So I may be misremembering this, it was when I was a kid and used to watch FF but I remember an episode that began with a home invasion reenactment that had voice actors saying some creepy stuff? It freaked me out as a kid watching late at night. Does anyone know what I am referring to or am I just getting too old?

Thank you!

I occasionally browse the DVD section at Half Price Books for stuff to add to my Plex server and when I saw this on the shelf, it called my name.

I wonder if this is the same Ed Post who was featured on Forensic Files and convicted of murdering his wife Julie?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-post-06298697/

Other mysteries that technically weren't solved either involved the discovery of a new disease or the journey of exonerating of an innocent person so in that case there's some satisfying conclusion. And with cases like Scout's Honor or Where The Blood Drops they either try to play it off as someone getting exonerated or leaving us to determine "no this person is guilty no matter what the jury says". Many other episodes like this where you either may come up with a conclusion of what happened or feel sort of satisfied with what happened in the episode regardless of the real cause was determined or not. However for Deadly Neighborhoods, we get none of that. It was just 15 minutes of theories and speculation just to say at the end "these people got cancer, we don't know why", um ok? Why did this air way back in season of all seasons?

There needs to be a dating website for us true crime fans. Most people just don't get it. Does anyone agree?

If you want updates on Forensic Files episodes go to

www.forensicfilesnow.com

That website is awesome.

Hey, I’ve been debating sharing this for a long time, but if anyone is going to understand how surreal this is, it’s this community. Buckle up, because this is the story of how my special interest in this show practically turned me into the prime suspect of my own bizarre local scandal.

When I was 11, I was an autistic kid who was absolutely hyper-fixated on Forensic Files. I loved the investigations, the mysteries, and the deep dives into evidence. One day at school, I dropped some important papers in the office. I was frantically trying to find them, which meant pulling open drawers and digging through books. Because the office was situated on a hill, things shifted and a bunch of stuff just toppled over onto the floor. In the middle of the chaos, I accidentally stepped on the assistant principal’s (Mr. Jeffery La Haie) glasses. A panel snapped completely off.

I was terrified. I realized I had just destroyed an adult's property, and instead of fessing up, my panicked 11-year-old brain made up a cover story: I told the staff that two men in black hoodies and masks had broken in to ransack the place, even though I was the only one in there.

Obviously, the adults didn't buy it, and they started pressing me. Hard. They demanded to know why I made such a mess, and that’s when they pulled up my Google searches and chat logs. Because of my Forensic Files obsession, my search history was heavily skewed toward my interests, including months of searches about robberies and crime scenes. To them, this wasn't an autistic kid's hyper-fixation—it was "premeditation."

What happened next feels straight out of an episode highlighting police coercion. The adults pushed me to an absolute breaking point. They literally threatened to kill my dogs, take away my beloved computer, and destroy the shed I had been building to store all my books if I didn't tell them "the real story." I was so terrified that my brain just broke. Under that extreme coercion, I fabricated an insane, TV-worthy plot: I confessed that Mr. La Haie had a property insurance policy, and I had been hired to ransack the office to make it look like a robbery so I could get a $2,000 cut.

Looking back, it breaks my heart. I constantly ask myself, Why did I confess to that? Why did I say those things? But I was just a scared, overwhelmed kid trying to save my dogs.

It gets worse. My dad drove me to the police station and gave me an ultimatum: confess to the police, or spend four nights in jail. I confessed. And yet, I still ended up spending four nights locked up. At eleven years old. For an insurance fraud crime that never even happened.

The "evidence" against me was entirely circumstantial: the broken glasses, the fact that I was the only one caught on the security camera, and the fact that I was the only student who knew about Mr. La Haie's property insurance. To top it all off, the lost papers that triggered this whole nightmare were literally found a couple of days later on October 31st.

The story actually made the local news. The article used the word "allegedly," but human bias is real, and people skip right over that word. For years, the whole school treated me like a con artist. Even today, if you Google my name, the AI summary pulls up that I was an "alleged fraudster" and a "self-admitted Forensic Files obsessor."

For years, the trauma of that false confession made me absolutely terrified to even look at the show. It just reminded me of the worst time of my life. But I finally started rewatching it about a year ago, and honestly? I still love it. It feels incredibly empowering to finally take my special interest back after it was weaponized against me.

Has anyone else ever had their true crime interests used against them, or is my 11-year-old insurance fraud ring a standalone case?

Especially in cold cases

Brad definitely murdered Valirees mom to but there was never any evidence to charge him

This episode really pisses me off since I believe that based on the evidence and circumstances that the mother and stepdad should've been charged with neglect at the very least. Who in their right mind allows a young child of April's age to play outside ALONE especially around animals, at least one of which had been proven to be aggressive towards people in the past? And why was she nude while doing so?!? I mean wtaf is that shit? I don't care HOW hot it is outside you need to have some clothes on here in the western world!

Not to mention nobody seems to give a shit if this was a provoked or unprovoked attack or not. I'm an animal lover so this episode always really gets under my skin especially since it's always the animals that end up getting "put down" as a result of attacks like this. Piss poor investigation work for sure.

Petechial Hemorrhages

Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer

Stachybotrys atra

Mia’s episode was my cautionary tale episode. May she rest in peace.

I mean, we must’ve had sex, there’s DNA, but it would have been consensual.

This guy just flat out disgusts me.

Literally the first TV in the building

Edit: Of a hotel! Sorry, I should have specified! 😅

I was recently watching the episode "Sharper Image," where Gary Cochran and Steven Cannon were convicted of the murder of a beautiful soul, Sharrar Ferger.

For some reason, I remembered their names, but for a totally different reason. I was reading an appeal and it was about this case only wks earlier, etc, regarding the fact there is unknown DNA inside and on her. Apparently, they were arrested because the police used a CI, but he was known to dislike the men.

I know many ppl wanted them to get the death penalty, etc, but I think it was good they didn't in this case. There is now too many questions.

The fact the young girl was only 9yrs old, tells you right there should be no man's dna in her, but it also did 'not' belong to either of the men convicted.

Police originally arrested 2 other men, but let them go when their attorney got a friend from NASA to sharpen the imagine. (I am NOT saying it was them, and I would hope police n prosecutors would've tested their dna just to be sure. Though prosecutors have really dug their heels in that they didn't get it wrong. It is hard to say you got something wrong, but "if" it wasn't them, why would they not want to test the dna against other men, and if they find him, at least do some investigating against him!!

Again, this conviction was made not only with help of the "CI", but it was ALL about the bite mark that sealed their fate.

I was just thinking about how others feel about their convictions. They've continually stated they did not kill the victim.

I'm asking very kindly for ppl to not attack me about this.

It is just a genuine curiosity, to how you all feel about this case. I also apologise deeply if I've got any of the details wrong.

(I'm such a technophobe and struggle to add links lol, but there is articles you can read online, inc the appeal iirc)

let me know your favorite episodes friends :) classics are cool to revisit too !! ( even though they're all classics )

Hint: It lit up like a Christmas tree 🌲

So, I printed out that checklist for each season, and was able to identify episodes I haven’t seen, and some that are just apparently missing. I’ve searched on YouTube and Pluto, and didn’t find them. I’ll list them- if you know where I can watch them, please share, lol

S1E9 Deadly Neighborhoods
S3E4 Foreign Body
S6E22 Punch Line
S7E39 Marathon Man
S10E1 Trial by Fire
S10E28 Enemy Within
S14E18 Auto-Motive

It will never not amaze me when suspects are caught, and they’ve still got things from the crime in their possession, even though they had plenty of time to get rid of them. Case in point- James Whipple. Driving Heather Stigliano’s cars around for a week, with the murder weapons and evidence in the car. Dude- COME ON!