8 collections of forensic files are there.
how many collections of forensic files are there?
8
trutv currently still holds the licensing rights to the forensic files name. the reruns were repackaged with a shorter intro, and (at the end of some episodes) updates on what became of the suspect(s) or parties involved since the final verdicts. (for example: at the end of the 1996 episode "the list murders," it is mentioned that john list, convicted of murdering his entire family in 1971 and sentenced to life in prison, died in 2008.) in late 2014, investigation discovery started airing episodes under the "cause of death" title. reruns of the show also are carried over-the-air on escape, amgtv and in off-network syndication. in 2019 the entire catalogue of forensic files are available on netflix and a "best of forensic files" series is available on amazon prime.
forensic files
when courttv acquired the rights to the show for its fifth season, the decision was made to rename the show "forensic files" in order to emphasize the forensic science that was performed on the cases and connect it better with other documentary/reenactment crime shows with a similar title such as "the fbi files" and "cold case files". a new opening was produced for seasons 5 and 6 (and a couple of season 7) and it depicted footage from the first four seasons. the title display "forensic files" is depicted in big blue and red letters with a background light beaming across the "forensic" part. this opening was later used for the "medical detectives" episodes, removing their original openings and distinctive title displays. some episodes such as "raw terror" were never incorporated under the forensic files name due to courttv's desire to have the show focus on crime-related episodes in favor of simple accidental virus ones (episodes that focused on bank robberies and attempts at poisoning, but no murders were incorporated). "raw terror" (along with a number of episodes from the "medical detectives" era) can be seen online under its original format when they were aired as "medical detectives".
forensic files