The BEST episodes of Forensic Files season 10
Every episode of Forensic Files season 10, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Forensic Files season 10!
American reportage-style crime series that zooms in on startling true crimes and, in particular, how these crimes are solved.
#1 - Moss, Not Grass
Season 10 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/21/2005
A young woman was found dead on a golf course in the Bahamas. The grass on that course was so distinctive that it had evidentiary value. The evidence led police to two suspects. Each blamed the other, and they had to find out who the killer was. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 29.
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#2 - Murder on the Menu
Season 10 - Episode 36 - Aired 2/8/2006
When the head chef of a historic Philadelphia restaurant was found dead, investigators interviewed the usual suspects: family, friends and co-workers. As they sifted through the evidence, police uncovered a chilling tale of debt and deceit. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 36.
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#3 - Wood-be Killer
Season 10 - Episode 41 - Aired 3/15/2006
A killer tried to incinerate and destroy everything that could link him to his crime. But in doing so, he inadvertently created new forensic evidence – evidence that came to light with a technique never before used in a criminal investigation. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 41.
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#4 - Garden of Evil
Season 10 - Episode 31 - Aired 1/4/2006
When a popular disc jockey was found murdered in a community garden, police swung into action. A sniffer dog and a blood spatter expert led police to the killer… and he’d been much closer than they realized. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 31.
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#5 - Enemy Within
Season 10 - Episode 42 - Aired 12/7/2005
Kansas City attorney Richard Armitage was brutally murdered in his office in broad daylight. The first prime suspect was Lou Campbell, who had previously threatened Armitage, but he was later cleared. Police turn their suspicions to Armitage's law partner Richard Buchli, who had very little success as a lawyer and was in debt for more than $250,000.
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#6 - Tight-Fitting Genes
Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/14/2005
A behavioral profile is helpful in a murder investigation, but it's not a road map to the killer. One such profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Department to search for the wrong man. They might not have made an arrest, had it not been for a DNA picture of the suspect, painted by a molecular biologist.
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#7 - Shear Luck
Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/3/2005
The reconstruction of a shredded computer disk makes forensic history.
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#8 - Wired for Disaster
Season 10 - Episode 40 - Aired 3/8/2006
A 29-year-old woman was killed instantly when a bomb exploded in her home. The device was so powerful that shrapnel was embedded in houses across the street. The bomber had not only knowledge and skill, but also a motive for murder. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 40.
#9 - Hot on the Trail
Season 10 - Episode 37 - Aired 2/15/2006
A serial arsonist was on the loose in Washington, DC. Each of the fires was started with the same type of incendiary device. The perpetrator was very careful, and seemed to leave no evidence behind… but there were clues in the ashes and it was up to forensic scientists to find them. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 37.
#10 - Material Witness
Season 10 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/28/2005
A teenager went missing after an evening of horseback riding; her body was found a month later, three miles from her home. The killer unknowingly left trace evidence behind, tiny but unmistakable clues that pointed to him and him alone. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 30.
#11 - Four on the Floor
Season 10 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/19/2005
A Native American woman was brutally killed in the desert of New Mexico, and the crime scene was rich in evidence: tire tracks, shoe impressions and even the murder weapons. The site was less than 10 miles from another crime scene where a male Native American was murdered two years earlier. Police began to wonder: Was a serial killer on the loose? Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 20.
#12 - Headquarters
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/13/2005
Hunters make a grisly find in a Texas canyon: a human skull. Crime scene analysis reveals bits of clothing, a woman's shoe, some small bones and one strand of hair. An anthropologist determines the victim was a Caucasian woman who had been stabbed repeatedly. A forensic artist reconstructs her face and police eventually learn who she was. Now all they have to do is find her killer.
#13 - Up in Smoke
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/29/2005
Investigators must determine what caused a house fire that killed an elderly couple and whether the victims' son is responsible.
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#14 - Tagging a Suspect
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/10/2005
Bombings are difficult to solve, because the perpetrator isn’t usually at the scene, and the evidence goes up in smoke. But there are clues if investigators know where to look. In this case, pieces of plastic the size of grains of sand held the key to a man’s murder. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 10.
#15 - Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Season 10 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/23/2005
Two men were convicted of intentionally shooting and killing a passenger in a moving car, their friend was granted immunity for testifying against them, and the case was closed.
#16 - Elemental Clue
Season 10 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/14/2005
When two women from the same town were murdered in the same way, police feared a serial killer was on the loose. At first they thought the victims had nothing in common until they found tiny clues linking them to the same man.
#17 - Marked for Life
Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/18/2005
The police in 1957 didn't have the technology that we have today. A man comitted several crimes in one night. 50 years later with new technology, they were able to prove their case. Watch Forensic Files to get the answer.
#18 - Trial by Fire
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/27/2005
A house erupted in flames on a cold January night, killing one person and injuring another.
#19 - Sunday School Ambush
Season 10 - Episode 32 - Aired 1/11/2006
When a woman's husband was gunned down in his own garage by intruders, investigators worked tirelessly to find the assassins. But when they discovered that a wound sustained during the attack by the grieving widow may have been self-inflicted, they turned to science to help them unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed and deception.
#20 - Plastic Puzzle
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/1/2005
In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a man riding a bicycle is fatally injured, and police believe he is the victim of a hit-and-run accident. Tiny clues found at the scene create a picture of the vehicle that struck him… and lead police to its driver. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 3.
#21 - Bump in the Night
Season 10 - Episode 34 - Aired 1/25/2006
The crime scene was awash with blood. The victim had been brutally murdered as he slept in his own bed. There were no foreign fingerprints in his home, but investigators did find a shoe impression in the mud outside… physical evidence they hoped would lead them to the killer. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 34.
#22 - High 'n' Dry
Season 10 - Episode 38 - Aired 2/22/2006
When a woman was found dead in her bathroom, the evidence pointed to suicide. But a coroner’s inquest and a unique application of forensic science gave investigators a different explanation for her death. It was a theory that, if true, could turn the grieving husband into the prime suspect. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 38.
#23 - To the Viktor
Season 10 - Episode 39 - Aired 3/1/2006
Three homicides on two continents looked like professional executions. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic needed to find out if they were related and, if they were, who or what they had in common. Originally aired as Season 10, Episode 39.
#24 - Picture This
Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/28/2005
Analysis of weeds and photogrammetry help solve the murder of a grounded teen taken from her home.
#25 - Crash Course
Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/31/2005
A highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine traffic accident… until he looked in the car. While he had no formal training in forensic science, he had seen hundreds of accidents, but never as much blood as this. He was shocked by the coroner’s ruling of “accidental death,” and then an anonymous phone call breathed new life into his investigation.