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- Watch fire investigators sift through ashes, study burn marks, and start flames of their own to nab deadly arsonists.
- Fingerprints have helped authorities save the Mona Lisa, catch the infamous criminal John Dillinger, and capture Richard Ramirez. It all begin when in 1892 Argentina police bring Francisca Rojas to justice.
- Witness the birth of cyber forensics and discover how it brought down both a German spy and the Craigslist Killer.
- DNA testing was originally used only to determine paternity, until a brutal murder in England changed everything. Examining the cases of Colin Pitchfork and Dennis Rader, and how they were caught by DNA evidence.
- See how maggots, flies, even grasshoppers have become star witnesses in some of the world's most famous murder cases. Examining the cases of Buck Ruxton and Vincent Brothers.
- See how criminal profiling has gone from a "soft science" to an elite discipline used to help crack the toughest cases.
- See how bloodstain patterns in two high-profile cases were used to paint a picture of how a murder was committed.
- From a sausage factory to the hidden lair of a serial killer, skeletal remains are solving grisly murders and forever changing forensic investigations. Examining the cases of Adolph Luetgert and John Wayne Gacy.
- One case saved a man from the electric chair and another put an end to a sniper's murderous rampage. Revisit two criminal cases where ballistic evidence played a key role in determining the fate of its suspects. First, Charles Stielow, a man sentenced to death for a 1915 murder, is absolved thanks to a pioneering investigation. Then, after a harrowing 22-day span in 2002, detectives in Washington D.C. finally crack the case of a sniper, relying on bullets taken from the victims' bodies.
- The #1 murder weapon of choice for centuries, poison comes in millions of killer compounds. Can modern science ever detect them all? Examining the cases of Marie Lafarge and Michael Swango.
- Find out how microscopic evidence like skin cells, fibers, residue, and dust have helped to solve major crimes.
- See how botany helped crack major cases like the Lindbergh kidnapping and a gruesome murder in Palo Verde.
- Enter the autopsy suite and discover how a victim's body can reveal a killer's identity.