Catching Killers
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Catching Killers

Chaîne:Smithsonian Channel

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S02E07 - "Plant Evidence"

Diffusé le Jun 16, 2013, 4:00 PM

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Description

It's harder and harder to get away with murder. Today, detectives are convicting more criminals than ever before, thanks to forensic science. Fingerprints, bones, even insects are now forms of indisputable evidence, but that wasn't always the case. Revisit history's dramatic murder cases and see how forensic tools are changing crime solving.

Détails

Statut
Terminée
Langue
English
Durée
46 min
Première diffusion
June 17, 2012
Terminée
June 16, 2013
Programmation
Sunday à 0:00

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Épisodes (2 Saisons · 13 Épisodes)

Fire Investigation

Go back to one of the biggest turning points in fire investigation: a 1990 Jacksonville, Florida fire that left a family dead and the only adult survivor accused of murder.

May 5, 2013

46 min

Cyber Forensics

We track two investigations, decades apart, detailing how cyber sleuthing was first used to snare a West German hacker in 1986, and how, years later, technical advances helped the Boston Police capture the Craigslist Killer.

May 12, 2013

46 min

Criminal Profiling

They've been called the "voodoo police" by some detectives, but criminal profilers are often the law's only hope of putting killers behind bars. See how these specialized agents bring felons to justice by gathering evidence, studying motives, and getting inside some very troubled minds. Then witness two landmark cases: the hunt for the Mad Bomber of New York, when profiling got its trial run, and a 1982 investigation in which traditional methods failed, but psychological insights brought down one of the deadliest serial killers in history.

May 19, 2013

46 min

Blood Spatter

Join two investigations and see how the ever-evolving forensic science of bloodstain pattern analysis helped investigators solve both the 1954 murder of the wife of a prominent doctor and the death of a Las Vegas playboy 40 years later.

May 26, 2013

46 min

Trace Evidence

Sherlock Holmes made the analysis of trace evidence famous, but French scientist Edmond Locard made it a movement. Discover how his bold theories on using microscopic evidence to solve crimes helped crack a high profile 1912 murder case.

Jun 2, 2013

46 min

Cause of Death

When a death looks suspicious, forensic pathologists take a closer look. By thoroughly examining a corpse, they can determine the cause of death and whether or not a crime has taken place. See how this forensic science first gained notoriety 100 years ago in England, when a pathologist, though autopsies and wildly unconventional research methods, linked one man to two suspicious honeymoon deaths.

Jun 9, 2013

46 min

Plant Evidence

The son of Charles Lindbergh, America's favorite aviator, is kidnapped and murdered in 1932. The crime grips the nation and baffles police. It also catches the attention of a mild mannered wood expert from Wisconsin whose expertise will blow the case wide open and establish the science of forensic botany. Discover how a simple slat of wood helped catch the man who killed "The Eaglet."

Jun 16, 2013

46 min

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