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Deadly Matrimony

2026-01-30 03:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 04:00:00 PST

Police become suspicious of a man who reported his wife missing 15 years after doing the same thing with his first wife.

CNN News Central (HLN)

2026-01-30 04:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 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)

2026-01-30 05:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 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)

2026-01-30 06:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 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

Muddy Waters

2026-01-30 07:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 07:30:00 PST

While investigating the case of a Colorado hunter shot three times and killed, police suspect two murder weapons, and two killers, but forensic evidence points them closer to home.

Forensic Files

Point of Origin

2026-01-30 07:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 08:00:00 PST

A serial arsonist burns thousands of California homes and businesses.

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Seeds for Doubt

2026-01-30 08:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 08:30:00 PST

A small community in upstate New York is devastated when a car accident claims the life of a well-respected nurse.

Forensic Files

Saving Face

2026-01-30 08:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 09:00:00 PST

A woman disappears without a trace, and police learn two other women vanished under similar circumstances.

Forensic Files

Northern Exposure

2026-01-30 09:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 09:30:00 PST

Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discover a body wrapped in sheets edged in orange stitching; they discover threads of evidence clinging to the sheet.

Forensic Files

Silk Stalkings

2026-01-30 09:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 10:00:00 PST

The son of a murder victim contacts the police when a flight attendant is brutally murdered in a remarkably similar way.

Forensic Files

Fishing for the Truth

2026-01-30 10:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 10:30:00 PST

A two-man shrimp boat sinks when a fast-moving, violent storm struck the Louisiana coast; a deckhand is considered a hero for trying to save the drowned captain, until his body is found.

Forensic Files

For Love or Money

2026-01-30 10:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 11:00:00 PST

A real estate tycoon must have had a premonition about foul play, as he wrote it in his will.

Forensic Files

South of the Border

2026-01-30 11:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 11:30:00 PST

The cold-blooded murder of an American tourist in a Mexican resort causes law enforcement to focus on both sides of the border.

Forensic Files

The Stake-Out

2026-01-30 11:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 12:00:00 PST

When a prominent banker's wife is kidnapped, the trail leads police on a wild goose chase; they track down disgruntled bank customers and examine computer fonts.

Forensic Files

Walking Terror

2026-01-30 12:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 12:30:00 PST

A man has no recollection of events after stabbing his wife and holding her head underwater in a swimming pool.

Forensic Files

Trial by Fire

2026-01-30 12:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 13:00:00 PST

A fire investigator determines if a kerosene heater is the cause of a fire that killed one person or if it was murder.

Forensic Files

Political Thriller

2026-01-30 13:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 13:30:00 PST

Pathologist examining the death of a politician who was running for re-election finds tiny puncture wounds at the autopsy.

Forensic Files

Double Cross

2026-01-30 13:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 14:00:00 PST

A Naval officer who threatened to go public with tales of on-the-job sexual harassment and assault is brutally murdered, but when investigators find the allegations could be part of an elaborate scheme for money, they turn to forensic science.

Forensic Files

Dancing With the Devil

2026-01-30 14:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 14:30:00 PST

A man is found stabbed to death after a night in a strip club; a drop of blood on a bedspread becomes critical evidence five years later.

Forensic Files

Last Dance

2026-01-30 14:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 15:00:00 PST

After police identify a murder victim thanks to her butterfly necklace, they discover several co-workers had vendettas against the victim.

Forensic Files

Constructive Criticism

2026-01-30 15:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 15:30:00 PST

The brutal murder of a construction site foreman looks like the work of a disgruntled employee, but forensic science points to an unlikely suspect.

Forensic Files

Home Evasion

2026-01-30 15:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 16:00:00 PST

A shooting victim mutters the name of her apparent assailant before dying, but fingerprint comparisons, handwriting analysis, ballistics and DNA testing show someone else close to home is the true killer.

Forensic Files

Window Watcher

2026-01-30 16:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 16:30:00 PST

A woman's story seemed far fetched; she tells investigators that a man broke into her home wearing only underwear and gloves, killed her boyfriend and raped and terrorized her.

Forensic Files

Stranger in the Night

2026-01-30 16:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 17:00:00 PST

After a Delaware man's mother is found dead, he tells a story that's so improbable police think it can't possibly be true.

Forensic Files

Kidnapping

2026-01-30 17:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 17:30:00 PST

A family vacation turns into a terrifying search for a missing wife and baby, then becomes a manhunt for a killer who committed a horrific crime.

Forensic Files

Sands of Crime

2026-01-30 17:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 18:00:00 PST

A DNA dragnet catches a killer eight years after the kidnapping, rape and murder of a college coed in Oklahoma.

Forensic Files

Calculated Coincidence

2026-01-30 18:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 18:30:00 PST

A nosy neighbor with a disturbing obsession becomes a suspect in a woman's murder at an upscale apartment complex; police discover an incredible link to an unrelated murder thousands of miles away.

Forensic Files

Sworded Scheme

2026-01-30 18:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 19:00:00 PST

A college student turns up dead and her boyfriend becomes a prime suspect when blood splatters are discovered on his wall.

Forensic Files

Unmasked

2026-01-30 19:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 19:30:00 PST

Texas police hunt frantically for a brutal rapist. No one knows where he'll strike next, but given the increasingly violent nature of his crimes, he must be found soon.

Forensic Files

Fashion Police

2026-01-30 19:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 20:00:00 PST

When detectives find a mismatched button in relation to a woman's death, they know they can follow the clue back to the killer.

Forensic Files

Bad Blood

2026-01-30 20:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 20:30:00 PST

When a young doctor is accused of sedating and sexually assaulting two of his female patients, DNA tests show him to be innocent, but the women persist with their claims; seven years later, a private investigation leads to a surprising discovery.

Forensic Files

Pure Evil

2026-01-30 20:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 21:00:00 PST

The search for the killer of two teenagers in Texas shows a behavioral study on how most serial killers also have a history of abusing animals.

Forensic Files

Root of All Evil

2026-01-30 21:00:00 PST - 2026-01-30 21:30:00 PST

When a farmer's wife disappears, the tests of a plant pathologist and a dendrochronologist lead to a surprising revelation.

Forensic Files

Where the Blood Drops

2026-01-30 21:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 22:00:00 PST

A son who is convinced of his mother's innocence in the death of his father enrolls in law school to try and clear her name.

Forensic Files

Punch Line

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

Despite a patient's claim that the cut to his hand had been caused by a dumpster, the doctor treating the injury recognizes it as something else -- and soon becomes the chief witness in a murder case.

Forensic Files

Sibling Rivalry

2026-01-30 22:30:00 PST - 2026-01-30 23:00:00 PST

The pornography empire cultivated by brothers Artie and Jim Mitchell crumbles when one turns up dead and his brother confesses to shooting him; investigators question whether the shooting was premeditated.

Forensic Files

Pastoral Care

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

When prison guard Donna Payant's body is discovered at a landfill, a medical examiner uses a ``signature`` clue to link her death to a murder the same examiner investigated 10 years earlier.

Forensic Files

Bagging a Killer

2026-01-30 23:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 00:00:00 PST

When a 9-year-old girl vanishes on her way to school, the entire community helps with the search; detectives believe her mother may be involved, and a hidden fingerprint seals the case.

Forensic Files

Double Trouble

2026-01-31 00:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 00:30:00 PST

The investigation of a murder case in New Jersey is stalled until a similar attack occurs on a state trooper in Maine.

Forensic Files

Cats, Flies and Snapshots

2026-01-31 00:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 01:00:00 PST

A young woman goes missing without leaving many clues, but the advanced technology on offer makes it possible for cat hairs and insects to help build an image of the abductor.

Forensic Files

Naked Justice

2026-01-31 01:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 01:30:00 PST

Blood spatter analysis and an investigation lead police to the truth when a pregnant woman is found dead in her home.

Forensic Files

Treading Not So Lightly

2026-01-31 01:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 02:00:00 PST

A mother is determined to discover what happened when her daughter is injured in a hit-and-run accident.

Forensic Files

Shopping Spree

2026-01-31 02:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 02:30:00 PST

Forensic science and deductive reasoning determine what happened to a mother and daughter while they were on a shopping spree.

Forensic Files

The Cheater

2026-01-31 02:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 03:00:00 PST

Exploring how an American hit single from 1966 -- ``The Cheater`` by Bob Kuban and the In-Men -- foreshadowed the demise of the group's lead singer, Walter Scott.

CNN This Morning

2026-01-31 03:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 04:00:00 PST

CNN This Morning

2026-01-31 04:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 05:00:00 PST

Forensic Files

Crash Course

2026-01-31 05:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 05:30:00 PST

A patrol officer is shocked by the amount of blood at a traffic accident and is shocked by the coroner's ruling until an anonymous phone call re-ignites the case.

Forensic Files

A Leg up on Crime

2026-01-31 05:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 06:00:00 PST

An irrigation canal murder remains unsolved until a similar murder occurs.

Forensic Files

Tight-Fitting Genes

2026-01-31 06:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 06:30:00 PST

The light of day and DNA picture painted by molecular biologist reveals new clues about a nighttime traffic accident.

Forensic Files

Deadly Valentine

2026-01-31 06:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 07:00:00 PST

On Valentine's Day, an obstetrician finds his wife dead and calls 911; police discover inconsistencies between the blood spatter evidence and his version of events.

Forensic Files

Picture This

2026-01-31 07:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 07:30:00 PST

Weed analysis and photogrammetry are used to help solve the 1995 murder of a California teenager is found dead after disappearing from her home.

Forensic Files

Oily in the Morning

2026-01-31 07:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 08:00:00 PST

When police recover the submerged car of missing man, they find no body; the investigation that follows uncovers a deadly obsession and the motive for murder.

Forensic Files

Gold Rush

2026-01-31 08:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 08:30:00 PST

Emergency dispatch recieved a call from a man who said his girlfriend shot and killed herself. But the wound was not self-inflicted.

Forensic Files

Four on the Floor

2026-01-31 08:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 09:00:00 PST

Investigators piece together evidence found at the scene of a Native American woman's murder; the tyre tracks and shoe impressions could lead them to the killer.

Forensic Files

Writer's Block

2026-01-31 09:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 09:30:00 PST

Experts seek answers to a young businesswoman's death just before she was to testify in a criminal trial.

Forensic Files

A Clean Getaway

2026-01-31 09:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 10:00:00 PST

An anonymous caller reports the rape and murder of a dry cleaner employee; two eyewitnesses tell two similar but not identical stories.

Forensic Files

Prints Among Thieves

2026-01-31 10:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 10:30:00 PST

Police blame a botched robbery when an eccentric elderly millionaire is found dead, but the motive could be wrong.

Forensic Files

Unholy Alliance

2026-01-31 10:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 11:00:00 PST

Woman disappears from grocery store parking lot in Boulder, Colo.; investigators find extraordinary clues in a pair of bloody gloves, unique tire tracks, and ordinary grass and pine needles.

Forensic Files

Signed, Sealed & Delivered

2026-01-31 11:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 11:30:00 PST

A car carrying three men pulls up alongside another on an Alaskan highway and fires shots, leaving a passenger dead; one of the passengers in the killer's car agrees to testify against his friends; the resulting trials don't end the carnage.

Forensic Files

Cop Out

2026-01-31 11:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 12:00:00 PST

Police suspect a gay college student's slaying is a hate crime until forensic evidence points the case in another direction.

Forensic Files

Summer Obsession

2026-01-31 12:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 12:30:00 PST

In a wealthy area of Philadelphia, police are called to the scene of what seems like a regular accidental drowning; the investigation begins to focus on one person who has many reasons to want the victim dead.

Forensic Files

Elemental Clue

2026-01-31 12:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 13:00:00 PST

Two women are murdered in the same town and police fear a serial killer is on the loose, further investigation finds that they were both close to the same man.

Forensic Files

Church Dis-service

2026-01-31 13:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 13:30:00 PST

A woman heads home after church, but never makes it there alive, triggering a homicide investigation.

Forensic Files

Seedy Intentions

2026-01-31 13:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 14:00:00 PST

Volunteers and police spend weeks searching for a missing girl. A psychic later leads them to a field where the body was found.

Forensic Files

DNA Dragnet

2026-01-31 14:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 14:30:00 PST

Forensic investigators try to stop a killer who is apparently responsible for two slayings in a community in South Carolina.

Forensic Files

Smiley Face

2026-01-31 14:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 15:00:00 PST

When DNA proves that a man who practically admits to a brutal attack is innocent, police wonder why he is willing to take the blame.

Forensic Files

Dirty Laundry

2026-01-31 15:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 15:30:00 PST

When a businessman is murdered, motives and suspects are plentiful. Was it simply a disgruntled employee or client? Or do some racy photos hold the clue to the crime?

Forensic Files

Drowning Sorrows

2026-01-31 15:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 16:00:00 PST

A family break turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in a lake; with no idea whether it was murder, an accident or suicide, police turn to a new forensic technique.

Forensic Files

As Fault

2026-01-31 16:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 16:30:00 PST

When friends see a woman in the back of a car flailing her arms and screaming, they assume she is having fun, but when they later come upon a jacket and a pool of blood, they realize they witnessed an abduction in progress.

Forensic Files

Family Ties

2026-01-31 16:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 17:00:00 PST

An attack on a couple's home leaves the husband dead, the wife gravely injured and their son as a prime suspect; hundreds of miles away, a DNA sample may lead to the killer.

Forensic Files

Trouble Brewing

2026-01-31 17:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 17:30:00 PST

Detectives think they've solved a murder when they find the weapon and victim's blood in a man's flat, but the evidence may have been planted.

Forensic Files

Holy Terror

2026-01-31 17:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 18:00:00 PST

Detectives search for the bombers of two churches in Illinois, hoping that the materials used in the remnants of the handmade bombs will offer the clues to catch the culprits.

Forensic Files

Needle in a Haystack

2026-01-31 18:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 18:30:00 PST

There was no apparent reason for the young, healthy college student to be dead; but when the medical examiner found the tiniest of clues during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel the mystery of betrayal and revenge.

Forensic Files

Room With a View

2026-01-31 18:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 19:00:00 PST

A woman is stabbed a hundred times and her body positioned in a suggestive manner. This could be a hate crime against women.

Forensic Files

Dollars and Sense

2026-01-31 19:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 19:30:00 PST

Police are able to create a composite sketch of a man burnt beyond recognition. But tracking the killer is more challenging.

Forensic Files

Hair Line

2026-01-31 19:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 20:00:00 PST

By cutting a strand of a murdered man's hair into sections, forensics reveal a record of his last six months alive, and find he was frequently ingesting huge amounts of arsenic.

Forensic Files

Forever Hold Your Peace

2026-01-31 20:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 20:30:00 PST

Eight years after a man confessed to the murder of a young woman, another man claims that he committed the crime, and investigators must use forensic evidence to determine the true killer.

Forensic Files

Reel Danger

2026-01-31 20:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 21:00:00 PST

Although a group of teenage thugs are suspected of attacking two boys on a fishing trip, there is no solid evidence until a murky fishing hole provides some answers.

Forensic Files

Who's Your Daddy

2026-01-31 21:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 21:30:00 PST

When young prostitute's body turns up in an Ohio waterway, authorities have one tiny clue which could point to her killer, but face huge challenges due to her policemen clients and DNA evidence being washed away.

Forensic Files

The Alibi

2026-01-31 21:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 22:00:00 PST

In a small South Carolina town in 1991, 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, a popular high school student, is raped, murdered and dumped in a deserted field; with few leads, authorities test the DNA of several friends, and one match shocks everyone.

Forensic Files

Purr-fect Match

2026-01-31 22:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 22:30:00 PST

In a groundbreaking case using animal DNA, investigators use forensic testing on a cat to help them solve the case of a woman who vanished from her home on Prince Edward Island.

Forensic Files

Bio-Attack

2026-01-31 22:30:00 PST - 2026-01-31 23:00:00 PST

A look into the 1984 Oregon food poisonings, where detectives track down the outbreak to a cult which aims to use germ warfare to take down the government.

Forensic Files

A Shot in the Dark

2026-01-31 23:00:00 PST - 2026-01-31 23:30:00 PST

A woman is found dead from a gunshot wound and police suspect her husband, however, forensic teams prove what really happened and the truth is stranger than fiction.

Forensic Files

Without a Prayer

2026-01-31 23:30:00 PST - 2026-02-01 00:00:00 PST

After American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair disappears, the discovery of a mutilated body helps police catch the culprit.

Forensic Files

A Clutch of Witnesses

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

Two people witness a truck driving over an unconscious man and flee into a nearby bar, but when the police turn up, the truck, the man and the witnesses are gone.

Forensic Files

Scout's Honor

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

Insect evidence helps to solve the mystery of a woman found dead near a river bank.

Forensic Files

A Touching Recollection

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

A girl who is abducted and then released soon afterwards uses her knowledge of forensics to lead police to the kidnapper.

Forensic Files

A Leg to Stand On

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

A trash collector finds a severed human leg in a trash bin but police cannot use conventional methods of victim identification; investigators turn to toxicology and DNA tests to find the murder-mutilator.

Forensic Files

Partners in Crime

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

A coroner finds telltale clues on the badly burned body of a murder victim, sending police in pursuit of a couple of killers.

Forensic Files

Within a Hair

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

A man is arrested and convicted for a series of sexual assaults in Indiana; years later, forensic developments reveal new facts about the case.

CNN This Morning

2026-02-01 03:00:00 PST - 2026-02-01 04:00:00 PST

CNN This Morning

2026-02-01 04:00:00 PST - 2026-02-01 05:00:00 PST

Inside Politics With Manu Raju

2026-02-01 05:00:00 PST - 2026-02-01 06:00:00 PST

Melanie Zanona; Catherine Lucey; Isaac Arnsdorf.

Forensic Files

Moss, Not Grass

2026-02-01 06:00:00 PST - 2026-02-01 06:30:00 PST

A young woman is found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas; the grass on that course is so distinctive that it had evidentiary value; the evidence leds police to two suspects; each blamed the other, and they have to find out who the killer is.

Forensic Files

Material Witness

2026-02-01 06:30:00 PST - 2026-02-01 07:00:00 PST

A teenager goes missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body is found a month later, three miles from her home; the killer unknowingly leaves a trace of evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues that pointed to him and him alone.

Forensic Files

Garden of Evil

2026-02-01 07:00:00 PST - 2026-02-01 07:30:00 PST

When a popular disc jockey is found murdered in a community garden, police swing into action; a sniffer dog and a blood spatter expert led police to the killer and he'd been much closer than they realize.

Forensic Files

Sunday School Ambush

2026-02-01 07:30:00 PST - 2026-02-01 08:00:00 PST

Investigators unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception after a woman claims her husband was gunned down by intruders.

Forensic Files

Penchant for Poison

2026-02-01 08:00:00 PST - 2026-02-01 08:30:00 PST

Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders; the killer had been careful, he uses poison which had no taste or odour, fortunately for investigators, it also has a unique chemical signature.

Forensic Files

Bump in the Night

2026-02-01 08:30:00 PST - 2026-02-01 09:00:00 PST

A man is murdered in his sleep but no fingerprints are anywhere to be found; a shoe impression outside could lead to the killer.

Forensic Files

Sole Searching

2026-02-01 09:00:00 PST - 2026-02-01 09:30:00 PST

With very little else to go on, investigators find that a show impression puts them on the right track to finding a killer in Lansing, Mich.