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    Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 6 - The Saturday Night Strangler
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #1 - The Saturday Night Strangler

    S1:E6

    Thirty years after three gruesome murders, familial DNA and the exhumation of a body finally closes the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 2 - Murder Caught On Camera
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Murder Caught On Camera

    S2:E2

    The case of Tia Sharp, a 12-year-old girl reported missing in London, leading to a major search which took the police close to home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 12 - The Body Under the Stairs
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #3 - The Body Under the Stairs

    S2:E12

    A women's killer remains at large for more than 30 years, until forensic investigators track him down with a tiny clue at the scene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 1 - The Murder of Little Miss Nobody
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #4 - The Murder of Little Miss Nobody

    S1:E1

    Police have only a skeleton to help them piece together what happened to a body found 10 years after a murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 7 - Murder on the Island
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #5 - Murder on the Island

    S1:E7

    Experts analyse sand found in a car when a man goes missing, which leads them to a body and a twisted murder case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 11 - The Murder With No Body
    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #6 - The Murder With No Body

    S2:E11

    The tragic case of 22-year-old Helen McCourt, who got off a bus one night in her hometown but never arrived at her nearby home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 1 - Murder in the Woods
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #7 - Murder in the Woods

    S2:E1

    When 13-year-old Lucy is reported missing by her mother, police and forensic investigators begin the painstaking search for the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 2 - The Martial Arts Murder
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #8 - The Martial Arts Murder

    S1:E2

    When his parents are found dead, a man does everything he can to avoid being caught - but Luminol reveals a vital clue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 3 - Murder at the Wedding
    7.3/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Murder at the Wedding

    S1:E3

    Bite marks in a block of cheese hold the key to catching a killer when he helps himself to a snack after a home invasion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 4 - Murder by the Lake
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Murder by the Lake

    S1:E4

    A man insists his missing parents are on holiday, but a forensic investigation of their house shows signs of a vicious attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 5 - A Killer in the Family
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #11 - A Killer in the Family

    S1:E5

    When the body of a 16-year-old girl is found in a field, it would take over two decades before a DNA profile of the killer can be developed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 3 Episode 1 - The Soham Murders
    6.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - The Soham Murders

    S3:E1

    The 2002 murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman horrified and shook the nation. Explore how forensic science helped find their killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 1 Episode 8 - The Freezer Murders
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Freezer Murders

    S1:E8

    Experts analyse the bodies of two women found in a freezer. Their untimely deaths would be linked to one vicious predator.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 3 - The Minicab Murders
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Minicab Murders

    S2:E3

    Years after the crime, see how forensics helped solve the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards, finding a killer who had sadly murdered again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 4 - Killed for Being Kind
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Killed for Being Kind

    S2:E4

    A woman dies in an apparently accidental house fire, but one police officer spots signs that something more sinister is at play.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 5 - The Shoe Fetish Murder
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Shoe Fetish Murder

    S2:E5

    The investigation of a murder of her mother in her home in 1994, as police used forensic clues to find an appalling killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 6 - Murder in the Bus Station
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Murder in the Bus Station

    S2:E6

    See how investigators uncovered the perpetrator behind the 1994 murder of a grandmother at a bathroom of a bus station in Bury.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 7 - Murder at the Allotment
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Murder at the Allotment

    S2:E7

    After a grandmother is strangled to death at an allotment shed, police use the scene's forensics clues to solve a chilling case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 8 - Murder in Silence
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Murder in Silence

    S2:E8

    The case of Suzanne Greenhill, a deaf woman murdered in her own home, whose murder took forensic investigators on a trail through Europe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 9 - The Head on the Beach Murder
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Head on the Beach Murder

    S2:E9

    When body parts wash up on a beach in Arbroath, forensic investigators must unravel the disturbing truth behind a woman's death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 2 Episode 10 - The Murder in the Tower Block
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Murder in the Tower Block

    S2:E10

    When a body is found in a flat, a trial of forensic evidence allows detectives to distinguish between friend and foe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 3 Episode 2 - Murder in Suburbia
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Murder in Suburbia

    S3:E2

    In 2022, 35-year-old Zara Aleena was beaten to death just ten minutes from her London home, but the only evidence left by her brutal killer was one bloody fingerprint at the crime scene.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 3 Episode 3 - Murder on the Moor
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Murder on the Moor

    S3:E3

    In 1975, 11-year-old schoolgirl Lesley Molseed went to the shops and never returned to her family home in West Yorkshire. The ensuing police investigation led to a tragic miscarriage of justice before DNA evidence identified the true killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 3 Episode 4 - The Happy Slapping Killing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Happy Slapping Killing

    S3:E4

    Larger-than-life David Morley survived a terrorist bombing in London, only to be beaten to death five years later during a night out in the city.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Forensics: Catching the Killer Season 3 Episode 5 - Murder in the Woods
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Murder in the Woods

    S3:E5

    Mum Karen Doubleday was found murdered in the woods in 2002. The clue to finding her killer lay in pollen spores from the Ice Age.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Saturday Night Strangler" is the best rated episode of "Forensics: Catching the Killer". It scored 8.2/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/5/2022. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Murder Caught On Camera".