Forensics: Catching the Killer

True crime series exploring horrific murders and the part forensic science played in finding the killers.

2021 HD 45min United Kingdom English

Ceri Jackson

Crime Documentary

true crime killer forensic science murder case

S1E1 - The Murder of Little Miss Nobody 2021-12-01

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

S1E2 - The Martial Arts Murder 2021-12-08

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

S1E3 - Murder at the Wedding 2021-12-15

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.

S1E4 - Murder by the Lake 2021-12-22

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

S1E5 - A Killer in the Family 2021-12-29

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.

S1E6 - The Saturday Night Strangler 2022-01-05

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

S1E7 - Murder on the Island 2022-01-12

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

S1E8 - The Freezer Murders 2022-01-19

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

S2E1 - Murder in the Woods 2022-12-08

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

S2E2 - Murder Caught On Camera 2022-12-15

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.

S2E3 - The Minicab Murders 2022-12-22

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

S2E4 - Killed for Being Kind 2022-12-29

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

S2E5 - The Shoe Fetish Murder 2023-01-05

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

S2E6 - Murder in the Bus Station 2023-01-12

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

S2E7 - Murder at the Allotment 2023-01-19

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

S2E8 - Murder in Silence 2023-01-26

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

S2E9 - The Head on the Beach Murder 2023-02-02

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

S2E10 - The Murder in the Tower Block 2023-02-09

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

S2E11 - The Murder With No Body 2023-02-16

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.

S2E12 - The Body Under the Stairs 2023-02-23

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

S3E1 - The Soham Murders 2023-12-04

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

S3E2 - Murder in Suburbia 2023-12-11

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.

S3E3 - Murder on the Moor 2023-12-18

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.

S3E4 - The Happy Slapping Killing 2024-01-08

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.

S3E5 - Murder in the Woods 2024-01-15

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.

S3E6 - Murder in the Playground 2024-01-22

Teenager Naomi Smith went to post a letter for her mother in 1995 and never came back home, but a bite mark left on her body gave police crucial evidence to help reveal her killer.

S4E1 - The Pembrokeshire Murders 2024-10-14

In 1989, two bodies were found in Pembrokeshire - and the answers to their demise lay in the forensics, as a shocking truth was revealed.

S4E2 - The Murder of Sarah Payne 2024-10-21

When the body of eight-year-old Sarah Payne was found in 2000, police utilised the help of forensic scientists to catch her killer.

S4E3 - The Lady in the Lake 2024-10-28

Carol Parks body was pulled from a lake more than 20 years after she vanished - and the key to solving the case lay in unique forensics.

S4E4 - The Murder in the Deli 2024-11-04

The murder of 15 year-old Paige Doherty sends shock waves through Clydebank - and the key to finding her killer lies in the local Deli.

S4E5 - A Murder in Butetown 2024-11-11

Lynette Whites murder led to one of Britains most infamous miscarriages of justice and an exhaustive forensic investigation.

S4E6 - Catching the Birmingham Spree Killer 2024-11-18

In 2000, the bodies of three women were found in Birmingham. Could police hunt down the dangerous killer?

S4E7 - Murdered Metres from Home 2024-11-25

In 1986, 16-year-old Elaine Doyle was murdered just metres from her home - but catching her killer was no easy task.

S4E8 - The Body in the Car 2024-12-02

When Teresa De Simones body was discovered, one man would soon be found guilty - but would forensic science prove his innocence?

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