Four bodies - two adults and two children - were found shot in a house in an outer suburb of Canberra. Inside the house was evidence that would not only lead investigators to the killer, but would uncover a secret buried for years. Could a car crash, which had taken the lives of two other members of the same family, been no accident at all?

Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Janet Phillips went to a party in her small town of Wynnum, on Brisbane's south side, in July 1978 and never came home. As her parents reported her missing, the body of a girl was found a couple of kilometers away. It was Janet. Police had a strong suspect but they were unable to prove he'd killed the teenager. It would take 10 years, two further knife attacks on young women, and a tenacious detective with a long and unforgiving memory, to prove Lloyd Clark Fletcher was the killer.

In November 1989, Paul Snabel disappears from his flat in Moe, Victoria after a party. When his flat-mate reports him missing, police suspect foul play, and have their suspicions confirmed when parts of his bike are found in local dams and tips. When the detectives investigate Paul's final movements, they uncover a tangled web of deceit and lies.

A mother and her two children were found in their house brutally bashed to death. Was it a robbery gone wrong, or something far more sinister? A trail of evidence leads detectives to one shocking conclusion. The episode includes the police videotaped interview with the suspect.

Queensland Cat Protection Society president Kathleen Marshall is found brutally stabbed to death. In a case involving rumours, catfights and fortune telling, the detectives would rely on forensics and five tiny spots of blood to separate fact from fiction and point them towards the killer.

A young woman's body is found wrapped in plastic; unceremoniously dumped under a railway overpass in a suburb near Sydney's busy international airport. Unidentified for several months, she became known as Jane Doe. The only clue to her identity and that of the killer was a fingerprint found on a newspaper stuffed in her throat - how it got there and how it caught her killer was a one in a million forensic phenomenon.

When a battered body is found dumped outside an ambulance station in Brisbane, police began an investigation that would become one of the largest, most intricate and longest running in Queensland history. As the judge in the case later remarked, "This was a script from a B-grade movie but the characters were real and the ending tragic." Includes the video witness statements from the victim's brother and friend who narrowly escaped death themselves.

When Andrew Atsbury went missing, police first thought he may have commited suicide. But after discovering a vital piece of evidence which was previously invisible, they knew it was murder. But where was the body? With new age forensics and old fashioned foot work, a man who had been trusted in the past would become their prime suspect. His interview with police is included in this episode.

When a young girl's body is found in a park in the teeming rain, the police had the odds stacked against them. They would need to call on all their investigative and forensic skills to solve a series of murders that even today sends a chill down the spines of those who lived through it. This episode details the capture of serial killer Paul Denyer and features his cold and calculating confession.

When a skull is found protruding from a sand embankment of a beach, police have their suspicions that the victim is a criminal who had been missing for some 12 years. This area had always been suspected as a dumping ground for underworld killings, yet detectives would rely on forensics to prove their hunch. How Task Force Snowy nabbed the infamous Arthur "Neddy" Smith.

When Amanda Carter went out to celebrate her 22nd birthday in July 1980 at a pub in Hobart, she failed to come home. A determined group of detectives and forensic scientists believed they knew who had most probably killed Amanda that night, but they needed to find her body. That happened six weeks later, but it would take another 13 years and a revolution in forensic science to prove their gut instinct. Includes the videotaped interview of the police suspect when they finally catch up with him.

Two Newcastle men disappear without a trace; leaving their families distraught and desperate for information. When their abandoned cars are discovered in the same car park, the two cases are immediately connected. In their hunt for clues police uncover a tangled web of lies in a case involving drugs, revenge and cold blooded murder. Included in this episode are the actual police taped interviews with witnesses and suspects.

Samantha Bodsworth's body was found in a Noosa car park, an hours drive from her home town of Gympie. The killer thought he'd committed the perfect murder but a little known area of forensic science would be his undoing. This episode includes the police videotaped interview with the suspect.

A taxi driver is murdered and, a month later, a human torso is washed up on a shore. Both murders are seemingly unrelated, yet DNA and an observant public would lead detective to the "bow and arrow" killer. Richard Leonard's chilling confession is included in this episode.

In 1998, the brutal deaths of shopkeeper David O'Hearn and Lord Mayor Frank Arkell led to the city of Wollongong, New South Wales being gripped in fear. This episode shows how the tireless work of detectives and some scientific procedures helped to solve this bizarre series of murders.

A young man has confessed to the murders of shopkeeper David O'Hearn and Lord Mayor Frank Arkell, but the subsequent police investigation takes a bizarre turn when the man's father is murdered in similar circumstances.

The killing of policewoman Angela Taylor was a tragic loss of one of Victoria's most promising officers. The young woman died when a car exploded outside the Russell Street Police Complex. Forensic experts spent days and nights collecting all of the debris to piece together what had been used to make the bomb. It was hoped something in the bomb or the car would point them towards the killer or killers... and it did.

The Granny Killer murdered six elderly women before his year-long reign of terror in Sydney's northern suburbs ended. The episode details the dedicated and yet frustrating investigation that bought serial killer John Wayne Glover to justice.

After a caravan park manager goes missing, rumours persist that Angelo Agostinelli had run off with another woman. But as the investigation proceeds, police uncover an incredible tale of infidelity, drugs and conspiracy to murder. Includes the police audio with witnesses and suspects.

When Gabriel Meyer hadn't returned home after a visit to the local gym in Innisfail in tropical Northern Queensland, his parents were immediately concerned. The last person to see him alive believed he was heading to the river for a lte afternoon swim. When his backpack and watch are located in the river, thoughts turn to crocodiles and accidental death, but the truth uncovered was far more sinister.

An Easter family holiday ends in tragedy when a truck collides with a car towing a caravan, killing a 12-year-old boy. The truck driver fails to stop. With no license plate number and little to go on, the collision team painstakingly examined all the debris and damage to help them track down the driver of the hit and run truck. Forensics and a miracle from above took them from 160,000 trucks to just one. The episode includes the interview with the suspect.

A note left on a police car and an emergency phone call lead police to find the body of a young woman hidden in bushes out the front of an unused Adelaide police patrol station. Each was a vital clue, yet it would take the disappearance and murder of a Japanese student to capture the killer.

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