The FBI Files
Produced with the full cooperation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through dramatic reenactments and interviews with agents and scientists' viewers witness the actual process of some of the FBI's most famous investigations.
A Model Killer
It's a model's job to rivet the public's attention. But in 1984, some aspiring models began attracting publicity in a terrible new way.
Hired Gun
When three people were found murdered in their home, it appeared like a burglary gone awry. But a crime this horrific deserved a closer look.
Cat and Mouse
He was a predator, abducting girls and young women from their own front yards in broad daylight. He was a sadist: phoning one victim's family, taunting them, boosting then dashing their hope, and he wouldn't stop until we stopped him.
Cracking The Cartel
A mother and child are kidnapped a bystander is murdered. Violence such as this shattered a quiet Texas neighborhood and exposed a drug cartel that flourished where it was least expected.
A Stranger in Town
She appeared on the highway in the spring, a young woman, her life cut short, her past and her identity a mystery. Only by finding out who she was could we ever hope to find her killer.
Hunter's Game
In the 1970s and 80s, people went to Alaska looking for a fresh start, to reinvent themselves, or to disappear for a while. Some of those disappearances weren't by choice.
Dixie Mafia
On Mississippi's Gulf Coast, a Judge and his politician wife are murdered in their home. The killer left few clues. It looked like a professional hit, and the investigation led nowhere. But the FBI refused to give up.
Shattered Shield
In a city awash in narcotics the drug lords have all the power even over the police. Corruption in New Orleans grew like cancer, eating away at public safety and threatening to destroy the city. Crooked cops break the laws they were sworn to uphold.
Blood Brothers
When the small community of Noel, Missouri discovered their bank was robbed, they're shocked. When the bank president turned up missing, they're outraged. And when clues began to surface the facts were more terrible than anyone could have guessed.
Crime Spree
They swept through six states like a plague, thrill killers acting without rhyme or reason. They targeted adults and young girls, kidnapping, and murdering. And in their rampage, they left plenty of clues, but moving targets are the hardest to hit.
Family Secrets
A woman and her infant son vanish. The husband is frantic. The clues are scarce, but hopes linger, even as the hours and days tick by without a word. Was she on the run, or the victim of foul play?
Master Plan
Willow Springs, Illinois, seemed like any other quiet Midwestern community. But it was really one of the most corrupt places in the nation. This tiny village, nestled just outside of Chicago, was in the hip pocket of organized crime.
Firefight
In Miami, a gang of robbers targeted banks and armored cars. They carried assault weapons and weren't afraid to use them. They struck during the day, and sometimes twice a day. For awhile, they seemed unstoppable.
Killer Abroad
Beginning in 1990, Europe found itself in the clutches of a serial killer. He became an international outlaw, hopping from country to country to evade capture and to kill again.
Moving Target
When a sniper in Utah started targeting African-American men for death, authorities launched a massive investigation. With scant clues and no witnesses they found the odds stacked against them, and they had no idea where the killer would strike next.
Deadly Mission
When a family was murdered in Arkansas, it seemed like an isolated event. But soon the crime was revealed to be part of an ever-widening circle of violence that defined a new age of domestic terrorism.
Cop Killer
In 1995, our nation's capital was also our nation's murder capital. Even the police weren't safe. While Washington, DC, law enforcement targeted criminals, the criminals targeted law enforcement, even gunning down officers on patrol.
.22 Caliber Killer
In Buffalo, New York, a sniper targeted African-American men. He held a city hostage, and threatened to ignite a racial powder keg. And it looked like others might be following his bloody example.
