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crystaldawn · 02-25-2006, 08:43 AM

Anyone have a favorite Forensic Files episode they'd care to share?

My most favorite is one of the earlier ones where an extended family was sitting around the kitchen table, most of them drinking lemonade. Soon after those that drank lemonade became violently ill. I believe a small boy and a man suffered some extremely horrific side effects and eventually died. It was found that the woman who lived at the house had an ex-boyfriend who worked at a cancer lab. He had broke into her house and put some cancer causing agent into the lemonade hoping to kill her. The irony is she didn't even drink any lemonade that day. Anyway they plugged a book at the end so I read it and I must say it is one of the best true crime books I've ever read. They go into detail about what the poor victims went through physically but also the psychological torture the survivors went through the rest of their lives worrying if since they had drank the lemonade if they would eventually develop cancer from it. Also mentions what happened to the man who poisoned the lemonade. If anyone is interested in reading it here's a link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044...lance&n=283155

Tony Ballesteros · 02-25-2006, 02:38 PM

the one where the person was killed, and then the cops didnt know what happened or who did it, then they solved it with science

nohwheregirl · 02-28-2006, 10:09 PM

Thanks for the book suggestion, CrystalDawn.

One of my favorite episodes was on today. It's the one where the doctor raped his patient (and later his stepdaughter), yet they couldn't link the dna from the semen collected by police to the doctor's blood. The doctor had inserted a plastic tube in his arm filled with a patient's blood so that the blood draw wouldn't match his semen. It blows my mind that he got away with it for so long and that his ruse actually worked! I also LOVE the victim. He definitely messed with the wrong woman.

I also really like the episode about the teacher who was stalking herself and tried to blame it on another teacher.

crystaldawn · 02-28-2006, 10:18 PM

Good choices Nowheregirl! I was also fascinated watching that one where this guy faked a blood test when it was actually being videotaped!! I had never heard of that. Of course its one of those where after watching it it probably gave some people ideas. I'm sorry I missed it today.

Also a good one is about the ricin. I believe a man had been poisoned by his wife (she was a doctor, he may have been too) and I believe they found some castor bean packets in her purse. He ended up having to have brain surgery. The most shocking part was that she set fire to her house and deliberately told her son to just stay inside and help would come full well knowing that he would perish in the blaze (along with another child of hers).

I remember a comment they made about ricin where a man I believe in another country was actually infected when someone brushed up against his leg with the tip of an umbrella. Apparently they had somehow implanted ricin in the tip of the umbrella and used that as an extremely unconventional way to infect this man with ricin. Simply amazing.

nohwheregirl · 02-28-2006, 10:26 PM

CrystalDawn...Ann Rule wrote a book about that ricin case. I've read most of the book (I haven't finished it yet, not because it's not a good book...although I've heard that many people thought it was too one-sided). However, I haven't seen the FF episode on it. I must just keep missing it!

crystaldawn · 02-28-2006, 10:29 PM

Thanks, I didn't know there was a book about it. Why in your opinion isn't it a very good book? Do you mean one sided in support of the husband or the wife? I can't imagine it would show that witch in a favorable light after what she did to her children. I believe the angle FF took was how they were able to tell that she set the fire by her nightgown and a few other things.

nohwheregirl · 02-28-2006, 10:42 PM

CrystalDawn, I actually do think it's a good book from what I've read....I just haven't had a chance to finish it for other reasons.

Even from what I read, I think it's pretty obvious that she poisoned her husband and set her house on fire. I believe I read on Amazon from a few reviewers who lived in the area where the story happened (Kansas, I believe) that the woman was a more dynamic (and perhaps even sympathetic) character than the absolutely heinous, dumpy, zero-personality, unattractive loser that Ann portrayed in her book. Of course, anyone can post to Amazon, so you can take that with a grain of salt. It sort of reminds me of the Betty Broderick case in a way...except this woman was much more calculating.

TosaTillie · 03-21-2006, 08:32 PM

Hi - the book is called Bitter Harvest and it was a good book. The woman's name was Debra Green-she was a real goof ball but I felt kinda sorry for her. I really think she suffered from severe depression and didn't get help for herself - not to say depression is an excuse or even a reason for murder -- However, it does seem to be the big crime excuse lately, only now they call it bipolar disease- I saw on Court TV today that the teacher that slept with a 13 or 14 year old said it was because she had bipolar disease and not one person in the press mentioned that!!!! I personally don't buy depression or bipolar disease as an excuse unless it's really severe depression like post-partum psychosis - which is really an entirely different thing - that's why it's called psychosis not depression. Oh well, just my 2 cents...

SitcomsAreTheWay · 03-28-2006, 09:22 PM

Mine is the episode where a woman in Anchorage, Alaska walked out of a bar drunk and not long after, ended up dead. I think they caught the suspect by a fingerprint or handprint on the victim's body, one of the two. Maybe someone can shed some light on this episode.

I forgot the name of the episode.

crystaldawn · 03-28-2006, 09:30 PM

Yes I've taped that one and its "Palm Prints Conviction". They found the woman murdered and were able to use heated super glue to get the killer's palmprint off of her thigh I believe. He was ultimately convicted. Simply amazing!

SitcomsAreTheWay · 03-28-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by crystaldawn

Yes I've taped that one and its "Palm Prints Conviction". They found the woman murdered and were able to use heated super glue to get the killer's palmprint off of her thigh I believe. He was ultimately convicted. Simply amazing!

Oh yeah, that's right! I forgot about the super glue. I remember it vaguely. You don't have to go through the whole story but could you refresh my memory about how she ended up dead. Was she kidnapped?

SitcomsAreTheWay · 03-28-2006, 09:35 PM

Oops, sorry about that.

crystaldawn · 03-28-2006, 10:17 PM

No problem I got rid of it for you.

Well there were two similar cases about women in bars but I believe the story was she was very drunk and they refused to serve her anymore (maybe even kicked her out of the bar). The killer offered to help her home (police speculate) and she did know him vaguely through her daughter. I believe this was the one where the law in Alaska requires bars to have surveillance cameras. They could tell by the camera that the perpetrator was a long haired man and had some dye in his hair. They were also able to test some head hairs found on a branch near the victim's body and found that it contained the same color dye.

SitcomsAreTheWay · 03-28-2006, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by crystaldawn

No problem I got rid of it for you.

Well there were two similar cases about women in bars but I believe the story was she was very drunk and they refused to serve her anymore (maybe even kicked her out of the bar). The killer offered to help her home (police speculate) and she did know him vaguely through her daughter. I believe this was the one where the law in Alaska requires bars to have surveillance cameras. They could tell by the camera that the perpetrator was a long haired man and had some dye in his hair. They were also able to test some head hairs found on a branch near the victim's body and found that it contained the same color dye.

Oh yeah, okay. I know his last name is Curtis and he looked kind of Asian. Did he get life?

UMLongtimefan · 05-30-2006, 09:56 PM

I have several..

The episode about the boy scout who nearly dies after eating undercooked meat that one also had a book pitch

The canadian doctor who drugged a patient, then raped her, who eludes dna testing by pluggin a fake vein with another patients blood into his arm.

Just about any and all of the forensic computing ones where they find the incriminating evidence in the bad guys cpu

The woodchipper murder one

The guy who kills the lady in the women's store that his mom owned and then shows up for the police interview with make-up on to cover the brutal scratch marks on his face

So many good shows..

02-25-2006, 08:43 AM	#1
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Favorite Forensic Files episode? Anyone have a favorite Forensic Files episode they'd care to share? My most favorite is one of the earlier ones where an extended family was sitting around the kitchen table, most of them drinking lemonade. Soon after those that drank lemonade became violently ill. I believe a small boy and a man suffered some extremely horrific side effects and eventually died. It was found that the woman who lived at the house had an ex-boyfriend who worked at a cancer lab. He had broke into her house and put some cancer causing agent into the lemonade hoping to kill her. The irony is she didn't even drink any lemonade that day. Anyway they plugged a book at the end so I read it and I must say it is one of the best true crime books I've ever read. They go into detail about what the poor victims went through physically but also the psychological torture the survivors went through the rest of their lives worrying if since they had drank the lemonade if they would eventually develop cancer from it. Also mentions what happened to the man who poisoned the lemonade. If anyone is interested in reading it here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044...lance&n=283155

02-25-2006, 02:38 PM	#2
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03-21-2006, 08:32 PM	#8
TosaTillie Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 08, 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 16	Ann Rule Book Hi - the book is called Bitter Harvest and it was a good book. The woman's name was Debra Green-she was a real goof ball but I felt kinda sorry for her. I really think she suffered from severe depression and didn't get help for herself - not to say depression is an excuse or even a reason for murder -- However, it does seem to be the big crime excuse lately, only now they call it bipolar disease- I saw on Court TV today that the teacher that slept with a 13 or 14 year old said it was because she had bipolar disease and not one person in the press mentioned that!!!! I personally don't buy depression or bipolar disease as an excuse unless it's really severe depression like post-partum psychosis - which is really an entirely different thing - that's why it's called psychosis not depression. Oh well, just my 2 cents...

02-28-2006, 10:09 PM	#3
nohwheregirl THE Mystery Machine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 1,057	Thanks for the book suggestion, CrystalDawn. One of my favorite episodes was on today. It's the one where the doctor raped his patient (and later his stepdaughter), yet they couldn't link the dna from the semen collected by police to the doctor's blood. The doctor had inserted a plastic tube in his arm filled with a patient's blood so that the blood draw wouldn't match his semen. It blows my mind that he got away with it for so long and that his ruse actually worked! I also LOVE the victim. He definitely messed with the wrong woman. I also really like the episode about the teacher who was stalking herself and tried to blame it on another teacher.

02-28-2006, 10:18 PM	#4
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Good choices Nowheregirl! I was also fascinated watching that one where this guy faked a blood test when it was actually being videotaped!! I had never heard of that. Of course its one of those where after watching it it probably gave some people ideas. I'm sorry I missed it today. Also a good one is about the ricin. I believe a man had been poisoned by his wife (she was a doctor, he may have been too) and I believe they found some castor bean packets in her purse. He ended up having to have brain surgery. The most shocking part was that she set fire to her house and deliberately told her son to just stay inside and help would come full well knowing that he would perish in the blaze (along with another child of hers). I remember a comment they made about ricin where a man I believe in another country was actually infected when someone brushed up against his leg with the tip of an umbrella. Apparently they had somehow implanted ricin in the tip of the umbrella and used that as an extremely unconventional way to infect this man with ricin. Simply amazing.

02-28-2006, 10:26 PM	#5
nohwheregirl THE Mystery Machine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 1,057	CrystalDawn...Ann Rule wrote a book about that ricin case. I've read most of the book (I haven't finished it yet, not because it's not a good book...although I've heard that many people thought it was too one-sided). However, I haven't seen the FF episode on it. I must just keep missing it!

02-28-2006, 10:29 PM	#6
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Thanks, I didn't know there was a book about it. Why in your opinion isn't it a very good book? Do you mean one sided in support of the husband or the wife? I can't imagine it would show that witch in a favorable light after what she did to her children. I believe the angle FF took was how they were able to tell that she set the fire by her nightgown and a few other things.

02-28-2006, 10:42 PM	#7
nohwheregirl THE Mystery Machine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 1,057	CrystalDawn, I actually do think it's a good book from what I've read....I just haven't had a chance to finish it for other reasons. Even from what I read, I think it's pretty obvious that she poisoned her husband and set her house on fire. I believe I read on Amazon from a few reviewers who lived in the area where the story happened (Kansas, I believe) that the woman was a more dynamic (and perhaps even sympathetic) character than the absolutely heinous, dumpy, zero-personality, unattractive loser that Ann portrayed in her book. Of course, anyone can post to Amazon, so you can take that with a grain of salt. It sort of reminds me of the Betty Broderick case in a way...except this woman was much more calculating.

03-28-2006, 09:22 PM	#9
SitcomsAreTheWay Retro Sitcoms Fanatic Forum Regular Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: NY Posts: 612	Mine is the episode where a woman in Anchorage, Alaska walked out of a bar drunk and not long after, ended up dead. I think they caught the suspect by a fingerprint or handprint on the victim's body, one of the two. Maybe someone can shed some light on this episode. I forgot the name of the episode.

03-28-2006, 09:30 PM	#10
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Yes I've taped that one and its "Palm Prints Conviction". They found the woman murdered and were able to use heated super glue to get the killer's palmprint off of her thigh I believe. He was ultimately convicted. Simply amazing!

03-28-2006, 09:35 PM	#12
SitcomsAreTheWay Retro Sitcoms Fanatic Forum Regular Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: NY Posts: 612	Oops, sorry about that.

03-28-2006, 10:17 PM	#13
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	No problem I got rid of it for you. Well there were two similar cases about women in bars but I believe the story was she was very drunk and they refused to serve her anymore (maybe even kicked her out of the bar). The killer offered to help her home (police speculate) and she did know him vaguely through her daughter. I believe this was the one where the law in Alaska requires bars to have surveillance cameras. They could tell by the camera that the perpetrator was a long haired man and had some dye in his hair. They were also able to test some head hairs found on a branch near the victim's body and found that it contained the same color dye.

05-30-2006, 09:56 PM	#15
UMLongtimefan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 08, 2006 Location: ??? Posts: 161	I have several.. The episode about the boy scout who nearly dies after eating undercooked meat that one also had a book pitch The canadian doctor who drugged a patient, then raped her, who eludes dna testing by pluggin a fake vein with another patients blood into his arm. Just about any and all of the forensic computing ones where they find the incriminating evidence in the bad guys cpu The woodchipper murder one The guy who kills the lady in the women's store that his mom owned and then shows up for the police interview with make-up on to cover the brutal scratch marks on his face So many good shows..