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. Featured cases: Lee Roy Hargrave, Stella Nickell, and Joseph Meling.

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 Ellsworth, 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. Cases featured: Wayne Williams; the 1990 murder of Lisa Garland in Bangor, Maine; and the 1994 death of Michael Mannella in a Florida car crash.
20	4	"Seeds of Destruction"	December 30, 1997
Forensic botany and geology is examined. Cases include: the 1992 murder of Denise Johnson; the 1994 murder of Kendra Hutter; and the 1993 murder of Cher Elder.
21	5	"Lethal Dosage"	January 6, 1998
Toxicologists examine the crimes of Judy Buenoano, and the deaths of Gloria Ramirez and Peggy Carr.
22	6	"Tools of Death"	January 13, 1998
Forensic scientists examine tools used in murders.
23	7	"Out of the Grave"	January 20, 1998
Cases include: The 1987 death of Deana Wild, the 1985 disappearance and murder of Susan Davis, and the examination of the death of Djedmaatesankh.
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
THe bombing sprees of Walter Leroy Moody and Dean Harvey Hicks are 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 killers try to conceal the true circumstances of the crime. 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. Included: The 1996 shooting death of Dr. Darryl Sutorius; the 1978 murder of Karla Brown; the 1993 murder of Jerry Boggs.
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. Featured cases: The 1993 murder of Emogene Thompson, the 1992 murder of Cecilia Reyes, and the 1990 murder of Rebecca Forbes.
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. Examines the murders of Darcie Frackenpohl, Laura Houghteling, and Marjorie Sessions.
45	4	"Natural Witness"	November 2, 1999
Murder cases located in outdoor places are examined. Featured cases: Margie Davidson (aka Marcie Davis), Molly McClure, and Rose Levy (aka Rhoda Nathan).
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. The first 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 multiple years to solve are examined. Featured cases: 1991 abduction and murder of Denise Huber; the Christmas 1990 murder of Dean Phillips, who was killed in his Texas laundromat; and the 1989 murder of Nikia Gilbreath.
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
Examines cases in which killers tried to fool investigators by staging the crime scenes. Featured cases: The 1992 murder of Tammy Lohr, the 1991 shooting death of Carol Bruce, and the 1994 murder of Victoria Beckham.
56	2	"Trails of Evidence"	October 24, 2000
Featured cases: Convicted murderers Alan Yerkey, Charles Wayne Keese, and Walter Reader.
57	3	"Missing"	November 21, 2000
How to find a missing person!
58	4	"In the Line of Fire"	November 7, 2000
Matching bullets leads police force to prove the identity of assassins.
59	5	"For Love or Money"	December 12, 2000
Examining three cases involving murders.
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
Detectives use the remains of bones and teeth to identify murder victims.
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
Cross link evidence helps investigators to solve crime.
66	12	"Dead in the Water"	May 22, 2001
Investigators must turn to forensic science to solve homicides in which the victims were found in bodies of water.
67	13	"Scent of the Kill"	September 11, 2001
In this episode, police use specially trained dogs to solve the murders of Francis Fitz, Karen Warner and Kathy Beadle.

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
Includes the 1994 murder of Stella Sproule and 1994 murder of retired schoolteacher Paul Gruber.
71	4	"Silent Witness"	September 11, 2001
Examines the disappearance and murder of Sandra Hernandez, the murder and identification of Sandra Gail Leslie, and the murder investigation of Irene Kovak
72	5	"Deadly Intentions"	September 25, 2001
The murder of Kerry Kujawa by Kenny Lockwood. The murders of two women by Paul Carasi and Donna Lee. Plus Harry Kyzer is murdered by James Gatling whilst trying to sell a car.
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
Cases in which persistence and technology result in justice for murder victims. Featured cases: the 1985 murder of Abigail Niebauer; the 1987 disappearance and murder of Tracy Jo Shine; the 1989 murder of Susan Doll (aka Sarah Dean).
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
Examining cases in which the wrongfully convicted were exonerated. Featured cases: Kirk Bloodsworth and Kevin Green.
80	13	"Drawing Conclusions"	March 26, 2002
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81	14	"Stranger than Fiction"	September 10, 2002
Examines the murders committed by George Waterfield Russel, Michael Fletcher
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 Wilson family (aka White) in Bellevue, WA, and Brad Hansen.
85	18	"Collective Justice"	September 24, 2002
Cases solved with help from the Vidocq Society are examined. Featured cases: The 1984 murder of Terri Brooks and the 1991 disappearance of Scott Dunn.

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
Examines the cases of convicted murderers Michael Tyrone Crump and Michael Sexton.
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
Featured cases: The murder of Cordell Richards and the murder of nine-year-old Jackie Beard.
100	15	"Trial by Fire"	August 19, 2003
Examines the murder of Donald Harmacek and a series of arson-murders committed by Edwin "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
Examines the 1998 murder of Carly Martinez and the case of serial killer Sean Goble.
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
The 1999 disappearance and murder of Tammy Lynn Karen; the 1998 murder of Vermont motel clerk Jane DesMaris.
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
A St. Louis school teacher is hospitalized due to arsenic poisoning; a Columbus, OH woman is fatally shot in her bedroom and her death is staged to look like a suicide.
114	11	"Broken Trust"	April 24, 2004
Cases include: Reyna Marroquín, whose remains were found in a barrel thirty years after her disappearance; Orville Lynn Majors, a nurse who was convicted of murdering his patients.
115	12	"Price of Murder"	May 8, 2004
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116	13	"Stolen Youth"	June 12, 2004
Features two disappearance/murder cases: Nine-year-old Valiree Jackson in Spokane, WA; ten-year-old Cassidy Senter in St. Louis, MO.
117	14	"Loved To Death"	July 17, 2004
A woman is found beaten to death in her Toronto apartment; the case of convicted murderer John David Smith.
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
The decomposed body of a woman is found near a country road in Canada; a World War II veteran is shot to death in his Colorado home.
120	17	"Fatal Twist"	September 18, 2004
A pregnant woman is murdered in her Chesapeake, Virginia home; the 1990 murder of Carolyn Rogers.
121	18	"Vanished"	October 31, 2004
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

References

• The New Detectives – New Dominion Pictures
• TV Guide – The New Detectives Episode Guide
• TV MSN – The New Detectives
• TV.com – The New Detectives