The BEST episodes of The New Detectives
Every episode of The New Detectives ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The New Detectives!
Forensic scientists work with a variety of methods (i.e. computer technology, anthropology, entomology) to solve crimes which would otherwise remain unsolved, through finding seemingly obscure clues such as tire tracks, bullet fragments and hair samples and then putting the pieces together. Interviews with forensic pathologists, cold case detectives, and victims families illustrate the process involved in solving cases. Three separate cases are spotlighted in each episode of this series.
#2 - Trial of the Century
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/8/1997
Forensics in the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial: The verdict is in Not Guilty of murder. O.J. Simpson emerges a free man. What was the evidence and could it be trusted? These experts break down the evidence could and could not tell us.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Bodies of Evidence
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/9/1997
It is difficult to convict a murderer if the body can’t be found, but forensic science is finding ways to do it. A speck of blood, a piece of a fingernail or a strand of hair may now be enough evidence to prove a murder and capture a killer.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Lasting Impressions
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/1/1998
No crime scene is absent of clues. No matter how chaotic or how clean it may appear to be, the culprit is bound to leave something telling behind. Sometimes it’s nothing more than a fingerprint or shoe tread. Sometimes that’s all that’s needed.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Seeds of Destruction
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/30/1997
Plants help provide oxygen and nutrients for existence. In criminal investigations, a simple seedpod can provide the missing link by placing a suspect at a crime scene. Dirt left on shoes, tires or clothes can pinpoint a crime scene.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Out of the Grave
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/13/1998
Advancement in science and technology are encouraging people to revisit the past in hopes of answering questions that have remained unanswered. Techniques from the 20th century are applied to cases dating back as far as ancient times.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Electronic Witness
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/29/1998
As technology becomes a bigger part of our lives, it’s becoming difficult to do anything without leaving behind an electronic trace. Cell phones and ATMs track our every move. When it comes to solving murders, this isn’t necessarily such a bad thing.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - From the Ashes
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/3/1998
Insurance torchings, mob burnouts and arson murders: these crimes are designed to take all clues with them. But a case can be built from ashes. Arson investigators do everything from gathering physical evidence to mounting undercover operations.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Infallible Witness
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/27/1998
Investigators are always on the cutting edge of new forensic techniques that can help them solve cases more accurately. Advanced techniques allow crime solving to take on a new dimension, providing safer and more efficient ways to capture criminals.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Dead Wrong
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/1998
Often, murderers will change or stage a crime scene, turning murder into suicide, pinning blame, or hiding the body completely. However, forensic investigators can detect masterful disguises and the truth can be found from clues at the scene.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Lethal Dosage
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/6/1998
While drugs can cure disease and ease pain, they can also be agents of murder. Toxicologists can examine blood and tissue to uncover cases where death is not as natural as it may seem – from slow arsenic poisoning to quick cocaine overdoses.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Tools of Death
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/13/1998
A tool used to commit a crime can often be the same tool used to solve it. The pattern a machine leaves on an item, the unusual way a tool crimps a wire and even something as innocuous as the shape of a wood chip can lead to a killer.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Shreds of Evidence
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/16/1997
The tiniest filament can become a mark of distinction in the most singular and intimate of ways. Investigators have come to rely on forensic evidence as fine as a carpet fiber or as innocent as an eyelash to crack difficult cases.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Tainted Trust
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/1999
Poison is the subtlest murder weapon and poisoners are sometimes the most brutal killers, harming their victims over time to disguise the murder. Investigators must see through the unusual circumstances to bring these murders to light.
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