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S1 E7 Aging Insects and Fake Fairies

Reality

14+

28 minutes

Nov 1, 2021

Insect evidence helps crack the case of missing teenager, and a series of convincing John Anster Fitzgerald forgeries are uncovered by an art expert.Starring: Ashley John-Baptiste (Narrator)

Season 1, 15 Episodes

Soil and Insects,

Soil analysis helps solve a 37-year-old murder investigation. Analyzing insect life on a body on the moors helps detectives catch a killer.

Blood Under Paint and Gait,

Blood traces hidden under paint, allow an expert witness to find a killer. And an unusual gait identifies the murderer of an officer worker.

Forensic Imaging and MSN Chat,

Marks left by the tread of a shoe help detectives catch a killer terrorizing Rochdale and a forensic linguist deciphers messages.

Fibre Trails and Diamonds,

A team of expert witnesses follow a trail of fibres and DNA to solve 3 violent cold cases and a fraudulent diamond investment scheme is exposed.

Pollen in a Field and Fibres in a Car Crash,

A body left in a field prompts the examination of pollen, and a fibres fused with car wreckage prove who caused a fatal traffic collision.

DNA, Fibres and Bones,

Expert fibre analysis helps bring the killer of two Brighton schoolgirls to justice, and the analysis of bones found on a Yorkshire moor.

Aging Insects and Fake Fairies,

Insect evidence helps crack the case of missing teenager, and a series of convincing John Anster Fitzgerald forgeries are uncovered by an art expert.

Soil on a Spade and Stones in a shoe,

Soil on a spade helps catch the killer of a young woman from Swindon, and a stone stuck in the sole of a shoe helps solve a murder in Manchester.

Cerium and CCTV,

A wrongful conviction is overturned by re-examining microscopic particles, and an attempted murder is solved by a facial comparison expert.

Pollen, bones and DNA,

Pollen and Bone experts help identify the remains of a murder victim found in a sports bag. And advances in DNA help find the killer after 22 years.

Text Messages and DNA,

Analysis of text messages reveal a husband’s plot to cover up his wife’s murder and traces of DNA on decades old evidence helps bring justice.

Pollen, Chalk and DNA,

Expert analysis of nettles and chalky soil helped catch a killer and advances in DNA techniques finally solved the murder.

Insects and Bones,

Insects establish an accurate time of death, helping to prove a husband killed his wife and analysis of burnt remains uncovers another cold murder.

Paint Materials and Blood Patterns,

Forensics analysis prove paintings by a well-known Cornish artist are fake, and blood spatter patterns in a hotel bedroom help catch a killer.

60’s DNA and Fibres Around the World,

A fifty-year-old cold case murder is solved by DNA and an expert witness. And a murder investigation is solved by tracking unusual blue fibres.

Details

Expert Witness

Reality

14+

3 Seasons

28 minutes

Revealing how forensic specialists of all kinds used science, determination, and their mind-blowing expertise to uncover critical hidden clues in everything from fibres and fragments to fly larvae and digital fingerprints.

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