Forensic Files

HLN

  • 20 minutes 28 seconds
    Headquarters
    This episode originally aired July 18, 2019. When hunters reported finding a skull in a Texas canyon, police immediately began an investigation. At the scene, they found bits of clothing, a woman's shoe, some small bones and a strand of hair. An anthropologist determined the victim was a Caucasian woman, and that she'd been stabbed repeatedly. A forensic artist reconstructed her face, and the image was released to media. Eventually, police learned who she was. Now all they had to do was find her killer.

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    9 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 20 minutes 16 seconds
    The Alibi
    This episode originally aired July 15, 2019. After the rape and murder of a popular high school student, authorities ask the males in her social circles to volunteer DNA. When a match is found, the community is stunned.

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    2 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 20 minutes 14 seconds
    Slippery Motives
    This episode originally aired July 11, 2019. While staying at a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, a Louisiana woman drowns in a bathtub. Her husband claims it was an accident, but detectives are skeptical as they discover evidence of foul play.

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    26 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 20 minutes 10 seconds
    Broken Bond
    This episode originally aired July 8, 2019. The story of nurse Tanya Reid who may have murdered her own baby and was planning to murder her son.

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    19 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 20 minutes 23 seconds
    Bed Of Deceit
    This episode originally aired July 4, 2019. A retired police officer is discovered dead in his bed. Examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and forensic textbooks found in the victim's home are used to solve the murder.

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    12 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 20 minutes 24 seconds
    Flashover
    This episode originally aired July 1, 2019. A fire erupted in the Kings Cross Underground Station in London, killing 31 people and injuring dozens more. Arson investigators were able to pinpoint the cause of the fire, but it would take state-of-the-art computer technology and experts in the field of fluid dynamics to explain why it became a deadly inferno.

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    5 March 2026, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 15 seconds
    Water Hazard
    This episode originally aired June 27, 2019. The victim had ingested a massive amount of cyanide. An unlikely clue - a flaw on a mailing envelope -- exposed a murderer who was willing to kill innocent people to get the one person he wanted.

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    26 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 14 seconds
    Knot For Everyone
    This episode originally aired June 24, 2019. A series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., where prostitutes were gagged and molested, their clothes cut off in random patterns and their hair cut off.

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    19 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 13 seconds
    Cement the Case
    This episode originally aired June 20, 2019. A man confesses to killing his wife but forensic evidence may lead to another suspect.

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    12 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 17 seconds
    Pastoral Care
    This episode originally aired June 17, 2019. When the body of a female prison guard shows up in a landfill, investigators suspect the prisoners in the facility where she worked. The medical examiner found an important clue, a "signature" element, which figured in two other murders.

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    5 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 20 minutes 13 seconds
    Where The Blood Drops
    This episode originally aired June 13, 2019. When someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the spouse almost always is a suspect -- especially if they are in bed, sleeping beside the individual at the time of their death.

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    29 January 2026, 8:00 am
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