Forensic Investigators

Forensic Investigators hosted by Lisa McCune, revisits the way in which infamous murders were performed and solved by police.

Genre: Documentary, Crime

Cast:Lisa McCune , Rick Cosnett , Amanda Orr , Greg Jones , Harley Jean Harris , Adam Ireland , Bryan Wiseman , Peter McAllum , Dragicia Debert , Jon Sivewright , Ben Howling , Aaron J. March , Adam Waycott , Louise Lamella , Rhys Macfarlane , James Kerley , Cara Foley , Aimee Rose Neistat

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Paul Denyer

Wed, Aug 18, 2004

On the 12th June 1993, a man searching for pine branches for a mid-year Christmas celebration finds the body of a young girl that would set the Frankston community and police officers on edge for months to come. The detectives have to call on all of their forensic and investigative skills to solve a crime that even today still sends chills down the spines of the people who lived through it.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Stephen Dempsey

Wed, Aug 25, 2004

On the 21st December 1994, the torso of Stephen Dempsey, who disappeared four months earlier, is found washed up on the shores of Towlers Bay in Sydney's northern beaches area. As detectives uncover clues to the killing, they find that it is linked to the murder of a taxi driver whose body was found by a jogger one month earlier.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Milosevic Family

Wed, Sep 1, 2004

On the 31st March 1984, a young woman who has been unable to contact her friends calls the police, and they find an entire family shot dead inside their house in Richardson, Australian Capital Territory. The evidence found inside the house would not only help detectives to bring the killer to justice, it would uncover a secret that had been buried for three years which was linked to two other members of the same family, and would make things even worse for the killer.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Neddy Smith

Wed, Sep 8, 2004

On the 26th March 1995, a routine early morning walk along the beach at Port Botany for one man would be unlike any other when his pet dog uncovers a skull, and a past that one killer thought he had buried forever. The detectives investigating the case find that something that happened six months earlier would prove vital to solving it.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Matthew De Gruchy

Wed, Sep 15, 2004

On the 13th March 1996, a quiet suburban street in Warilla, New South Wales would become a crime scene when three residents of one house are murdered. On the surface, it appeared to be a robbery gone wrong, but the evidence found by the investigating police would tell a different story.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Mark Rust

Wed, Sep 22, 2004

A team of forensic entomologists, document examiners, voice experts and volunteers help police to solve the murder of two women in Adelaide, South Australia in April 1999 and August 2001.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Andrew Astbury

Wed, Sep 29, 2004

In December 1994, the body of Andrew Astbury, a hard-working, reliable 25 year old man from a good family, was found floating in the Yarra River at Warrandyte in north-eastern Melbourne. This episode takes a look at the brilliant detective and forensic science work that helped to solve this chilling murder.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Valera: Part 1

Tue, Oct 12, 2004

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.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Valera: Part 2

Wed, Oct 13, 2004

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.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Kathleen Marshall

Wed, Oct 20, 2004

Detectives have to rely on forensic evidence to separate fact from fiction when the president of the Queensland Cat Protection Society is found stabbed to death in February 1998.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Jane Doe

Wed, Aug 17, 2005

In December 1991, a young woman's dead body is found wrapped in plastic bags. Unidentified for several months, she became known as Jane Doe. This episode follows the tireless work and scientific procedures that helped police detectives find out who she was and who wanted her dead, and bring her killer to justice.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Granny Killer

Wed, Aug 24, 2005

In 1989, a man who came to be nicknamed "The Granny Killer" murdered six women in Sydney's northern suburbs. This episode looks at the scientific procedures and detectives' tireless work that helped to solve these chilling murders and bring the killer's year-long reign of terror to an end.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Darryl Lewis

Wed, Aug 31, 2005

On the 25th November 1996, a series of anonymous emergency calls led police to discover the body of Darryl Lewis at the Beenleigh Ambulance Station. They would be faced with a wall of silence and a climate of fear that would put their patience and skills to the test.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Damon Calanca

Wed, Sep 7, 2005

On the 12th January 1993, Gabe Meyer is dropped off at a gymnasium in Innisfail, Queensland by his father, little knowing it would be the last time he would see him alive. His disappearance would take police detectives into crocodile infested waters, the depths of cane fields and rainforests, and a world of distorted reality and deadly lies in their search for clues that would help them bring his killer to justice.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Amanda Carter

Wed, Sep 14, 2005

Police found the body of 22-year-old Tasmanian Amanda Carter alongside the Derwent River. After 13 years and a revolution in forensic science, her killer was finally brought to account.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Russell Street

Wed, Sep 21, 2005

Policewoman Angela Taylor was killed when a car exploded outside Melbourne's Russell Street police headquarters. What clues were found among the debris? Who was responsible?

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Samantha Bodsworth

Wed, Sep 28, 2005

Police found Samantha Bodsworth's body in a Noosa car park one hour from her hometown of Gympie. The killer thought he'd committed the perfect murder, but a little-known area of forensic science would be his undoing.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Kevin Naismith

Wed, Oct 5, 2005

Danny John Wasley aged 30 years and Mark Andrew Banks aged 30 years disappear without a trace in Newcastle, New South Wales, during August 1999. In a case involving drug lords, revenge and cold blooded murder, police uncover a tangled web of lies.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Janet Phillips

Wed, Oct 12, 2005

Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Janet Phillips went to a party in her home suburb of Wynnum on Brisbane's southside in July 1987 and never came back. Not long after she was reported missing her body was found a couple of kilometres away. Police had a strong suspect but they were unable to prove he'd killed the teenager.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Violet Town

Wed, Oct 19, 2005

Forensic Investigators hosted by Lisa McCune, revisits the way in which infamous murders were performed and solved by police.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Peter Astill

Wed, Oct 26, 2005

Forensic Investigators hosted by Lisa McCune, revisits the way in which infamous murders were performed and solved by police.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Black Widow

Wed, Nov 2, 2005

Forensic Investigators hosted by Lisa McCune, revisits the way in which infamous murders were performed and solved by police.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ The Valentine's Day Murders

Wed, Aug 9, 2006

Two women are found dead on Valentine's Day 1994 in a burning massage parlour in Sydney.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Till Death Us Do Part

Wed, Aug 16, 2006

Forensic Investigators hosted by Lisa McCune, revisits the way in which infamous murders were performed and solved by police.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ The Flemington Robbery

Wed, Aug 16, 2006

On the 25th January 2002, two armed robbers steal $150,000 from two security guards loading an ATM in the inner Melbourne suburb of Flemington. How does some orange rope and a green floral print found at the crime scene help police to find the robbers?

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Turkish Consulate Bombing

Wed, Aug 30, 2006

In 1986, terrorism rocked Melbourne when a bomb exploded in the car park below the Turkish consulate in South Yarra. Human remains at the crime scene suggested that the bomber had been killed in the blast, but who was he and did he act alone?

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ My Partner, My Killer

Wed, Sep 6, 2006

In April 1993, a man survives a gun-shot wound to the head while he and his long-time girlfriend are on a boat on Moreton Bay. She claimed the man was attacked by pirates who had boarded their boat, but is she telling the truth?

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Who Killed Paul Snabel

Wed, Sep 13, 2006

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.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Truong Kidnap and Murder

Wed, Sep 20, 2006

On the 29th April 1996, Le Anh Truan is kidnapped from his home in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley by three men. While an undercover operative is driving the victim's mother to pay the $400,000 ransom demanded by the kidnappers, things go horribly wrong. The subsequent homicide investigations are one of the most complex and largest to be undertaken by police in Victoria.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Operation Sorbet

Wed, Oct 4, 2006

In April 2003, an attempt to smuggle heroin with a street value of A$160 million into Australian waters is thwarted by the Australian Federal Police.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Catch Me If You Can

Wed, Oct 11, 2006

When a young police officer pulled over a car for a simple traffic infringement, he never imagined it would turn into a high speed chase. As they roared through the Sydney suburb of Chipping Norton, one of the passengers in the car leant out the window and began shooting at police.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Park Family Murders

Wed, Oct 18, 2006

When a mother and her two small children disappeared in October 1996, their family and friends were baffled. Several theories began to emerge. There was a suggestion that they had been sold into the Asian sex trade; that she was in hiding or had committed suicide; or that they'd been tortured and killed as a warning to her gambling husband who wasn't paying his debts.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ The Sex Worker Murders

Wed, Oct 25, 2006

A semi-naked body of a woman was discovered in August 2002 beside a police station in the Brisbane suburb of Hendra. She'd suffered multiple stab wounds to much of her body. Within hours investigators knew the victim's identity.