Forensic Files

Season 1 Episode 8: The Wilson Murder

14 Seasons Nov 14, 1996 TV-14 23m 8.8

On the night of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home after a meeting. She walked up the stairs to the bedroom and discovered her husband, Eye doctor Jack Wilson, beaten and stabbed to death, lying in a pool of blood with a baseball bat nearby. Jack Wilson had obviously been murdered... but how? And by whom? Even the experts couldn’t agree.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 2 The Magic Bullet

2. The Magic Bullet

Aired: Oct 17, 1996

At the Dallas 'Pistol & Revolver' club in 1991, Trey Cooley, a young spec...

Episode 3 The House That Roared

3. The House That Roared

Aired: Oct 10, 1996

Caren Campano disappeared and her husband, Chris became the prime suspect -- ...

Episode 4 The Footpath Murders

4. The Footpath Murders

Aired: Oct 23, 1996

British detectives worked with a pioneering scientist to solve crimes of sexu...

Episode 5 Planted Evidence

5. Planted Evidence

Aired: Oct 24, 1996

Single mother Denise Johnson is found dead in a deserted area outside of Phoe...

Episode 6 Southside Strangler

6. Southside Strangler

Aired: Oct 30, 1996

The U.S. criminal justice system's first use of DNA profiling in a serial mur...

Episode 7 Legionnaires' Disease

7. Legionnaires' Disease

Aired: Nov 6, 1996

Philadelphia, the birthplace of the United States, played host to millions of...

Episode 8 The Wilson Murder

8. The Wilson Murder

Aired: Nov 13, 1996

On the night of May 22, 1992, Betty Wilson returned home after a meeting. She...

Episode 9 Deadly Neighborhoods

9. Deadly Neighborhoods

Aired: Nov 20, 1996

Eleven children in an elementary school in Phoenix contracted childhood leuke...

Episode 10 Insect Clues

10. Insect Clues

Aired: Nov 27, 1996

Between 1985 and 1988, 18 people were choked, molested and left for dead in t...

Episode 11 Outbreak

11. Outbreak

Aired: Dec 4, 1996

Alarmingly high levels of thyroid hormones pump through the systems of South ...

Episode 12 The List Murders

12. The List Murders

Aired: Dec 11, 1996

For 18 years, a man who murdered his entire family successfully eluded the FB...

Episode 13 Raw Terror

13. Raw Terror

Aired: Dec 18, 1996

Escherichia coli (E-coli) bacteria can be found in meats, milk and in water. ...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: TLC

Production Countries: United States, Germany

Genres:Crime, Documentary

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