Tuesday

In this episode, a birthday boy becomes a human torch when the cake’s candles erupt in a freak explosion of flames… plus, a mobster gets nabbed by cops on his wedding day and hauled from the alter and into the backseat of a cop car. Also, mardi gras party girls flash the crowd and get pelted with exploding fireworks. Tv-14

Philadelphia’s vidocq society, named after an 18th century french detective, is one of the world’s most unusual crime-solving organizations. These prominent sleuths solve a murder case from a missing shoe, and successfully prove homicide without a body.

For some killers, murder can be a profitable business. And the scene of the crime can be both a source for clues, and puzzling questions. When a victim has been targeted for death, investigators must look beyond the obvious to uncover a murder for hire.

Sometimes, the cause of death does not match the scene of the crime. When an untraceable poison is used to commit murder, homicide detectives turn to forensic toxicologists to follow a killer’s tracks and expose a toxic death.

A quiet Amish town, a young woman vanishing without a trace, and a chilling discovery months later. A red car, hidden evidence, and a community left shaken. The search for truth unravels a sinister plan, revealing the darkness lurking beneath a peaceful façade.

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?

Digital enhancement of security camera video shows that what appears to be a casual encounter is actually a forced abduction, leading to murder. The perpetrator’s MO is remarkably similar to another murder which occurred five months earlier, 15 miles away. When investigators learn the crimes might not be isolated or random, they also realize a serial killer may be on the loose.

The woman had been sexually assaulted, stabbed repeatedly, and left for dead. She survived, and gave police a detailed description of her attacker. When someone who fit that description practically turned himself in, police were sure they had their man... until the DNA evidence proved them wrong.

The victim was a self-made man who never minced words. Perhaps he was murdered by a disgruntled client or employee. Perhaps the racy photos in his safe held the clue to solving the crime. Or perhaps with the help of the IRS, investigators could follow the money and find the killer.

A family vacation turns into a nightmare when the wife is found face-down in the lake. There are no witnesses and little conclusive evidence to help police determine if they’re dealing with a suicide, an accident, or something more sinister... until a forensic pathologist uses a groundbreaking technique to discover the truth.

When the victim of a violent crime is a member of law enforcement, the job of investigating becomes personal. At a United States border crossing, armed fugitives kidnapped a customs’ inspector then vanished.

In the 1980’s, thousands of violent criminals flooded into America from Cuba and Colombia. Drugs hit South Florida and the area bloated with illicit wealth became a violent powder keg.

Lies and deceit can often throw investigators off the trail of justice. But when hard evidence contradicts a killer’s story, police must use the clues to piece together the truth. Follow investigators as they unravel a web of lies to track down and catch the killers.

Teen Susana Morales vanishes on her way home. Months later, her remains and a stolen gun lead police to a shocking suspect—an officer once trusted to protect her neighborhood.

The wildest spring break arrests in Florida.

The sudden death of a 35-year-old man baffles Dr. G. And when the threat of a deadly bacteria surfaces, all bets are off... Then, a man is found dead in bed – and his family is left fearing the worst. Altered lives, baffling medical mysteries, shocking revelations. These are the everyday cases of Dr. G: Medical Examiner.

The woman seemed to have simply disappeared, and police were treating treated the case as that of a missing person. A blood trail leading to the basement of her home, and a partial excavation of the floor, yielded nothing. But a year later, with the help of groundbreaking forensic technology, police would find her body and determine who was responsible for her death.

Anonymous letters sent through the United States mail aren’t always untraceable. One such letter, an anonymous “tip” to police about a murder, mentioned information about the crime that had been withheld from the press. It was information only the killer would know. Laser technology helped to identify the state, city, street address and even the office number from where the anonymous letter was mailed.

Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father while she was still in high school. The death was ruled the result of cardiac arrest. One year later, she won a part in her high school production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The lines she was required to recite onstage were more than the thoughts and feelings of her character; they struck a chord, and hinted at her own inner turmoil, from the secret she had been hiding.

When a federal agency rules that a fire was intentionally set, the mother of the child killed in the suspicious fire was charged with murder. But are government scientists, with all of their resources, always right? The accused in this case undertook her own arson investigation, and was able to poke enough holes in the governments scientific conclusions – to raise serious questions about whether the fire was intentionally set.

In Seattle, a young woman vanishes and her phone goes dark. As strange texts confuse family and friends, detectives lean on digital forensics and a badly damaged cellphone to uncover what happened and who was really using her device.

Neighbors are stunned when close friends Louis Matos and Colleen Johnson are gunned down in cold blood for no apparent reason. After a vexing series of false leads, the case kicks into high gear when Lt Joe Kenda locates a panic-stricken eyewitness who played an unwitting role in the bloodbath.

Murder-for-hire is a complex crime. Solving it means finding the killer, and whoever paid for the hit. In South Carolina a death first ruled accidental was no accident, but that was just the beginning.

Multiple murders in rural communities are always a shocking occurrence, but never more so than in Livingston County, Missouri in the late 1980Õs. Ray and Faye Copeland, an elderly farmer and his wife, would become AmericaÕs oldest couple on death row when a simple livestock scam escalated into murder.

In 1985, a popular high school girl is found murdered in the Angeles National Forest. Investigators run through a network of a classmates, rivals, and troublemakers to find her killer. Years later, a break in the cases exposes the shocking truth.

A maternal senior psychiatric nurse that fired a junior nurse and heroin addict causes a two-day hostage situation that resulted in the death of a person.

A town council member's murder appears to be committed by a professional killer when a single bullet is the only evidence uncovered that caused her death.

In this episode, a cop trying to break up a soccer riot gets attacked with a burning flare. Plus, a drag car explodes, trapping the driver in a raging inferno. Also, a world series victory celebration explodes in a city-wide melee. Tv-14