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Encyclopedia > Forensic Investigators
Forensic Investigators

Forensic Investigators airs each Wednesday.
Genre Crime/Documentary
Running time 60 Minutes
Creator(s) Fiona Baker
Southern Star
Starring Lisa McCune
Country of origin Australia
Original network/channel Seven Network
Original run September, 2004
No. of episodes 19 (still airing)

Forensic Investigators is an Australian television show hosted by Lisa McCune which airs on the Seven Network, it was first aired to television in 2004. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x576, 100 KB) Summary The was the screen used in Seven Network promos for Forensic Investigators at the start of season 2. ... A television documentary is a documentary or a series of documentaries that are meant to be broadcasted on television. ... Southern Star is a New Zealand Christian radio station includes classic contemporary Christian popular music and hymns. ... Lisa McCune on Forensic Investigators Lisa McCune (b. ... It has been suggested that Advertising by the Seven Network be merged into this article or section. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Deaths in September • 27 Tsai Wan-lin • 24 Françoise Sagan • 20 Brian Clough • 18 Russ Meyer • 15 Johnny Ramone • 12 Fred Ebb • 11 Peter VII of Alexandria • 8 Richard Girnt Butler... Lisa McCune on Forensic Investigators Lisa McCune (b. ... It has been suggested that Advertising by the Seven Network be merged into this article or section. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Focusing on actual Australian crimes, each episode unfolds the drama minute-by-minute showing viewers the tireless work of detectives, and the scientific procedures required to solves these mysteries. Australian crime // Bushrangers Bushrangers were criminals who used the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities between committing their robberies, roughly analogous to the British-American highwayman. Their targets often included small-town banks or coach services. ...


The series includes exclusive footage that has never been seen outside the courtroom, including police videos, crime scene stills and other forensic evidence. Recently the 1st and 2nd seasons have been released on DVD.

Contents


Season one

  • Episode One

When a young girl's body is found in a park in the teeming rain in Frankston, Victoria the police had the odds stacked against them. They would need to call on all their investigative and forensic skills to solve a crime that even today, sends a chill down the spines of those who lived through it. The main street of Frankston Frankston foreshore View of Frankston from Olivers Hill Lookout Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

  • Episode Two

A routine run on a quiet weekday morning leads to a gruesome discovery, throwing investigators into one of Australia's most bizarre murders.

  • Episode Three

Four bodies were found shot in a house in an outer suburb of Canberra. Inside the house was evidence that would not only lead investigators to the killer, but would uncover a secret buried for three years. For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...

  • Episode Four

Neddy Smith had been given a life sentence when he confessed to the killing of Harvey Jones to his cell mate, giving a detailed account of how he killed him and where. In March 1995 a skull was found at Botany Beach. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • Episode Five

A mother and her two children were found in their house brutally bashed to death. Was it a robbery gone wrong, or something far more sinister?

  • Episode Six

In April of 1999, Maya Jakic's body was found covered under leaves and hidden in bushes out the front of an unused police patrol station in Adelaide, South Australia. Two years later, Japanese student Megumi Suzuki had gone missing and when police discovered her schoolbooks abandoned near a rail over-bridge they knew she had met with foul play. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ...


Season two

  • Episode One

In December 1994 Andrew Astbury's body was found floating in Melbourne's Yarra River. He was a hard working, reliable 25-year-old man from a good family. So why was he murdered? Look at the brilliant detective and forensic science work that helped solve this chilling murder. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ...

  • Episode Two

Queensland Cat Protection Society president Kathleen Marshall is found brutally stabbed to death. In a case involving rumours, cat-fights and fortune telling, the detectives rely on forensics and five tiny spots of blood to separate fact from fiction and point them towards the killer.

  • Episode Three

A young woman's body is found wrapped in plastic. Unidentified for several months, she became known as Jane Doe. Who was she and who wanted her dead?

  • Episode Four

The body of 22-year-old Tasmanian Amanda Carter was found alongside the Derwent River. It took 13 years and a revolution in forensic science to finally bring her killer to account. Emblems: Flora Tasmanian Blue Gum Fauna none Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. ...

  • Episode Five

This Granny Killer murdered six elderly women before his year-long reign of terror in Sydney's northern suburbs ended. How was the killer John Wayne Glover finally brought to justice? The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... John Wayne Glover; police mugshot John Wayne Glover (1932-2005) was a serial killer responsible for the North Shore Granny Murders in Australia. ...

  • Episode Six

Policewoman Angela Taylor was killed when a car exploded outside Melbourne's Russell Street police headquarters. What clues were found among the debris? Who was responsible? The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central... The Russell Street Bombing is the name given to a tragedy that occurred at 1pm on March 27, 1986 when a stolen 1979 Holden Commodore left parked outside the Russell Street Police Headquarters complex in Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, exploded. ...

  • Episode Seven

When the battered body of Darryl Lewis is found dumped outside an ambulance station, police began an investigation that becomes one of the longest running in Queensland's history. Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ...

  • Episode Eight (Part One)

In 1998, Wollongong, NSW, was gripped by fear after the brutal deaths of shopkeeper David O'Hearn and Lord Mayor Frank Arkell. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Wollongong (IPA: ) is an industrial city located on the eastern coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales. ...

  • Episode Nine (Part Two)

After committing two violent murders in Wollongong, NSW, Mark Valera became the youngest offender to receive a life sentence. While he's behind bars his father is brutally killed. But who committed that crime and what was the motive?

  • Episode Ten

When 17-year-old American-born Gabriel Meyer first went missing in the Northern Queensland town of Innisfail, it was feared he'd been eaten by a crocodile, but the truth was far more sinister. Innisfail is a town located in the far north of the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately 90km by road south of Cairns. ... Genera Crocodylus Osteolaemus Tomistoma See full taxonomy. ...

  • Episode Eleven

Samantha Bodsworth's body was found in a Noosa carpark one hour away from her hometown of Gympie. The killer thought he'd committed the perfect murder but a little-known area of forensic science would be his undoing. Noosa is located on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. ... The city of Gympie is located in south eastern Queensland, Australia, and is approximately 170 kilometers north of the state capital, Brisbane. ...

  • Episode Twelve

Fifteen-year-old schoolgirl Janet Phillips went to a party in her home suburb of Wynnum on Brisbane's southside in July 1987 and never came back. Not long after she was reported missing her body was found a couple of kilometres away. Police had a strong suspect but they were unable to prove he'd killed the teenager. When DNA technology later became available they were astounded that their suspect was eliminated. Then, there was a further attack on a girl in Wynnum, with chilling similarities to the way police believed Janet Phillips had been murdered 10 years before. Was it the same killer? Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • Episode Thirteen

Danny Wasley and Mark Banks disappear without a trace in Newcastle, NSW during August 1999. In a case involving drug lords, revenge and cold blooded murder, police uncover a tangled web of lies which finds Kevin Naysmith guilty of the two murders which took place at his home and burial of the two bodies in sand dunes at Stockton Beach. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is Australias sixth largest city. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

  • Episode Fourteen

When Peter Astill went missing during August, 1998, it took three months before his decapitated body (missing his head and hands), and also wrapped in a blanket was found stuffed inside a wheelie bin floating in a river in Lower Colo, NSW. What could have been the perfect murder was proved wrong when the serial number of the wheelie bin fell into the bin after an attempt had been made to remove it. The bin had been silicon sealed and tightened with hex screws. Police crews tracked the bin back to belonging to his next-door neighbour Bruce Patterson who had killed Peter Astill on the outskirts of Sydney, NSW and decapitated the body with an axe which belonged to the victim. August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ...

  • Episode Fifteen

An Easter family holiday in 1998 ends in tragedy when a truck collides with a caravan on the Hume Freeway near Violet Town, Victoria, killing a 12-year-old boy. The truck driver fails to stop. With no licence plate number and little to go on, finding the person responsible may take a miracle. This article is about the Christian festival. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Hume Highway (also known as the Hume Freeway) is one of the most important roads in Australia, linking the countrys two largest cities - Sydney and Melbourne. ... Violet Town is a town in Victoria, Australia. ...

  • Episode Sixteen

When caravan park manager Angelo Agostinelli went missing from the small town of Millicent in South Australia, friends and family called everyone they knew to try and find him. Yet no-one had seen or heard anything.


See also

This is a list of Australian television ratings for Forensic Investigators. ... The following are programs that have, currently, or are soon to be broadcast by the Seven Network and its regional affiliates. ... This is a list of Australian television series and television programs. ...

External link

  • Seven's Forensic Investigators website

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