The BEST episodes of Forensic Files season 14

Every episode of Forensic Files season 14, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Forensic Files season 14!

American reportage-style crime series that zooms in on startling true crimes and, in particular, how these crimes are solved.

Last Updated: 9/21/2024Network: truTVStatus: Ended
Expert Witness
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7.83
54 votes

#1 - Expert Witness

Season 14 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/17/2011

The killer was meticulous, washing everything at the scene, including the victim’s body. The only definitive evidence was a single hair. Three years later he struck again and, this time, what he left behind would prove he committed both crimes.

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Three's a Crowd
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7.80
60 votes

#2 - Three's a Crowd

Season 14 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2010

As she left choir practice, the woman was gunned down in the church parking lot. Her husband became the prime suspect – particularly when police learned he found out just a month earlier that his wife had been cheating on him for three years. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 4.

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Fate Date
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7.75
36 votes

#3 - Fate Date

Season 14 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/11/2011

Twenty-four hours after her face-to-face meeting with a man she met online, a woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband were shot to death. Only the computer had been taken from her home, and with it, the means to identify the killer.

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Freeze Framed
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7.74
47 votes

#4 - Freeze Framed

Season 14 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/2010

The man suffered a slow, agonising death over a period of days. His wife maintained he killed himself but police were skeptical, especially when they learned her first husband died when he was only 38-years-old and she refused to consent to an autopsy.

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A Squire's Riches
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7.72
60 votes

#5 - A Squire's Riches

Season 14 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2010

The truck fell off of the hydraulic jack, crushed the man working beneath it, and sparked a fire... or so it seemed. Investigators turned to forensic science to determine if they were dealing with a tragic accident or a carefully orchestrated murder. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 5.

Purebread Murder
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7.69
102 votes

#6 - Purebread Murder

Season 14 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2010

In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a young mother is murdered after years of domestic abuse. There are clues at the scene: bloody footprints and DNA from the victim’s rape kit. But the evidence which will conclusively tie the killer to the crime is on a freshly-baked hamburger bun. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 1.

Trail of a Killer
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7.63
41 votes

#7 - Trail of a Killer

Season 14 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/25/2011

A community is shocked when police discover a woman raped and murdered in broad daylight on a public trail. Police sift through dozens of potential leads, but cannot match evidence to anyone close to the crime scene. With the help of an accurate eyewitness account, investigators track the killer through a wilderness of suspects.

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7.62
34 votes

#8 - Auto-Motive

Season 14 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/6/2011

Just a day after America's greatest tragedy, a town 200 miles away from the World Trade Center experiences its own misfortune. A mother of four vanishes overnight without a trace. With a wealth of suspects, but scarce evidence, police rely on blood spatter to solve the case.

Gone Ballistic
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7.59
37 votes

#9 - Gone Ballistic

Season 14 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/8/2011

A middle-aged man is gunned down in his own home. The motive appears to be robbery, but a mysterious greeting card blows the investigation wide open. In order to prove his theory, a detective goes on a hunch and discovers a series of coincidences impossible to ignore. (Two-part episode)

Home of the Brave
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7.54
46 votes

#10 - Home of the Brave

Season 14 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/2010

When their trailer catches fire, the young husband heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents’ home. The cut window screen points to an intruder, but the lack of supporting evidence compels investigators to look beyond the obvious. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 6.

Skeleton Key
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7.54
46 votes

#11 - Skeleton Key

Season 14 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/20/2011

The woman was missing for a month. Police find her car but no evidence of foul play… only a fingerprint and a set of keys. There’s a code on one of they keys, which they hope will unlock not only a door, but also the mystery of her disappearance.

Hell's Kitchen
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7.50
60 votes

#12 - Hell's Kitchen

Season 14 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2010

It appeared the victim had accidentally fallen and hit her head at the bottom of the stairs. But the odd position of her shoes and the absence of blood spatter led police to suspect the scene had been staged... and Luminol proved they were right.

Touch of Evil
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7.44
59 votes

#13 - Touch of Evil

Season 14 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/2010

The media dubbed him the "Last Call Killer" because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated. His MO involved dismembering the bodies and wrapping the parts in plastic bags, which he then carefully washed to remove all incriminating evidence. He eluded capture for almost ten years and then new technology revealed fingerprints no one knew were there.

Water Logged
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7.43
54 votes

#14 - Water Logged

Season 14 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/2011

The bodies of three women were found floating in Tampa Bay. The water washed away any evidence, but police hoped a handwritten note found in the victims' car would lead to the killer – so they posted huge copies of the note on five highway billboards.

Hear No Evil
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7.37
76 votes

#15 - Hear No Evil

Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2010

Threatening emails, a missing person and an abandoned truck lead police to a home where they believe a murder was committed. The evidence is overwhelming and investigators are sure they have the killer. What they don’t have is the body of the victim. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 2.

Funeral Services
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7.35
43 votes

#16 - Funeral Services

Season 14 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/3/2011

A funeral director is murdered and his son, the sole beneficiary of his estate, is considered a likely suspect… until witnesses provide him with an ironclad alibi. When police find a mask near the crime scene, they hope it will lead to the killer.

Social Circle
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7.31
51 votes

#17 - Social Circle

Season 14 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/2011

Four young adults are brutally murdered in an affluent Texas neighborhood, and the crime scene yields little evidence. The next-door neighbors see two young people dressed in black walking nearby, and their descriptions are used to create composite drawings which become a key element in solving the crime.

Seeing Red
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7.29
51 votes

#18 - Seeing Red

Season 14 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/22/2011

A high-school student vanishes without a trace. False leads force detectives to work double time until a prostitute's murder demands police attention. Is it possible the same killer struck twice?

Low Maintenance
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7.27
45 votes

#19 - Low Maintenance

Season 14 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/25/2011

A young college student is found dead in her apartment. There are no obvious signs of foul play, but skin cells under her fingernails yield DNA of an unknown male suspect, and petechial hemorrhages in her eyes prove this is a homicide.

Filtered Out
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7.16
49 votes

#20 - Filtered Out

Season 14 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2011

When a teenaged girl goes missing, no one knows if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play. Everyone’s worst fears are confirmed when a body is found at the bottom of an isolated ravine. Police scour the crime scene, hoping to find enough evidence to identify the killer. Originally aired as Season 14, Episode 10.

Textbook Murder
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7.10
60 votes

#21 - Textbook Murder

Season 14 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/31/2010

The victim was brutally murdered. Police learn her fiancé was having affairs with other women, and he becomes the prime suspect... that is until a man comes forward who not only believes he owns the murder weapon, he also knows who used it.