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The Best Episodes of Forensic Files Season 13

Every episode of Forensic Files Season 13 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Forensic Files Season 13!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 47 - Dirty Little Secret
    8.0/10(140 votes)

    S13:E47

    Joshua Ford and Martha Crutchley spent Memorial Day weekend at the beach, and then they simply vanished. A week later, police would get an unexpected lead from a robbery in progress, and the evidence they found helped solve a crime of unparalleled violence and brutality.

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  2. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 25 - Family Ties
    7.9/10(118 votes)

    S13:E25

    When court clerk Peter Porco doesn't report to his work in November 2004, a courts officer is ordered to the Porcos' family home in Bethlehem, NY. Inside the home, he finds murdered Peter Porco and his barely alive wife Joan who had both been savagely attacked with a fireman's axe. Eventually, a DNA sample may lead to the killer.

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  3. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 32 - All That Glitters Is Gold
    7.9/10(103 votes)

    S13:E32

    A bullet-riddled car, a missing driver, and no witnesses. Was this an ambush or a random attack? Had the victim been abducted or was she dead? The answers lay in a unique clue so tiny it was measured in millionths of a meter.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 43 - Family Interrupted
    7.9/10(113 votes)

    S13:E43

    On December 10, 2003, a gunman opened fire as a family of four entered their home, killing two and wounding the others. He’d pulled open a few drawers to make it look like a robbery, but the scene was clearly staged. When police pieced together the clues, they discovered an unlikely suspect and a carefully orchestrated plot.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 5 - Double Cross
    7.6/10(101 votes)

    S13:E5

    In 1996, Virginia Beach police arrive at the Makdessi apartment to find Elise Makdessi and her lover Quincy Brown dead. Elise's husband Eddie had reported that he killed Quincy Brown in self defense after Brown had murdered Elise. Eddie gave the police a videotape Elise had made a week before, alleging that she had been the victim of sexual harassment and assault while in the Navy. Investigators found evidence that her allegations may have been part of an elaborate scheme for financial gain. Hoping to separate fact from fiction, they turned to forensic science.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 11 - Stranger in the Night
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    S13:E11

    In 1991, Dorothy Donovan was murdered in her Dover, DE home and police are skeptical when her son Charles Holden stated that she was murdered by a hitchhiker he had picked up. Their suspicions were heightened when he refused to take a polygraph test and they turned to forensic science. Would the blood and fingerprint evidence at the crime scene support Charles' story or prove his guilt?

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 13 - Sands of Crime
    7.6/10(113 votes)

    S13:E13

    In the early hours of a morning just before Christmas, a college co-ed was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment. Her body was found later that day; she'd been sexually assaulted and then shot at point blank range. Eight long years passed and then a pair of running shoes and a cell phone breathed new life into a very cold case.

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  8. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 19 - Seedy Intentions
    7.6/10(112 votes)

    S13:E19

    When a nine-year-old girl goes missing, police and volunteers spend weeks searching for her. A psychic's vision leads to a field where her body is discovered, along with what investigators hope is enough evidence to help them to also find her killer.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 21 - Smiley Face
    7.6/10(91 votes)

    S13:E21

    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.

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  10. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 48 - Lights Out
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    S13:E48

    Whoever stabbed a young Texas mother to death had also savagely beaten her 4-year-old daughter. Police had a suspect, but not enough evidence to tie him to the crimes. It would take 15 years and advances in DNA technology to bring the killer to justice.

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  11. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 4 - Political Thriller
    7.5/10(95 votes)

    S13:E4

    In 2006, Nevada politician Kathy Augustine died mysteriously during a hard-fought re-election campaign and the medical examiner could neither isolate the cause of death, nor explain the tiny puncture wounds discovered during the autopsy. Upon deeper analysis, investigators focus on her husband Chaz Higgs, a critical care nurse who had ready access to succinylcholine.

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  12. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 9 - Home Evasion
    7.5/10(92 votes)

    S13:E9

    In 2000, Judy Southern arrived home from work and was shot by a gunman waiting within. Her husband Allen arrived shortly afterwards, called 911 to report his wife had been shot and drove her to the hospital. She died on arrival and the investigation focused on her husband Allen, but forensic analysis and a suicide note found at the scene pointed to the killer.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 12 - Kidnapping
    7.5/10(91 votes)

    S13:E12

    In 2001, Ginger Hayes and her infant son Nicholas were abducted during a carjacking and the crime had been reported by a witness within minutes of occurrence. 45 minutes after the kidnapping, When Ginger and Nicholas were found 50 miles away, Ginger had been beaten to death, but Nicholas was still alive. Further analysis of Ginger's car and evidence at the scene where Ginger was found both led to her killer.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 41 - Palm Saturday
    7.5/10(84 votes)

    S13:E41

    In 2007, Brian & Beverly Mauck were found dead in their Graham, WA home. The killer obviously spent a great deal of time at the scene, wiping away his fingerprints and obscuring shoe impressions he’d tracked through blood trails on the floor. But in the process, he created new evidence which was just as incriminating.

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  15. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 44 - Runaway Love
    7.5/10(100 votes)

    S13:E44

    It was classic “overkill.” Barbara Mullenix, found floating in the harbor of an upscale yacht club in Newport Bay on September 13, 2006, had been stabbed more than 50 times. Her ex-husband and daughter are missing, and investigators turn to forensic science to determine if they’re searching for victims... or perpetrators.

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  16. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 2 - House Hunting
    7.4/10(98 votes)

    S13:E2

    In 2006, Texas real estate agent Sarah Anne Walker was found brutally murdered in a model home. Weeks later, a witness came forward who may have seen the killer and police used forensic hypnosis to help him recall every detail of the man's appearance. His description was used to create a composite sketch, which police used to draw the killer out of hiding.

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  17. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 3 - Shoot to Thrill
    7.4/10(92 votes)

    S13:E3

    In 2003, St. Cloud teenager Jason MacLennan returned home after a night out with friends and discovered his father Ken's body lying in a pool of blood. There were shoe impressions outside in the new-fallen snow; because the victim's wallet and watch were missing, the motive may have been robbery. But before making that determination, police needed to find out who had the most to gain from his death.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 10 - Window Watcher
    7.4/10(90 votes)

    S13:E10

    In 1986, Gary Dale Larson was stabbed to death in his Edmond, OK, home and then the killer sexually assaulted Larson's girlfriend Janet Haynes. Hayne's story seemed farfetched: The perpetrator was wearing only underwear and gloves broke into the house, stabbed Larson to death, then raped and terrorized her for hours afterwards. But, the evidence at the scene supported her story, and investigators turned for help to the FBI and their criminal profilers.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 20 - DNA Dragnet
    7.4/10(110 votes)

    S13:E20

    Digital enhancement of security camera video shows that what appears to be a casual encounter is actually a forced abduction, leading to murder. The perpetrator's M.O. is remarkably similar to another murder which occurred five months earlier, 15 miles away. When investigators learn the crimes might not be isolated or random, they also realize a serial killer may be on the loose.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 31 - Hair Line
    7.4/10(89 votes)

    S13:E31

    Doctors don't know why a 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.

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  21. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 36 - Writing on the Wall
    7.4/10(93 votes)

    S13:E36

    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.

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  22. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 38 - Cold Feet
    7.4/10(82 votes)

    S13:E38

    In 1985, Julie Estes, then 21, was abducted from her late-night job at the Southside convenience store. Her body was found the next day, she had been raped and strangled. Her murder went unsolved until 2003 when it was reopened by the new cold case squad at the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, who look to DNA evidence to try to nail the killer.

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  23. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 42 - Shoe-In for Murder
    7.4/10(101 votes)

    S13:E42

    Terrified, the young girl hid in her bedroom while her mother, Crystal Perry, was attacked and stabbed to death in her home in Bridgton, ME, on May 12, 1994. Investigators had a wealth of evidence: shoe impressions, distinctive blood drops, and the killer’s DNA. What they didn’t have was a basis for comparison.

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  24. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 45 - Watchful Eye
    7.4/10(97 votes)

    S13:E45

    On May 20, 2001, 20-year-old state park employee Carrie Nelson was beaten to death in the park office while working alone in the middle of the afternoon. There’s a wealth of evidence at the scene, but it doesn’t implicate the prime suspect, it clears him. Six years -- and 600 leads -- later, advances in DNA technology enable investigators to identify and convict the killer.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Forensic Files Season 13 Episode 46 - Waste Mis-Management
    7.4/10(97 votes)

    S13:E46

    Foul play is suspected when Fort Worth factory worker Glenda Furch disappears in September 2007 after completing her shift. Evidence suggested she had been bound, sexually assaulted and murdered. Afterwards, the killer spent hours at the crime scene, wiping away his fingerprints and disposing of everything which might incriminate him, including her body. Police now face a daunting task: They not only have to find the killer, they also have to find the body of the victim.

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Season 13 Ratings Summary

"Dirty Little Secret" is the best rated episode of Forensic Files season 13. It scored 8.0/10 from 140 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on May 28, 2010. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Family Ties".