Forensic Files - Season 1

Forensic Files - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesApr 21, 1996 - Dec 19, 1996
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The Disappearance of Helle Crafts
Season 1Episode 130 min

The Disappearance of Helle Crafts

In the series premiere (pilot) of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a Connecticut flight attendant went missing and was never seen again. Police suspected her husband was guilty of murder, and they were able to prove it - even though they never found the woman's body.

Apr 21, 1996
The Magic Bullet
Season 1Episode 230 min

The Magic Bullet

A fifteen-year-old boy died from a mysterious gunshot wound to his head while he was sitting in the lobby of his father's gun club. Ballistics, laser technology, made-to-scale models, and the latest in forensic animation showed that bullet had followed a tragic course after a misfire at the outdoor range.

Oct 3, 1996
The House That Roared
Season 1Episode 330 min

The House That Roared

A woman disappeared and her husband became the prime suspect -- especially after police found a huge bloodstain on the carpet of their bedroom. When they sprayed the bedroom with Luminol, they discovered it was awash with blood spatter. Complex DNA testing proved it was the wife's blood. Now all they had to do was find her body.

Oct 10, 1996
The Footpath Murders
Season 1Episode 430 min

The Footpath Murders

British detectives worked with a pioneering scientist to solve crimes of sexual assault and serial murder. This 1986 case marked the first time DNA was used as evidence in a court of law.

Oct 17, 1996
Planted Evidence
Season 1Episode 530 min

Planted Evidence

Early one morning in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, a motorcyclist discovered the body of a young woman. She had been beaten, bound, strangled and possibly raped. The nearby plants would tell investigators more about the killer than any other single piece of evidence.

Oct 23, 1996
Southside Strangler
Season 1Episode 630 min

Southside Strangler

Shortly after Thanksgiving in 1987, an intruder broke into a residence in Arlington, Virginia. That crime launched a new era in police investigations: DNA evidence and psychological profiling helped catch a serial killer and free an innocent man.

Oct 31, 1996
Legionnaires' Disease
Season 1Episode 730 min

Legionnaires' Disease

Philadelphia, the birthplace of the United States, played host to millions of tourists and hundreds of gatherings as America celebrated its 200th year of independence. History was made that summer of 1976 - not because of the bicentennial, but because of the mysterious death of 34 people at an American Legion convention. The groundbreaking investigation by the CDC had to explain why dozens inside a hotel - and some who just walked by outside - all got sick.

Nov 7, 1996
The Wilson Murder
Season 1Episode 830 min

The Wilson Murder

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, lying in a pool of blood. Jack Wilson had obviously been murdered... but how? And by whom? Even the experts couldn't agree.

Nov 14, 1996
Deadly Neighborhoods
Season 1Episode 930 min

Deadly Neighborhoods

Eleven children in an elementary school in Phoenix contracted childhood leukemia; nine of them died. And in Guilford, Connecticut, five people were diagnosed with brain tumors on a street where there were only nine homes. Two towns, two cancer clusters, two mysteries. The investigation answered some questions, but raised many more.

Nov 21, 1996
Insect Clues
Season 1Episode 1030 min

Insect Clues

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 play an important role in solving the crimes and bringing the killer to justice.

Nov 28, 1996
Outbreak
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Outbreak

In 1985, 121 people in South Dakota and Minnesota were struck with a mysterious illness. There had been only one outbreak like it, and when it happened then, no one could figure out why. This time, disease detectives would use scientific tools to unravel a mystery centered on the technique of a butcher.

Dec 5, 1996
The List Murders
Season 1Episode 1230 min

The List Murders

For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family successfully eluded the FBI. This episode describes how investigators used both art and forensic science to catch the killer, John List.

Dec 12, 1996
Raw Terror
Season 1Episode 1330 min

Raw Terror

In 1991 after a weekend earning wilderness merit badges, a boy scout ended up with slight fever and diarrhea, sending him to the hospital. His kidneys started shutting down and his diarrhea turned into hemorrhaging, leaving doctors puzzled.

Dec 19, 1996

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