List of ''The New Detectives'' episodes
This is an episode listing for the Discovery Channel Television show The New Detectives, with the episodes' original air date included, if available.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Season Premiere | Season Finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | June 10, 1996 | June 12, 1996 | |
| 2 | 13 | April 22, 1997 | July 15, 1997 | |
| 3 | 10 | December 2, 1997 | February 10, 1998 | |
| 4 | 15 | November 24, 1998 | May 18, 1999 | |
| 5 | 13 | October 5, 1999 | April 4, 2000 | |
| 6 | 13 | October 10, 2000 | September 11, 2001 | |
| 7 | 18 | September 18, 2001 | September 24, 2002 | |
| 8 | 18 | October 15, 2002 | January 3, 2004 | |
| 9 | 18 | October 28, 2003 | October 31, 2004 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1996)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Soldier Stories" | June 10, 1996 |
| Forensic experts work to tell the mysteries of young men who went to war and never came back. | |||
| 2 | 2 | "Dead Men Do Talk" | June 11, 1996 |
| Forensic scientists use procedures to solve murder mysteries in minutes or centuries after they happen. Examines the murder of Danny Webster and attempts to identify the remains of a woman found in Virginia, the Fairfax County Jane Doe. | |||
| 3 | 3 | "Deadly Chemistry" | June 12, 1996 |
| Cases where deadly poison/chemistry is used to murder, is examined and solved by forensic scientists. | |||
Season 2 (1997)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Mind Hunters" | April 22, 1997 |
| Murder cases involving Psychological profiling are examined. Including the crime sprees of Richard Chase, Mike DeBardeleben, and John Wayne Gacy. | |||
| 5 | 2 | "Camera Clues" | April 29, 1997 |
| Murder cases involving Forensic photography are examined. | |||
| 6 | 3 | "Double Helix" | May 6, 1997 |
| Murder cases involving DNA analysis are examined. Examines the murders of Lynn Breeden and Peggy Laughlin and the use of DNA to exonerate the wrongly convicted. | |||
| 7 | 4 | "Web of Clues" | May 13, 1997 |
| Murder cases where Forensic entomology is used to solve murder cases, are examined. Examines the murders of Roxanne Tandal and Michelle Denise Anderson and the mysterious deaths of three elderly people in an Indianapolis home. | |||
| 8 | 5 | "Faces of Tragedy" | May 20, 1997 |
| Murder cases where forensic sculpting is used to construct faces of murder victims, whose faces are unrecognizable. Includes the murder of Belinda Tillery, the search for mass murderer John List, and describes techniques used to construct a portrait of a victim from a skull and show aging of a person from a known photograph. | |||
| 9 | 6 | "Without a Trace" | May 27, 1997 |
| Missing person cases are examined. Includes the murders of Rebecca Forbes and Bun Chee Nyhuis and the return of 3 children to their mother after being kidnapped by their father. This episode was later remade and the new version focused on the investigations into the deaths of motel employee Rikki Elsworth, nightclub patron Henry Campbell and working mother Lisa Tsu. | |||
| 10 | 7 | "Burning Evidence" | June 3, 1997 |
| Murder cases involving identifying burnt remains of murder victims. Examines the murders of Marilyn Garland, James Grizzle, and the disappearance of two journalists in Guatemala determined to be murder. | |||
| 11 | 8 | "Short Fuse" | June 10, 1997 |
| Murder/bombing cases involving mailed packages, are examined. | |||
| 12 | 9 | "Death Grip" | June 17, 1997 |
| Murder cases involving fingerprint analysis, are examined. Examines the murders committed by Bryan Maurice Jones and the murders of Thora Rose and Glenn Michelson. | |||
| 13 | 10 | "Signed in Blood" | June 24, 1997 |
| Murder cases where handwriting is analyzed to link a suspect to a murder, are examined. | |||
| 14 | 11 | "Witness to Terror" | July 1, 1997 |
| Aviation accidents and incidents are examined, centering around information retrieved from Flight data recorder and Cockpit voice recorder boxes. Examines the crashes of American Eagle Flight 4184 and Skylink Flight 70. | |||
| 15 | 12 | "Trial of the Century" | July 8, 1997 |
| The OJ Simpson murder/trial is examined. | |||
| 16 | 13 | "Deadly Target" | July 15, 1997 |
| Ballistics is used to solve murder cases. Examines the manslaughter of an elderly man at a July 4 picnic, the murder of Fred Hampton, and a New Orleans drive-by shooting that killed a 12-year-old boy. | |||
Season 3 (1997–98)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Fatal Compulsion" | December 2, 1997 |
| Psychology is used to determine motives of serial killers. Includes serial killers Ted Bundy, Paul Bernardo, and Aileen Wuornos. | |||
| 18 | 2 | "Bodies of Evidence" | December 9, 1997 |
| Forensic scientists attempt to build a murder case without a body. Examines the murders of Helle Crafts, Ava Marie DeHart, and Eric Humbert. | |||
| 19 | 3 | "Shreds of Evidence" | December 16, 1997 |
| Murder cases are built by forensic scientists examining strands of hair and fibers. | |||
| 20 | 4 | "Seeds of Destruction" | December 30, 1997 |
| Forensic botany and geology is examined. | |||
| 21 | 5 | "Lethal Dosage" | January 6, 1998 |
| Toxicologists examine poison related murder cases. Includes the murders committed by Judy Buenoano, the death of Gloria Ramirez, and the murder of Peggy Carr. | |||
| 22 | 6 | "Tools of Death" | January 13, 1998 |
| Forensic scientists examine tools used in murders. | |||
| 23 | 7 | "Out of Grave" | December 14, 2005 |
| New forensic techniques are used to solve old murder cases. | |||
| 24 | 8 | "Infallible Witness" | January 27, 1998 |
| Forensic scientists use new high-tech technology to solve murder cases. Includes the murder of Dawn Fehring, the double murder committed by Archie Woods, and the examination of brain fingerprinting as a future forensic tool. | |||
| 25 | 9 | "From the Ashes" | February 3, 1998 |
| Arson murder cases are examined. | |||
| 26 | 10 | "Living in Terror" | February 10, 1998 |
| Terrorism is examined. | |||
Season 4 (1998–99)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Lethal Obsession" | November 24, 1998 |
| Murder cases surrounded by troubled relationships are examined. Examines the Murder of Linda Sobek, murder spree of Randall Woodfield, and the double murder committed by Jens Söring. | |||
| 28 | 2 | "Traces of Guilt" | November 17, 1998 |
| Murder cases are solved by examining tiny particles. Examines the murders committed by David Middleton and the murders of Bunchee Nyhuis and Jeffrey Russell. | |||
| 29 | 3 | "Electronic Witness" | December 29, 1998 |
| Murder cases are solved using technology. Examines the triple homicide committed by Oba Chandler and the murders of Lori Auker and Julie Snodgrass. | |||
| 30 | 4 | "Dead Wrong" | December 8, 1998 |
| Murder cases where no body is present are examined. Examines the quadruple homicide committed by Earl Bramblett, the Murder of Stefanie Rabinowitz, and the Death of Pam Mintz | |||
| 31 | 5 | "Lasting Impressions" | December 1, 1998 |
| Murder cases where traces of evidence left behind by the killer is used to solver crimes, are examined. | |||
| 32 | 6 | "Women Who Kill" | January 26, 1999 |
| Murder cases where women are the culprits, are examined. Includes the crimes committed by Barbara Stager, Blanche Taylor Moore and Sylvia White. | |||
| 33 | 7 | "Deadly Dealings" | December 15, 1998 |
| Murder cases where people are hired to kill, are examined. Includes the Murders of Gerald and Vera Woodman. | |||
| 34 | 8 | "Body Count" | December 22, 1998 |
| Serial killing cases are examined. Examines the Hillside Strangler murders, as well as the murders committed by the Trailside Killer and Larry Eyler. | |||
| 35 | 9 | "A Taste of Poison" | February 2, 1999 |
| Murder cases where the victims are poisoned to death, are examined. | |||
| 36 | 10 | "Grave Discoveries" | March 23, 1999 |
| Forensic scientists reevaluate the unsolved cases of Sam Sheppard, Martin Frias and Walter Scott by applying new methods to solve them. | |||
| 37 | 11 | "Texas Rangers" | March 30, 1999 |
| Murder cases solved by the Texas Rangers, are examined. | |||
| 38 | 12 | "Bad Medicine" | April 6, 1999 |
| Drug trafficking is examined. | |||
| 39 | 13 | "Unlikely Sources" | April 13, 1999 |
| Murder cases are solved by evidence that is of the least expected. Examines the murders of Virginia Russell, Hye-Yon Smith, and Janet Overton. | |||
| 40 | 14 | "True Crime" | April 27, 1999 |
| First hand accounts of murder are pieced together by journalists, law enforcement, and crime writers. | |||
| 41 | 15 | "Coroner's Casebook" | May 18, 1999 |
| Cyril Wecht and Henry Lee, two of the country's most respected coroners, share their cases and insights into crime solving. | |||
Season 5 (1999–2000)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 1 | "Remnant of Blame" | October 5, 1999 |
| The way forensic scientists use their vision to evaluate small items from crime scenes is examined. | |||
| 43 | 2 | "Partners in Crime" | December 26, 1999 |
| Murder cases involving partnered suspects are examined. | |||
| 44 | 3 | "Scattered Clues" | October 19, 1999 |
| Murder cases are solved by examining clues left by the perpetrator. | |||
| 45 | 4 | "Natural Witness" | November 2, 1999 |
| Murder cases located in outdoor places are examined. | |||
| 46 | 5 | "Tainted Trust" | November 16, 1999 |
| Poison related murder cases are solved. (The convictions of Audrey Marie Hilley, David Dowler and Georgia Louise Weaver) | |||
| 47 | 6 | "Presumed Dead" | December 14, 1999 |
| Murder cases where no body was found are examined. | |||
| 48 | 7 | "Broken Vow" | December 21, 1999 |
| Murder cases involving people in relationships are examined. 1st case is that of Stephen Vargas, convicted of the murder of his wife, Rebecca. | |||
| 49 | 8 | "Cold Cases" | January 11, 2000 |
| Murder cases that took over a decade long to solve are examined. | |||
| 50 | 9 | "Family Plots" | January 25, 2000 |
| Murder cases involving family members are examined. | |||
| 51 | 10 | "Blood Money" | February 8, 2000 |
| Murder cases where the suspects are paid for their crime, are examined. | |||
| 52 | 11 | "Murder by Numbers" | February 15, 2000 |
| Examines murders committed by serial killers Cleophus Prince Jr., Anthony John Sully and William Suff. | |||
| 53 | 12 | "Federal Offense" | March 28, 2000 |
| Murder cases where the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is called in to assist, are examined. Includes the arson spree of John Leonard Orr. | |||
| 54 | 13 | "Flames of Justice" | April 4, 2000 |
| Arson murder cases are examined. | |||
Season 6 (2000–01)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 1 | "False Witness" | October 10, 2000 |
| ??? | |||
| 56 | 2 | "Trails of Evidence" | October 24, 2000 |
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| 57 | 3 | "Missing" | November 21, 2000 |
| ??? | |||
| 58 | 4 | "In the Line of Fire" | November 7, 2000 |
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| 59 | 5 | "For Love or Money" | December 12, 2000 |
| ??? | |||
| 60 | 6 | "Left at the Scene" | December 26, 2000 |
| Includes the murders committed by Daniel Conahan, the Murder of Debra Massie, and the murders committed by James Randall | |||
| 61 | 7 | "Invisible Death" | February 1, 2001 |
| Poisoning cases are examined. The first case involved the murder of Robert Curley | |||
| 62 | 8 | "To Kill Again" | February 13, 2001 |
| Serial killers Faryion Wardrip and Dorthea Puente are examined | |||
| 63 | 9 | "Written in Bone" | March 6, 2001 |
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| 64 | 10 | "Cold Blooded" | April 17, 2001 |
| The rape and murder of Janet Baxter, the ransom kidnapping and murder of Michael Kinney, and the murder of James Bradley Wren are examined. | |||
| 65 | 11 | "Fatal Error" | May 1, 2001 |
| ??? | |||
| 66 | 12 | "Dead in the Water" | May 22, 2001 |
| ??? | |||
| 67 | 13 | "Scent of the Kill" | September 11, 2001 |
| ??? | |||
Season 7 (2001–02)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 1 | "Blood Lust" | September 18, 2001 |
| Includes the murder sprees of serial killers Michael Lee Lockhart and Dana Sue Gray. | |||
| 69 | 2 | "Deadly Aim" | August 28, 2001 |
| Includes the murder spree of Cesar Barone and the Murders of John and Lori Rainwater | |||
| 70 | 3 | "Stolen Identity" | September 4, 2001 |
| ??? | |||
| 71 | 4 | "Silent Witness" | September 11, 2001 |
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| 72 | 5 | "Deadly Intentions" | September 25, 2001 |
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| 73 | 6 | "Patterns of Guilt" | December 11, 2001 |
| Examines the double murder of Jose Trias and Julie Gilbert* and the murders of Carrie Love by Jesse Pratt in Klamath Falls, Oregon and Susan Bauer*. | |||
| 74 | 7 | "A Deadly Smile" | December 18, 2001 |
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| 75 | 8 | "Military Justice" | January 1, 2002 |
| Murder cases where the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are called in to assist are examined. | |||
| 76 | 9 | "The Unforgotten" | February 19, 2002 |
| ??? | |||
| 77 | 10 | "Tainted Blood" | March 5, 2002 |
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| 78 | 11 | "Buried Secrets" | February 26, 2002 |
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| 79 | 12 | "Proof of Innocence" | March 19, 2002 |
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| 80 | 13 | "Drawing Conclusions" | March 26, 2002 |
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| 81 | 14 | "Stranger than Fiction" | September 10, 2002 |
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| 82 | 15 | "Predators and Parasites" | May 21, 2002 |
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| 83 | 16 | "In the Camera's Eye" | June 11, 2002 |
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| 84 | 17 | "Wasted Youth" | June 25, 2002 |
| Murders committed by juveniles. Examines the murders of Micah Pollock, the White family, and Brad Hansen. | |||
| 85 | 18 | "Collective Justice" | September 24, 2002 |
| Cases solved with help from the Vidocq Society are examined. | |||
Season 8 (2002–03)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 1 | "Murder for Hire" | October 15, 2002 |
| Examines the murders of Wendy Kratzert and Sheila Bellush. | |||
| 87 | 2 | "Toxic Death" | December 3, 2002 |
| Examines the murders of Stephen Hricko and Kay Sybers. | |||
| 87 | 3 | "Material Witness" | December 10, 2002 |
| Examines the murders of Shirley Duguay, Noreen Boyle, and Alfred Pinegar | |||
| 89 | 4 | "Betrayed" | December 17, 2002 |
| Examines the triple murder by arson case of Robin Lee Row and the Murder of Nick Howard. | |||
| 90 | 5 | "Elements of Murder" | December 24, 2002 |
| Examines the murders of Susan Galloway, Lenora Robinson, and Jennifer McCrady. | |||
| 91 | 6 | "Random Targets" | January 14, 2003 |
| Examines the murder sprees of Mark Cunningham and Timothy Wilson Spencer. | |||
| 92 | 7 | "Grave Secrets" | February 11, 2003 |
| Examines the murders or Jason DeNoyer and Mark Bosom. | |||
| 93 | 8 | "At Close Range" | February 18, 2003 |
| Examines the Murder of Kathleen Martin and of Leo and Mary Donnard | |||
| 94 | 9 | "Lethal Encounter" | March 25, 2003 |
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| 95 | 10 | "Crimes of Passion" | April 22, 2003 |
| Examines the double murder of Marlin Barnes and Timwanika Lumpkins and the Murder of Ralph Gawor. | |||
| 96 | 11 | "Absent Witness" | May 13, 2003 |
| Examines the murders of Al Hamilton and June Adkins. | |||
| 97 | 12 | "Marked for Death" | July 17, 2003 |
| Examines the murder sprees of Richard William Kutzner and Calvin Stallworth. | |||
| 98 | 13 | "Fatal Abductions" | June 10, 2003 |
| Examines the murders of Natalie Mirabal and Katie Poirier+. | |||
| 99 | 14 | "Medical Examiner's Casebook" | July 19, 2003 |
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Murder of Cordell Richards: In the Florida Panhandle, a man discovers a killer’s dumping ground. The murder victim, identified as Cordell Richards, was found bounded and duct taped. A metal chain, fragmented bones and tattered clothing discovered at the scene were the only clues to solve this crime. Murder of Jackie Beard: In Tennessee, 9 year old Jackie Beard disappears in broad daylight. The only clue was provided by Jackie’s mother when she presented a man approaching Jackie and her friends introducing himself as “Tommy Robertson” an undercover police officer. When killers chose to hide their victims, investigators must rely on forensic examiners to uncover proof of murder. These were two cases that have made their way into the Medical Examiner’s Casebook. | |||
| 100 | 15 | "Trial by Fire" | August 19, 2003 |
| Examines the murder of Donald Harmacek and a series of arson-murders committed by Michael Kaprat. | |||
| 101 | 16 | "Undaunted" | July 8, 2003 |
| Examines the Rape of Patricia White and Murder of Mikey Carter. | |||
| 102 | 17 | "Forsaken Trust" | August 5, 2003 |
| Examines the familicide committed by Robert Meyer and the Murder of Candace Brown. | |||
| 103 | 18 | "Coroner Investigation" | January 3, 2004 |
| Los Angeles County coroner Julie Wilson explains her job, and the inside of the coroner's office is examined, with the duties of different positions explained, and the procedures for dealing with sudden unexplained deaths described. | |||
Season 9 (2003–04)
| No. Overall | No. Per Season | Title | US airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | 1 | "Hidden Obsessions" | October 28, 2003 |
| Murder convictions of James Lawson and Calvin Parker. | |||
| 105 | 2 | "Blind Trust" | November 25, 2003 |
| ??? | |||
| 106 | 3 | "Shattered Vows" | January 10, 2004 |
| In El Dorado County, CA, an injured car passenger is found along with a dead woman in what turns out to be a staged car accident; in Palo Alto, CA, a woman appears to have haven fallen to her death in her basement, but luminol tells a different story. | |||
| 107 | 4 | "Fatal Impressions" | January 13, 2004 |
| Includes the killing spree of Christian Fuhr and the Murder of Bonnie Horinek. | |||
| 108 | 5 | "Misplaced Loyalty" | January 17, 2004 |
| Murder conviction of Christine Loyd. | |||
| 109 | 6 | "Killing Time" | January 29, 2004 |
| ??? | |||
| 110 | 7 | "Silent Killers" | March 13, 2004 |
| Murder convictions of Helen Moore and serial poison killer Sukhwinder Dhillon | |||
| 111 | 8 | "Out to Kill" | March 16, 2004 |
| Murders of Amy Willard (22) and Christopher Meyer (10) | |||
| 112 | 9 | "Raw Greed" | March 27, 2004 |
| Edmund Emerick (guilty of killing 2 bar workers and robbery) Sharon Zachary (Guilty of killing her elderly neighbor) | |||
| 113 | 10 | "Murderous Attraction" | April 10, 2004 |
| ??? | |||
| 114 | 11 | "Broken Trust" | April 24, 2004 |
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| 115 | 12 | "Price of Murder" | May 8, 2004 |
| ??? | |||
| 116 | 13 | "Stolen Youth" | June 12, 2004 |
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| 117 | 14 | "Loved To Death" | July 17, 2004 |
| Includes the murders committed by Richard Kutzner and Calvin Stallworth. | |||
| 118 | 15 | "Written in Blood" | August 14, 2004 |
| The murder of Kathleen Hunt Atwater Peterson by husband Michael Peterson is examined. Also explored is the murder of Susan Avitt (a/k/a Susan Gail Kelly Neer) by her husband Charles. | |||
| 119 | 16 | "Critical Evidence" | August 28, 2004 |
| ??? | |||
| 120 | 17 | "Fatal Twist" | September 18, 2004 |
| ??? | |||
| 121 | 18 | "Vanished" | October 31, 2004 |
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Forensic examination is used in cases where the victim or the killer abruptly vanishes after a crime. Cases: John Edward Robinson, Arohn Kee | |||
*A pseudonym for the victim was given in the episode +A pseudonym for the killer was given in the episode
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