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Forensic Files II
HLN
59 episodes
In the aftermath of violent crimes, unexplainable accidents and other strange occurrences, authorities search for answers in what was left behind. Listen as detectives, scientists and other experts sift through the clues, analyze the evidence and piece together data — all in hopes of finding the truth.
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Murder Mark
A young mother is found murdered in her home. From the onset, there are two suspects with ample motive, but an unusual interview and security camera footage has investigators pivot in a horrifying new direction. Learn…
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Killer Alibi
California police are baffled when an innocent man's DNA is found at the scene of a deadly home invasion. Authorities team with the man's defense attorney to determine how the seemingly impossible could have happened.…
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Desperate Stakes
When the 20-year-old clerk of an Atlanta-area smoke shop is gunned down during a robbery, investigators have only descriptions of the killers and the make of their getaway car. Investigators used a videotaped…
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Men in Black
An upscale apparel store in Bethesda, MD was the site of a gruesome scene; a 30-year-old employee was dead and her 28-year-old co-worker was battered and tied up. Surveillance video would shed further light on the…
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Lil Miss Murder
Eight days after she had disappeared on her way to a family ski trip, an 18-year-old young woman's partially nude body is found floating in a river in Wyoming, Years later, DNA technology uncovers dark secrets that led…
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The Scent of Death
A young Colorado mother suddenly vanishes on Thanksgiving Day. When police trace her cell phone, it leads them to a surprising character with an even more surprising story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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The Maidenwater Murder
When a true-crime hobbyist connects a Utah Jane Doe to an Ohio missing persons case, detectives are hard-pressed to solve the decades-old murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Broken Santa
A family mourns the unexpected death of a beloved grandmother at Christmas. Local police assure everyone that she was a victim of a tragic accident and that there is no foul play. But some things about the scene just…
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True Bugs
July 4th weekend leads to tragedy for a California family. To catch a killer, detectives use an unorthodox technique -- analyzing bug fragments -- to help put a murderer behind bars. Learn more about your ad choices.…
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The Burn Test
A 33-year-old West Virginia husband and father seemingly dies in an accidental house fire. But a closer look at the scene reveals a more sinister case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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The Murder Irons
When the 18-year-old desk clerk of a beachfront condo is found brutally murdered analysts use brand-new mitochondrial DNA technology to prove the killer's identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Murder on Helium Road
A Texas love triangle turns deadly, and it appears to be an open and shut case until technology tells the tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See…
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Introducing: The James Brown Mystery
The Circus Singer In 2017, CNN reporter Thomas Lake receives a phone call from a circus singer who tells a wild, hard-to-believe story: James Brown didn’t die of natural causes in 2006; instead the Godfather of Soul…
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Tell No Tales
A 70-year-old, retired veteran is found dead on his boat after a bad sea storm. Investigators later discover he was killed during an attempted robbery after winning $400 in Keno. To learn more about how HLN protects…
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The Telltale Marks
Patients at the VA Hospital in Clarksburg, WV keep dying after experiencing shockingly low blood sugar levels. An investigation into their deaths reveals an overnight nurse was injecting patients with lethal doses of…
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In Deep
A Los Angeles based kidnapping, ransom, and murder ring run by Russian immigrants is exposed when a pair of retired scientists use sonar equipment to locate its victims at the bottom of a reservoir. To learn more…
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Lost Connection
When an 18-year-old girl is abducted while talking on a pay phone, forensic evidence found on her clothing points police in the direction of a suspect who shockingly confesses that he didn't act alone. To learn more…
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Toxic Environment
When a 23-year-old Marine collapses and dies, doctors initially believe a heart attack is to blame. But when arsenic is found in some of his organs, prosecutors charge his wife with murder. A quick-thinking attorney…
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First Impressions
A young single mother is abducted from a gas station and later found stabbed to death near an oil field. Detectives use shoe and tire impressions to weed out numerous suspects to find their killer. To learn more about…
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Unraveled
When a 79-year-old woman is found shot to death in her own home, investigators initially suspect her long-time husband and a violent neighbor with a penchant for threats. But shell casings recovered at the scene and a…
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Blanket Denial
A 24-year-old old criminology student who left a SoHo bar intoxicated is found raped, murdered handcuffed, gagged, and wrapped in a blanket alongside a desolate road in East New York, Brooklyn. Police investigate…
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Matter of Time
An extremely successful California career woman keeps falling ill and doctors can’t determine why. When she dies, they still have no explanation, until they find a key figure in her life who has been lying about his…
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Mix Matched
A Texas ex-con resolves to live a clean life after his release from prison. When he’s later arrested and convicted for a bloody murder, he insists he’s innocent. From behind bars, he’s determined to use forensic…
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Dog Proof
Three Indiana construction workers are found shot dead at a work site. Detectives find few suspects, but have one key clue: one of the killers stepped in dog feces during the murders. If detectives can find his shoes,…
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Last Dance
A young Texas teenager and her boyfriend are brutally attacked on Valentine’s Day. She is found dead while her boyfriend escapes. The case goes cold for nearly 50 years before a new forensic test exposes a family man…
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Words Matter
An Illinois mother and her two young children are brutally murdered in their beds. Lurid threats are spray painted all over the walls of the crime scene. Detectives discover death threats sent to the family, exposing…
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Marked For Murder
Someone targets members of law enforcement in a peaceful Texas county. Numerous suspects emerge and murders continue as detectives race against time. Finally, a single bullet casing uncovers the bizarre reason the…
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Sole Mate
When a beautiful college student is stabbed to death in her Knoxville apartment, suspicion immediately falls on her roommate. A bloody shoe print left by the killer exposes a murderer with no history of violence and no…
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Pulp Friction
A massive explosion claims the life of a California farmhand. Authorities think it’s an accidental death, but analysis of debris shows it’s a bomb. Investigators have few suspects until they hear ominous rumors about a…
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Smoking Gun
A hearing impaired 77-year-old on a road trip is attacked by a thief and shot to death. Why? Because the man cannot hear his assailant’s demands. Random murders are among the hardest crimes to solve but investigators…
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Grave Justice
On a brutally cold winter night in 1984, a young woman is found viciously murdered on the side of a rural Wisconsin driveway. The victim, Traci Hammerberg, had been out with friends for a night of drinking and…
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Incendiary
An early morning house fire kills the only doctor in the small town of Iaeger, West Virginia. Who - or what - could have led to this? An arson investigation quickly leads to the arrest of Jason Lively, the son of the…
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Matching Palms
He is a criminally charged sex offender and a murderer who attacks in a terrifying rage. This predator manages to evade capture for years, but he leaves a critical piece of evidence behind – his palm print. Detectives…
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Full Circle
In 1990, three sex workers are brutally murdered and left along the banks of the Spokane river. A serial killer was on the loose—and detectives had few clues. Animal hairs, fibers and a fingerprint were found, but for…
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Personal Penmanship
A deeply religious librarian, wife and mother named Gail Fulton is shot execution style in the quiet suburbs of Michigan. Surveillance video reveals it was trio of killers that took her down. Is there more to Fulton’s…
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The Orange Shorts
A mortally wounded woman crawls to call 911. Her husband who wants a divorce she will not give him gets a hard look from police. But he says he has an airtight alibi for the exact time of the murder. The intricate…
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The Reunion
A murder victim’s final moments are caught on tape. The crime scene looks like a clear robbery-murder. Text evidence at first points to a jilted lover, but will his alibi check out? Now police identify a second suspect…
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Knots
A building manager finds the violated and lifeless body of a young woman in the bathtub of her first apartment. When questioned, an ex-con living downstairs lies to police. But the lies alone do not prove murder and…
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Heavy Metal
In 1982, 37-year-old Navy lieutenant Lee Hartley is murdered while deployed out to sea. Cause of death? Arsenic poisoning. Investigators discover Lee had more than his fair share of enemies aboard the ship. But it…
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Ten of Hearts
A 20-year-old woman sets out on her bike and never returns. Her body found just a few miles from her house in Snohomish County, Washington, with a gunshot wound to the head. Who would do such a thing? Years go by…
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The Rise
A single mom looking for love vanishes without a trace. Foul play is tragically confirmed when a large pickup truck toolbox opens to her body stuffed inside. Homicide detectives investigate men she matched on dating…
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The Ink Beads
51-year-old father and teacher Bill Sparkman is found hanging naked from a tree with the letters “FED” scrawled on his chest. With barely any evidence to work with, investigators turn to these letters for answers……
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The Obsession
The mysterious murder of young teacher’s aide leaves a hole in the heart of her small community in Agawam, Massachusetts. As the rumor-mill about suspects churned, the actual perp slipped further away. But generations…
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Last Gasp
After a young mom is found brutally murdered in her home, investigators find startling clues on her cell phone that could lead to her killer. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit…
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Inside Pocket
An insurance agent is shot execution style in his office in broad daylight but the killer left no fingerprints and there was no murder weapon found at the scene...then investigators discover a critical clue invisible…
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The Car Accident
A healthy, young mother mysteriously dies after a minor traffic accident triggering an investigation to find out what caused her death. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy…
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Church Lady
A gruesome discovery in a small town church sends investigators on a search for a killer. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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The Barn
When a popular handyman in a New Hampshire town is found murdered investigators follow forensic clues to a shocking conclusion. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more…
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Family Tree
After the brutal slaying of a young couple on a road trip, the victims’ families begin receiving disturbing letters. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your…
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The Letter
The sudden and mysterious death of a health conscious woman triggers an investigation into what killed her. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad…
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