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Most shocking is the ultimate 'caught-on-camera' reality show featuring high-adrenaline, action-packed stories of criminal behavior. In this episode, a homicidal fugitive takes refuge inside a mansion, exchanging gunfire with police. Then, three men abduct a wheelchair-bound woman but their flight from justice comes to a crushing end. And, cops bulldoze a convenience store to get at a kidnapper but it takes a sniper’s bullet to bring him down. Tv-14v

Some of the best clues come from the least likely places. Baffling crimes have been solved and criminals betrayed through evidence provided by insects, beer bottles, and other seemingly meaningless objects.

They know as much about crime as any crime fighter, or any criminal. They’re the crime writers, and through their eyes we see murder most foul. Combining perspectives of law enforcement, felons, and journalism, crime writers provide us with as near a first-person account as possible.

A good coroner provides what’s necessary to solve a crime. A bad one can spoil an otherwise rock-solid case. Cyril wecht and henry lee, two of the country’s most respected coroners, share their cases and insights into crime solving.

Sondra Better’s life was cut short in a violent attack in 1998, leaving behind a mystery that puzzled detectives for years. A surprising clue surfaces two decades later, shedding light on the truth.

When Joleen Cummings misses a Mother’s Day pickup, her family calls police. Detectives find a blood-soaked workplace, a felon boyfriend and a suspect with shifting identities, using forensic evidence and an old ruse to uncover the truth.

From judges to city council members, sometimes officials who are given authority take it too far.

22-year-old Ashley Edwards and 28-year-old John Gardner share one thing in common – they die suddenly with no apparent cause. But as both autopsies unfold, it seems as though each of their medical histories could be the key to the case.

A woman disappears without a trace; even though foul play is suspected, the leads don’t pan out and the trail turns cold. Twenty years would pass before police are able to link a clump of hair discovered in an isolated area with the missing woman. Members of “NecroSearch,” a group of volunteer forensic scientists, searched a remote area of Colorado a meter at a time, found the victim’s body, and gave authorities the evidence they needed to bring the killer to justice.

A talented television news anchor was shot to death outside her home; it appeared to be a crime of passion, perpetrated by an obsessed fan. A police dog tracked the scent of the killer through the adjacent woods and back to the crime scene. Could the murderer be one of the onlookers, watching the police conduct their investigation?

Investigators sifted through the ashes of a fire which had killed a 40-year-old woman, the estranged wife of a police officer. At first glance, the fire appeared to have been started by an unattended cigarette. But when forensic scientists looked closely, they discovered the cause was far more complicated.

For seven years, a trio of men robbed one bank after another. They always got away before the police arrived, and they left no evidence behind. But the way they stood and the clothes they wore told a story… a story that could be read by forensic scientists.

The solution to the most heinous crimes often hinge on the smallest of clues. Investigators must have their eyes trained to find the full story of a murder written in a single scrap of evidence.

The United States is one of the most profitable drug markets in the world. For ruthless and sophisticated drug traffickers, it is truly the land of opportunity.

On October 1, 1993, a stranger abducted 12-year-old Polly Klaas during a slumber party in her home.  The FBI was immediately called in.  Agents collected fibers from her bedroom and discovered, through the use of laser light sources, a palm print on Polly’s bed, previously invisible to the naked eye.  After a massive two-month investigation, the FBI arrested Richard Allen Davis.  Palm prints and fibers matched and Davis was convicted of abduction and murder.

Border patrol agents discovered the bodies of a young mother and her toddler son along the Rio Grande.  Detectives closed in on a surprising suspect.

Weapons are the hallmark of violent crime, tools designed to harm – or kill. Forensic science has developed a world of techniques for tracking and identifying these devices. Blood spatter, explosive residue, ballistics and trauma wounds tell crime scene investigators their deadly story

In a jealous rage, 57-year-old professor George Zinkhan murders his wife, her lover and shoots other members of their amateur theatre troupe

Neuroscientist Amy Bishop is denied tenor, and it results in deadly consequences for her co-workers.

When wealthy couple Ted and Corey are attacked by an intruder in their home in the middle of the night, robbery seems like the most likely motive. But a suspicious open window at the back of the house leads police in another unexpected direction.

In a tiny hamlet just outside the town of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada, 58-year-old Doreen Bradley, owner and operator of a successful fast food restaurant, is found murdered in her rural home. Authorities are unable to find any clues that point them toward possible suspects. When they uncover a small amount of DNA from an unknown person, investigators must get creative to try to match it to possible killer – and the entire town is shocked and horrified by the results.

A train conductor discovers a decapitated body on the tracks. To solve the case Lt. Joe Kenda must listen to a voice from beyond the grave. Then... a sleeping bag in a basement contains the body of a teenage girl. To find her killer, Kenda must expose a family’s darkest secret.

The brutally beaten body of First Nations sex trade worker Pamela George is discovered on a cold spring morning just outside Regina, Saskatchewan. Initial investigators focus on men known as Ôbad tricksÕ, but three weeks later, new information changes the direction of the investigation. Popular university students Steven Kummerfield and Alexander Ternowetsky, white boys from successful families, are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ms. George. They are ultimately convicted of manslaughter in a sensational case that divides the public along racial lines.

A young woman is found murdered in her Portland, Oregon, apartment on Christmas Day and investigators soon learn the terrifying truth about her vicious killer.

A woman's ex-boyfriend hides video cameras and microphones in her home while he waits for an opportunity to seek a bloody revenge.

A couple is murdered in front of children and a mysterious message is written across the home; investigators believe the murder is somehow drug related.

Most shocking is the ultimate 'caught-on-camera' reality show featuring high-adrenaline, action-packed stories of criminal behavior. In this episode, a pursuit through a snowy mountain pass ends in a hailstorm of bullets. Plus, a meth-head on a racing bike hits speeds of over one hundred fifty miles per hour, but it’s not long before his crimes catch up with him. And, a suspect tries to escape police in a school bus, but doesn’t make the grade. Tv-14v