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- This series features interesting crimes stories where forensic science played critical role in solving.
- 1997–200123mTV-147.6 (14)TV EpisodeThe murder of a suburban teenager leads investigators into the dark world of punks and skinheads.
- 1997–200122mTV-147.8 (6)TV EpisodeTwo men are shot and killed in a botched robbery at a local community centre after catching two thieves in the act. The murders occur in the boiler room. One of the bullets has pierced a drum of purple air conditioning fluid and so the floor is a wet, sticky mess of blood and purple fluid.
- When women are being drugged and sexually assaulted, a forensic toxicologist wrestles with his own integrity to nail the disgusting culprit.
- A car carrying six friends crashes. As bodies fly in all directions, four teenagers die and two are critically injured. Sara LeBeau, who owns the car, survives but has total amnesia. Who was driving? Using toxicology, chemistry, accident reconstruction and DNA, charges are eventually laid against LeBeau. (This Ontario case is currently under appeal.)
- 1997–200123mTV-148.2 (6)TV EpisodeA hunter makes a gruesome discovery near Saskatoon - a human skull. Detectives find the remains of two more bodies close by. A forensic anthropologist determines the three victims are female and aboriginal, all killed in the same time frame. The victims are identified through a police artist's reconstruction drawings. Behavioural profiler Ron MacKay helps nail a brutal serial killer.
- Maggots that have eaten away the face of an unknown victim could turn out to be the key to solving the brutal murder.
- A middle aged Vancouver barber is having remarkably bad luck with his girlfriends - they kept dying. Coincidentally they were all native and alcoholics, so it is some time before an astute pathologist questions the staggeringly high blood alcohol levels. Forensic science pins Gilbert Paul Jordan as the serial killer in the world's first trial of homicide by alcohol poisoning.
- A dead body is fished out of the sea. Wearing shoes and a Rolex watch, but no I.D. - is it murder or suicide? So begins the Albert Walker case - wanted for embezzlement in Canada, fled to England, then killed a man to steal his identity.
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.0 (6)TV EpisodeAs sophisticated as forensic science has become, the human factor opens the door to fallibility. "Double Jeopardy" presents a tragic example of what happens when forensic science fails. In this case, a forensic scientist misinterprets the facts surrounding a shooting, thereby allowing the guilty party to walk free. But the victim's mother won't let the case rest.
- A three and a half-year-old child is reported missing. After a 20-day search, her body is found floating in Toronto harbour. Fibre evidence found throughout the child's clothes plays a crucial role in solving this crime and convicting a child killer.
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.0 (7)TV EpisodeAfter breaking into a series of cottages, a mysterious house hermit turns killer. The case is unlocked when the police turn to the public for help and release the killer's distinctive handwriting to the press.
- 1997–200123mTV-148.4 (5)TV EpisodeThe beaten and frozen dead body of a missing man is found in his abandoned car in Ottawa. The suspects are his wife and/or two male tenants. Detectives unearth stories of jealousy, abuse and a bloody boot. Whoever wore the boot killed the man. Police call on a forensic footprint specialist to solve the mystery.
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.0 (8)TV EpisodeAn intruder breaks into a family home in a well-to-do Calgary neighbourhood. When he's confronted by the owner, the burglar stabs him to death. The killer flees leaving behind several smudged prints on a window that appear to be left by a pair of gloves. Can these help nail a murderer?
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.1 (7)TV EpisodeIn 1986, Toronto and the rest of Canada were stunned by the Alison Parrott case. More than a decade would pass before this tragic case would be solved thanks to the perseverance of the newly formed "Cold Case Squad." In the meantime, the horror of Alison's fate changed many parents' views towards the safety of their children and ushered in an era of educating kids on street smarts.
- 1997–2001TV-147.4 (7)TV Episode
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.2 (5)TV EpisodeTwo young sisters are murdered and recovered DNA points a "finger from the grave" at the killer. The police determine the crime scene had been staged to look like a 'break and enter' and the primary motive for the crime was homicide not theft.
- On Victoria Day as fireworks are going off, someone is on a killing spree. The next morning, three prostitutes are found shot dead. One is a transvestite, one is a transsexual and the third is a woman. The bullets from each killing prove to come from the same gun.
- 1997–200123mTV-148.0 (6)TV EpisodeA woman goes missing in Summerside, PEI. The blood inside her abandoned car tells a terrible story. DNA confirms the blood on a splattered man's jacket matches that of the missing woman. The jacket is also covered with white cat hairs. When the woman's body is found, her estranged common-law husband is charged.
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.3 (7)TV EpisodeA finger print from a piece of broken glass sets in motion what becomes an investigation spanning 2 provinces and involving numerous police forces and social agencies. A deranged murderer is on the loose, and needs to be stopped before he kills again.
- 1997–200123mTV-148.2 (6)TV EpisodeDisguised bandits fell a Brinks guard in Oshawa. The police find a fake bomb in the abandoned getaway car. It is a major forensic clue in tracking the gang. The bandits are charged - but the prosecution needs to find the murder weapon. Just days before the trial, investigators get a break, putting them knee-deep in swampy water searching for the murder weapon.
- A quiet May evening is shattered by the blast of a huge explosion and minutes later part of a quiet urban neighborhood is up in flames. The police are confronted with hate slogans spray-painted onto what is left of a garage door. Is this a hate crime and if so, who was the target?
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.3 (6)TV EpisodeIn 1974, this band of gentlemanly bank robbers from Canada stole $700,000 in gold bricks from a storage warehouse at Ottawa International Airport. It was and still is Canada's biggest-ever gold robbery. The gang was eventually caught, but escaped before the end of the 70's. After escaping, all three moved to the US and regrouped, beginning an incredible string of more than 50 bank robberies.
- 1997–200123mTV-PG8.1 (10)TV EpisodeAn Ottawa journalist champions early parole for a convicted murderer and in the tradition of a cheap romance novel, ends up falling in love with him. After he's released, the two move in together. Then she mysteriously disappears. Where else would suspicion fall but upon the ex-con lover?
- 1997–200122mTV-148.3 (7)TV EpisodeWhen a vivacious cheerleader is murdered and sexually assaulted, DNA profiling helps investigators exonerate the innocent and convict the guilty in a 13-year-old case.