The BEST episodes of Forensic Files season 3
Every episode of Forensic Files season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Forensic Files season 3!
American reportage-style crime series that zooms in on startling true crimes and, in particular, how these crimes are solved.
#3 - Broken Bond
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1999
When a two-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital suffering from brain seizures and breathing difficulties, doctors could not find the cause of his illness. Then the boy’s sister provided an important clue, and raised the possibility of a syndrome of which few had ever heard.
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#4 - Speck of Evidence
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1999
On September 17, 1984, in a suburb of Tucson, Arizona, eight-year-old Vicki Hoskins left home on her pink bicycle to mail a letter for her mother. She never returned, but her slightly damaged bicycle was found nearby. Investigators turned to forensic science, in the hope it would tell them not only what happened to Vicki, but also who was responsible. Originally aired as Season 3, Episode 11.
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#5 - Deadly Delivery
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1998
In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, a serial bomber was waging a vendetta against the legal profession: A judge, two attorneys and even a courthouse had been targeted. Employing a range of forensic techniques, investigators used evidence from the bombs to lead them to the perpetrator. Originally aired as Season 3, Episode 5.
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#6 - The Talking Skull
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1998
In 1987, a human skull and some bones were discovered at a Boy Scout Camp near Farmington, Missouri. Also found were some blue jeans, which helped determine the approximate height and weight of the victim. A facial reconstruction helped the investigators in this case. The victim was identified as Bun Chee Nyhuis and her husband Richard H. Nyhuis was now the prime suspect. Nyhuis was an assistant scoutmaster, which explained why his wife's remains were discovered at a scout camp and, eventually, he confessed to killing his wife. Richard H. Nyhuis was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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#7 - Crime Seen
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1998
Edward Honaker was convicted of rape, sodomy and aggravated sexual battery; he was sentenced to three life terms in prison. Honaker steadfastly maintained his innocence. After years in prison and writing countless letters, he finally found someone who believed him, and was willing to pay for DNA testing which could prove he was telling the truth. Originally aired as Season 3, Episode 10.
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#8 - Beaten by a Hair
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1998
Early one fall morning, Laura Houghteling left her Bethesda home and walked to the station to take a train to work. She was never seen again. A peculiar strand of hair found in Laura’s hairbrush enabled investigators to unravel the mystery of her disappearance.
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#9 - Without a Trace
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1998
The deaths of a child and a truck driver in the same hospital on the same day are investigated to see if there is a link between them.
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#10 - 'Sim'ilar Circumstances
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1998
Robert Sims returned home after working the night shift, and found his wife, Paula, unconscious on the kitchen floor. Their two-year-old son, Randy, was asleep in an upstairs bedroom, but their six-week-old daughter, Heather, was missing. Paula Sims was the only witness to a crime that baffles investigators to this very day. Originally aired as Season 3, Episode 6.
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#11 - Foreign Body
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1998
Between 1986 and 1989, a disease swept through British cattle herds. The disease came to be known as the Mad-cow disease. Scientist began to suspect that this was somehow related to some human illness. A California neurologist, said both humans and animals were suffering from a mutated prion. When defective prions are transmitted from an infected host to a new host, they convert any normal prions they come across into copies of themselves. So it is possible for a mutated prion to be transmitted from a cow to a person by eating beef. Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner received a Nobel prize for his work with prion.
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#12 - Knot for Everyone
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1998
In the mid-1980s, bodies of nude woman were found in remote hill of California. The police got a break when a known prostitute escaped an attacker and was able to identify him and his automobile. The suspect was 50-year-old Roger Kibbe. A criminalist was assigned to review the evidence in the case. Human hair found on one of the victims was similar to several hairs recovered from Kibbe's inner thighs. He was later charged with first-degree murder.
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#13 - Out of the Ashes
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1999
On a cold December night in 1993, Rose Larner stopped in a convenience store on her way to her boyfriend’s house. She was never seen or heard from again. Rose’s disappearance remained a mystery, until a tiny clue found years later revealed a tragic tale of drugs, romance and revenge. Originally aired as Season 3, Episode 13.
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