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| ShortSummary=In 1992, 50-year-old [[Huntsville, Alabama]] eye doctor Jack Wilson is found dead by his wife Betty, having been beaten, stabbed and lying in a pool of blood with a baseball bat nearby. Police arrest an itinerant painter/handyman, James Dennison White, who is found with the doctor's credit cards. White subsequently reveals Betty Wilson was having an affair, and claims she and her twin sister, Peggy Lowe, hired him to commit the murder. White and Betty Wilson are both sent to prison, but at Peggy Lowe's trial, defense attorneys bring in a forensic expert who testifies that the crime could not have been committed the way that White said it did, claiming he committed the murder of his own accord. This leads to Peggy being acquitted, but does not disprove suspicions of Betty's involvement, so she remains in prison, and the mystery goes unsolved.
| ShortSummary=In 1992, 55-year-old [[Huntsville, Alabama]] eye doctor Jack Wilson is found dead by his second wife of 14 years, Betty, having been beaten, stabbed and lying in a pool of blood with a baseball bat nearby. Police arrest the elementary school's itinerant painter/handyman, James Dennison White, who is found with the doctor's credit cards. White subsequently reveals Betty Wilson was having an affair, and claims she and her twin sister, first-grade teacher Peggy Lowe, hired him to commit the murder. White and Betty Wilson are both sent to prison, but at Peggy Lowe's trial, defense attorneys bring in a forensic expert who testifies that the crime could not have been committed the way that White said it did, claiming he committed the murder of his own accord. This leads to Peggy being acquitted, but does not disprove suspicions of Betty's involvement, so she remains in prison, and the mystery goes unsolved.
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Revision as of 14:06, 7 September 2021

Forensic Files
Season 1
Release
Original networkTLC
Original releaseApril 23 (1996-04-23) –
December 19, 1996 (1996-12-19)
Season chronology
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Season 2
List of episodes

Forensic Files is an American documentary-style series which reveals how forensic science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. The show was broadcast originally on truTV, in reruns on HLN, was narrated by Peter Thomas, and produced by Medstar Television, in association with truTV Original Productions. It has broadcast 406 episodes since its debut on TLC in 1996 as Medical Detectives.

Episodes

No. in
series
No. in
season
Title Original air date
11"The Disappearance of Helle Crafts"April 23, 1996 (1996-04-23)
22"The Magic Bullet"October 17, 1996 (1996-10-17)
33"The House that Roared"October 10, 1996 (1996-10-10)
44"The Footpath Murders"October 23, 1996 (1996-10-23)
55"Planted Evidence"October 24, 1996 (1996-10-24)
66"Southside Strangler"October 31, 1996 (1996-10-31)
77"Legionnaires' Disease"November 7, 1996 (1996-11-07)
88"The Wilson Murder"November 14, 1996 (1996-11-14)
99"Deadly Neighborhoods"November 21, 1996 (1996-11-21)
1010"Insect Clues"November 28, 1996 (1996-11-28)
1111"Outbreak"December 5, 1996 (1996-12-05)
1212"The List Murders"December 12, 1996 (1996-12-12)
1313"Raw Terror"December 19, 1996 (1996-12-19)

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