't a robbery. Can a DNA profile from skin cells collected hundred of miles away reveal the killer's identity and his motive for murder?
Trouble Brewing
Two suspects living in the same apartment are linked to a murder by a gun and a pair of bloodstained boots - items that belong to the one who claims he's never met the victim. Investigators hope the manufacturing code stamped on six beer bottles will be distinctive enough to prove who is telling the truth, and who is a cold-blooded killer.
Holy Terror
Two churches are bombed and one person is killed. Can a thin copper wire help find the perp before he strikes again?
Needle in a Haystack
There was no apparent reason for a young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner found a tiny clue during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel a mystery of betrayal and revenge.
Room with a View
A college student is found stabbed more than a hundred times; her bedroom blood-soaked. While her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she hadn't been sexually assaulted. Was this a sex crime, or the random act of a man with an intense hatred of women?
Dollars and Sense
When a body is found burned beyond recognition, police create a composite sketch to identify the victim. But who could have killed him and why did they want him dead?
Hair Line
A young scientist falls gravely ill and tests arrive too late to save him. But lab analysis of his hair showing when attempts were made on his life, help police catch the killer.
All That Glitters is Gold
A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses. Was this an ambush or a random attack? Was the victim abducted or dead? The answers lay in a unique clue, so tiny it was measured in millionths of a meter.
Deadly Rebellion
The body of a teen with a history of running away is discovered half-naked on the side of a road. Her throat has been slit. Police hope a single foreign hair found in a defensive wound on the victim's thumb will lead to the killer.
Sign of the Crime
When two women from the same apartment complex are found murdered police conclude they are dealing with a serial killer who harbors an intense hatred of women. Can they find him before he strikes again?
Covet Thy Neighbor
When a college co-ed vanishes without a trace, her fellow students grow concerned about her safety... and their own. Weeks later, the body of an unknown female is discovered 700 miles away in the ashes of a barn fire, and an alert police officer realizes the two crimes might be connected.
Writing on the Wall
In the final moments of her life, a woman writes a name on the wall - presumably that of the killer - in her own blood. But this isn't an open and shut case and, in order to solve it, investigators must read between the lines.
Hundreds of Reasons
A restaurant manager is found stabbed to death. With $8,000 missing from the safe, police have their motive, but finding the killer doesn't prove so easy.
Cold Feet
A convenience store safe is found empty and the clerk, missing. Hours later, her bound, half-naked body is discovered in nearby woods. Can advances in forensic science help police catch the killer two decades later?
Separation Anxiety
Attempting to dispose of the body by incinerating it proved to be one of many mistakes... culminating in the killer's grainy image in security video being brought into sharp focus by something ordinary and everywhere: a store discount card.
Office Visit
A respected surgeon was stabbed to death in the parking lot next to his office. The most likely suspect is seen having dinner in a restaurant at the time of the murder. But a cryptic conversation leads police to believe that, while the suspect may not have wielded the knife, he could very well have hired the man who did. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 40.
Palm Saturday
A young couple is found murdered in their Graham, Washington home; detectives discover shoe impressions, a partial palm print, and a neighbor's criminal past.
Shoe-in for Murder
Terrified, the young girl hid in her bedroom while her mother was attacked and stabbed to death. Investigators had a wealth of evidence: shoe impressions, distinctive blood drops, and the killer’s DNA. What they didn’t have was a basis for comparison. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 41.
Family Interrupted
The gunman opened fire as the family of four entered their home, killing two and wounding the others. He’d pulled open a few drawers to make it look like a robbery, but the scene was clearly staged. When police pieced together the clues, they discovered an unlikely suspect and a carefully orchestrated plot. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 42.
Runaway Love
It was classic “overkill.” The woman floating in the harbor of an upscale yacht club had been stabbed more than 50 times. Her ex-husband and daughter are missing, and investigators turn to forensic science to determine if they’re searching for victims... or perpetrators. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 15.Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 43.
Watchful Eye
A state park employee is murdered in the park office in the middle of the afternoon. There’s a wealth of evidence at the scene, but it doesn’t implicate the prime suspect, it clears him. Six years -- and 600 leads -- later, advances in DNA technology enable investigators to identify and convict the killer. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 44.
Waste Mis-Management
The evidence suggested the woman had been bound, sexually assaulted and murdered. Afterwards, the killer spent hours at the crime scene, wiping away his fingerprints and disposing of everything which might incriminate him, including the woman’s body. Police now face a daunting task: They not only have to find the killer, they also have to find the body of the victim. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 45.
Dirty Little Seacret
A couple spent Memorial Day weekend at the beach, and then they simply vanished. Their clothes and personal items were still in the rented condo, their car was parked outside, and there were no signs of forced entry or foul play. A week later, police would get an unexpected lead from a robbery in progress, and the evidence they found helped solve a crime of unparalleled violence and brutality. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 46.
Lights Out
Whoever stabbed the young mother to death had also savagely beaten her four-year-old daughter. Police had a suspect, but not enough evidence to tie him to the crimes. It would take 15 years and advances in DNA technology to bring the killer to justice. Originally aired as Season 13, Episode 47.
Pet Rock
A quiet waitress vanishes without a trace. Police suspect a case of a date gone horribly wrong. When her body is discovered it comes wrapped in a mountain of evidence. It takes fingerprint analysis, trace evidence and DNA work to unravel a woman's final night of terror.
Best Foot Forward
The investigation of an exotic dancer's disappearance leads police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone was shot and cremated. The destruction of the remains is almost complete, but not quite. Soft tissue attached to a limb provides enough DNA for a genetic profile, and positive identification of the victim.