Forensic Files: Season 1
Episode Guide
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The Disappearance of Helle Crafts
Apr 21, 1996 · 23 min
The case of missing stewardess Helle Craft is recounted. Although her body was never recovered, police used forensic evidence to charge her husband with murder. It became the first
The Magic Bullet
Oct 3, 1996 · 23 min
At the Dallas 'Pistol & Revolver' club in 1991, Trey Cooley, a young spectator, was watching a shooting competition, seated behind an air gun range. He was struck and killed by a s
The House That Roared
Oct 10, 1996 · 23 min
Caren Campano disappeared and her husband, Chris became the prime suspect -- especially after police found a huge bloodstain on the Campano's bedroom carpet. When they sprayed the
The Footpath Murders
Oct 17, 1996 · 23 min
The first case to use DNA evidence is detailed. In 1983 Leicester, England, police were stymied by a rape/murder of a 15-year-old girl; three years later, faced with a similar crim
Planted Evidence
Oct 24, 1996 · 23 min
Single mother Denise Johnson is found dead in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Local investigators ask a molecular geneticist to pick out a tree in a 'lineup' when unid
Southside Strangler
Oct 31, 1996 · 23 min
The U.S. criminal justice system's first use of DNA profiling in a serial murder case frees an innocent man after he spent two years in prison, and convicts the real killer. FBI ps
Legionnaires' Disease
Nov 7, 1996 · 23 min
Legionnaires' disease is one of the most famous medical detective stories, especially irritating for its missteps and frustrations. When 180 Legionnaires contract pneumonia-like sy
The Wilson Murder
Nov 14, 1996 · 23 min
On the night of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home after a meeting. She walked up the stairs to the bedroom and discovered her husband, Eye doctor Jack Wilson, beaten and sta
Deadly Neighborhoods
Nov 21, 1996 · 23 min
Troubling clusters of deadly cancer cases strike concerned communities across the country. In a Phoenix suburb, too many children are fatally stricken with leukemia and, on a Conne
Insect Clues
Nov 28, 1996 · 23 min
Between 1985 and 1988, 18 people were choked, molested and left for dead in the remote desert mountains of California. The only witnesses were the insects – and they also proved to
Outbreak
Dec 5, 1996 · 23 min
Alarmingly high levels of thyroid hormones pump through the systems of South Dakota residents. Investigators study one family who all got sick, except their 12-year-old son who is
The List Murders
Dec 12, 1996 · 23 min
In 1971, John List left a note with the bodies of his mother, wife, and three children in his mansion ballroom, funeral organ music blaring from a central sound system, and disappe
Raw Terror
Dec 19, 1996 · 23 min
Escherichia coli (E-coli) bacteria can be found in meats, milk and in water. When food is properly processed, prepared and stored, E-Coli are harmless. But in the absence of these