Forensic Files
Police increasingly utilize scientific laboratory analysis to solve crimes. This program reviews and re-enacts dramatic cases from around the world in which forensic scientists find and examine previously undetectable evidence. Through their hard work, criminals are brought to justice and the innocent are set free.
- 1996-2011
- 15 seasons
- Court TV
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
Police increasingly utilize scientific laboratory analysis to solve crimes. This program reviews and re-enacts dramatic cases from around the world in which forensic scientists find and examine previously undetectable evidence. Through their hard work, criminals are brought to justice and the innocent are set free.
Season 9 Episode Guide
30 Episodes 2004 - 2007
Episode 1
Road Rage
Mon, Apr 18, 2005 22 mins
In the Season Nine premiere of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, the investigation of a discarded sleeping bag, containing bloody sneakers and a purse, leads police to the body of a young woman. Only a mark found on the victim's body enables police to track the killer. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 1.
Episode 2
Hunter or Hunted?
Wed, Jun 9, 2004 22 mins
On the last day of deer hunting season, a woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods. 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. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 2.
Episode 3
In Harm's Way
Tue, Jun 15, 2004 21 mins
An Alaskan police officer discovered a woman's body while patrolling a public park. A knife thought to be the murder weapon was found 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. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 3.
Episode 4
No Corpus Delicti
Mon, Jun 21, 2004 21 mins
Nearly two decades after a photographer went missing, her skeletal remains are discovered in the Colorado mountains.
Episode 5
News at 11
Sun, Jun 27, 2004 22 mins
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? Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 5.
Episode 6
Burning Desire
Wed, Jul 28, 2004 22 mins
Investigators sifted through the ashes of a fire that 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. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 6.
Episode 7
Cloak of Deceit
Fri, Jul 9, 2004 21 mins
During the 1990s, a trio of bank robbers struck in both North and South Carolina. They got away with their crimes for years, until forensic experts studied the bank surveillance tapes and identified them by their clothes and stances.
Episode 8
Bad Medicine
Thu, Jul 8, 2004 21 mins
When a plastic surgeon's wife becomes the victim of arsenic poisoning, investigators must determine who is trying to kill her and why.
Episode 9
Stick 'em Up
Mon, Jun 21, 2004 22 mins
Residents of Noel, Missouri were stunned to learn that their bank had been robbed and the bank president was 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, and that piece would solve the crime. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 9.
Episode 10
Head Games
Thu, Jul 22, 2004 21 mins
A young couple goes camping in Oregon with their dog and only one of them comes out alive. Detectives work to determine whether the incident was accidental or intentional.
Episode 11
Making the Collar
Thu, Jun 28, 2007 22 mins
The body of a 16-year-old girl was discovered nine months after she disappeared. Forensic scientists found clues that painted a virtual portrait of her killer. They knew that he had a dog, that he worked for the postal service, and that he had red carpeting in his home. Now all they had to do was find him. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 11.
Episode 12
The Financial Downfall
Wed, Aug 11, 2004 21 mins
In California, woman appears to have accidentally fallen to her death from a cliff, until an investigation uncovers proof of murder and a financial motive.
Episode 13
A Daughter's Journey
Mon, Aug 9, 2004 22 mins
Haunted by the disappearance of her mother some twenty years earlier, a young woman undertook an investigation of her own. Her mother's diary was in the now "cold" case file; there, in her mother's own handwriting, she discovered a dark family secret, which might have been the reason her mother vanished. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 13.
Episode 14
Over a Barrel
Tue, Aug 24, 2004 21 mins
Murder of a retired couple in California. It took 10 years to bring their killer to justice.
Episode 15
Pinned by the Evidence
Tue, Aug 24, 2004 21 mins
After a street fight claimed the life of a national wrestling champion, a jury decided it was murder, and sentenced the accused to twenty years in prison. Six years later, he was granted another trial; a forensic animator, who testified on his behalf, gave a different explanation for the most shocking piece of evidence. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 15.
Episode 16
Cries Unheard
Wed, Aug 25, 2004 21 mins
19 year old Devon Guzman is part of a love quadrangle that ends up getting her killed.
Episode 17
Buried Treasure
Thu, Sep 2, 2004 21 mins
A man fond of square-dancing disappears exactly one year after starting an affair with his friend's wife. Fifteen years later, a hobbyist with a metal detector helps police find evidence proving what happened, and who was responsible.
Episode 18
Badge of Betrayal
Wed, Sep 22, 2004 22 mins
The body of a young California co-ed was found under an isolated ramp of the Interstate, and San Diego police had no idea who would want this girl dead. But their questions would be answered when they discovered a tiny, unique fiber on the victim's clothing, which led them straight to the most unlikely of killers. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 18.
Episode 19
Deadly Matrimony
Wed, Sep 29, 2004 21 mins
An Ohio go-go dancer went missing in 1974. Twenty-six years later, her disappearance was solved with the help of tool mark analysis, a homemade box, and an old car.
Episode 20
Muddy Waters
Wed, Oct 13, 2004 21 mins
Newlyweds go on a hunting trip in the Colorado wilderness. Three bullets end the husband's life, in an "accident" that authorities believe is murder.
Episode 21
Point of Origin
Wed, Oct 27, 2004 22 mins
In 1984, California firefighters had battled ten arson fires in three weeks. When cigarettes and a scrap of paper connected the southern California fires to several fires further north, the hunt was on for a dangerous pyromaniac. Investigators finally found a fingerprint, and it pointed to a most unlikely suspect. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 21.
Episode 22
Seeds for Doubt
Thu, Oct 7, 2004 22 mins
In 2002, a small community in upstate New York was devastated when a car accident claimed the life of a well-respected nurse. Investigators initially thought alcohol was to blame, but blood tests proved the victim was not intoxicated. The seedpods found in her hair and on her clothes would prove that this was no accident. It was cold-blooded murder. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 22.
Episode 23
Saving Face
Wed, Oct 13, 2004 22 mins
A woman in Austin, Texas disappears and police begin investigating two possible explanations: kidnapping, and murder. They become even more concerned when they learn two other women vanished under similar circumstances. Careful investigation, the talents of a forensic artist, forensic anthropology and DNA profiling enabled police to link the crimes to a single suspect.
Episode 24
Northern Exposure
Wed, Dec 8, 2004 22 mins
Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets that were edged in orange stitching. Authorities hydrated the fingers and obtained a fingerprint, enabling them to identify the victim. Clinging to the sheet, they also discovered a tuft of red carpet fibers - threads of evidence that led them straight to the killer. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 24.
Episode 25
Silk Stalkings
Wed, Dec 29, 2004 21 mins
Nancy Ludwig is found stabbed to death in her hotel room in Detroit. Nancy's death is similar to another woman who was murdered 5 years earlier, Margaret Eby.
Episode 26
Fishing for the Truth
Wed, Mar 23, 2005 21 mins
Two fishermen get caught in the gulf in the middle of a storm. Only one man swims out alive. Was it an accident or was it murder?
Episode 27
For Love or Money
Wed, Jan 19, 2005 22 mins
When a wealthy real estate tycoon went missing, it appeared to be foul play. He had been aware that he was in danger. In his will, he left instructions regarding what was to happen if he died under violent circumstances - instructions which were carried out after a hiker came across a bullet-ridden skull. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 27.
Episode 28
South of the Border
Wed, Feb 2, 2005 22 mins
The cold-blooded murder of an American tourist in a Mexican resort focused law enforcement resources on both sides of the border. At first glance, the motive appeared to be robbery, but careful analysis of the forensic evidence pointed to something much more sinister. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 28.
Episode 29
The Stake-Out
Thu, Feb 10, 2005 21 mins
Entomology and computer forensics help solve the 1988 kidnapping and murder of a Pennsylvania banker's wife.
Episode 30
Walking Terror
Wed, Mar 2, 2005 22 mins
In the middle of the night, a neighbor witnessed a man stab his wife, push her into the swimming pool, and hold her head under water. When questioned by the police, the husband not only had no explanation for his actions, he had no recollection of the crime. A jury would have to decide between the evidence at the scene and the mysteries of the mind. Originally aired as Season 9, Episode 30.
