The WORST episodes of The FBI Files
Every episode of The FBI Files ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The FBI Files!
Through re-enactments of high profile cases involving the FBI, the show reveals how agents solve these crimes behind the scene. The show producers work with FBI special agents and examiners in high tech crime labs to portrait each case accurately. You will learn how the FBI protects the lives of Americans and brings the most notorious criminals to justice. The FBI was originally established to address crime that covered cities, counties, and spread across state lines. The country needed a federal law-enforcement entity to do those investigations. And over the years, as the country has grown and as the world, by the same token, has grown smaller, the FBI's mission has changed to meet the various threats.
#1 - The Initiation
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/17/2003
Three men murder an innocent man as part of an initiation into a Cleveland Ohio biker gang.
#2 - Killer Instinct
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/12/2004
In 1992, a Washington, DC professor was shot and killed as she tried to get into her car, the latest incident in a series of violent carjackings. One week later, a man robbed a bank and security cameras captured the same vehicle as the getaway car.
#3 - Forced Entry
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/27/2004
In 1994, a rash of home invasions plagued the Detroit area. Each time, masked men disguised as police officers broke in with assault rifles and stole money and jewelry. But when one homeowner shot back, the identity of the intruders was revealed.
#4 - Dangerous Takedown
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/7/2004
In 1997, two men used a sledgehammer to break into a Camden, NJ, home. Police tracked the suspects to a nearby park but the criminals were able to escape after a shootout. When new clues emerged, the FBI was called in to locate the suspects.
#5 - Fateful Crossing
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/11/2003
A U.S. Customs official disappears from his post near a Texas border crossing. The following day, the Customs official was found dead. Local police and the FBI continued searching for the suspects.
#6 - Fatal Friendship
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/2/2003
The 1992 kidnapping and murder of Martha Doe Roberts.
#7 - Broken Trust
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/20/2003
In 1988, a criminal confessed that two prominent community members hired him to murder a South Carolina farmer. Police and FBI agents arrested a wealthy businessman and later learned that, even behind bars, he had the power to corrupt and kill.
#8 - Operation Goldenrod
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/2005
In 1985, a Lebanese terrorist and his accomplices hijacked Royal Jordanian Flight 405 in Beirut. Several Americans were on board. The FBI worked with other agencies to form Operation Goldenrod, a task force to bring the mastermind to justice.
#9 - The C-11 Squad
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/18/2001
In the season 3 finale, Drug gangs terrorized Harlem, New York neighborhoods. After a 10-year-old boy became a victim, the FBI formed a task force called C-11, designed to dismantle the gangs.
#10 - Lawless
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/2003
The 1987 murder of Boston Police Department officer Roy Joseph Sergei and the resulting joint FBI – BPD – Mexican Federal Police search for professional bank robber Ted Otsuki.
#11 - .22 Caliber Killer
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/30/2000
Six black males had been brutally murdered--two had their hearts cut out. The only thing connecting the victims was their ethnicity and the fact that each had been shot with .22 caliber bullets.
#12 - Millionaire Murder
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/16/2001
New Jersey millionaire Frank Black flew to Florida to close a major business deal and never came home. FBI Agents learned of a mystery woman in Florida who was meet Black. Eventually they untangled a web of deceit that led to a vengeance killing.
#13 - Backstage Murder
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/1/2001
A television producer was gunned down in his New York office. Four years later and a continent away, a man told Los Angeles police he had been hired to murder two exotic dancers. Investigators linked the two crimes and uncovered a businessman willing to kill to protect his interests.
#14 - Domestic Terror
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/1/2003
Domestic terrorism is an especially vivid threat to Americans; the FBI has created specialized teams to root out and dismantle terrorist operations, and put away those criminals whose secretive, leaderless cells are well armed and very dangerous.
#15 - Death Pact
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/17/2004
After a string of bank robberies in Illinois, Chicago, the FBI began to suspect that a police officer was responsible for the crimes. With the holdups becoming increasingly violent, authorities set out to capture the dangerous killer.
#16 - Dead Run
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2004
In 1993, a 74-year-old man is found suffocated in his home with his credit cards stolen. Investigators were alerted that the killers had used the man’s credit cards and with this information, the FBI was able to link the crime to an escaped prisoner.
#17 - Deadly Business
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/20/2001
FBI agents began investigating New York gas station mogul Gurmeet Dhinsa for gas pump rigging. They learned that he enforced his mob-like operation with brutal violence.
#18 - Inside the Bureau
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/26/2005
This special episode examines previous cases to learn about the investigative techniques and innovations used by the FBI.
#19 - Death of a Diplomat
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/24/2005
In 1976, a car bombing in Washington DC’s Embassy Row claimed the lives of a former Chilean ambassador and his assistant. During the investigation, it became apparent to FBI agents that a foreign government had ordered the attack.
#20 - In Pursuit
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2003
A Nebraska sheriff's deputy sees a man wanted for firearms violations and tries to arrest him. But the man begins shooting, leading to a high-speed pursuit and wounded cops. The FBI helps track the man across state lines
#21 - Home Invaders
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/10/2002
On June 19, 1985, convicted bank robber Terry Conner and his partner-in-crime, Joseph Dougherty, escaped on their way to Dougherty's trial. In September, the fugitives used Conner's old m.o. to make the biggest bank robbery in Wisconsin history.
#25 - A Bitter End
Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/10/2004
In 1996, a series of bank robberies in Texas and California were linked by FBI who then established a modus operandi. A year later, the robbers took hostages during a heist in Las Vegas and the FBI was tasked with ending their spree.
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