The BEST episodes of Forensic Files season 7
Every episode of Forensic Files season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Forensic Files season 7!
American reportage-style crime series that zooms in on startling true crimes and, in particular, how these crimes are solved.
#1 - Frozen in Time
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/2003
A young woman stopped her car along a busy highway in California. She was never seen again. For three years, the search for her where-abouts continued, but the trail eventually turned cold. So cold that forensic scientists needed new techniques to solve it.
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#2 - Plastic Fire
Season 7 - Episode 41 - Aired 7/19/2003
Police say that a car crash, which killed an elderly woman, was murder and arson. The driver, the victom's daughter, insisted it was an accident. Two fire investigators came to two entirely different conclusions. Was it an accident... or murder?
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#3 - Scratching the Surface
Season 7 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/24/2003
In Miami, Florida, a sniper opened fire from the rooftop of a manufacturing plant, killing one employee and injuring two others in the parking lot below. When the gun was found, the police discovered that the shooter had scratched the serial number off of it to make it untraceable. But forensic scientists had a way to make the number reappear. Originally aired as Season 7, Episode 33.
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#4 - X Marks the Spot
Season 7 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/7/2003
The local police and the FBI are stumped when a serial killer sends them a map to his latest victim. There is no way to find who sent the map until an Illinois State Trooper traces the map to Microsoft. WorldCom helps investigators map the killers' digital trail to his real name address, where police uncover a sickening dungeon where Maury Travis filmed himself murdering several of his victims.
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#5 - Breaking the Mold
Season 7 - Episode 37 - Aired 12/11/2002
The Melinda Ballard Case. When a healthy three-year-old boy suddenly developed respiratory and neurological problems, doctors couldn’t explain why. Then his father began to exhibit signs of Alzheimer’s Disease. His mother became ill while traveling in an airplane; fortunately, the passenger seated next to her made his living by removing toxic mold from buildings. When she told him about her family’s health problems, he suspected their home might be making them sick.
#6 - Fire Proof
Season 7 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/31/2003
In 1992, residents in and around Seattle were terrified that their home -- or business -- or church -- would be the next target of a serial arsonist. More than 100 fires had been set, all apparently by the same person. This was the biggest arson case in American history, and it was solved with the help of behavioral profiling, hypnosis, and a skillful sketch artist.
#7 - The Sniper's Trail
Season 7 - Episode 40 - Aired 7/12/2003
Virginia and Maryland are both plagued with serial sniper killers. These killers don't have a profile of their victims they just shoot at random. It will take all the help forensics has to solve this case.
#8 - Without a Prayer
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2002
Madalyn Murray O'Hair was America's best known athiest, principally responsible for abolishing prayer in public schools. In 1995, she mysteriously disappeared from her Texas home, along with her son Jon Murray and grand daughter Robin. Over $600,000 of their organization's money disappeared along with them. It was a local newspaper reporter playing forensic detective who helped solve the case.
#9 - Telltale Tracks
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/27/2002
In Philadelphia a woman's car was found abandoned on the side of a busy highway... still running. But the driver was missing. At the scene, police found several clues. But was there enough forensic evidence to solve the mystery?
#10 - The Metal Business
Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/26/2002
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#11 - Chief Evidence
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/24/2002
The 1996 Seattle murder of suburban couple Raquel Rivera & Jay Johnson. Investigators first believe the slayings were the result of a drug deal gone bad. However, no drugs are found in the house and the victims' blood isn't present on the clothing of the suspects. Evidence from the couple's dog Chief eventually ties one of the murderers to the scene. One of the first cases where dog DNA was used to convict.
#12 - Elephant Tracks
Season 7 - Episode 28 - Aired 10/17/2002
The Kowalczk/Thompson Murders. An elderly couple was bludgeoned to death in their home, but the crime went unsolved. Two years later, the owner of a pawn shop was looking through a stack of old newspapers and came across an article about the murders. There was a photograph of the victims, and the woman pictured was wearing an unusual elephant pendant necklace – a necklace which the owner realized was in her shop. Not only that, she still had the pawn ticket, identifying who had sold the jewelry.
#13 - Last Will
Season 7 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/26/2003
Seventeen-year-old Shari Faye Smith was abducted in broad daylight, in front of her own home. The kidnapper tormented her family with phone calls, leading them to believe Shari was alive -- and then they received a letter he'd forced Shari to write, her 'last will and testament'. This document would lead investigators to Shari's killer, a fitting postscript to a heinous crime.
#14 - A Clutch of Witnesses
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/2002
While standing outside of a motorcycle gang’s clubhouse, two witnesses watched in horror as a truck intentionally ran over an unconscious man. The truck was finally located, but the forensics lab could not find a single speck of evidence in it. And the body didn’t turn up either. Originally aired as Season 7, Episode 11.
#15 - The Sniffing Revenge
Season 7 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/10/2003
The Janet Overton Case. The sensitive nose of a forensic examiner sniffs out evidence of murder that had been right under their noses all the time.
#16 - Dressed to Kill
Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/29/2003
When 6-year-old Michelle Door disappeared, her father became the prime suspect, having failed a polygraph. Years later, police learned that a man who’d been convicted of another murder lived just two doors away from Michelle when she disappeared. This discovery, and tiny drops of blood shed a decade earlier, helped police to solve the crime. Originally aired as Season 7, Episode 25.
#17 - Tooth or Consequences
Season 7 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/3/2003
The investigation of the disappearance of a young woman leads police to a suspect who has a history of sexual assault, rape, and kidnapping. But police could not find the victim's body, making it more difficult to connect their suspect to the crime. Finally, police discover the remains of a charred tooth. Superimposed images and an analysis of the elements of a dental filling give investigators the proof they need to bring the perpetrator to justice.
#18 - A Bitter Pill to Swallow
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/12/2002
After Michelle Baker became pregnant by boyfriend Dr. Maynard Muntzing, she noticed she became ill whenever they were together. The coincidences led her to suspect that he was doing her harm, so she set out to prove it.
#19 - A Leg to Stand On
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/2003
When a severed leg is found in a dumpster, investigators are faced with the challenge of identifying the victim. Using anthropology, toxicology and DNA testing, police are able to determine who the victim was and follow the trail of evidence to his killer. Originally aired as Season 7, Episode 14.
#20 - Forever Hold Your Peace
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/8/2002
The Nancy DePriest Case. When a young man confessed to the rape and murder of a woman in a restaurant, police were convinced the case was solved. Eight years later, another man imprisoned for an unrelated crime, admitted HE committed the murder. But authorities viewed that admission as unfounded. They could not understand why an innocent man would confess to a crime he did not commit, and if he were innocent, why he said nothing during his eight years in prison.
#21 - Marathon Man
Season 7 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/5/2003
On February 14, 2000; Bob Dorotik's body was found on a mountain road near his family's horse ranch. His wife told police that Bob had gone jogging and never returned, but investigators had their doubts. He had been beaten and strangled, and it appeared that someone else had dressed him. Authorities began tracing the crime back to the family's ranch, leading them to think Bob Dorotik didn't leave home alone.
#22 - Sleight of Hand
Season 7 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/17/2003
In 1981, police found a partial print near a doorknob at a crime scene. But without a suspect, police had no way to compare the print to the one million prints on file. 17 years later, new forensic technology changed that, breathing new life into what was a very old crime.
#23 - The Alibi
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/29/2002
In this classic episode of Forensic Files, the longest running true crime series in television history, we explore the case of 17-year-old Crystal Faye Todd, who was raped and murdered in her small town. When one of Crystal’s male acquaintances’ DNA matched semen at the crime scene, it raised the question, why would he volunteer for a DNA sample? Originally aired as Season 7, Episode 5.
#24 - House Call
Season 7 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/28/2003
The murder of a well respected surgeon in an upscale waterfront apartment community left police in St. Petersburg, Florida baffled. Cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of other forensic evidence would uncover a twisted conspiracy, and bring the doctor's killers to justice.
#25 - Who's Your Daddy
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/22/2002
In 1988, the body of a young woman was discovered in an Ohio river under ice. Most of the evidence found at the crime scene -- hairs, fibers, & fingerprints-- had been washed away. But the victim's 6 year-old son unwittingly told investigators all they needed to know about the killer... and he did it without saying a word. The clues was in his genes.