Thursday, April 18th TV listings for HLN
Forensic Files II The Burn Test
A 33-year-old West Virginia husband and father seemingly dies in an accidental house fire; a closer look at the scene reveals a more sinister case.
Forensic Files II True Bugs
July Fourth weekend leads to tragedy for a California family; to catch a killer, detectives utilize an unorthodox technique -- analyzing bug fragments -- to help put a murderer behind bars.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
The anchors share the latest stories about significant events that take place across the world and interview prominent figures.
How It Really Happened Susan Smith: Someone Stole My Babies Pt. 1
On Oct. 25, 1994, Susan Smith reports that a carjacker has abducted her two young sons, Michael and Alexander; this report sets off a nationwide search for the boys; while the world waits for news about the boys, investigators deliver shocking news.
How It Really Happened Susan Smith: The Shocking Truth Pt. 2
For nine days, the nation waits for news as to the whereabouts of missing 3-year-Michael and 14-month-old Alex Smith; then, there's a shocking break in the case; the boys' father, David, shares his heartbreaking story; a look at the investigation.
How It Really Happened Drew Peterson: Killer Charm
On Oct. 28, 2007, 23-year-old Stacy Peterson, the wife of veteran police sergeant Drew Peterson, goes missing. as police launch an intensive search to find Stacy, the case raises shocking new questions about her husband.
How It Really Happened David Cassidy: Fatal Secret
Actor-musician David Cassidy ("The Partridge Family") experiences the pressures of fame as a teen idol in the 1970s; in the end, his death is surrounded by mystery, leaving his family, friends and fans with more questions than answers.
How It Really Happened The Bombing of Oklahoma City: The Explosion Pt 1
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a 26-year-old U.S. army veteran, detonated a 7,000 pound truck bomb outside the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, claiming the lives of 168 innocent people.
How It Really Happened The Bombing of Oklahoma City: McVeigh's Shocking Confession Pt. 2
Timothy McVeigh himself describes how events in his personal life inspired him to take action against his fellow Americans.
How It Really Happened The Atlanta Serial Killer: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? Pt. 1
From 1979 to 1981, more than two dozen of Atlanta's black children disappeared without a trace; a look at who was killing the city's most vulnerable and why.
How It Really Happened The Atlanta Serial Killer: The KKK Connection? Pt. 2
Investigators believe Wayne Williams, a 23-year-old black man murdered more than two dozen black children and young men in Atlanta; 40 year-old evidence is reexamined using modern forensics in search of more answers.
Forensic Files Ultimate Betrayal
A 1995 fire razes the mansion of a Kansas doctor, killing two of her three children; disturbing accounts from an ex-husband lead investigators to believe the doctor set the blaze herself.
Forensic Files Cement the Case
A husband confesses to his wife's murder, only to be found not guilty a year later when a phone tip and forensic evidence point to another.
Forensic Files Innocence Lost
In Lorton, Va., police attempt to determine who abducted 5-year-old Melissa Brannen after she disappears from a Christmas party, but cannot be certain until they match hair from a rabbit-fur jacket Brannen wore that day.
Forensic Files Til Death Do Us Part
When a Pennsylvania man checks into a hospital for leg pain and later dies of thallium poisoning, police investigate his wife and find her in the process of collecting an insurance payment for her previous husband's death.
Forensic Files Body of Evidence
Police exhume the body of Karla Brown, murdered in her home in 1978, to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer.
Forensic Files Accident or Murder?
A new life-insurance policy sparks suspicions of murder when a Nova Scotia schoolteacher's body is found at the bottom of her basement stairs.
Forensic Files Core Evidence
A beverage company pleads guilty to violating federal safety laws when a baby dies from E. coli after drinking apple juice.
Forensic Files Haunting Vision
A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging that her father killed her mother 30 years ago.
Forensic Files With Every Breath
After more than 20 people on a Native American reservation die suddenly from a flu-like disease, Navajo medicine men provide a clue that leads to a most unlikely killer.
Forensic Files Slippery Motives
While at a real estate conference in St. Louis, a man finds his wife drowned in the bathtub in their hotel room.
Forensic Files Badge of Deceit
A cunning serial rapist who leaves no decisive evidence forces investigators to rely on geographical profiling in their search for an identity; DNA from a cigarette butt may provide the final piece of evidence needed to catch the suspect.
Forensic Files Dew Process
New evidence including fibers and weather patterns point to a different killer in the 1986 case of a Pennsylvania dentist's murdered wife.
Forensic Files Ultimate Betrayal
A 1995 fire razes the mansion of a Kansas doctor, killing two of her three children; disturbing accounts from an ex-husband lead investigators to believe the doctor set the blaze herself.
Forensic Files Cement the Case
A husband confesses to his wife's murder, only to be found not guilty a year later when a phone tip and forensic evidence point to another.
Forensic Files Innocence Lost
In Lorton, Va., police attempt to determine who abducted 5-year-old Melissa Brannen after she disappears from a Christmas party, but cannot be certain until they match hair from a rabbit-fur jacket Brannen wore that day.
Forensic Files Til Death Do Us Part
When a Pennsylvania man checks into a hospital for leg pain and later dies of thallium poisoning, police investigate his wife and find her in the process of collecting an insurance payment for her previous husband's death.
Forensic Files Body of Evidence
Police exhume the body of Karla Brown, murdered in her home in 1978, to study bite wounds, which eventually lead to the killer.
Forensic Files Accident or Murder?
A new life-insurance policy sparks suspicions of murder when a Nova Scotia schoolteacher's body is found at the bottom of her basement stairs.
Forensic Files Core Evidence
A beverage company pleads guilty to violating federal safety laws when a baby dies from E. coli after drinking apple juice.
Forensic Files Haunting Vision
A woman who survived a deadly childhood fire sends police a letter charging that her father killed her mother 30 years ago.
Forensic Files With Every Breath
After more than 20 people on a Native American reservation die suddenly from a flu-like disease, Navajo medicine men provide a clue that leads to a most unlikely killer.
Forensic Files Slippery Motives
While at a real estate conference in St. Louis, a man finds his wife drowned in the bathtub in their hotel room.
Forensic Files Badge of Deceit
A cunning serial rapist who leaves no decisive evidence forces investigators to rely on geographical profiling in their search for an identity; DNA from a cigarette butt may provide the final piece of evidence needed to catch the suspect.
Forensic Files Dew Process
New evidence including fibers and weather patterns point to a different killer in the 1986 case of a Pennsylvania dentist's murdered wife.