Forensic Files (1996)

The case of missing stewardess Helle Craft is recounted. Although her body was never recovered, police used forensic evidence to charge her…

At the Dallas 'Pistol & Revolver' club in 1991, Trey Cooley, a young spectator, was watching a shooting competition, seated behind an air g…

Caren Campano disappeared and her husband, Chris became the prime suspect -- especially after police found a huge bloodstain on the Campano…

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; thr…

Single mother Denise Johnson is found dead in a deserted area outside of Phoenix, Arizona. Local investigators ask a molecular geneticist t…

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 pri…

Legionnaires' disease is one of the most famous medical detective stories, especially irritating for its missteps and frustrations. When 18…

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 husban…

Troubling clusters of deadly cancer cases strike concerned communities across the country. In a Phoenix suburb, too many children are fatal…

Between 1985 and 1988, 18 people were choked, molested and left for dead in the remote desert mountains of California. The only witnesses w…

Alarmingly high levels of thyroid hormones pump through the systems of South Dakota residents. Investigators study one family who all got s…

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…

Escherichia coli (E-coli) bacteria can be found in meats, milk and in water. When food is properly processed, prepared and stored, E-Coli a…