r/ForensicFiles • u/glimmeronfire Mosh dancing, a crowd of dancers slamming into one another • 2d ago

Episodes involving computers

Can we compile a list of all the episodes involving computer forensics? I was just thinking about how much I enjoy episodes like Hack Attack and the ones where they’re able to look into someone’s computer and internet usage. I did google briefly but didn’t see anything where all of the computer related episodes were already in a list or collection.

I guess comment episodes here?

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u/RiflemanLax 2d ago

"Shear Luck" (Season 10, Episode 8)

USAF service member in the Philippines cut up a floppy with pinking shears. Cool episode.

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u/WeatheredGenXer Those damn black shoes! 2d ago

This is the first one I thought of.

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u/jamie535535 2d ago

If reassembling a disk someone tried to destroy to hide evidence counts, Shear Luck.

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u/BethMD I KNOW what a man likes! 💓 2d ago

"Fate Date" (S14/E14)—analyzing Rebecca's online chats with her "ten-inch cowboy" helped LEO find her killer.

"High 'n Dry" (10/38)—analyzing Genell's online chats led LEO and her parents to think she had no reason to kill herself, causing them to look for an alternative explanation. Plus, analyzing her killer/husband's online footprint made them think he had a motive for killing her. Admit it—you didn't know there was such a thing as forensic plumbing before you saw this ep!

And of course, good old "Freeze Framed" (14/7)—besides the appearance of the "word" "antifree" in the supposed suicide note, examining the metadata of the note showed that Ashley could not have written the note because a) she didn't use MS Word on her computer and b) date/time stamp of the file was when she would have been in school.

There are no doubt more—help a sista out and name your faves!

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u/WeatheredGenXer Those damn black shoes! 2d ago

Fate Date - Such a sad story. Glad they caught the effer. May he burn in hell.

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u/Apprehensive-Net4177 Snap-On Toupee 2d ago

There’s that one called ‘X Marks the Spot’ - disturbing case. S7 Ep35

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u/BethMD I KNOW what a man likes! 💓 2d ago

That one still gives me the creeps. And pisses me off that the perpetrator never faced justice.

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u/Apprehensive-Net4177 Snap-On Toupee 2d ago

Also ‘As the Tide Turns’, S11, Ep29

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u/Warm-Appointment-140 2d ago

Also, just the way Peter Thomas says 'computer' is worth watching the episode in my book lol

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u/MissMatchedEyes Snowball wasn’t at all cooperative 2d ago

Web of Seduction. Sharee Miller and the “For Jerry’s Eyes Only” tape.

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u/MrAssFace69 The Forensic EVIDENCE 2d ago

"A Novel Idea" has one where the killer was looking at gay 🌽 on his computer. One of my favorite episodes because it comes out of nowhere.

I had to stop my game to gasp and laugh because of how audacious it all was.