Forensic Factor

Forensic Factor

About the show

Based on true crimes solved by an elite team of investigators, Forensic Factor details the trade secrets used by the world's best sleuths to nab the most elusive criminals, with re-enactments of crucial incidents and firsthand accounts from the experts providing depth and insight.

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Upcoming episodes

Aug 31st
800a

Knock Knock Youre Dead

Summer, 2001 and southern louisiana is held in the terrifying grip of a serial killer whose initial ‘hot zone’ is the louisiana state university area of baton rouge. The number of victims is growing and all are attractive, successful young women -- women whose mainstream, “low risk” lifestyle should never put them on the radar of a killer. But this is the hardest kind of serial killer to catch -- impulsive, always changing his m.O.
Aug 31st
500p

The Look in Her Eyes

After a body is found in a ditch, police link it to a missing father who lives nearby. With no clear crime scene, investigators scour his home and the roadway, using trace evidence and creative forensic tests to reconstruct what happened.
Sep 1st
800a

Pyro

A series of over sixty spectacular fires rips through california’s san joaquin valley, killing four people and devastating the landscape. An extensive investigation by the atf, police and forensic scientists reveals a common pattern among all the blazes, and to their horror, authorities soon realize that a serial arsonist is on the loose. As they painstakingly study the evidence from each crime scene, a single fingerprint leads them to one suspect. He is john leonard orr, a respected arson investigator for the glendale fire department in southern california and one of the worst serial arsonists of the 20th century.
Sep 1st
500p

Deadly Foreclosure

After Heidi Firkus is shot during an alleged home invasion, detectives question the only other witness. Years later, they use digital reconstructions, trajectory tests and 911 audio to see if the story of a mysterious intruder makes sense.
Sep 2nd
800a

The Fifth Commandment

A double homicide in hudson, wisconsin leaves a small town reeling and two young detectives with little to go on. The victims are upright citizens, shot execution style, with no apparent motive. In agatha christie-like fashion, a tantalizing array of suspects emerge but after two years, there are still no arrests. Richard walter, the famed criminal profiler, becomes intrigued by the cold case and narrows the suspect list down until only one man is left standing. And no one can believe who that person is. A combination of expert crime scene analysis, computer forensics and the perpetrator’s own pathological urge to talk… the bereaved families finally see justice served.
Sep 2nd
500p

Playing with Fire

After a fiery car crash, charred remains are identified as Clayton Daniels until forensic evidence suggests the death was staged. As questions mount, investigators follow burn patterns, autopsy clues and records to uncover a bizarre scheme.
Sep 3rd
800a

Leaving Las Vegas

Glamorous las vegas, nevada is famous for wealth, lady luck and second chances. But when homicide detectives discover the charred remains of a prominent business man, sin city reveals a darker side. With a long list of suspects and millions of dollars on the line, investigators are suddenly thrust into a dangerous world of high stakes deception fueled by passion, greed and revenge. A murder mystery where nothing is as it seems and anyone is capable of anything, only forensic science can expose the truth and catch the killer.
Sep 3rd
500p

Killer Evidence

Hikers discover trash bags stuffed with human remains in a ravine, raising fears of a serial killer. Investigators turn to tattoos, DNA and cellphone records to identify the victim and reconstruct the events that led to her brutal death.
Sep 4th
800a

Greetings From Yahweh

A series of bombings and bank robberies have left the usually serene city of spokane, washington reeling. Claiming responsibility for the reign of terror, is a deadly, almost invisible sect called the phineas priests who seem to strike at will. The phantom cell, driven by a perverted code of hate is considered be the most radical and dangerous in the entire white supremacist movement. Although the gunmen are masked and leave few clues, an fbi forensic photoanalysis team, working with high quality bank surveillance footage, slowly starts to get a clearer picture of the assailants. The question is, can they find them before they strike again?
Sep 4th
500p

The Impossible Solution

In suburban Boston, college students find a teenage boy dead in the street. Bloodstain experts rule out a hit-and-run, and his trail from North Carolina forces detectives to test a bizarre, almost impossible explanation for how he died.