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Season 8

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Season released 30th Jul, 2003.

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Season 8 Episodes

S08 Episode 1

A Wrong Foot

A man is murdered and two teenage girls gravely injured, and the only clue is an obscure print found at the crime scene.

22 mins · Wed, 30 Jul 2003

S08 Episode 2

Order Up

A diner in a small town, an endocrinologist, and a forensic botanist help destroy a prime suspect's alibi.

22 mins · Wed, 6 Aug 2003

S08 Episode 3

When the Dust Settled

Neighbours do not hear the gunshots when a union official is killed in his home after a strike by union members.

22 mins · Wed, 13 Aug 2003

S08 Episode 4

Within Arm's Reach

A police officer claims his estranged wife's shooting death was a suicide, but investigators think it was a murder.

22 mins · Mon, 25 Aug 2003

S08 Episode 5

Private Thoughts

Murder-suicide is suspected when police discover a family dead in their home, until investigators start digging deeper.

22 mins · Tue, 26 Aug 2003

S08 Episode 6

A Welcome Intrusion

A man is hailed as a hero after shooting an intruder found killing his wife, but forensic evidence spins the case in a surprising new direction.

22 mins · Wed, 27 Aug 2003

S08 Episode 7

Brotherhoods

Tiny bits of evidence link two different types of crimes and help investigators solve a series of hate-crime cases tied to white supremacists.

22 mins · Wed, 27 Aug 2003

S08 Episode 8

Hair of the Dog

A rare gun and a victim's beloved dog help investigators trying to solve a multi-year-long murder case where most of the witnesses were admitted drug users.

22 mins · Fri, 29 Aug 2003

S08 Episode 9

Breaking News

A young TV news producer is found raped and murdered and the case remains unsolved, until a new DNA database reveals her killer.

22 mins · Wed, 3 Sep 2003

S08 Episode 10

All the World's a Stage

A homicide detective claims his wife accidentally shot herself in the head, but the evidence indicates otherwise.

22 mins · Wed, 3 Sep 2003

S08 Episode 11

The Big Chill

Officials probe the death of a woman, investigating the possible side effects of a drug she was prescribed for bipolar disorder.

22 mins · Wed, 10 Sep 2003

S08 Episode 12

Bound for Jail

A woman is found dead and evidence is washed away by severe thunderstorms.

22 mins · Wed, 17 Sep 2003

S08 Episode 13

Sphere of Influence

An 11-year-old girl is sexually assaulted and shot twice at close range.

22 mins · Sat, 20 Sep 2003

S08 Episode 14

Nailed

A scientist is killed weeks before testifying in a rape case, and her murder goes unsolved for years until advances in her own research catch the killer.

22 mins · Mon, 22 Sep 2003

S08 Episode 15

Sign of the Zodiac

A serial killer in New York sends cryptic clues to the newspaper. Astronomers and handwriting experts work to catch the murderer.

22 mins · Wed, 3 Dec 2003

S08 Episode 16

Letter Perfect

A note seems to explain the suicide of a 23-year-old man, but toxicology tests and a forensic linguist indicate a different conclusion.

22 mins · Wed, 10 Dec 2003

S08 Episode 17

True Lies

A child's memory, a diary, and a forensic psychologist help investigators solve a woman's murder.

22 mins · Wed, 7 Jan 2004

S08 Episode 18

Smoke in Your Eyes

Two young women die in an apartment fire in Iowa City, and gas chromatography and other forensic clues provide police with proof of arson and murder.

22 mins · Wed, 14 Jan 2004

S08 Episode 19

Bed of Deceit

His wife claims the gunshot death of a retired cop is a suicide, but an ATM security tape and other crime scene clues reveal the truth.

22 mins · Wed, 21 Jan 2004

S08 Episode 20

Flower Power

After two different men report the same murder, the police are then stalled by the case's other anomalies, but a candy wrapper and seeds help expose the killer.

22 mins · Wed, 28 Jan 2004

S08 Episode 21

Past Lives

After a Connecticut man's body is found in a burning rental car on a Mexican highway, an insurance company suspects a scam.

22 mins · Wed, 18 Feb 2004

S08 Episode 22

Over and Out

A Vermont man is killed by a pipe bomb and the case seems impossible to solve until experts uncover two unlikely bits of evidence.

22 mins · Wed, 25 Feb 2004

S08 Episode 23

Death by a Salesman

A mysterious murder disrupts a quiet community, and investigators race against time to catch the suspect before he crosses state lines.

22 mins · Wed, 3 Mar 2004

S08 Episode 24

Web of Seduction

A man is found shot to death in his junkyard and while the office is oddly clean, the wife's computer is a very different story.

22 mins · Wed, 31 Mar 2004

S08 Episode 25

Grounds for Indictment

A fleeing car is the only clue in a drive-by shooting, until forensic analysis of dirt at the scene can pinpoint the killer's vehicle.

22 mins · Wed, 7 Apr 2004

S08 Episode 26

Dueling Confessions

When a teenager's boyfriend and another man both confess to her murder, the two accounts create a mystery that will take four decades to solve.

22 mins · Wed, 21 Apr 2004

S08 Episode 27

Traces of Truth

A high school gym teacher disappears and his wife and friend receive letters saying he needed a new start, but a closer look at the letters and some tissue suggests another scenario.

22 mins · Wed, 5 May 2004

S08 Episode 28

Bed of Deceit

A retired police officer is discovered in his bed, dead of a single gunshot wound to the head. His wife first says the motive was robbery; then she tells police he committed suicide. It would take careful examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and forensic textbooks found in the victim's home to write the final chapter of this real-life whodunit.

23 mins · Thu, 4 Aug 2005

S08 Episode 29

Smoke in your Eyes

A suspicious fire swept through an apartment killing two young women. The cause of the fire and the identity of the victims were unclear. But a closer look at the fire scene revealed, something hidden in the ashes. Could gas chromotography, a burnt pair of eyeglasses, and a half smoked cigarette, solve the case?

23 mins · Fri, 9 Sep 2005

S08 Episode 30

Flower Power

Two different men called police to report the same murder. Apparently, neither one knew that the other had called. The investigation uncovered, even more unusual circumstances. But a few tiny seeds, and a discarded candy wrapper, were more than just insignificant clues, they told a story of revenge.

23 mins · Sat, 15 Oct 2005

S08 Episode 31

Past Lives

The body of a wealthy American businessman was found in his rental car. The car had swerved off the road into a ravine, and caught fire. Teeth and bone fragments were all that remained of the body; miraculously, an engraved wristwatch and medic alert bracelet had escaped the inferno and were found in the ashes. When the victim's wife filed a claim for $7 million of life insurance, investigators sought the help of a renowned forensic anthropologist. His findings and the work of other forensic scientists uncovered a chilling scheme of fraud and deceit.

23 mins · Sun, 20 Nov 2005

S08 Episode 32

Over and Out

When a pipe bomb ripped through a rural home, killing a young man and seriously injuring his mother, police had no idea who was responsible. A lot number on a 9-volt battery and the remnants of a mailing label found on a computer's hard drive enabled investigators to determine who sent the bomb, and why.

23 mins · Mon, 26 Dec 2005

S08 Episode 33

Death by a Salesman

No one in a quiet residential community saw or heard anything unusual the day one of their neighbours was brutally attacked and murdered. Fingerprints found at the crime scene and surveillance video from a security camera helped investigators to apprehend the presumed killer within twelve hours, even though he'd already left the state and was on a bus, headed for New York City.

23 mins · Tue, 31 Jan 2006

S08 Episode 34

Web of Seduction

Bruce Miller was shot to death in the office of the junkyard business he owned. The crime scene was almost pristine. In the untidy office which hadn't been cleaned for years, there should have been footprints, or fingerprints, or foreign hairs and fibres – but there weren't. When a computer forensics expert examined the computers owned by the victim's wife and by her lover, he found all the evidence needed to convict the person most responsible for the crime.

23 mins · Wed, 8 Mar 2006

S08 Episode 35

Grounds for Indictment

A drive-by shooting leaves one man dead and another seriously wounded. Cell phone calls and shell casings point to a suspect, but authorities are unable to place him at the crime scene. When a forensic geologist compared soil from the crime scene with soil found in the wheel wells of the suspect's car, he proved that dirt is anything but dumb.

23 mins · Thu, 13 Apr 2006

S08 Episode 36

Duelling Confessions

When Rosemary Anderson is found dead on the side of the road, her boyfriend becomes the prime suspect. He eventually confessed to her murder, but so did another man – serial killer, Eric Edgar Cooke. John Button would continue to serve five years imprisonment for the manslaughter of his girlfriend. It would take the passage of another forty years, an author, and an expert in the field of pedestrian accident reconstruction to determine who was telling the truth.

23 mins · Fri, 19 May 2006

S08 Episode 37

Traces of Truth

A high school gym teacher mysteriously left town, without saying goodbye to anyone. He later sent letters to explain why. But a closer forensic look at those letters, and a microscopic piece of tissue, gave investigators an entirely different explanation for where he went and why.

23 mins · Sat, 24 Jun 2006

S08 Episode 38

Honor Thy Father

A sixteen-year-old girl was killed by her mother and father, in her own home. Her parents said they acted in self-defence, but the forensic evidence indicated otherwise. Definitive proof would come from an unlikely source: a recording made by an FBI electronic surveillance device.

23 mins · Sun, 30 Jul 2006

S08 Episode 39

Hack Attack

A mysterious computer crash pushed a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardising the jobs of hundreds of employees. There was no apparent cause; there were no obvious clues. Forensic investigators had to determine if the crash was the result of a computer defect, human error, or sabotage.

23 mins · Mon, 4 Sep 2006

S08 Episode 40

Deadly Curve

It was supposed to be a routine motorcade for the Queen of England. But on the way to Yosemite National Park, a car carrying three Secret Service agents collided with a car driven by a deputy from the local sheriff's office. The agents were killed instantly. In the investigation which followed, two teams of accident reconstructionists reached very different conclusions. It would take a court case and a judge's ruling to determine what really happened, and who was responsible.

23 mins · Tue, 10 Oct 2006

S08 Episode 41

Visibility Zero

In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history when the Sunset Limited derailed while crossing Alabama's Big Bayou Canot bridge. Forty-seven passengers and crew were killed; scores more were injured. The clues to the cause of the crash lay etched in twisted steel and buried in the mud of the Big Bayou Canot.

23 mins · Wed, 15 Nov 2006

S08 Episode 42

Flashover

A fire erupted in the Kings Cross Underground Station in London, killing 31 people and injuring dozens more. Arson investigators were able to pinpoint the cause of the fire, but it would take state-of-the-art computer technology and experts in the field of fluid dynamics to explain why it became a deadly inferno.

23 mins · Thu, 21 Dec 2006

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