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Forensic Files

Social Circle

2026-03-21 15:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 15:30:00 PST

Four young adults are murdered in an affluent Texas neighborhood, with little evidence but two people walking by dressed in black.

Forensic Files

Low Maintenance

2026-03-21 15:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 16:00:00 PST

A young college student is found dead in her apartment and the autopsy rules the death a homicide by an unknown male suspect.

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Fate Date

2026-03-21 16:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 16:30:00 PST

The killer removed the computer that links him to the murder of a woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband that he had met online.

Forensic Files

Trail of a Killer

2026-03-21 16:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 17:00:00 PST

A community is shocked when police discover a woman raped and murdered in broad daylight on a public trail.

Forensic Files

Gone Ballistic

2026-03-21 17:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 17:30:00 PST

A real estate developer is shot and his wife becomes the prime suspect, until the bullet is linked to a weapon reported missing 20 years ago.

Forensic Files

Seeing Red

2026-03-21 17:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 18:00:00 PST

A body is found stuffed into a suitcase forcing the police to search though the landfill for another missing victim.

Forensic Files

Skeleton Key

2026-03-21 18:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 18:30:00 PST

A woman goes missing for a month with the only clues being a set of keys, a fingerprint and a code.

Forensic Files

Funeral Services

2026-03-21 18:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 19:00:00 PST

Police discover a mask near the crime scene and hope that it leads to the killer of a funeral director.

Forensic Files

Expert Witness

2026-03-21 19:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 19:30:00 PST

A killer assaults a young mother in her home, but despite meticulous washing of the crime scene, a single hair remains to lead authorities to the culprit.

Forensic Files

X Marks the Spot

2026-03-21 19:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 20:00:00 PST

Computers aid the police and FBI in solving a string of crimes.

Forensic Files

Chief Suspect

2026-03-21 20:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 20:30:00 PST

A decade old case reopens, and a few seconds of a 911 call enable investigators to determine who is responsible for a murder.

Forensic Files

Water Hazard

2026-03-21 20:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 21:00:00 PST

A flawed envelope is an unlikely clue to identifying a killer who laced a water cooler with cyanide and caused the death of a woman.

Forensic Files

Shell Game

2026-03-21 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 21:30:00 PST

A mussel diver and his fiancée are found dead in their burnt home; a tiny clue points to arson and murder.

Forensic Files

Ring Him Up

2026-03-21 21:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 22:00:00 PST

For ten years, the disappearance of a college co-ed remained a mystery; new scientific testing cast a different light on a man who had been a suspect all along.

Forensic Files

Killer Impression

2026-03-21 22:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 22:30:00 PST

Tipster is found dead after revealing that a woman's death 16 years ago was murder.

Forensic Files

If I Were You

2026-03-21 22:30:00 PST - 2026-03-21 23:00:00 PST

The murder of 53-year-old Paul Gruber is examined and the evidence points to Darryl Robin Kuehl, who was later convicted of the crime.

Forensic Files

As the Tide Turns

2026-03-21 23:00:00 PST - 2026-03-21 23:30:00 PST

A man states that a robber shot and killed his wife while they were on the beach, but a song he downloaded makes investigators suspicious.

Forensic Files

A Tight Leash

2026-03-21 23:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 00:00:00 PST

Detectives discover new clues left by a stalker's letter to his victim.

Forensic Files

Muffled Cries

2026-03-22 00:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 00:30:00 PST

The body of an insurance assessor is found in a river in Tampa, Fla.; a unique murder weapon and blatant clues lead the police straight to her careless killer.

Forensic Files

Critical Maneuver

2026-03-22 00:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 01:00:00 PST

When a high school athlete is killed in a hit and run accident, investigators hoped tiny paint chips and shards of plastic would lead them to the driver.

Forensic Files

Skirting the Evidence

2026-03-22 01:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 01:30:00 PST

A woman is abducted and a month later found dead, then a tip leads investigators in the right direction.

Forensic Files

Small Town Terror

2026-03-22 01:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 02:00:00 PST

How the bombs were made leads investigators in Colorado to find the perpetrator.

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Fresh Heir

2026-03-22 02:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 02:30:00 PST

DNA profiling reveals clues leading to a killer's identity 20 years later.

Forensic Files

Ticker Tape

2026-03-22 02:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 03:00:00 PST

A murder in Australia baffles police, until they find a device intended to save lives is the only witness to the man's death.

CNN This Morning

2026-03-22 03:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 04:00:00 PST

CNN This Morning

2026-03-22 04:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 05:00:00 PST

Inside Politics With Manu Raju

2026-03-22 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 06:00:00 PST

Melanie Zanona; Catherine Lucey; Isaac Arnsdorf.

Forensic Files

The List Murders

2026-03-22 06:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 06:30:00 PST

In 1971, John List disappears after murdering his mother, wife and three children; he eludes the law for years until an age-scaled sculpture of the suspect and a true-crime TV program helps lead to his arrest in 1989.

Forensic Files

Raw Terror

2026-03-22 06:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 07:00:00 PST

An 11-year-old boy comes down with a fever and diarrhea after eating an undercooked burger; when his condition worsens, his mother drives him to a hospital and doctors discover E. coli destroying his body.

Forensic Files

The Common Thread

2026-03-22 07:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 07:30:00 PST

Florida police search for a serial rapist and murderer who left small red fibers on each of his 10 victims.

Forensic Files

The Dirty Deed

2026-03-22 07:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 08:00:00 PST

When an English couple go missing, police suspect their son killed them and must rely on mud and blood samples found in the couple's two cars to find their bodies.

Forensic Files

Killer Fog

2026-03-22 08:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 08:30:00 PST

Experts attempt to discover the source of heavy fog on Highway I-75 in Tennessee, which caused a 99-car accident and 12 deaths.

Forensic Files

Sex, Lies and DNA

2026-03-22 08:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 09:00:00 PST

When a woman goes missing from her home, police focus on her husband when an airline luggage tag and luminol point to an affair and murder; footage from a TV crew and Coast Guard photographs lead investigators to the suspect's missing boat.

Forensic Files

Bitter Potion

2026-03-22 09:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 09:30:00 PST

When a woman exhibits strange flu-like symptoms before dying, investigators discover someone added thallium to her soda; detectives initially suspect her husband, but the case takes a sinister turn.

Forensic Files

The Blood Trail

2026-03-22 09:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 10:00:00 PST

Handwriting and simple doodles complicate a car-bomb case and an alleged self-defense shooting in a peaceful British farming village as police uncover a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money.

Forensic Files

Fatal Fungus

2026-03-22 10:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 10:30:00 PST

When dozens of infants develop serious breathing problems in the Cleveland area, doctors and investigators search high and low for the cause.

Forensic Files

Something's Fishy

2026-03-22 10:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 11:00:00 PST

A well-liked bank vice president collapses and dies after taking pain pills laced with cyanide; the search for a motive reveals a callous suspect who had murdered once before.

Forensic Files

Sealed With a Kiss

2026-03-22 11:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 11:30:00 PST

Evidence reveals a teacher who complained of being stalked and harassed by another teacher was scamming police.

Forensic Files

Postal Mortem

2026-03-22 11:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 12:00:00 PST

A man kills two people with bombs in an effort to get investors off his back, but authorities catch onto him and he becomes sentenced to life with no chance of parole.

Forensic Files

Micro-Clues

2026-03-22 12:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 12:30:00 PST

A man arrested for the sexual assault and attempted murder of a boy in a European country becomes linked to a murder in Zurich, Switzerland, through analysis of microorganisms.

Forensic Files

Deadly Parasites

2026-03-22 12:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 13:00:00 PST

Heavy rains and snow run-off carry manure into Milwaukee's water supply in 1993, leading to an epidemic of gastrointestinal illness affecting 400,000 people.

Forensic Files

All Charged Up

2026-03-22 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 13:30:00 PST

Using an anonymous letter and geographical profiling, investigators close in on a serial rapist, and a cleverly obtained DNA sample confirms their suspicions.

Forensic Files

Breaking the Mold

2026-03-22 13:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 14:00:00 PST

When a young boy has serious respiratory problems and his father shows signs of early Alzheimer's disease, a chance encounter with a stranger kicks off an investigation into the cause.

Forensic Files

House Call

2026-03-22 14:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 14:30:00 PST

Police in St. Petersburg, Fla., use cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of forensic evidence to find a surgeon's killer.

Forensic Files

Plastic Fire

2026-03-22 14:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 15:00:00 PST

A woman wins her release after being imprisoned for allegedly killing her mother in a car fire.

Forensic Files

Last Will

2026-03-22 15:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 15:30:00 PST

Authorities are able to apprehend a kidnapper because he allowed his victim to write a will on a telltale pad of paper.

Forensic Files

Dessert Served Cold

2026-03-22 15:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 16:00:00 PST

Experts debate whether an apparent heart attack victim died from natural causes or alleged poisoning by his girlfriend.

Forensic Files

The Music Case

2026-03-22 16:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 16:30:00 PST

When a 12-year-old was found dead in her home, police were left clueless until a string of burglaries months later. A trail of stolen goods may help solve a murder.

Forensic Files

Paintball

2026-03-22 16:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 17:00:00 PST

When 15 year-old Marlene Miller was murdered, it would take 24 years and several retrials before forensic scientists discovered the evidence to bring her killer to justice.

Forensic Files

Sign Here

2026-03-22 17:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 17:30:00 PST

Detectives use a forged signature to find a woman's abductor.

Forensic Files

Shadow of a Doubt

2026-03-22 17:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 18:00:00 PST

A woman is killed two days before she was scheduled to testify against a man accused of assaulting her and the prime suspect has an alibi.

Forensic Files

Tourist Trap

2026-03-22 18:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 18:30:00 PST

A bite mark is all the evidence needed to convict a suspect who was robbing tourists in Florida.

Forensic Files

Once Bitten

2026-03-22 18:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 19:00:00 PST

Technology able to analyze human bite-marks yields information on a woman's death.

Forensic Files

All Wet

2026-03-22 19:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 19:30:00 PST

A death in Pennsylvania is strikingly similar to one in North Carolina.

Forensic Files

Shot of Vengeance

2026-03-22 19:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 20:00:00 PST

When a nurse starts experiencing a variety of flu-like symptoms, she discovers that she is HIV-positive; she learns that her infection was not accidental.

Forensic Files

Step by Step

2026-03-22 20:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 20:30:00 PST

When a man dies after falling down the stairs, a witness says one thing and the evidence says another.

Forensic Files

Blanket of Evidence

2026-03-22 20:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 21:00:00 PST

A wax bullet, white blanket and olive colored carpeting tell a lot about the murder of a young woman found in a ravine.

Forensic Files

Fired-Up

2026-03-22 21:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 21:30:00 PST

When a house burns to the ground and a woman's charred remains are found, investigators must determine whether it was an accident or arson.

Forensic Files

Two in a Million

2026-03-22 21:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 22:00:00 PST

An ammunition box and fluorescent fibers reveal the betrayal that led to the murder of a millionaire's family.

Forensic Files

Bitter Brew

2026-03-22 22:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 22:30:00 PST

The 1960 kidnapping and murder of brewery heir Adolph Coors III leads to one of the most intense manhunts in U.S. history.

Forensic Files

Message in a Bottle

2026-03-22 22:30:00 PST - 2026-03-22 23:00:00 PST

A used tissue, 12 years after the murder of a young Missouri woman, may be what cracks the case with a suspect list a mile long.

Forensic Files

Sharper Image

2026-03-22 23:00:00 PST - 2026-03-22 23:30:00 PST

When murder strikes a young girl, police quickly make an arrest, but cutting-edge technology from NASA proves they have the wrong suspect behind bars.

Forensic Files

Insulated Evidence

2026-03-22 23:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 00:00:00 PST

A man is found strangled and burned in his San Antonio apartment and the killer thinks he has destroyed all the evidence.

Forensic Files

Cold Hearted

2026-03-23 00:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 00:30:00 PST

When two men appear to die of heart disease six years apart, police notice they have one thing in common, they were each married to the same woman.

Forensic Files

Wheel of Misfortune

2026-03-23 00:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 01:00:00 PST

Casino security cameras offer the final images of a woman, just before she vanishes without a trace; can these grainy images lead police to her killer?

Forensic Files

Quite a Spectacle

2026-03-23 01:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 01:30:00 PST

A squashed tomato and a pinpoint reflection of light in a photo help catch a killer.

Forensic Files

Transaction Failed

2026-03-23 01:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 02:00:00 PST

An ATM transaction allows Texas detectives to pinpoint a suspect in the slaying of a teacher, but a shoelace stolen from the victim's home proves to be the tie that binds her killer to the crime.

Forensic Files

The Day the Music Died

2026-03-23 02:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 02:30:00 PST

Ten years after the murder of a rock singer, forensic scientists use evidence collected to finally bring her killer to justice.

Forensic Files

Sole Survivor

2026-03-23 02:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 03:00:00 PST

After a Michigan State University grad student disappears and is presumed dead, a professor of geological sciences helps police get the dirt on her killer.

Forensic Files

No Safe Place

2026-03-23 03:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 03:30:00 PST

Wealthy man is shot dead while his wife is forced to open their hidden safe, but they couldn't be identified because they were wearing ski masks.

Forensic Files

Live Wire

2026-03-23 03:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 04:00:00 PST

The bomb was constructed to cause as much damage as possible and it did, killing the victim with deadly force and flame; a painstaking search yielded tiny clues, which identified the killer as surely as if he'd signed them.

CNN News Central (HLN)

2026-03-23 04:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 05:00:00 PST

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

CNN News Central (HLN)

2026-03-23 05:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 06:00:00 PST

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

CNN News Central (HLN)

2026-03-23 06:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 07:00:00 PST

The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.

Forensic Files

Without a Trace

2026-03-23 07:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 07:30:00 PST

Autopsies reveal that a string of unexplained deaths in Omaha resulted from poison-induced liver disintegration.

Forensic Files

Knot for Everyone

2026-03-23 07:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 08:00:00 PST

In a series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., a killer gags and molests prostitutes, cuts their clothes in random patterns and cuts off their hair; microscopic evidence helps solve the case.

Forensic Files

The Talking Skull

2026-03-23 08:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 08:30:00 PST

After the discovery of a skull in the forest near a boy scout camp, police use facial reconstruction to identify the body.

Forensic Files

Deadly Delivery

2026-03-23 08:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 09:00:00 PST

Investigators use obscure evidence to find the person responsible for killing justice officials with mail bombs in the South.

Forensic Files

Grave Evidence

2026-03-23 09:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 09:30:00 PST

Forensic scientists provide authorities with evidence that a death deemed accidental 20 years ago was actually murder.

Forensic Files

Deadly Formula

2026-03-23 09:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 10:00:00 PST

Detectives learn that a genetic disorder caused the deaths of a woman's children, resulting in an overturned conviction.

Forensic Files

Beaten by a Hair

2026-03-23 10:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 10:30:00 PST

When a young woman goes missing on the way to the train station, investigators use a strand of hair and a bloody pillowcase to find a suspect.

Forensic Files

Crime Seen

2026-03-23 10:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 11:00:00 PST

Investigators reopen a case from 1984 involving the rape of a young Virginia woman when DNA testing refutes her identification of the rapist and calls everything into question, leading to the accused person's exoneration.

Forensic Files

Speck of Evidence

2026-03-23 11:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 11:30:00 PST

A speck of bicycle paint and a speck of nickel left over from a collision with a twice-convicted child molester's car provide critical clues in the murder of a 9-year-old.

Forensic Files

Broken Bond

2026-03-23 11:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 12:00:00 PST

A 2-year-old boy's brain seizures and breathing problems baffle doctors until they learn the mother exhibits signs of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare condition that led her to physically abuse her son and contributed to her daughter's death.

Forensic Files

Out of the Ashes

2026-03-23 12:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 12:30:00 PST

Two years after an 18-year-old's murder in Albion, Mich., a tiny drop of blood and burned bones lead police to her killers.

Forensic Files

Invisible Intruder

2026-03-23 12:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 13:00:00 PST

A mother claims that an intruder murdered her two sons, but lacking a motive, police use blood-spatter analysis and behavioral profiling to reconstruct a different scenario.

Forensic Files

Dinner and a Movie

2026-03-23 13:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 13:30:00 PST

time of death becomes pivotal when a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom.

Forensic Files

A Wrong Foot

2026-03-23 13:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 14:00:00 PST

An obscure print found at a crime scene.

Forensic Files

Order Up

2026-03-23 14:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 14:30:00 PST

A diner in a small town, an endocrinologist and a forensic botanist help destroy a prime suspect's alibi.

Forensic Files

When the Dust Settled

2026-03-23 14:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 15:00:00 PST

Neighbors do not hear the gunshots when a union official is killed in his home.

Forensic Files

A Welcome Intrusion

2026-03-23 15:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 15:30:00 PST

A man tells police he shot an intruder who murdered his wife; forensic evidence leads police to re-examine the man's motives.

Forensic Files

Within Arm's Reach

2026-03-23 15:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 16:00:00 PST

A police officer claims his estranged wife's shooting death was a suicide, but investigators think it was a murder.

Forensic Files

Private Thoughts

2026-03-23 16:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 16:30:00 PST

When fire fighters find a family dead inside their home, it appears to be a murder-suicide; clues at the scene lead investigators to believe otherwise.

Forensic Files

Brotherhoods

2026-03-23 16:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 17:00:00 PST

A couple's murder leads investigators into the world of white supremacists and a string of hate crimes.

Forensic Files

Hair of the Dog

2026-03-23 17:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 17:30:00 PST

A rare gun and a victim's beloved dog help investigators trying to solve a multi-year long murder case where most of the witnesses were admitted drug users.

Forensic Files

Breaking News

2026-03-23 17:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 18:00:00 PST

A search in Virginia's DNA databank reveals the identity of a news producer's murderer.

Forensic Files

All the World's a Stage

2026-03-23 18:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 18:30:00 PST

A homicide detective claims his wife accidentally shot herself in the head, but the evidence indicates otherwise.

Forensic Files

The Big Chill

2026-03-23 18:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 19:00:00 PST

Officials probe the death of a woman investigating the possible side effects of the drug she was prescribed for bipolar disorder.

Forensic Files

Bound for Jail

2026-03-23 19:00:00 PST - 2026-03-23 19:30:00 PST

A chip of stainless steel brings a killer to justice 20 years after a woman's body is found in a ravine.

Forensic Files

Sphere of Influence

2026-03-23 19:30:00 PST - 2026-03-23 20:00:00 PST

An 11-year-old girl is sexually assaulted and shot twice at close range.