
Eagle-eyed technical experts prove there is no such thing as a perfect crime as they assemble the pieces every criminal leaves behind. Dramatic crime re-creations and, sometimes, part of the investigations are a staple of the series. Some of the re-creations include alternate versions of the crimes, which are disproved by science. The show's episodes follow each case from the initial investigation until it reaches its legal resolution.

An investigation into the disappearance of a young woman uncovers a tooth that helps police solve a crime without a body.

In 1971, John List disappears after murdering his mother, wife and three children; he eludes the law for years until an age-scaled sculpture of the suspect and a true-crime TV program helps lead to his arrest in 1989.

The sensitive nose of a forensic examiner sniffs out murder.

Following an outbreak of thyrotoxicosis in Sioux Falls, S.D., thought to have come from contaminated meat, the Department of Agriculture conducts a review of the use of thyroid hormones in animal products.