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Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science

1997TV-PG5 seasons7.5 / 10

A compelling, innovative true crime series focused on the role of forensic science in solving some of the most perplexing crimes of our time. Looking at how examination of DNA, teeth, and insects, among other things, can be used to solve crimes.

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Checked Jul 22, 2026

Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science premiered June 30, 1997. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

A compelling, innovative true crime series focused on the role of forensic science in solving some of the most perplexing crimes of our time. Looking at how examination of DNA, teeth, and insects, among other things, can be used to solve crimes.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Mystery Weapon

23m

On Remembrance Day, in a wealthy suburb, a German matron is found beaten and brutally murdered. An autopsy reveals that the real cause of death is that she's been shot in such a way as to conceal this fact. Firearms expert Sam Barbetta inspects the bullets and determines that the murder weapon was homemade - the bullets can't be traced!

Episode credits

Guest stars Adam Bramble, Stuart Clow, Dorothy Gordon, Dorothy Green

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Episode 2

Three Little Words

An ex-model is found dead by her recent ex-boyfriend, Jeff. The victim is laid out on the bed fully clothed, her hands folded across her chest in an "at rest" position. Jeff allegedly gets another shock when he finds the message "Jeff You're Next' scrawled in lipstick across the living room mirror. Investigators discover that Jeff had intended to move out that day.

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Episode 3

Trace of Paranoia

Shortly after a young working student moves into a new apartment, she suspects someone has been visiting when she's not there. To quell her suspicions, she places a bottle just inside the door as she leaves for work. When she returns, the chain is still on the door, but the bottle has been moved. She gets the shock of a lifetime when a stranger is found dead in her bathtub.

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Episode 4

Splinter of Guilt

Two men are shot and killed in a botched robbery at a local community centre after catching two thieves in the act. The murders occur in the boiler room. One of the bullets has pierced a drum of purple air conditioning fluid and so the floor is a wet, sticky mess of blood and purple fluid.

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Episode 5

Bad Blood

Dr. Cheryl Wagner treats her first ever female patient with AIDS. Only days later she treats a second woman with the same affliction...then, a third. Incredibly, all are infected by the same man. At Dr. Wagner's insistence, public health officials issue a restraining order, forbidding the man from having sex. He then infects another woman

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Episode 6

The Case of the Shoe

It happened on a native reserve in Southern Ontario. That's where two masked men broke into a house in the middle of the night. Living there were a husband and wife who owned a profitable gas station/restaurant. When their demands for money aren't complied to quickly enough, the masked men open fire, grab the money and flee.

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Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026

More about Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science

Cast

Graham GreeneSelf - Host
Edward HeeleyZachary Blume
Adam BrambleJoseph
Stuart ClowAppleton
Dorothy GordonAnna
Dorothy GreenAnna Lundt

Credits

Created by
Robert Sandler, Robert Lang, Allen Booth
Written by
Allen Booth, Robert Sandler

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Documentary
Episodes
65
Original language
English

Production

  • Kensington CommunicationsCanada
  • Creative AnarchyCanada
  • Discovery Channel CanadaCanada
  • Knowledge NetworkCanada

Themes

canadacelebrity hostcold casedna testingforensic evidenceforensic sciencehomicidehomicide investigation