Forensic Files (1996)

Crime · Documentary

Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find previously undetectable evidence. Brilliant scientific work helps convict the guilty and free the innocent.

IMDb rating: 8.8 (8,229 votes)
Seasons: 15
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Hulu · fuboTV · Peacock · The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Xumo Play · Tubi TV · The CW · Hoopla · Plex · Plex Channel · Fawesome
Language: EN
Type: TV series

Browse all u-shaped seasons in the explorer → Open in Rising Shows app → View on IMDb

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 15 seasons indexed

Cast

Peter Thomas Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (1996)

7.34 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 23 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Disappearance of Helle Crafts	7.7	270
2	The Magic Bullet	7.4	218
3	The House That Roared	7.0	185
4	The Footpath Murders	7.7	147
5	Planted Evidence	7.0	169
6	Southside Strangler	7.5	168
7	Legionnaires' Disease	7.2	157
8	The Wilson Murder	6.9	160
9	Deadly Neighborhoods	6.8	84
10	Insect Clues	7.1	153
11	Outbreak	7.2	119
12	The List Murders	8.5	269
13	Raw Terror	7.4	122

Season 2 (1997)

7.49 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 7.3 22 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Common Thread	7.7	159
2	The Dirty Deed	7.2	161
3	Killer Fog	7.1	163
4	Sex, Lies and DNA	7.4	156
5	Bitter Potion	7.8	150
6	The Blood Trail	7.5	147
7	Fatal Fungus	7.3	126
8	Charred Remains	7.6	150
9	Something's Fishy	7.9	147
10	Sealed with a Kiss	7.7	120
11	Postal Mortem	7.5	141
12	Micro-Clues	7.4	133
13	Deadly Parasites	7.3	105

Season 3 (1998)

7.45 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 21 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Without a Trace	7.5	128
2	Knot for Everyone	7.3	129
3	The Talking Skull	7.6	140
4	Foreign Body	7.5	72
5	Deadly Delivery	7.3	135
6	Similar Circumstances	7.5	128
7	Grave Evidence	7.1	120
8	Deadly Formula	7.4	117
9	Beaten by a Hair	7.6	138
10	Crime Seen	7.6	123
11	Speck of Evidence	7.5	129
12	Broken Bond	7.5	107
13	Out of the Ashes	7.5	132

Season 4 (1999)

7.39 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 7.3 22 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Invisible Intruder	7.7	156
2	The Killing Room	7.2	135
3	Ultimate Betrayal	7.3	115
4	Cement the Case	7.1	125
5	Innocence Lost	7.3	120
6	'Til Death Do Us Part	7.6	129
7	Ties That Bind	7.7	120
8	Body of Evidence	7.5	140
9	Accident or Murder?	7.4	130
10	Core Evidence	7.1	101
11	Haunting Vision	7.8	163
12	With Every Breath	7.1	118
13	Slippery Motives	7.3	138

Season 5 (2000)

7.37 avg 19 episodes 7.3 → 7.2 22 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Badge of Deceit	7.3	122
2	Dew Process	7.4	125
3	A Woman Scorned	7.2	123
4	A Voice from Beyond	7.9	148
5	Burning Ambition	7.1	124
6	Memories	7.6	90
7	Trail of Truth	7.4	110
8	Material Evidence	7.6	121
9	'Kill'igraphy	7.5	136
10	Nursery Crimes	7.3	107
11	Lasting Impression	7.3	118
12	Foundation of Lies	7.5	132
13	Unholy Vows	7.2	119
14	Broken Promises	7.6	133
15	Time Will Tell	7.5	118
16	Second Shot at Love	7.4	115
17	Journey to Justice	7.0	114
18	Video Diary	7.1	106
19	Deadly Knowledge	7.2	126

Season 6 (2001)

7.30 avg 30 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 22 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Missing in Time	7.3	113
2	Missing Pearl	7.1	125
3	Man's Best Friend?	7.2	109
4	Hand Delivered	7.2	118
5	Death Play	7.3	96
6	Fire Dot Com	7.5	121
7	Mistaken for Dead	7.5	118
8	Frozen Evidence	6.9	118
9	Soft Touch	7.0	110
10	Church Disappearance	7.3	115
11	Photo Finish	7.5	121
12	Whodunit	7.4	125
13	Horse Play	7.5	122
14	Treads and Threads	7.5	109
15	Killer's 'Cattle' Log	7.6	122
16	Skin of Her Teeth	7.9	127
17	Line of Fire	6.9	108
18	Bad Blood	8.1	163
19	Pure Evil	7.7	123
20	Root of All Evil	7.3	118
21	Where the Blood Drops	6.7	98
22	Punch Line	7.3	106
23	Sibling Rivalry	6.9	114
24	Pastoral Care	7.1	120
25	Bagging a Killer	7.5	116
26	Double Trouble	6.9	110
27	Cats, Flies and Snapshots	7.0	100
28	Naked Justice	7.1	113
29	Treading Not So Lightly	7.5	124
30	Shopping Spree	7.4	124

Season 7 (2002)

7.18 avg 42 episodes 7.4 → 7.8 22 min avg

Rebound

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Cheater	7.4	104
2	Forever Hold Your Peace	7.5	110
3	Reel Danger	7.2	109
4	Who's Your Daddy	7.1	108
5	The Alibi	7.5	119
6	A Bite Out of Crime	6.9	57
7	Purr-Fect Match	7.1	100
8	Bio-Attack	7.2	106
9	A Shot in the Dark	6.7	93
10	Without a Prayer	7.4	110
11	A Clutch of Witnesses	7.1	105
12	Scout's Honor	6.6	99
13	A Touching Recollection	7.0	100
14	A Leg to Stand On	7.0	106
15	Partners in Crime	6.7	95
16	Within a Hair	7.2	97
17	Chief Evidence	7.2	97
18	A Bitter Pill to Swallow	7.6	105
19	Sip of Sins	7.5	99
20	Telltale Tracks	7.4	94
21	Ghost in the Machine	7.0	97
22	Frozen in Time	7.5	94
23	Cold Storage	7.1	108
24	The Metal Business	7.2	114
25	Dressed to Kill	7.6	108
26	Palm Print Conviction	7.1	96
27	A Vow of Silence	7.1	88
28	Elephant Tracks	7.1	111
29	A Bag of Evidence	7.1	99
30	Tooth or Consequences	7.1	96
31	The Sniffing Revenge	6.7	85
32	Sleight of Hand	7.1	78
33	Scratching the Surface	6.7	91
34	Fire Proof	7.4	90
35	X Marks the Spot	7.7	85
36	All Charged Up	7.2	79
37	Breaking the Mold	7.8	109
38	House Call	7.1	109
39	Marathon Man	6.9	77
40	The Sniper's Trail	7.4	73
41	Plastic Fire	6.7	101
42	Last Will	7.8	118

Season 8 (2003)

7.22 avg 42 episodes 7.0 → 6.9 22 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dessert Served Cold	7.0	97
2	The Music Case	7.2	108
3	Paintball	7.5	102
4	Sign Here	7.3	117
5	Shadow of a Doubt	7.7	115
6	Tourist Trap	7.5	120
7	Once Bitten	7.6	103
8	All Wet	7.2	109
9	Shot of Vengeance	7.5	117
10	Dinner and a Movie	7.4	102
11	A Wrong Foot	7.4	104
12	Order Up	7.0	105
13	When the Dust Settled	6.8	104
14	A Welcome Intrusion	7.6	103
15	Within Arm's Reach	7.2	93
16	Private Thoughts	7.1	102
17	Brotherhoods	6.9	95
18	Hair of the Dog	6.9	93
19	Breaking News	7.3	102
20	All the World's a Stage	7.1	99
21	The Big Chill	7.0	95
22	Bound for Jail	7.3	99
23	Sphere of Influence	7.2	98
24	Nailed	7.3	98
25	Sign of the Zodiac	7.7	105
26	Letter Perfect	7.2	103
27	True Lies	7.2	98
28	Bed of Deceit	7.2	92
29	Smoke in Your Eyes	6.9	96
30	Flower Power	7.3	95
31	Past Lives	7.3	97
32	Over and Out	7.1	105
33	Death by a Salesman	7.1	95
34	Web of Seduction	7.3	92
35	Grounds for Indictment	6.9	92
36	Duelling Confessions	7.4	99
37	Traces of Truth	7.2	92
38	Honor Thy Father	7.2	90
39	Hack Attack	7.1	90
40	Deadly Curve	6.9	93
41	Visibility Zero	7.2	93
42	Flashover	6.9	92

Season 9 (2004)

7.32 avg 30 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 22 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Road Rage	7.3	101
2	Hunter or Hunted?	7.0	98
3	In Harm's Way	6.9	99
4	No Corpus Delicti	7.3	102
5	News at 11	7.2	102
6	Burning Desire	6.9	100
7	Cloak of Deceit	7.5	96
8	Bad Medicine	7.1	90
9	Stick 'em Up	7.5	94
10	Head Games	7.2	104
11	Making the Collar	7.3	91
12	The Financial Downfall	7.7	109
13	A Daughter's Journey	7.9	132
14	Over a Barrel	7.1	93
15	Pinned by the Evidence	7.3	104
16	Cries Unheard	7.0	103
17	Buried Treasure	6.9	105
18	Badge of Betrayal	7.8	125
19	Deadly Matrimony	7.7	124
20	Muddy Waters	7.3	99
21	Point of Origin	7.7	118
22	Seeds for Doubt	7.1	106
23	Saving Face	7.3	115
24	Northern Exposure	7.1	103
25	Silk Stalkings	7.4	103
26	Fishing for the Truth	7.8	110
27	For Love or Money	7.5	105
28	South of the Border	7.4	105
29	The Stake-Out	7.1	102
30	Walking Terror	7.4	106

Season 10 (2005)

7.33 avg 42 episodes 7.1 → 7.1 22 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trial by Fire	7.1	75
2	Marked for Life	7.7	103
3	Plastic Puzzle	7.4	105
4	Up in Smoke	7.2	91
5	Soiled Plan	7.1	92
6	Headquarters	6.9	99
7	One for the Road	7.2	100
8	Army of Evidence	7.4	86
9	Shear Luck	7.1	90
10	Tagging a Suspect	7.7	106
11	Strong Impressions	7.4	101
12	Cereal Killer	7.7	106
13	Crash Course	7.4	85
14	A Leg Up on Crime	7.7	112
15	Tight-fitting Genes	7.6	97
16	Deadly Valentine	7.3	93
17	Picture This	7.2	85
18	Oily in the Morning	7.3	94
19	Gold Rush	7.5	109
20	Four on the Floor	7.4	102
21	Writer's Block	7.1	78
22	A Clean Getaway	7.1	83
23	Prints Among Thieves	7.3	88
24	Unholy Alliance	7.2	93
25	Signed, Sealed, and Delivered	7.8	79
26	Cop Out	7.6	106
27	Summer Obsession	7.2	96
28	Elemental Clue	6.9	78
29	Moss, Not Grass	6.7	101
30	Material Witness	7.2	98
31	Garden of Evil	7.5	104
32	Sunday School Ambush	7.7	93
33	Penchant for Poison	7.1	77
34	Bump in the Night	7.2	90
35	Sole Searching	6.8	79
36	Murder on the Menu	7.4	103
37	Hot on the Trail	7.7	96
38	High 'n' Dry	7.6	101
39	To the Viktor	7.2	89
40	Wired for Disaster	7.5	113
41	Wood-be Killer	7.5	99
42	Enemy Within	7.1	49

Season 11 (2006)

7.24 avg 42 episodes 6.8 → 7.3 22 min avg

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Naughty or Nyce	6.8	90
2	Going for Broke	6.9	84
3	Just Desserts	7.3	95
4	Sunday's Wake	7.2	92
5	Shattered Dreams	7.1	96
6	Dockter Visit	7.4	100
7	Murder She Wrote	7.2	82
8	Concrete Alibi	7.6	91
9	Key Evidence	7.3	87
10	The Gambler	6.9	83
11	Weakest Link	7.0	82
12	Capitol Crimes	7.1	98
13	Undertaken	7.1	80
14	Dark Waters	6.8	82
15	Nice Threads	7.4	88
16	Grave Danger	7.9	110
17	Internal Affair	7.1	89
18	A Case of the Flue	7.1	92
19	No Safe Place	7.1	82
20	Live Wire	7.3	96
21	Van-ished	7.6	91
22	A Novel Idea	7.5	109
23	Chief Suspect	7.6	101
24	Water Hazard	7.0	85
25	Shell Game	7.3	98
26	Ring Him Up	7.7	105
27	Killer Impression	7.4	94
28	If I Were You	7.3	147
29	As the Tide Turns	7.3	90
30	A Tight Leash	7.3	130
31	Muffled Cries	7.3	131
32	Critical Maneuver	6.8	81
33	Skirting the Evidence	7.0	123
34	Small Town Terror	7.1	119
35	Fresh Heir	7.1	122
36	Ticker Tape	7.1	79
37	Step by Step	7.4	113
38	Blanket of Evidence	7.3	111
39	Fired-Up	7.0	111
40	Two in a Million	7.7	120
41	Bitter Brew	7.5	107
42	Message in a Bottle	7.3	64

Season 12 (2007)

7.27 avg 30 episodes 7.7 → 7.2 21 min avg

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sharper Image	7.7	117
2	Insulated Evidence	7.1	100
3	Cold Hearted	7.3	86
4	Wheel of Misfortune	7.4	104
5	Quite a Spectacle	7.1	85
6	Transaction Failed	6.9	78
7	The Day the Music Died	7.7	147
8	Sole Survivor	7.2	114
9	Insignificant Others	7.1	85
10	Catch 22	7.0	107
11	A Cinderella Story	7.1	108
12	Screen Pass	7.2	78
13	Pressed for Crime	7.1	89
14	Finger Pane	7.0	88
15	Good as Gold	7.2	91
16	Freedom Fighter	7.4	82
17	Dog Day Afternoon	7.2	85
18	Shattered Innocence	7.1	97
19	All Butt Certain	7.9	104
20	Jean Pool	7.1	86
21	Traffic Violations	7.4	89
22	Brotherly Love	7.4	85
23	Disrobed	7.6	89
24	Driven to Silence	7.3	92
25	Printed Proof	7.4	91
26	About Face	7.2	96
27	In the Bag	7.5	83
28	Yes in Deed	7.0	78
29	Guarded Secrets	7.2	82
30	Smoking Out a Killer	7.2	86

Season 13 (2008)

7.34 avg 50 episodes 7.0 → 7.0 21 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Frozen Assets	7.0	97
2	House Hunting	7.4	96
3	Shoot to Thrill	7.4	90
4	Political Thriller	7.6	91
5	Double Cross	7.6	100
6	Dancing with the Devil	7.2	89
7	Last Dance	7.0	96
8	Constructive Criticism	7.1	82
9	Home Evasion	7.5	88
10	Window Watcher	7.4	88
11	Stranger in the Night	7.6	103
12	Kidnapping	7.5	89
13	Sands of Crime	7.6	111
14	Calculated Coincidence	7.3	82
15	Sworded Scheme	7.3	101
16	Unmasked	7.3	81
17	Fashion Police	7.3	102
18	Church Dis-Service	7.3	103
19	Seedy Intentions	7.5	110
20	DNA Dragnet	7.4	107
21	Smiley Face	7.6	89
22	Dirty Laundry	7.2	77
23	Drowning Sorrows	7.2	80
24	As-Fault	6.9	83
25	Family Ties	8.0	114
26	Trouble Brewing	7.1	74
27	Holy Terror	6.6	85
28	Needle in a Haystack	7.3	82
29	Room with a View	7.3	86
30	Dollars and Sense	7.0	80
31	Hair Line	7.5	84
32	All That Glitters Is Gold	7.9	99
33	Deadly Rebellion	7.3	74
34	Sign of the Crime	7.0	77
35	Covet Thy Neighbor	7.0	82
36	Writing on the Wall	7.4	90
37	Hundreds of Reasons	7.1	79
38	Cold Feet	7.4	79
39	Separation Anxiety	7.2	83
40	Office Visit	7.0	99
41	Palm Saturday	7.5	81
42	Shoe-in for Murder	7.4	98
43	Family Interrupted	7.9	108
44	Runaway Love	7.4	96
45	Watchful Eye	7.4	93
46	Waste Mis-Management	7.4	94
47	Dirty Little Secret	8.0	137
48	Lights Out	7.5	109
49	Pet Rock	7.3	86
50	Best Foot Forward	7.0	79

Season 14 (2010)

7.40 avg 21 episodes 7.5 → 7.3 21 min avg

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Purebread Murder	7.5	119
2	Hear No Evil	7.3	107
3	Hell's Kitchen	7.1	86
4	Three's a Crowd	7.6	107
5	A Squire's Riches	7.5	106
6	Home of the Brave	7.3	97
7	Freeze Framed	7.7	96
8	Touch of Evil	7.2	90
9	Textbook Murder	7.2	107
10	Filtered Out	7.3	104
11	Water Logged	8.0	152
12	Social Circle	7.8	118
13	Low Maintenance	7.2	84
14	Fate Date	7.5	95
15	Trail of a Killer	7.6	85
16	Gone Ballistic	7.4	84
17	Seeing Red	7.5	90
18	Auto-Motive	7.1	42
19	Skeleton Key	7.1	85
20	Funeral Services	7.1	84
21	Expert Witness	7.3	71

Season 15 (2001)

7.60 avg 3 episodes 7.6 → 7.9 60 min avg

Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Payback	7.6	52
2	See No Evil	7.3	52
3	The Buddhist Monk Murders	7.9	43

Forensic Files (1996)

Cast

Seasons

Shows like this