The Circus Singer  In 2017, CNN reporter Thomas Lake receives a phone call from a circus singer who tells a wild, hard-to-believe story: James Brown didn’t die of natural causes in 2006; instead the Godfather of Soul was murdered. After months of calls from the circus singer, Lake decides to fly to Chicago to meet Jacque Hollander in person. There Jacque proves her connection to James Brown and shows Lake a videotape of a polygraph test she took in 1995 that was administered by a former FBI agent.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In the aftermath of violent crimes, unexplainable accidents and other strange occurrences, authorities search for answers in what was left behind. Listen as detectives, scientists and other experts sift through the clues, analyze the evidence and piece together data — all in hopes of finding the truth. Listen to Forensic Files II wherever you get your podcasts.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

After Ron DeFeo Jr. finds his parents and younger siblings dead in their Amityville, New York, home, police begin to search for the killer. Host Donnie Wahlberg and local journalist Joel Martin revisit that horrific evening in 1974, the crime scene and the investigation — all in hopes of answering a question heavy on residents’ minds: “Who would murder an entire family in the dead of night?”To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

While Earl Morris was vacationing in California, he learned that his wife had gone missing from their home in Arizona.  The search for Ruby Morris involved dozens of investigators, scientists, and even the coast guard. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman was reported missing, presumed dead. A clue inside the suspect’s watchband and a popular television show helped solve the case.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 1986 case of sexual assault and serial murder marked the first time DNA was used as evidence in a court of law.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders.   The killer had been careful; he used poison which has no taste or odor.  Fortunately for investigators, it also had a unique chemical signature.   To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A twelve-year-old girl claimed she had been abducted and sexually assaulted.  She recounted what happened in such a flat, unemotional voice that police found it difficult to  believe her.  Fibers on her clothing would prove she was telling the truth, and help police to find her attacker.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Two suspects living in the same apartment were linked to a murder by a gun and a pair of bloodstained boots – items that belonged to the one who claimed he'd never even met the victim. Investigators hoped the manufacturing code stamped on six beer bottles would be distinctive enough to prove who was telling the truth, and who was a cold-blooded killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

It's usually easy to determine how a criminal entered the crime scene. But in this case, it was far from clear. It looked like the killer vanished into thin air...and perhaps he had.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Early one morning, a woman went missing on her way to work.  A strand of hair in her hairbrush led investigators to unravel the mystery.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Twenty-four years after the death of a 15-year-old in California, forensic scientists discover enough microscopic evidence to finally bring the killer to justice.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The media dubbed him the “Last Call Killer” because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated.  His MO involved dismembering the bodies and wrapping the parts in plastic bags, which he then carefully washed to remove all incriminating evidence.  He eluded capture for almost ten years... and then new technology revealed fingerprints no one knew were there.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Bruce Miller was shot to death in the office of the business he owned. When a computer expert examined the computers owned by the victim’s wife and by her lover, he found the evidence needed to convict the person responsible for the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A serial killer in Arlington, Va., leaves the same clues behind at each crime scene.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young mother is murdered after years of domestic abuse.  There are clues at the scene:  bloody footprints and DNA from the victim’s rape kit.  But the evidence which will  conclusively tie the killer to the crime is on a freshly baked hamburger bun. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

One warm summer afternoon, the town of Verona, Wisconsin, faced its first triple homicide. To solve the case, investigators had to delve into the world of high rollers and offshore betting. With the help of forensics, they were able to bring down a killer who gambled, and lost.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A little girl disappears from a Christmas party.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Women in a small Louisiana city live in fear of a rapist who leaves no clues to his identity.  But computer technology and behavioral science combine to give police a new forensic tool: geographical profiling.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a woman is found murdered in a bar. Investigators believe the best evidence is the bite mark found on the victim. A postman is convicted of murder, but he maintains his innocence. Ten years later, improved technology yields new information.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Children at a Texas hospital seem to be dying at a higher rate than at any other US hospital.  Investigators look to a suspicious nurse.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A girl was found dead in her backyard. Her parents claimed she was attacked and killed by the family dogs, but police disagreed.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a mother and her child are abducted during a carjacking, the crime is reported within minutes. Police know they have a small window of opportunity to find them... and the clock is ticking.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Arson is suspected when a Seattle policeman's house burns down.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a young mother and her infant son are found dead in a cornfield, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims.  But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a long, blonde hair found on the victims.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When their trailer catches fire, the young husband heroically rescues his wife and infant son.  A month later, his wife is beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents’ home.  The cut window screen points to an intruder, but the lack of supporting evidence compels investigators to look beyond the obvious. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Two years after a girl was murdered, a tiny drop of blood and burned bones lead police to her murderers.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Several high-powered legal officials are victims of mail bombs.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a hit-and-run boating accident caused the death of a popular young man, investigators faced the daunting task of searching for one boat among 1,200 others. They asked anyone who had seen the accident to come forward. The man who responded did much more than witness the crash; he was a passenger in that other boat.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mother used her knowledge from murder mystery shows to determine who severely injured her young daughter in a hit-and-run accident.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Fire sweeps through a mansion, killing two children, and all evidence leads to the mother.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The investigation of the disappearance of a woman leads police to a suspect. But police could not find the victim’s body. Finally, police discover a charred tooth. Superimposed images and a dental filling give investigators the proof they need.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a college co-ed vanished without a trace, her fellow students were concerned about her safety… and their own. Weeks later, the body of an unknown female was discovered 700 miles away in the ashes of a barn fire, and an alert police officer realized the two crimes might be connected.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young woman is found dead in her apartment.  There’s little evidence at the scene, leads don’t pan out and the case turns cold... until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six years earlier in different state. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

How unlucky could one man be?  His wife had taken her own life, and his college sweetheart had killed herself in much the same fashion fourteen years earlier.  Investigators had to determine if this was a bizarre coincidence, or an attempt to get away with murder... twice.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1984, a couple set off for a camping trip but got lost and fell asleep at a scenic overlook in VirginiaTo learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

After he got into the home, the assailant used an axe to kill the husband and critically injure his wife. Nothing was taken, so this wasn't a robbery. A DNA profile from skin cells collected hundreds of miles away would reveal the killer's identity and his motive for murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A chemist suddenly starts to suffer from foot pain, partial numbness, and hair loss, and eventually dies. Could he have been poisoned?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The woman in the back of the truck was flailing her arms, screaming. They thought she was doing something dangerous for the fun of it. But when they found a jacket near a pool of blood, they knew what they'd seen wasn't a joy ride; it was an abduction.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Doctors don't know why the young scientist is gravely ill. When tests finally reveal the cause, it's too late to save him. Police hope that lab analysis of his hair - showing when attempts were made on his life and what was used - will lead to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When an 11-year-old girl disappeared from a small town in a remote area of Alaska, investigators wondered if she’d been attacked by a bear or become lost in the dense woods.  It turned out neither was true.  Her body was discovered 10 days later;  she’d been shot twice at close range, and sexually assaulted.  A tip from an eyewitness led police to a suspect, and trace evidence found at the crime scene convinced a jury of his guilt.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A nurse experienced flu-like symptoms. She visited the doctor for a check-up and learned she was HIV-positive. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom. The worst part: It wasn’t an accident.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site. More than a decade would pass before a phone call breathed life into the cold case, and a paint smear on the bottom of the victim's boot helped scientists determine what happened during the last hour of his life.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

For years, a woman suffered from what appeared to be the unpleasant side effects of lithium, a drug prescribed to treat bipolar disorder. When she died, investigators had to determine if her death was due to natural causes, suicide, or murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Time of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom. A similarity between her death and an HBO movie gives forensic examiners the clues they need to thaw out the alibi of a cold-blooded killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1984, hundreds of people in The Dalles, Oregon became ill with food poisoning.  Local, state and federal disease detectives slowly unraveled the medical mystery.  Along with a unique strain of bacteria, they discovered a religious cult's bizarre plot to overthrow the government -- using germ warfare.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The man suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days.  His wife maintained he killed himself, but police were skeptical... especially when they learned her first husband died when he was only 38-years-old, and she refused to consent to an autopsy.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she’d gone on vacation without telling anyone, or if she was the victim of foul play.  Investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to find the answers they needed. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Between the years of 1967 and 1972 over 300 commercial airplanes were hijacked worldwide, with over 130 of those happening in the United States alone. This period would become known as "The Golden Age of Hijacking." American Skyjacker is the tale of a small-time crook named Martin 'Mac' McNally, who dreamed of the ultimate mile-high score: hijacking a plane and getting away with $500,000 in cash; but Mac's hijacking is just the beginning of a truly epic and incredibly wild true-crime saga.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A behavioral profile is helpful in a murder investigation, but it's not a road map to the killer.  One such profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Department to search for the wrong man.  They might not have made an arrest, had it not been for a DNA picture of the suspect, painted by a molecular biologist.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An Arizona surgeon is found stabbed to death. All signs point to a random attack until investigators uncover an unlikely suspect. Police work to unravel the mystery in a case of jealousy, rage and the almighty dollar.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The medical examiner ruled the death an accident, but the detectives investigating the case thought the evidence at the scene indicated otherwise. It would take three years, an exhumation and a second autopsy to determine who was right.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The autopsy on the badly burned body of Charles "Jack" Lynch led investigators to search for a couple of killers.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A couple embarks on a holiday but never return. Police suspect drugs are the reason behind their disappearance. Days later a random burglary breaks the case wide open. Police use ballistics and DNA to capture two unusual suspects.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A family interrupts a burglary in their suburban home.  The gunman kills two and wounds two more. Police suspect the crime is related to a string of thefts in the area, but a closer look at the crime scene reveals the real motive and killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Denise Johnson was found dead in an Arizona forest with little forensic evidence around her. Could history be made in a courtroom with the utilization of plant DNA as evidence?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman is murdered on a jogging trail in the middle of the day.  The leads from cell phone records and search dogs go nowhere.  Nine days later, a witness tells police about a chance encounter, and cigarette butts which may contain the killer’s DNA.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Twenty-four hours after her face-to-face meeting with a man she met online, the woman and her soon-to-be ex-husband were shot to death.  Only the computer had been taken from her home, and with it, the means to identify the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police discover a decomposed body had been stuffed in a barrel 30 years earlier.  An address book was found with the body.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The story of how a routine missing-person case became a murder inquiry involving a love triangle.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Forensic scientists provide authorities with evidence that a death deemed accidental 20 years ago was actually murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mother was convicted for the death of her four-month-old.  An explanation for his death would come from his newborn brother. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A wealthy man and his wife were attacked by three men outside their luxurious Louisiana home. He was shot dead and she was forced to open their hidden safe. The woman could not describe the men because they wore masks. To solve the case, police would have to find out who knew about the concealed safe, and who would benefit from the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The investigation of an exotic dancer’s disappearance led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated.  The destruction of the remains was almost complete... almost, but not quite.   Soft tissue attached to a piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile, and positive identification of the victim. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A man kills two people with bombs in an effort to get investors off his back and is sentenced to life with no chance of parole.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a real estate developer is shot to death, his wife becomes the prime suspect.  Police have a wealth of evidence against her, but it’s circumstantial.  The case will turn on a .25 caliber bullet fired 20 years ago from the now-missing murder weapon.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman dies suddenly at home. Investigators are unable to determine the cause of death until they receive a call from the ex-wife of the dead woman’s husband. The sensitive nose of a toxicologist ends up sniffing out murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim had been stabbed more than a hundred times and her bedroom was soaked with blood. While her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she hadn't been sexually assaulted. Was this a sex crime, or the random act of a man with an intense hatred of women?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 12 year-old is the only witness to her mother's death and is unable to provide many details. Little did they know 12 years later, forensic evidence would lead the investigation right back to where it started.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An investigation into threatening letters sent to a popular elementary school teacher.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

There was no apparent reason for the young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner found the tiniest of clues during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel the mystery of betrayal and revenge.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim was brutally murdered.  Police learn her fiancé was having affairs with other women, and he becomes the prime suspect... that is until a man comes forward who not only believes he owns the murder weapon, he also knows who used it. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint on the body of one of the victims.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Peter Bogdanovich was a young cinephile who quickly rose to become one of Hollywood's top directors. But he soon found himself a victim of jealousy, hubris, public scorn – and a devastating crime.  Now, he looks back on a life of fame and failure, and through it all, an enduring love of the movies. A new seven-part documentary podcast from Turner Classic Movies. Subscribe today!To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim was discovered in a landfill, stuffed into a suitcase.  She resembled another woman, missing for 18 months.  Sure they were dealing with a serial killer, police faced the daunting task of combing through 225,000 tons of trash to find her body. To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The body of a young girl was discovered on isolated farm land near Delano, California. She had no ID, but police found mailbox and house keys in the pocket of her jeans. With no other clues, they checked the mailboxes of every apartment building in Delano… and their persistence paid off.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In little more than a month, two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered. The similarities of the crime scenes led police to conclude they were dealing with a serial killer who harbored an intense hatred of women... and they had to find him before he struck again.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mapmaker was surveying the grounds of a boy scout ranch when he came across a human skull.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Four young adults are brutally murdered in an affluent Texas neighborhood, and the crime scene yields little evidence. The next door neighbors see two young people dressed in black walking nearby, and their descriptions are used to create composite drawings which become a key element in solving the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A couple is found dead in their Washington home and all signs point to a professional hit. A palm print and two distinct shoe impressions help police separate fantasy from reality and expose a fatal flaw in one state's inmate release procedures.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The woman hadn't shown up for work in two days, and her boss reported her missing. When her body was found, the evidence pointed to suspects who claimed they had nothing to do with the crime. The victim, herself, would help police to prove they were lying.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching. Authorities hydrated the fingers and obtained a fingerprint, enabling them to identify the victim. Clinging to the sheet, they also discovered a tuft of red carpet fibers -- threads of evidence which led them straight to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family eluded the FBI. Investigators used art and forensic science to find the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a teenaged girl goes missing, no one knows if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play. Everyone's worst fears are confirmed when a body is found at the bottom of an isolated ravine. Police scour the crime scene, hoping to find enough evidence to identify the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman was ambushed in her driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that a co-worker half her age was in love with her, and that she'd spurned his advances. They now had to determine if love had turned into obsession... and a motive for murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A possible false confession forces investigators to reopen the case of a missing six year old. A decade later, a fresh look at new evidence leads them to someone hiding in plain sight.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The bodies of three women were found floating in Tampa Bay. The water washed away any evidence, but police hoped a handwritten note found in the victims' car would lead to the killer - so they posted huge copies of the note on five highway billboards.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body. Police were sure that if they found the man who fit the shoes, they would also find the man who committed the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mysterious computer crash pushes a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of employees. There is no apparent cause and no obvious clues. Forensic investigators must determine if the crash was the result of a computer defect, human error, or sabotage.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A Texas woman claims an intruder killed two of her sons but detectives question her story upon discovering inconsistencies.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a young single mother was brutally assaulted and murdered, her brother promised he'd find out who was responsible and bring the killer to justice. It would take more than 30 years, but the young man kept his promise, and in doing so, brought closure to his family.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young woman suddenly becomes critically ill; her symptoms worsen over time, eventually leaving her unable to walk. Then a bone marrow test reveals the cause; arsenic. Investigators now had to determine if the poisoning was caused by groundwater contamination or something much more sinister.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Now it's not only a fingerprint which can link a killer to a crime; a shoe print can be just as telling. Armed with little else, police hoped the show impressions found at a Lansing, Michigan crime scene would put their investigation back on track.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A man is found shot to death in his home. Determining the time of death becomes critically important to solving the murder, and in order to do so, investigators need to know when the victim ate his last meal.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 13-year-old girl went missing from her Colorado home, and the only evidence the kidnapper left behind was three fingerprints on a window screen. Two years later, a latent print examiner, new to the county and the crime lab, changed the course of the investigation by sharing a little-known fact with his colleagues.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A man tells police he shot an intruder who had attacked and murdered his wife. The husband is dubbed a hero for his valiant attempt to save his wife. Four years later, new evidence leads police to re-examine the motives of this so-called hero.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young couple was murdered during what appeared to be a drug deal gone awry. The victims' dog eventually led police to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Abby and Libby - two young girls murdered. Investigators are searching for the killer using their biggest clue: a recording of his voice from one of the victims' phones ordering the girls Down the Hill. Almost three years later, it's a mystery that still haunts the small town of Delphi, Indiana...and the police say the killer may walk among them.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An investigator must think quickly to find a way to capture a shoe impression left to melt in the snow.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police investigating the 1984 murder of a college student had plenty of suspects, but no conclusive evidence linking any of them to the crime. More than a decade later, sophisticated technology would breathe new life into a case grown cold with the passage of time.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

His daughter suspected something was wrong... and when she learned virtually everything had been removed from her father's home, she was sure of it. Even though she lived almost a thousand miles away, she took it upon herself to find out what happened and who was responsible.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The teeth had been removed from a human skull retrieved from a grave so the killer could keep the victim's identity secret. But did he?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The crime scene was especially violent; A husband and wife had been shot to death in their bedroom. At first, investigators thought their 16-year-old daughter was lucky to have escaped unharmed... but after awhile, they wondered if the reason she was alive had more to do with careful planning than good fortune.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Even though their daughter had run away before, she'd always come back. Her parents were sure this time would be no different... but they were wrong. Workers discovered the teen's half-naked body on the other side of the road; her throat had been slit. Police hoped the single foreign hair found in a defensive wound on her thumb would lead them to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A serial killer was strangling prostitutes then leaving the bodies in plain sight. The only clues were a tire impression and some threads.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When the wife of a noted doctor goes missing, authorities believe it may have to do with an allegedly shady adoption ring. But then her husband goes house-shopping with another woman claiming to be his wife, and a friend finds a strange pile of concrete in his backyard. Investigators use the concrete and the hazy recollections of a young child in an attempt to find the missing woman.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a severed leg is found in a dumpster, investigators are faced with the challenge of identifying the victim.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A beautiful model goes missing. No one can clue to her whereabouts until a park employee discovers photographs in a trash dumpster.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman's body was found at the bottom of the stairs. When an investigator recreates the fall, the results are surprising. Was this just a freak accident, or murder by an angry spouse.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

It was one of the most unusual cases in forensic history. Investigators had to find a way to solve a murder case with evidence which consisted of a squashed tomato found at the crime scene, and tiny, pinpoint reflections of light in a photograph. Would it be enough to catch a killer?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The news of a flight attendant's brutal murder prompted the son of a victim who had been killed five years earlier to contact police. The MO of both murders was remarkably similar, and analysis of the biological evidence from the crime scenes proved that these were serial killings.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman is shot to death but the case's prime suspect has a solid alibi: a video of his activities the day of the murder. Police asked a local professor to help them verify the tape, and he enabled them to see the killer hiding in the shadows.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Six-year-old Nicole Rae Walker was killed in a hit-and-run in her Ft. Lauderdale neighborhood. This was the first case in the United States where video animation was considered admissible to show to a jury.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The murder of a surgeon in an apartment community left police in St. Petersburg, Florida baffled. Cell phone mapping, wiretapping and a host of other forensic evidence would uncover a conspiracy, and bring the doctor's killers to justice.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman's death in Pennsylvania triggers a investigation into another woman's death in North Carolina. The similarities in the cases were striking, and medical examiners must determine if the suspect's story about accidental drowning is all wet.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A college senior was found raped and murdered near an unpaved footpath used by students to walk from one side of campus to the other. Five years earlier, a student was assaulted and killed in her off-campus apartment, and a year after that, another student was killed in almost the same way. Police feared a serial killer was on the loose and they needed to determine what - or who - these women had in common.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a student is reported missing, police believe she'd turn-up a few days later. But when they discover blood in her boyfriend's bedroom - which someone had gone great lengths to hide - they know this case is going to be different.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman's dead body is found in a public park. When a knife through to be the murder weapon turned up, investigators had an opportunity which seldom occurs: to compare the microscopic marks on the weapon with the marks on the victim's body.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The crime scene was awash with blood. Analysis showed it had come from two people, one of whom was female. The male DNA was the victim's, which meant the killer was a woman. Leads dried up and the case went cold... until a suspect arrested for drug possession offered police a deal, and told a bizarre tale of an exotic dancer who listened to voices in her head.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The bodies of two women are found in the ashes of a fire, which appeared to have been set deliberately. Evidence found leads investigators to a suspect, but it would take a blood stain no bigger than the head of a pin to convict him.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Two different men telephoned 911 to report a woman had been murdered; neither knew the other had called. Examination of bloodstains, a discarded candy wrapper, and a few tiny seeds enabled forensic scientists to determine who committed the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An aspiring model turned up dead, and the prime suspect was her boyfriend. When he was eventually cleared, investigators had to dig deeper to find the perpetrator. With the help of a forensic geologist, they identified the most unlikely suspects.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Painstaking forensic analysis of a murder victim leads police to a suspect, who turned out to be the same person who made what he thought was an anonymous 911-call.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Two young women were brutally murdered in Napa, California on Halloween night. The killer left his DNA behind, and a groundbreaking test revealed his race and even the color of his eyes and hair. Technology was able to tell investigators what he looked like... now all they had to do was find him.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman's body was found on a deserted road outside of San Antonio. After years, the victim's family hired a private investigator who finds her personal diary and uses its entries to find the perpetrator.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A heart surgeon is found dead in his home. Police assume suicide, but further investigation reveals his new wife was out for money.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

It appeared the victim had accidentally fallen and hit her head at the bottom of the stairs. But the odd position of her shows and the absence of blood splatter led police to suspect the scene had been stage... and Luminol proved they were right.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging her father killed her mother 30 years ago.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A federal agency ruled a fire that killed a child intentionally set, charging the mother with murder. Were government officials wrong?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young college student is found dead in her apartment. There are no obvious signs of foul play, but skin cells under her fingernails yield DNA of an unknown male suspect, and petechial hemorrhages in her eyes prove this is a homicide.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 12-year-old's death shakes a suburban Minnesota town. Police have no leads until a string of burglaries months after the murder leads them to the victim's possessions, and to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

After a day of fishing in a small village in Switzerland, a teenage boy did not return home as planned. His body was found in a cornfield, but investigators found microscopic one-cell organisms on him, which could only be found in water.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1993, worldwide attention focused on robberies which targeted tourists in Florida. Some vacationers were killed in thee attacks; some fought and survived, despite severe injuries. A bite mark is the key used to convict a suspect.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A pregnant woman is brutally attacked in her own home and her unborn child is killed. Was her husband wrongly convicted?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The truck fell off the hydraulic jack, crushed the man working beneath it, and sparked a fire... or so it seemed. Investigators turned to forensic science to determine if they were dealing with a tragic accident or a carefully orchestrated murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A funeral director is murdered and his son, the sole beneficiary of his estate, is considered a likely suspect... until witnesses provide him with an ironclad alibi. When police find a mask near the crime scene, they hope it will lead to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Orange fibers may link a van and a murdered girl's body.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Three homicides on two continents look like professional executions. Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic needed to find out if they were related and, if they were, who or what they had in common.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The woman was missing for a month. Police find her car but no evidence of foul play... only a fingerprint and a set of keys. There's a code on one of the keys, which they hope will unlock not only a door, but also the mystery of her disappearance.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

For six years, a serial killer prowled the streets of New York City. He wrote letters to police and "The New York Post," indicating he would kill twelve people, one for each astrological sign. Forensic astronomy, handwriting analysis, and DNA extracted from the flap of an envelope gave investigators a profile of the killer, and a stroke of luck enabled them to find him.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The woman could have lost control of her SUV on the icy road, and plunged down an embankment into a shallow creed, But there were footprints in the snow leading away from the vehicle and bloodstains on both the inside and the outside. Investigators were convinced this was the scene of a crime, not an accident.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a woman is found dead of a gunshot wound, forensic scientists proved once again that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A Modesto, California teenager went missing. There was no sign of a struggle in her home, and police suspected she'd simply run away... until her naked, bruised body was discovered in a ditch 20 miles away.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a gym teacher is found dead of what appears to be an accidental gunshot wound, his family is suspicious. When police find that the wife's previous husband died in questionable circumstances, they re-examine the crime scene.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

While in high school, Marie Robards suffered the devastating loss of her father to cardiac arrest but Marie had a secret.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

War criminals who moved to the United States are captured many years later thanks to forensic technology.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Now in its second season, Hell And Gone is a podcast from iHeartRadio and School of Humans that follows writer and private investigator Catherine Townsend as she investigates unsolved deaths in small-town Arkansas This season, she dives into the mysterious death of Janie Ward, a 16-year old high school student who died at a party in 1989 in Marshall, Arkansas. In the 30 years since her death, no one has been able to determine how she died even though there have been multiple investigations and her body has been autopsied three times. Season 1 investigated the cold-case murder of Rebekah Gould, a beautiful and popular college student who was killed in 2004.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A Canadian scam-artist, Albert J. Walker, assumes the identity of co-worker Ronald Platt as part of a money-laundering scheme. Platt later turns up dead and the only clues to his real identity are a Rolex watch and a maple leaf tattoo.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A brilliant young architect became ill and died just before she was to testify in a criminal trial. The autopsy revealed she'd been poisoned with arsenic; it was a slow and painful death, so suicide was unlikely. Investigators had to determine who among her family, friends and business associates had a motive for murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A murder mystery theater performance turns into a real life whodunit when a badly burned body is discovered after the performance.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The year was 1984, and a serial killer was on the loose in Florida. Eight women had been found dead. At each crime scene, investigators found tiny red fibers, fibers they hoped would lead them to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police find an abandoned car on a busy Philadelphia highway; later, strange marks on the driver's body lead police to her killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young woman was killed in a senseless act of revenge. Could police identify the killer through a fingerprint on cloth?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The huge amount of blood at the crime scene spoke of the violence of the attack; investigators describe it as "overkill," and it's usually an indication that the victim knew the attacker. Police hoped that, during the struggle, the killer had left some of his own blood - and his DNA - behind. Their challenge was to find it.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When hunters reported finding a skull in a Texas canyon, police immediately began an investigation. At the scene, they found bits of clothing, a woman's shoe, some small bones and a strand of hair. An anthropologist determined the victim was a Caucasian woman, and that she'd been stabbed repeatedly. A forensic artist reconstructed her face, and the image was released to media. Eventually, police learned who she was. Now all they had to do was find her killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

After the rape and murder of a popular high school student, authorities ask the males in her social circles to volunteer DNA. When a match is found, the community is stunned.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

While staying at a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, a Louisiana woman drowns in a bathtub. Her husband claims it was an accident, but detectives are skeptical as they discover evidence of foul play.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The story of nurse Tanya Reid who may have murdered her own baby and was planning to murder her son.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A retired police officer is discovered dead in his bed. Examination of the evidence at the crime scene, the tape from a bank surveillance camera, and forensic textbooks found in the victim's home are used to solve the murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim had ingested a massive amount of cyanide. An unlikely clue - a flaw on a mailing envelope -- exposed a murderer who was willing to kill innocent people to get the one person he wanted.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A series of murders near Sacramento, Calif., where prostitutes were gagged and molested, their clothes cut off in random patterns and their hair cut off.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A man confesses to killing his wife but forensic evidence may lead to another suspect.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When the body of a female prison guard shows up in a landfill, investigators suspect the prisoners in the facility where she worked. The medical examiner found an important clue, a "signature" element, which figured in two other murders.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When someone dies under mysterious circumstances, the spouse almost always is a suspect -- especially if they are in bed, sleeping beside the individual at the time of their death.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 29-year-old pregnant wife is found dead in her home of a gunshot wound to the head. Blood spatter analysis led police to the truth.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A gas station employee was shot at point blank range. Police find the entire murder was caught on the station's security camera.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A man considered unstable by his neighbors is accused of killing his wife. But a medical detective holds a different view.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

It looked like sixty-two-year-old Phillip Rouss, Jr. had it all: family, friends, and a new business which was the culmination of a life-long dream. Then his health began to deteriorate. Doctors couldn't pinpoint the cause of the illness and Phil began to suspect his condition was no accident. Toxicologists and investigators identified the real problem just in time to save Phil's life.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When the once called America's most hated woman and her top two lieutenants disappeared, there was no shortage of suspects.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Murder in a Seattle homeless encampment known as The Jungle. Three teenage brothers were charged, but are they the real killers? Only The Jungle knows. Join former federal prosecutor David Payne and producer Jody Gottlieb as they investigate. Somebody Somewhere Season 2: The Jungle Murders premieres June 11, 2019.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Just weeks before a witness is to testify against the man accused of sexually assaulting her, she is murdered in the front yard of her own home. Investigators immediately suspect her attacker, but they don't have enough evidence to prove his guilt. It would take fifteen years, and the remarkable advances in forensic science and DNA testing which occurred during that time, to enable police to nail the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An employee of a dry-cleaner was raped and murdered in the store, and investigators thought themselves fortunate to have two eyewitnesses. Their descriptions were similar but not identical, and the prime suspect didn't come close to resembling that person. So police turned to forensic science for the answers they needed.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a young fireman died from what appeared to be serious but undiagnosed heart disease, his family and friends were devastated but they had no proof of foul play. Then they learned that, six years earlier in a nearby town, a young police officer died in the same way. The men had one thing in common: At the time of their deaths, they were married to the same woman.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 33-year old woman meets, falls in love with, and marries a successful young doctor, but an unusual amount of discomfort during her pregnancy arouses her suspicions, prompting a personal investigation that culminates in a startling revelation.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The murder of an eccentric millionaire was not entirely unexpected; he flaunted his wealth and cared little for personal security. The evidence at the crime seemed to indicate robbery, but investigators wondered if there was something more.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The body of a businessman was found in his rental car. Teeth and bone fragments were all that remained of the body; When the victim's wife filed a life insurance claim, investigators sought the help of a forensic anthropologist.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim was well liked and successful, which made the brutality of the crime even harder to understand. In the final moments of her life, she'd written a name on the wall - presumably that of the killer - in her own blood. But this wasn't an open and shut case and, in order to solve it, investigators would have to read between the lines.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An elderly woman is murdered. Though investigators were able to lift prints from the scene, they failed to find a match and the crime went unsolved. Years later, advances in fingerprint science enable police to identify the print and the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a young dancer who got involved with the wrong crowd disappeared, her family immediately suspected her new friends. When a young dancer who got involved with the wrong crowd disappeared, her family immediately suspected her new friends.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A brutal murder, lots of suspects, and conflicting evidence... but the forensics were clear on one thing: The killer knew his victim. And that alone gave investigators a head start.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A serial bomber was on the loose in Illinois. Two churches had been bombed and one person was killed. Investigators had to stop the perpetrator before he struck again... and they hoped to find him by following a thin copper wire.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In a tragic twist of fate, just days after the woman sold her home and moved to a modest trailer, a fire took both the trailer and her life. But the autopsy proved this was no accident. It was arson and murder. Investigators had to determine who wanted the woman dead... and why.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman does not return home and, despite pleas from her family, police insist on treating it as a routine missing person's case.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An obstetrician returned home from the hospital and found his wife on the floor of the bathroom; she was covered with blood, not breathing. He tried unsuccessfully to revive her, staining his clothes with her blood in the process, and then he called 911. His version of events was not supported by the blood spatter evidence, and investigators had to determine why.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police uncover a trail that reveals a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police uncover a trail that reveals a husband's plot to kill his wife for insurance money.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The killer was meticulous, washing everything at the scene, including the victim's body. The only definitive evidence was a single foreign hair. Three years later he struck again and, this time, what he left behind would prove he committed both crimes.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A college co-ed was abducted from a parking lot. Her body was found later that day. She'd been sexually assaulted and shot at point blank range. Eight years passed and then a pair of shoes and a cell phone breathed new life into a cold case.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a woman's husband was gunned down in his own garage by intruders, investigators worked tirelessly to find the assassins. But when they discovered that a wound sustained during the attack by the grieving widow may have been self-inflicted, they turned to science to help t hem unravel a twisted tale of lust, greed, and deception.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1995, police in San Diego, California are baffled by a pair of hands found in a dumpster. The case goes cold but about a year later, investigators receive an anonymous letter with information about the crime that had been withheld from the press - information only the killer (or someone close to the killer) would know. Laser technology helps to identify the state, city, street address, and even the office number from where the anonymous letter was mailed, which leads them to LDS (Mormon) Bishop Mark Davis. Davis cites the privilege between clergy and church member as a reason to not disclose the source of the information, but a judge rules that since Davis sent the letter, he must identify the source.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When the wife of a dentist is found dead, police are unsure who killed her. As the investigation progresses, a woman confesses. Two years pass before fibers and a study of the weather on the night of the murder break the case open.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1996 in Indiana, four women had been sexually assaulted and a suspect was soon convicted. But the story doesn't end there.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

For twelve years, the murder of a young woman went unsolved, but with the passage of time came the development of technology. Would a used tissue found at the crime scene give police the evidence they needed to crack the case and bring a killer to justice?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police exhume the body of a murdered woman to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police arrive at a shooting, and discover the victim's husband is a homicide detective who says his wife shot herself. Investigators turn to a forensic scientist and ballistics expert to learn what really happened and who was responsible.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The assistant manager of the restaurant had been stabbed to death. Police knew why he'd been killed: $8,000 was missing from the safe. As to who was responsible, his family and friends couldn't even imagine who'd want to hurt him.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The woman was dead. The man had been shot four times but he survived. When the man's version of events was at variance with the evidence, investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to determine if this was a botched robbery, or cold-blooded murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A human skeleton was discovered in the North Carolina marshlands and, when investigators learned she'd been dead for 18 months, they knew it would be difficult to find out who she was, much less who killed her. A forensic anthropologist was able to determine the victim's race, age and height, but it would take an inventive computer consultant to give her a face and a name.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Eileen and Derrick Severs disappeared from their home in the small village of Hambleton in Great Britain, and police found evidence which suggested foul play.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a Massachusetts man dropped dead of an apparent heart attack, no one thought foul play was a possibility until police looked into his girlfriend's odd behavior in the days before his death.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Emelita Villa came to Arlington, Texas from the Philippines as a shy, impoverished, 18-year-old mail order bride for Jack Reeves, a man almost 30 years her senior. Six and a half years later, Emelita disappeared.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman is found dead in a ravine near a jogging path. Crucial crime scene evidence had been washed away by severe thunderstorms. Then, almost 20 years later, two pieces of newly-discovered evidence brought the killer to justice.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A man accused of killing his estranged wife insisted she committed suicide. Investigators said it was murder. The evidence was interpreted differently by the defense and prosecution. It was up to the jury to decide.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1993, the Amtrak Railroad experienced the deadliest train crash in United States history when the Sunset Limited derailed while crossing Alabama's 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 Bayou Canot.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Firefighters find an entire family dead inside their burned-out home, and at first glance, it appears to be a case of murder-suicide. But clues found at the scene soon lead investigators to believe otherwise. Forensic science, a time card, a drawing, and an audiotaped diary help prosecutors to build their case, and bring the killer to justice.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A highway patrolman was dispatched to what he thought would be a routine traffic accident... until he looked in the car. While he had no formal training in forensic science, he had seen hundreds of accidents - but never as much blood as this. He was shocked by the coroner's ruling of "accidental death," and then an anonymous phone call breathed new life into his investigation.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The investigation into the disappearance of Helle Craft led to the murder conviction of her husband.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

After eluding police for years, a model citizen in Olney, Texas is fund to be a serial killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A speck of bicycle paint and a speck nickel tie a suspect to the murder of a 9-year-old.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

While Earl Morris was vacationing in California, he learned that his wife had gone missing from their home in Arizona. The search for Ruby Morris involved dozens of investigators, scientists, and even the coast guard.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman was reported missing, presumed dead. A clue inside the suspect's watchband and a popular television show helped solve the case.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 1986 case of sexual assault and serial murder marked the first time DNA was used as evidence in a court of law.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Three seemingly unrelated deaths proved to be serial murders. The killer had been careful; he'd used poison which has no taste or odor. Fortunately for investigators, it also had a unique chemical signature.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A twelve-year-old girl claimed she had been abducted and sexually assaulted. She recounted what happened in such a flat, unemotional voice that police found it difficult to believe her. Fibers on her clothing would prove she was telling the truth, and help police find her attacker.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Two suspects living in the same apartment were linked to a murder by a gun and a pair of bloodstained boots - items that belonged to the one who claimed he'd never even met the victim. Investigators hoped the manufacturing code stamped on the six beer bottles would be distinctive enough to prove who was telling the truth, and who was a cold-blooded killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

It's usually easy to determine how a criminal entered a crime scene. But in this case, it was far from clear. It looked like the killer vanished into thin air... and perhaps he had.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Twenty-four years after the death of a 15-year old in California, forensic scientists discover enough microscopic evidence to finally bring the killer to justice.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The media dubbed him the "Last Call Killer" because he targeted men in gay bars who were obviously intoxicated. His MO involved dismembering the bodies and wrapping the parts in plastic bags, which he then carefully washed to remove all incriminating evidence. He eluded capture for almost ten years... and then new technology revealed fingerprints no one knew were there.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Bruce Miller was shot to death in the office of the business he owned. When a computer expert examined the computers owned by the victim's wife and by her lover, he found the evidence needed to convict the person responsible for the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A serial killer in Arlington, VA. leaves the same clues behind at each crime scene.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young mother is murdered after years of domestic abuse. There are clues at the scene: bloody footprints and DNA from the victim's rape kit. But the evidence which will conclusively tie the killer to the crime is on a freshly baked hamburger bun.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

One warm summer afternoon, the town of Verona, Wisconsin, faced its first triple homicide. To solve the case, investigators had to delve into the world of high rollers and offshore betting. With the help of forensics, they were able to bring down a killer who gambled, and lost.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A little girl disappears from a Christmas party.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Women in a small Louisiana city live in fear of a rapist who leaves no clues to his identity. But computer technology and behavioral science combine to give police a new forensic tool: geographical profiling.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a woman is found murdered in a bar, investigators believe the best evidence is the bite mark found on the victim. A postman is convicted of murder, but he maintains his innocence. Ten years later, improved technology yields new information.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Children at a Texas hospital seem to be dying at a higher rate than at any other US hospital. Investigators look to a suspicious nurse.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A girl was found dead in her backyard. Her parents claimed she was attacked and killed by the family dogs, but police disagreed.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a mother and her child are abducted during a carjacking, the crime is reported within minutes. Police know they have a small window of opportunity to find them... and the clock is ticking.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Arson is suspected when a Seattle policeman's house burns down.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a young mother and her infant son are found dead in a cornfield, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims. But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a long, blonde hair found on the victims.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A talented television news anchor was shot to death outsider 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?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When their trailer catches fire, the young husband heroically rescues his wife and infant son. A month later, his wife is beaten to death in a bedroom of his parents' home. The cut window screen points to an intruder, but the lack of supporting evidence compels investigators to look beyond the obvious.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Two years after a girl was murdered, a tiny drop of blood and burned bones lead police to her murderers.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Several high-powered legal officials are victims of mail bombs.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a hit-and-run boating accident caused the death of a popular young man, investigators faced the the daunting task of searching for one boat among 1,200 others. They asked anyone who had seen the accident to come forward. The man who responded did much more than witness the crash; he was a passenger in that other boat.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mother used her knowledge from murder mystery shows to determine who severely injured her young daughter in a hit-and-run accident.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Fire sweeps through a mansion killing two children, and all evidence leads to the mother.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The investigation of the disappearance of a woman leads police to a suspect. But police could not find the victim's body. Finally, police discovered a charred tooth. Superimposed images and a dental filling give investigators the proof they need.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a college co-ed vanished without a trace, her fellow students were concerned about her safety... and their own. Weeks later, the body of an unknown female was discovered about 700 miles away in the ashes of a barn fire, and an alert police officer realized the two crimes might be connected.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A young woman is found dead in her apartment. there's little evidence at the scene, leads don't pan out, and the case turns cold... until police discover a link between their prime suspect and an unsolved murder committed six ears earlier in a different state.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

How unlucky could one man be? His wife had taken her own life, and his college sweetheart had killed herself in much the same fashion fourteen years earlier. Investigators had to determine if this was a bizarre coincidence or an attempt to get away with murder... twice.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1984, a couple set off for a camping trip but got lost and fell asleep at a scenic overlook in Virginia.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

After he got into the home, the assailant used an axe to kill the husband and critically injure his wife. Nothing was taken, so this wasn't a robbery. A DNA profile from skin cells collected hundreds of miles away would reveal the killer's identity and his motive for murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A chemist suddenly starts to suffer from foot pain, partial numbness, and hair loss, and eventually dies. Could he have been poisoned?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The woman in the back of the truck was flailing her arms, screaming. They thought she was doing something dangerous for the fun of it. But when they found a jacket near a pool of blood, they knew what they'd seen wasn't a joy ride; it was an abduction.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Doctors don't know why the young scientist is gravely ill. When test finally reveal the cause, it's too late to save him. Police hope that lab analysis of his hair - showing when attempts were made on his life and what was used - will lead to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When an 11-year old girl disappeared from a small town in a remote area of Alaska, investigators wondered if she'd been attacked by a bear or become lost int he dense woods. It turned out neither was true. Her body was discovered 10 days later; she'd been shot twice at close range, and sexually assaulted. A tip from an eyewitness led police to a suspect, and trace evidence found at the crime scene convinced a jury of his guilt.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A nurse experienced flu-like symptoms. She visited the doctor for a check-up and learned she was HIV-positive. In the end, science was able to determine not only how she had been infected, but also by whom. The worst part: It wasn't an accident.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A security guard disappeared from his post without a trace; his remains were found a year later in a remote camp site. More than a decade would pass before a phone call breathed life into the cold case, a paint smear on the bottom of the victim's boot helped scientists determine what happened during the last hour of his life.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

For years, a woman suffered from what appeared to be the unpleasant side effects of lithium, a drug prescribed to treat bipolar disorder. When she died, investigators had to determine if her death was due to natural causes, suicide or murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Time of death becomes pivotal after a pregnant woman is found murdered in her air-conditioned bedroom. A similarity between her death and an HBO movie gives forensic examiners the clues they need to thaw out the alibi of a cold-blooded killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In 1984, hundreds of people in The Dalles, Oregon became ill with food poisoning. Local, state, and federal disease detectives slowly unraveled the medical mystery. Along with a unique strain of bacteria, they discovered a religious cult's bizarre plot to overthrow the government...using germ warfare.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The man suffered a slow, agonizing death over a period of days. His wife maintained he killed himself, but police were skeptical... especially when they learned her first husband died when he was only 38-years old, and she refused to consent to an autopsy.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a dedicated, well-respected teacher disappeared, police had to determine if she'd gone on vacation without telling anyone or if she was the victim of foul play. Investigators turned to forensic science, hoping to find the answers they needed.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A behavioral profile is helpful in a murder investigation, but it's not a road map to the killer. One such profile caused the Baton Rouge Police Department to search for the wrong man. They might have made an arrest had it not been for a DNA picture of the suspect painted by a molecular biologist.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An Arizona surgeon is found stabbed to death. All signs point to a random attack until investigators uncover an unlikely suspect. Police work to unravel the mystery in a case of jealousy, rage, and the almighty dollar.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The medical examiner ruled the death an accident, but the detectives investigating the case thought the evidence at the scene indicated otherwise. It would take three years, an exhumation, and a second autopsy to determine who was right.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The autopsy on the badly burned body of Charles "Jack" Lynch led investigators to search for a couple of killers.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A couple embarks on a holiday but never return. Police suspect drugs are the reason behind their disappearance. Days later a random burglary breaks the case wide open. Police use ballistics and DNA to capture to unusual suspects.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A family interrupts a burglary in their suburban home. The gunman kills two and wounds two more. Police suspect the crime is related to a string of thefts in the area, but a closer look at the crime scene reveals the real motive and killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Denise Johnson was found dead in an Arizona forest with little forensic evidence around her. Could history be made in a courtroom with the utilization of plant DNA as evidence?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Early one morning, a woman went missing on her way to work. A strand of hair in her hairbrush led investigators to unravel the mystery.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman is murdered on a jogging trail in the middle of the day. The leads from cell phone records and search dogs go nowhere. Nine days later, a witness tells police about a chance encounter, and cigarette butts which may contain the killer's DNA.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Twenty-four hours after her face-to-face meeting with a man she met online, the woman and her soon-to-be-ex-husband were shot to death. Only the computer had been taken from her home, and with it, the means to identify the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Police discover a decomposed body had been stuffed in a barrel 30 years earlier. An address book was found with the body.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The story of how a routine missing-person case became a murder inquiry involving a love triangle.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Forensic scientists provide authorities with evidence that a death deemed accidental 20 years ago was actually murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mother was convicted for the death of her four-month-old. An explanation for his death would come from his newborn brother.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A wealthy man and his wife were attacked by three men outside their luxurious Louisiana home. He was shot dead and she was forced to open their hidden safe. The woman could not describe the men because they wore masks. To solve the case, police would have to find out who knew about the concealed safe, and who would benefit from the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The investigation of an exotic dancer's disappearance led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated. The destruction of the remains was almost complete... almost, but not quite. Soft tissue attached to a piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile, and positive identification of the victim.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A man kills two people with bombs in an effort to get investors off his back and is sentenced to life with no chance of parole.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a real estate developer is shot to death, his wife becomes the prime suspect. Police have a wealth of evidence against her, but it's circumstantial. The case will turn on a .25 caliber bullet fired 20 years ago from the now-missing murder weapon.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman dies suddenly at home. Investigators are unable to determine the cause of death until they receive a call from the ex-wife of the dead woman's husband. The sensitive nose of a toxicologist ends up sniffing out murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim had been stabbed more than a hundred times and her bedroom was soaked with blood. While her body was positioned in a suggestive way, she hadn't been sexually assaulted. Was this a sex crime, or the random act of a man with an intense hatred of women?To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A 12 year-old is the only witness to her mother's death and is unable to provide many details. Little did they know 12 years later, forensic evidence would lead the investigation right back to where it started.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

An investigation into threatening letters sent to a popular elementary school teacher.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

There was no apparent reason for the young, healthy college student to be dead. But when the medical examiner found the tiniest of clues during the autopsy, investigators were able to unravel the mystery of betrayal and revenge.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

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.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim was brutally murdered. Police learn her fiance was having affairs with other women, and he becomes the prime suspect...that is until a man comes forward who not only believes he owns the murder weapon, he also knows who used it.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A serial killer was on the loose and police had to find him before he struck again. Their most promising lead was an unusual one: a bloody fingerprint on the body of one of the victims.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim was discovered in a landfill, stuffed into a suitcase. She resembled another woman, missing for 18 months. Sure they were dealing with a serial killer, police faced the daunting task of combing through 225,000 tons of trash to find her body.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The body of a young girl was discovered on isolated farm land near Delano, California. She had no ID, but police found mailbox and house keys in the pocket of her jeans. With no other clues, they checked the mailboxes of every apartment building in Delano... and their persistence paid off.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In little more than a month, two women who lived in the same apartment complex were brutally murdered. The similarities of the crime scenes led police to conclude they were dealing with a serial killer who harbored an intense hatred of women... and they had to find him before he struck again.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mapmaker was surveying the grounds of a boy scout ranch when he came across a human skull.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Four young adults are brutally murdered in an affluent Texas neighborhood, and the crime scene yields little evidence. The next door neighbors see two young people dressed in black walking nearby, and their descriptions are used to create composite drawings which become a key element in solving the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A couple is found dead in their Washington home and all signs point to a professional hit. A palm print and two distinct shoe impressions help police separate fantasy from reality and expose a fatal flaw in one state's inmate release procedures.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The woman hadn't shown up for work in two days, and her boss reported her missing. When her body was found, the evidence pointed to suspects who claimed they had nothing to do with the crime. The victim, herself, would help police to prove they were lying.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Hikers near Anchorage, Alaska discovered a body wrapped in sheets which were edged in orange stitching. Authorities hydrated the fingers and obtained a fingerprint, enabling them to identify the victim. Clinging to the sheet, they also discovered a tuft of red carpet fibers -- threads of evidence which led them straight to the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family eluded the FBI. Investigators used art and forensic science to find the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

When a teenaged girl goes missing, no one knows if she ran away or if she was the victim of foul play. Everyone's worst fears are confirmed when a body is found at the bottom of an isolated ravine. Police scour the crime scene, hoping to find enough evidence to identify the killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A woman was ambushed in her driveway and shot to death. During their investigation, police learned that a co-worker half her age was in love with her, and that she'd spurned his advances. They now had to determine if love had turned into obsession... and a motive for murder.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A possible false confession forces investigators to reopen the case of a missing six year old. A decade later, a fresh look at new evidence leads them to someone hiding in plain sight.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The bodies of three women were found floating in Tampa Bay. The water washed away any evidence, but police hoped a handwritten note found in the victims' car would lead to the killer - so they posted huge copies of the note on five highway billboards.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

The victim had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death on the beach, just ten yards from the hotel where she was staying. A pair of men's tennis shoes was discovered near her body. Police were sure that if they found the man who fit the shoes, they would also find the man who committed the crime.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

A mysterious computer crash pushes a thriving manufacturing company to the brink of collapse, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of employees. There is no apparent cause and no obvious clues. Forensic investigators must determine if the crash was the result of a computer defect, human error, or sabotage.To learn more about how HLN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy