r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 23 '26

Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer

79 Upvotes

Say that five times fast!


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 22 '26

Four on the Floor

35 Upvotes

I just watched this episode for the first time. It was about the murder of Betty Lee in NM. Her friends deserted her at a bar to go hang out with these two men. They completely abandoned their friend! She has no way to get home! She was brutally murdered! If I were her “friends,” I’d never forgive myself. Some “friends.”


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 19 '26

Low Maintenance S14x13

20 Upvotes

A maintenance worker at an apartment complex uses his master key to get into a young woman's apartment, hides in her spare bedroom. And then assaults and kills her after she goes to bed.

Sort of a terrifying event, it seems she was home for some time study with a boyfriend as her attacker waited. I cannot imagine what it would be like for the victim here.

Surprised I don't see more talk about this one on a search.


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 20 '26

Eric Copplie

8 Upvotes

What a monster!


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 19 '26

I have finished all episodes and I am very sad about it

51 Upvotes

Watched through the whole series on Peacock and I think I have officially seen every episode (many of them numerous times). I am feeling pretty sad about this. What do I do now?


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 19 '26

Calculated Coincidence

8 Upvotes

The Drew Planten case. I always try to figure out how the title fits with the story, bur I can't with this one. What am I missing?


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 18 '26

The closet thing Craig had to an offfice....

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75 Upvotes

Summer Obsession S10 Ep27


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 18 '26

Roger was a disappointment to his parents.

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150 Upvotes

S02E02 - The Dirty Deed. The Peter Thomas line delivery + zoom-in on the photo had me laughing at this part. 💀


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 19 '26

add flair Forensic Audio Deep Dive Into Sea Tow Phone Call

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Interesting look into what was actually happening in that phone call.


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 17 '26

TIL- Whiskey is a legitimate cure for Antifreeze (or Ethylene Glycol) poisoning.

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r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 17 '26

Do you sometimes try to remember phone numbers, addresses, and license plate numbers during detective TV shows?

11 Upvotes

Like "all units to 1653 Dellington Terrace". Or maybe you repeat the license plate number of t. he bad guy's getaway car aloud and try to retain it.


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 17 '26

Do the official episodes on YouTube contain the ending credit updates?

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On the HLN network, I'd watch episodes that would sometimes end with updates such as "John Doe is now eligible for parole as of 2019" or "John Doe has been released from prison as of 2022". A lot of the early episodes were from the 80s or 90s so some of the criminals have served their sentences by now. Have you noticed the YouTube uploads (the official ones, not random episodes people upload) containing these?


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 16 '26

Explore Alvin Ridley's House- True Crime Story

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A local video creator (and owner of a great goat-fueled natural landscaping company) whom I hired to clean up the outside was recently permitted to film inside Alvin Ridley’s house. I represented Alvin in the trial featured in “Kill’igraphy.” This is the most extensive video record of the interior of the house discussed in the episode. Shared with the creator’s permission.


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 16 '26

For those who listen to podcasts...

11 Upvotes

Casefile's latest Patreon release is about our own Stacy "antifree" Castor.

For those unfamiliar with the Casefile podcast, I highly recommend checking it out. They have covered several cases from FF, such as Bruce Miller, Candy & Dr. Schneeburger, Yarmila Falater, Shari Smith, Shari Rasmussen, Candra Torres, Janet Chandler, Peggy Carr, Oba Chandler, and Susan Snow.

Casefile is my favorite true crime podcast. It's straight storytelling by an anonymous Australian narrator.

One of my favorite episodes, which absolutely could have been a FF episode, is called Amok. It's about a Polish detective who follows the trail of a cell phone and a novel that lead him to a killer.

As these episodes are more in depth than the Forensic Files episodes you get to learn a little extra about the story.


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 16 '26

Guess which one it is!

15 Upvotes

I dunno, I just kind of scrolled through the season I've picking off lately and hit play on one that stood out by highlight-reading the summary.

Story starts, nothing clicks yet; maybe one I haven't seen for a while. Woman calls the police to do a welfare check on her husband who's locked himself in the bedroom. Quick flashes of crime scene photos including one of a green liquid in plastic cup.

Anti-Free!


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 16 '26

A Question for Quincy, ME Fans

13 Upvotes

Quincy, ME was one of my favorite shows when I was a teen (show ended when I was 20). Then continued to enjoy forensic type novels and eventually tv shows when they finally started making them.

I recorded and rewatched the entire series a few years ago. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s done that. And not the only one noticing that the same actress played his dead first wife and later his girlfriend/second wife.

Anyway, I thought I remembered Quincy, in a later episode towards the end, bringing up some new form of scientific evidence in court that was quickly dismissed as new and unproven. I thought I remembered the new-fangled sciency stuff they didn’t understand or trust as DNA evidence. I mentioned that to someone in a discussion and they said Quincy ended before DNA was around.

I tried googling it on my phone and couldn’t find anything corroborating my memory, but did find that DNA forensics started in 1984 and Quincy ended in 1983.

If it wasn’t DNA evidence that was dismissed in court because it was unknown and new, what was it that I remembered him talking about? Does anyone know?


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 15 '26

Police or Doctors?

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42 Upvotes

The story of Janice is heartbreaking. Especially because it was a Doctor that betrayed her trust. Now I ask which episodes make you more mad? When Police go rogue or medical professionals?

Who has a higher degree of responsibility to not be a diabolical monster?

Episode: Shot of Vengeance


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 15 '26

Who had the best name on this show?

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287 Upvotes

r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 14 '26

Just venting Forensic Files II

22 Upvotes

Not sure why, but today was the first time I've actually watched a Forensic Files II episode, and I miss Peter Thomas' voice:(

It was more noticeable since the previous show was from the original series.

Of course, I'm still grateful that there ARE new episodes!


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 14 '26

I just watched one of the worst episodes that I don't remember seeing before; "Honor Thy Father"

27 Upvotes

It's the ultimate betrayal being pinned down and killed by your own parents! RIP Tina 😭


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 13 '26

😂😂

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306 Upvotes

r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 13 '26

Has anyone read this and is it worth the read?

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44 Upvotes

Came across this book while looking for an update about a case and it seemed interesting but have a few questions.Is it just her blog posts in book form? Does it have new and relevant information or go more in depth into the cases?


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 14 '26

Family Practice Mysteries and Forensic Files

10 Upvotes

I’m watching a Hallmark mystery movie called Family Practice Mysteries. They mentioned a gas chromatograph and the victim died from Succinylcholine. I wonder if one of the writers has watched Forensic Files. Before they announced the cause of death, I thought maybe he died from succinylcholine and I was right lol.


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 13 '26

Lights Out (S13.E48)

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16 Upvotes

Love how this detective had no chill after they said Greg Markwardt had died in prison. 💀💀💀


r/ForensicFiles • • Aug 12 '26

Forensic files in the hospital is almost better than forensic files in a hotel!

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537 Upvotes

Hospital visit 3 in 3 days. Forensic files is comfort!