FBI Files
FBI Files is an American docudrama that goes behind the scenes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory. It examines real cases and forensic work as investigators analyze evidence. The series highlights how the FBI lab supports criminal investigations. Each episode offers a look at the science and procedures used to solve federal crimes.
Episodes
The Judge Was Murdered Over Money He Never Stole
A circuit judge and his wife, shot dead in their own home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The reason: money the judge never stole.In 1987, Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret, a Biloxi city councilwoman, were murdered in a plot traced back to a prison scam run from Louisiana's Angola penitentiary, a lawyer who allegedly blamed the wrong man, and a criminal network known as the Dixie Mafia.Fo
8 Million Flyers. 4,000 Volunteers. One Girl Who Vanished Without a Trace
On the night of October 1, 1993, a 12-year-old girl was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom during a sleepover while her mother slept in the next room. It was a stranger abduction from the home—the rarest and most terrifying kind of kidnapping. What followed was one of the largest manhunts in FBI history.Polly Klaas became a household name. Her face appeared on the cover of People magazine, o
Out of Jail on August 15. Four People Dead by Labor Day.
In a quiet Ohio community, an elderly woman vanishes without a trace. Hours later, a teenage boy disappears. The police know the cases are linked—but they don't know how. What begins as a local mystery spirals into a cross-country crime spree that leaves a trail of stolen vehicles and murder victims across seven states.The FBI joins the hunt for two suspected killers who are always one step ahead.
The Robbery That Rewrote How America Decides the Death Penalty
A former security professional. A sniper rifle. A single shot outside an Arizona mall that killed an armored van driver and set off a manhunt ending in a drainage culvert off a desert highway.The capture of Timothy Ring closed the case. But what happened next, in an Arizona courtroom and ultimately before the United States Supreme Court, reshaped how every death penalty case in America is decided
The Gas Station Mogul Who Rigged Pumps and Ordered Murders
He started out washing cars for a living. Within a decade, Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa controlled more than fifty gas stations across New York City — a business empire built on rigged pumps, counterfeit inspection seals, and a willingness to order murder to protect it.When police discovered gas pump circuit boards hidden in the trunk of a car connected to his operation, it unraveled a sprawling fraud sch
He Wrote a 26-Step "Recipe for Murder" — Then His Wife Vanished
She was a Marine Corps captain, days from finalizing her divorce and already approved for promotion. He was a disgraced former officer with nothing left to lose. When Captain Shirley Russell vanished from Quantico in March 1989, investigators faced a case with no body, no weapon, and no witnesses.What they found instead was a computer file: a chillingly methodical 26-step "recipe for murder," writ
The Ex-Cop Who Planned a Murder Like a Sniper Operation
He had once worked in security himself, trained to understand exactly how armored car routes operated, and exactly when a driver would be most vulnerable. On November 28th, 1994, he used that knowledge to plan an execution outside a Phoenix-area mall.When Wells Fargo driver John Magoch stepped out of his van for a cigarette, a coordinated team was already in position, waiting. What followed was a
The Baker Everyone Trusted Was Hunting Women With an Airplane
Cindy Paulson’s Escape Exposes Robert Hansen in Anchorage She was seventeen years old, handcuffed, barefoot, and running for her life. She had been kidnapped, tortured, and raped inside a quiet Anchorage home by a man she believed was just another client. Now, he was trying to load her onto a small bush plane, and she knew exactly what that meant: she would never be seen again. But Cindy Paulson h
He Was One of Delaware's Most Powerful Lawyers. A Cooler That Wouldn't Sink Ended Everything
He was one of Delaware's most powerful lawyers, with ties to the governor's own office. When his secret relationship with the governor's young secretary turned deadly, he was confident he could make the evidence disappear — permanently, sixty miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.The cooler had other plans.This episode traces the disappearance of Anne Marie Fahey, the year-long investigation that stalle
He Hunted Strangers With a Sniper Rifle to Start a Race War
Liberty Park Sniper: The Hunt for Joseph Paul Franklin | The FBI FilesIt was a warm summer evening in Salt Lake City. Ted Fields, 20, and David Martin, 18, were jogging through Liberty Park with two white girlfriends. They were young. They were happy. They had no idea that a man with a high-powered rifle was watching them from a vacant lot across the street, hidden behind a hill, waiting for the p
Jack Unterweger Austria's Serial Killer Caught by the FBI
Jack Unterweger: Austria's Serial Killer Caught by the FBI | The FBI FilesHe was celebrated as a literary genius, a reformed man who had turned his life around behind bars. He walked red carpets, gave interviews, and rubbed shoulders with Vienna's elite. But while the world applauded his redemption story, Jack Unterweger was doing what he had always done: hunting women. And this time, he was repor
CIA Headquarters Shooting Inside the International Manhunt for Mir Amal Kanzi
It was a crisp winter morning in Langley, Virginia. Cars were lined up at a stoplight, waiting to turn into the main entrance of CIA headquarters. Inside those vehicles were ordinary people—analysts, engineers, covert operatives—going about their daily commute. None of them knew that a man with an AK-47 was watching them from a brown Datsun station wagon, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.A
Glenn Rogers From Van Nuys Truck Fire to Room 119
A burned pickup truck in a Van Nuys hospital parking lot. A woman’s body inside, strangled before the flames ever touched her. A single earring. A lottery win. And a name that kept surfacing: Glenn Rogers.It began on the night of September 29, 1995, when Sandra Gallagher—a 33-year-old mother of three—won $1,200 on a scratch-off at McRed’s Cocktail Lounge in Van Nuys. She was celebrating. She was h
Joseph Paul Franklin Liberty Park Sniper Manhunt
He was a ghost. A drifter. A man with no fixed address and no fingerprints on file. He moved across the country like a shadow, robbing banks to fund his travels and using a high-powered rifle to kill from a distance. He was not motivated by money. He was not motivated by passion. He was motivated by hate—a consuming, irrational, all-encompassing hatred that he believed was a divine mission. His na
John Gotti’s Biggest Mistake Gave the FBI Exactly What They Needed | Full Episode
He was the most powerful mob boss in America. The head of the Gambino crime family. A man who walked the streets of New York like a king, wearing $2,000 suits and flashing a smile that dared the government to take him down. The press called him "The Dapper Don." The FBI called him something else: "The Teflon Don." Because no matter how many times they arrested him, no matter how many charges they
The Cowboy Fantasy That Turned Into a Killing Spree
He wore cowboy boots and carried a hunting knife on his belt, calling himself by names lifted straight from western paperback novels. Behind the costume, FBI profilers concluded, was a man acting out a violent outlaw fantasy — one that cost 22-year-old Robin Smith her life.After Smith's remains were discovered weeks later in a rural stretch of Washington state, the case grew into a multi-state man
Five Minutes That Became the Bloodiest Day in FBI History
Eight FBI agents went out that morning expecting a routine arrest. Five minutes later, two were dead, five more were wounded, and one agent — already shot himself — fired the final rounds that ended it.After an eight-month investigation into a wave of brutal bank robberies in south Miami, agents finally located their suspects on April 11th, 1986. What followed became known simply as the Firefight
The Shootout That Changed How Every FBI Agent Carries a Gun
Eight FBI agents. Two armed men. Less than five minutes. On a quiet residential street in Miami in April 1986, a routine vehicle stop turned into one of the deadliest days in FBI history.Michael Platt and William Matix, two former US Army servicemen suspected of a violent robbery spree across South Florida, were carrying firepower the Bureau never anticipated. By the time the gunfire ended, two ag
Hunting Darren D. ONeill_ Robin Smith Mount Rainier and a Survivor
A vanished bride-to-be. A red Torino. A drifter with a teardrop tattoo. This is the manhunt that gripped the Pacific Northwest—and the FBI agent who refused to let it go cold.On the night of March 28, 1987, 22-year-old Robin Smith left a bar in Puyallup, Washington, with a man she had just met. Her fiancé had left the party early. Robin stayed behind. She was supposed to be home hours ago. She nev
He Thought They Were Coming for Him — They Weren't
Two Boston police officers walked into an alley to check on a domestic dispute that had nothing to do with the man they encountered there. Ted Otsuki, a parolee with a violent past, assumed they were coming for him — and in a single, catastrophic misjudgment, opened fire.What followed was an eleven-month international manhunt that placed Otsuki on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list and eventually led
The Bookstore Owner Who Robbed Banks in a Fake Beard
By day, he ran a used bookstore and impressed customers with his knowledge of the classics. By night, he put on a fake beard, picked up an assault rifle, and robbed banks across suburban Chicago while his wife waited in the getaway car.Between 1990 and 1991, Jeffrey and Jill Erickson, the "Bearded Bandit" and his partner, pulled off eight violent bank robberies, shot at a police officer, and stock
The Bearded Bandit and His Bank Heists
A fake beard. A baseball cap. A police scanner in his hand. Between 1990 and 1991, one man walked into bank after bank across suburban Chicago, announced a hold-up with military precision, and vanished before anyone could stop him. Outside, his wife waited with a stolen getaway car.The FBI and Chicago police knew only his disguise, and bank employees gave him a name: the Bearded Bandit. But as the
Crimes That Pushed The FBI To Their Limit
An elderly woman battling cancer, vanished without a trace. An 86-year-old man and his wife, killed in their own home. A security guard, shot without warning while simply doing her job. In just one week, two killers — a 23-year-old ex-convict and his 16-year-old accomplice — crossed seven states, stealing a new car with every victim they left behind.This episode traces the 1994 killing spree of Le
Miami River Cops: Inside the Largest Police Corruption Case The FBI Files
July 28, 1985. The Miami River. A marine salvager pulls three bodies from the murky water—men dressed in designer clothes, guns still tucked into their waistbands, large bills stuffed in their pockets. They were Colombian drug smugglers. And they hadn't drowned by accident.Witnesses said men in police uniforms had rushed them at the Jones Boat Yard. The smugglers panicked, jumped into the river, a
Brother Against Brother in the Thomas Capano Case
Thomas Capano had everything. Wealth. Power. A prestigious law career. A beautiful family. He was a former prosecutor, a political insider, a man who moved through Delaware's elite circles with effortless charm. But behind the polished facade lurked a controlling, obsessive man who could not accept rejection. And when Anne Marie Fahey—the governor's scheduling secretary, his secret lover—tried to
The Most Violent Bank Robbery Of The Century The FBI Files
It was 3:40 p.m. on May 9, 1980, when five heavily armed men stormed into a Security Pacific Bank branch in Norco, California. But this was not a typical bank robbery. The men were not drug addicts desperate for a fix, nor professional thieves looking for a quick score. They were survivalists, led by a born-again Christian who believed the apocalypse was coming—and that they needed money to prepar
Dangerous Takedown FULL EPISODE The FBI Files
A sledgehammer smashing through a front door in the dead of night. A Camden, New Jersey home invaded by two violent men. A shootout in a park that left a police officer nearly dead. And two suspects who vanished without a trace.For one year, they were ghosts. Witnesses refused to talk—they knew the consequences of cooperation could be deadly. The community lived in fear. And the men who had shot a
The Rise and Fall of Harlems Deadliest Drug Gangs
Harlem has always been a battleground. But in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the war was not fought with politics or poetry—it was fought with heroin, crack, and blood. A succession of drug empires rose from the streets of Upper Manhattan, each more ruthless than the last. They made millions, they corrupted entire neighborhoods, and they left behind a trail of bodies that would take decades to count
He Killed a Cop Over a Mistake — Then Ran for Almost a Year
Two Boston police officers were simply responding to a routine domestic disturbance call. They weren't looking for Ted Otsuki. But Otsuki, a parolee with a violent past, believed they were coming for him — and in a dark alley, that fatal misunderstanding cost one officer his life and left another fighting for his.What followed was a manhunt that stretched from the streets of Boston to San Francisc
The Photographer Who Became America's Most Wanted Killer
He was a successful businessman. A race car driver. A photographer who charmed young women with promises of modeling contracts. Nothing about Christopher Wilder looked like a killer — until the bodies started appearing across the country.In the spring of 1984, Wilder began a 47-day cross-country rampage, kidnapping and murdering young women he lured with the promise of a photoshoot. As the death t
The Cartel Thought They Were Untouchable — Until One Mistake
It was 3 a.m. in St. Paul, Minnesota, when witnesses found the body of twenty-six-year-old Duon Walker burning in a dark alley. He had been shot three times in the head with a .22 caliber handgun, wrapped in plastic, doused with gasoline, and set ablaze within two miles of the condo where he had been staying. Walker was a cocaine dealer from Los Angeles, a man who had come to Minnesota to do busin
He Killed Without Remorse — And Almost Got Away With It
A body burning in a dark alley. A suspected drug courier from California, hundreds of miles from home. And a killer so ruthless that his own partners in crime feared they would be next.On a humid summer night in 1990, witnesses in St. Paul, Minnesota, discovered a horror they would never forget: the burning corpse of twenty-six-year-old Duon Walker, a cocaine dealer who had been staying with a man
The Celebrated Author Who Was Secretly a Serial Killer
He was celebrated as a literary genius, a reformed man who had turned his life around behind bars. He walked red carpets, gave interviews, and rubbed shoulders with Vienna's elite. But while the world applauded his redemption story, Jack Unterweger was doing what he had always done: hunting women. And this time, he was reporting on his own crimes.In this episode of The FBI Files, we reopen one of
The Hunt for Americas Most Violent Ideological Killers The FBI Files
They were not motivated by money. Not by jealousy. Not by passion. They were motivated by something far more dangerous: an idea. A belief so powerful, so consuming, that it justified murder in their minds. They saw themselves as soldiers in a war—a war against the government, against society, against anyone who did not share their vision. And the FBI had to stop them before they struck again.In th
90s Gangs vs The FBI TRIPLE EPISODE The FBI Files
The 1990s. A decade of prosperity, of hope, of cultural revolution. But beneath the surface of the American Dream, a war was raging. Street gangs exploded across the nation's cities—Bloods, Crips, Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings—transforming neighborhoods into battlegrounds and turning crack cocaine into a billion-dollar industry. And the FBI was caught in the crossfire.In this triple episode of T
Deadly Obsession FULL EPISODE The FBI Files
Love. Devotion. Passion. These are the emotions we celebrate, the feelings we chase, the bonds that give life meaning. But when love curdles into obsession, when devotion becomes a cage, and when passion turns to violence—the result is a crime that shocks even the most seasoned investigators. This is Deadly Obsession. And the FBI has seen it all.In this full episode of The FBI Files, we descend in
Cases That Were Cold... Until a Tip Came In The FBI Files
For years, they sat in filing cabinets. Forgotten. Abandoned. Written off as unsolvable. Detectives retired, families grieved, and the files gathered dust while killers walked free. But then the phone rang. A whisper. A confession. A memory that someone could no longer carry alone. And everything changed.In this episode of The FBI Files, we explore the cases that were cold—frozen in time, given up
The FBIs Most Dangerous Undercover Operations
The FBI has a saying: the most dangerous place in the world is inside the mind of a criminal. But for a select few, the most dangerous place is inside the mind of an undercover agent—a person who must lie for a living, betray for survival, and hold their own sanity together while standing inches from death.In this episode, we open the files on the FBI's most dangerous undercover operations—mission
Florida Cases QUAD EPISODE The FBI Files
Florida. Where the sun shines, the secrets run deep. And the FBI has files on all of them.This is a quadruple episode of The FBI Files, diving into four of the most twisted, shocking, and unforgettable cases to ever come out of the Sunshine State. From brazen bank heists to cold-blooded murder, from corrupt officials to fugitives who vanished without a trace—these are the investigations that pushe
Myths vs. Reality: CIA and FBI Revealed by Their Deputy Directors
Think you know the difference between the CIA and the FBI? Think again.Hollywood has spent decades blurring the lines—CIA officers making arrests, FBI agents running covert operations abroad. But what's the truth behind the badge and the shadow?In this explosive special episode of FBI Files, we go straight to the top. CIA Deputy Director David Cohen returns, and this time he's brought backup: FBI
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