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Forensic Files

Family Ties

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

2026-04-04 23:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 00:00:00 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.

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Holy Terror

2026-04-05 00:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 00:30:00 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

2026-04-05 00:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 01:00:00 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

2026-04-05 01:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 01:30:00 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

2026-04-05 01:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 02:00:00 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

2026-04-05 02:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 02:30:00 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

All That Glitters Is Gold

2026-04-05 02:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 03:00:00 PST

A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses, an ambush or a random attack; the clue was something so tiny, it was measured in millionths of a meter.

CNN This Morning

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

CNN This Morning

2026-04-05 04:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 05:00:00 PST

Inside Politics With Manu Raju

2026-04-05 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 06:00:00 PST

Melanie Zanona; Catherine Lucey; Isaac Arnsdorf.

Forensic Files

Death by a Salesman

2026-04-05 06:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 06:30:00 PST

A quiet residential community, shattered by the murder of a neighbor. See how modern techniques helped investigators catch the culprit in less than 12 hours.

Forensic Files

Web of Seduction

2026-04-05 06:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 07:00:00 PST

A man is found dead in his Michigan auto-salvage shop.

Forensic Files

Grounds for Indictment

2026-04-05 07:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 07:30:00 PST

A man is murdered in a drive-by shooting. When a mobile phone trace incriminates a killer, it's up to a forensic geologist to find evidence that he was at the scene.

Forensic Files

Dueling Confessions

2026-04-05 07:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 08:00:00 PST

When a teenage girl is found dead, her boyfriend confesses to her murder. However, in a strange twist, so does another man; police must determine which is the killer.

Forensic Files

Traces of Truth

2026-04-05 08:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 08:30:00 PST

A high school gym teacher gives his friend a ride home but never returns; his wife and friend receive letters saying he started a new life, but they suspect foul play despite no body being discovered.

Forensic Files

Honor Thy Father

2026-04-05 08:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 09:00:00 PST

A 16-year-old girl is killed in her own home by her mother and father. Her parents said they acted in self-defense, but the forensic evidence indicates otherwise.

Forensic Files

Hack Attack

2026-04-05 09:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 09:30:00 PST

Investigators determine if a computer crash which almost ruined a manufacturing company was accidental or deliberate sabotage.

Forensic Files

Deadly Curve

2026-04-05 09:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 10:00:00 PST

Car with three Secret Service agents collides with local deputy's car; investigation launched into who was responsible for the deadly car accident finds two very different conclusions.

Forensic Files

Visibility Zero

2026-04-05 10:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 10:30:00 PST

The derailment of the Sunset Limited was the deadliest train crash in U.S. history killing 47 passengers and crew with several more injured.

Forensic Files

Flashover

2026-04-05 10:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 11:00:00 PST

Arson investigators attempt to determine the cause of the 1987 fire at the Kings Cross Underground Station in London.

Forensic Files

Road Rage

2026-04-05 11:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 11:30:00 PST

A discarded sleeping bag, containing bloody sneakers and a purse, leads police to the body of a young woman; a mark found on the victim's body enables police to track the killer.

Forensic Files

Hunter or Hunted?

2026-04-05 11:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 12:00:00 PST

A woman's apparent accidental death begins to look fishy after police uncover a letter written by the victim days before her untimely death.

Forensic Files

In Harm's Way

2026-04-05 12:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 12:30:00 PST

An Alaskan trooper finds a woman's body beside a frozen road, but evidence is scant even after a suspected murder weapon is found.

Forensic Files

No Corpus Delicti

2026-04-05 12:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 13:00:00 PST

Police link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with a woman who disappeared 20 years ago.

Forensic Files

Last Dance

2026-04-05 13:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 13:30:00 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

2026-04-05 13:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 14:00:00 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

2026-04-05 14:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 14:30:00 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

2026-04-05 14:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 15:00:00 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

2026-04-05 15:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 15:30:00 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

2026-04-05 15:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 16:00:00 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

2026-04-05 16:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 16:30:00 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

2026-04-05 16:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 17:00:00 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

2026-04-05 17:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 17:30:00 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

2026-04-05 17:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 18:00:00 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

2026-04-05 18:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 18:30:00 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

Church Dis-service

2026-04-05 18:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 19:00:00 PST

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

Forensic Files

Seedy Intentions

2026-04-05 19:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 19:30:00 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

2026-04-05 19:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 20:00:00 PST

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

Forensic Files

Deadly Rebellion

2026-04-05 20:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 20:30:00 PST

Teenager is found half-naked with her throat slit; a single foreign hair found on her thumb may finger the killer.

Forensic Files

Sign of the Crime

2026-04-05 20:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 21:00:00 PST

Two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered; the similarities of the crime scenes led police to believe they were dealing with a serial killer who hated women, and they had to find him before he struck again.

Forensic Files

Covet Thy Neighbor

2026-04-05 21:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 21:30:00 PST

Weeks after a student vanishes, the body of an unknown female is found in the ashes of a fire 700 miles away; an alert policeman realizes the crimes could be connected.

Forensic Files

Writing on the Wall

2026-04-05 21:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 22:00:00 PST

Investigators face a growing list of suspects after a beautiful flight attendant is brutally murdered in her own home.

Forensic Files

Hundreds of Reasons

2026-04-05 22:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 22:30:00 PST

The assistant manager of the restaurant had been stabbed to death; police knew why he'd been killed: $8,000 was missing from the safe. As to who was responsible, his family and friends couldn't even imagine who'd want to hurt him.

Forensic Files

Cold Feet

2026-04-05 22:30:00 PST - 2026-04-05 23:00:00 PST

Florida authorities rely on DNA evidence to try to nail the killer of a woman who was abducted from her late-night job at a convenience store, raped and strangled.

Forensic Files

Separation Anxiety

2026-04-05 23:00:00 PST - 2026-04-05 23:30:00 PST

A wild fire in a secluded parking lot leads police to discover a dreadful homicide, with the suspect's image caught by security cameras.

Forensic Files

Office Visit

2026-04-05 23:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 00:00:00 PST

After a prominent Arizona surgeon is found stabbed to death outside his office, investigators uncover an unlikely suspect with deep pockets and an even deeper hatred for the doctor.

Forensic Files

Shoe-in for Murder

2026-04-06 00:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 00:30:00 PST

Police don't have a basis for comparison to match shoe impressions, blood drops and DNA evidence from a murder scene.

Forensic Files

Family Interrupted

2026-04-06 00:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 01:00:00 PST

A masked gunman kills two members of a family and wounds two others after they interrupt his burglary at their upscale suburban home.

Forensic Files

Palm Saturday

2026-04-06 01:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 01:30:00 PST

A killer leaves equally incriminating evidence at the scene when he meticulously wipes away his fingerprint and shoe impressions.

Forensic Files

Runaway Love

2026-04-06 01:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 02:00:00 PST

After a woman is found dead at a yacht club in California in an apparent case of love gone wrong, investigators discover her home life was as dramatic as films made in nearby Hollywood.

Forensic Files

Watchful Eye

2026-04-06 02:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 02:30:00 PST

The brutal murder of a state park employee over $2,000 rattles her co-workers and tourists while leaving police to sift through hundreds of leads.

Forensic Files

Waste Mis-Management

2026-04-06 02:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 03:00:00 PST

When evidence shows a woman's rape and murder, police must find the killer as well as the victim.

Forensic Files

Fired-Up

2026-04-06 03:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 03:30:00 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

2026-04-06 03:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 04:00:00 PST

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

CNN News Central (HLN)

2026-04-06 04:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 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)

2026-04-06 05:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 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)

2026-04-06 06:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 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

News at 11

2026-04-06 07:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 07:30:00 PST

A news anchor is shot to death outside her home in an apparent crime of passion by a fan; a police dog tracks the scent of the killer back to the crime scene.

Forensic Files

Burning Desire

2026-04-06 07:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 08:00:00 PST

A fire, caused by an unattended cigarette, kills the estranged wife of a police officer; forensic scientists discover that the cause is far more complicated.

Forensic Files

Cloak of Deceit

2026-04-06 08:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 08:30:00 PST

A trio of men, responsible for several bank robberies, leaves no evidence behind; forensic scientists help catch them by looking at the criminals' posture and clothing.

Forensic Files

Bad Medicine

2026-04-06 08:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 09:00:00 PST

When a woman's bone marrow test reveals arsenic poisoning, investigators try to determine if it is due to groundwater contamination or something more sinister.

Forensic Files

Stick 'em Up

2026-04-06 09:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 09:30:00 PST

A missing bank president's body is found floating in a lake; the duct tape used in binding him to a chair helps solve the crime.

Forensic Files

Head Games

2026-04-06 09:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 10:00:00 PST

A husband was shot and killed, forensic psychiatry helped the wife to remember the details for what happened.

Forensic Files

Making the Collar

2026-04-06 10:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 10:30:00 PST

The body of a 16-year-old girl is discovered nine months after her disappearance; forensic scientists find clues that paint a virtual portrait of her killer.

Forensic Files

Financial Downfall

2026-04-06 10:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 11:00:00 PST

A young woman falls to her death in what appears to be a tragic accident; a forensic exam of photos taken at the scene tells a different story.

Forensic Files

A Daughter's Journey

2026-04-06 11:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 11:30:00 PST

Haunted by her mother's long-ago disappearance, a woman undertakes an investigation of her own and stumbles upon a dark family secret.

Forensic Files

Over a Barrel

2026-04-06 11:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 12:00:00 PST

The robbery and brutal murder of an elderly couple goes unsolved for 10 years; a forensic scientist makes history when he solves the crime.

Forensic Files

Pinned by the Evidence

2026-04-06 12:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 12:30:00 PST

A man is charged with the murder of a wrestling champion; six years later, a forensic animator testifies on his behalf.

Forensic Files

Cries Unheard

2026-04-06 12:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 13:00:00 PST

A 19-year-old girl is found dead in her car in what appears to be a suicide; police discover that the victime was involved in a love quadrangle, giving several people motive to kill.

Forensic Files

Smiley Face

2026-04-06 13:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 13:30:00 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

2026-04-06 13:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 14:00:00 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

2026-04-06 14:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 14:30:00 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

2026-04-06 14:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 15:00:00 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

2026-04-06 15:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 15:30:00 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

2026-04-06 15:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 16:00:00 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

2026-04-06 16:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 16:30:00 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

2026-04-06 16:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 17:00:00 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

2026-04-06 17:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 17:30:00 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

2026-04-06 17:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 18:00:00 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

2026-04-06 18:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 18:30:00 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

All That Glitters Is Gold

2026-04-06 18:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 19:00:00 PST

A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses, an ambush or a random attack; the clue was something so tiny, it was measured in millionths of a meter.

Forensic Files

Deadly Rebellion

2026-04-06 19:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 19:30:00 PST

Teenager is found half-naked with her throat slit; a single foreign hair found on her thumb may finger the killer.

Forensic Files

Sign of the Crime

2026-04-06 19:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 20:00:00 PST

Two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered; the similarities of the crime scenes led police to believe they were dealing with a serial killer who hated women, and they had to find him before he struck again.

Forensic Files

Dirty Little Secret

2026-04-06 20:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 20:30:00 PST

A week after a couple disappears from the beach, police get a mysterious lead from a robbery.

Forensic Files

Lights Out

2026-04-06 20:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 21:00:00 PST

Fifteen years later, DNA technology leads to justice for a murdered woman and her savagely beaten 4-year-old daughter.

Forensic Files

Pet Rock

2026-04-06 21:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 21:30:00 PST

A quiet waitress who hasn't been to work in two days vanishes without a trace; police suspect a date gone wrong.

Forensic Files

Best Foot Forward

2026-04-06 21:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 22:00:00 PST

The search for a missing exotic dancer led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated, thus destroying all evidence... almost; piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile and positive ID.

Forensic Files

Purebread Murder

2026-04-06 22:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 22:30:00 PST

After years of suffering domestic abuse, a young woman is found murdered in her bathtub; among numerous clues, a hamburger bun proves the most incriminating.

Forensic Files

Hear No Evil

2026-04-06 22:30:00 PST - 2026-04-06 23:00:00 PST

Evidence that includes threatening emails, a missing person and an abandoned truck lead police to a woman's suspected killer, but they don't have the victim's body.

Forensic Files

Hell's Kitchen

2026-04-06 23:00:00 PST - 2026-04-06 23:30:00 PST

A woman has an accidental fall down a flight of stairs and appears to have hit her head, but the lack of blood splatter and misplaced shoes lead police to believe the fall was staged.

Forensic Files

Three's a Crowd

2026-04-06 23:30:00 PST - 2026-04-07 00:00:00 PST

A church member gets gunned down after leaving choir practice; although witnesses see little and not much evidence exists, investigators learn that she had been having affairs for years.

Forensic Files

A Squire's Riches

2026-04-07 00:00:00 PST - 2026-04-07 00:30:00 PST

When a man perishes in a fire while working in his garage, his death is initially ruled an accident until a forensic odontologist changes the direction of the case.

Forensic Files

Home of the Brave

2026-04-07 00:30:00 PST - 2026-04-07 01:00:00 PST

Lack of evidence compels investigators to look beyond the obvious when a woman is beaten to death at her in-laws house.

Forensic Files

Freeze Framed

2026-04-07 01:00:00 PST - 2026-04-07 01:30:00 PST

A man is found dead of an apparent suicide. But soon after, information emerges which reveals a much more menacing scenario.

Forensic Files

A Touch of Evil

2026-04-07 01:30:00 PST - 2026-04-07 02:00:00 PST

A dismembered body is dumped on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike and before police realize it, bodies are turning up between two states.

Forensic Files

Textbook Murder

2026-04-07 02:00:00 PST - 2026-04-07 02:30:00 PST

A young bride-to-be is gunned down in her own home. The attack is personal and as investigators start digging, they uncover the man she loved was living a lie.

Forensic Files

Filtered Out

2026-04-07 02:30:00 PST - 2026-04-07 03:00:00 PST

Tara Munsey went missing after a work shift at a Virginia restaurant and it is unknown if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play.

Forensic Files

Bitter Brew

2026-04-07 03:00:00 PST - 2026-04-07 03:30:00 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

2026-04-07 03:30:00 PST - 2026-04-07 04:00:00 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.