The FBI Files

The FBI Files - Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

Reality Series

1998

TVPG

Documentary

Crime

Real FBI cases are meticulously reconstructed, using archival footage, interviews, and reenactments to showcase the agency’s investigative techniques and crime-solving processes.

Where to Stream

1998–2009 Reality Series 7 Seasons188 Episodes

Upcoming TV Airings

The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.

Sunday, June 29

In Pursuit

Season 5 • Episode 3

What begins as a routine arrest turns into a statewide manhunt.

Sunday, June 29

High Stakes

Season 5 • Episode 7

A violent criminal runs from law enforcement.

Sunday, June 29

Deadly Secrets

Season 4 • Episode 8

The young wife of a prominent Atlanta attorney is gunned down in front of her children.

Sunday, June 29

Held Hostage

Season 5 • Episode 10

In 1996, two convicted bank robbers escape from jail and rob a bank before the FBI apprehends them.

Monday, June 30

Temple of Fear

Season 3 • Episode 10

Police question a notorious cult after finding the decapitated body of a black man.

Monday, June 30

Domestic Terror

Season 5 • Episode 15

The Bureau creates specialized teams to root out and dismantle terrorist operations.

Friday, July 4

Evil Intent

Season 4 • Episode 12

A young woman is snatched from her home on a bright spring morning.

Friday, July 4

A Master Plan

Season 2 • Episode 20

Organized crime causes corruption to proliferate in a quiet community.

Sunday, July 6

Stolen Identity

Season 7 • Episode 12

A teenager and a middle-aged man rob and try to murder another man and his 80-year-old mother.

Sunday, July 6

Dangerous Gamble

Season 6 • Episode 16

Two masked bandits rob armored-car couriers at Las Vegas casinos.

Sunday, July 6

Fatal Friendship

Season 5 • Episode 18

The FBI at first suspects a woman's husband in her disappearance.

Sunday, July 6

Robin the Hood

Season 7 • Episode 16

A man robs a bank, claiming the money would be used to feed poor Mexican children.

Sunday, July 6

The Coffee Shop Murders

Season 4 • Episode 13

A man kills three coffee-shop employees.

Sunday, July 6

Bad Company

Season 7 • Episode 23

On Aug. 12, 1997, a man robs Norwest Bank in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Sunday, July 6

Fateful Crossing

Season 5 • Episode 20

When an officer dies in the line of duty, the fraternity of law enforcement bands together.

Sunday, July 6

Sniper at Home

Season 7 • Episode 22

A man arrives at the home of his mother and finds her lifeless body.

Sunday, July 6

When Seconds Count

Season 4 • Episode 16

Police dogs, helicopters and hundreds of volunteers participate in the search for an abducted child.

Sunday, July 6

Held for Ransom

Season 4 • Episode 17

A millionaire's teenage daughter is kidnapped for ransom.

Sunday, July 6

Driven to Kill

Season 3 • Episode 1

A 14-year-old runaway is found dead in an Illinois barn.

Sunday, July 6

The Price of Greed

Season 5 • Episode 1

Gunmen steal millions of dollars from an armored-truck depot in Los Angeles.

Sunday, July 6

Cat and Mouse

Season 2 • Episode 2

A serial killer calls and taunts a victim's family.

Sunday, July 6

A Family Torn

Season 5 • Episode 5

A man gives police conflicting accounts of what happened to his niece.

Sunday, July 6

Radical Agenda

Season 6 • Episode 8

Shooters kill a police officer who had made more than 200 arrests in three years.

Sunday, July 6

Terror in Disguise

Season 3 • Episode 8

FBI agents track masked bandits during a violent four-year crime spree.

Sunday, July 6

The Shootist

Season 7 • Episode 6

The FBI tracks a lone gunman responsible for a string of unsolved bank robberies.

Sunday, July 6

Deadly Paradise

Season 1 • Episode 7

The 11-year search for one of the killers in the murder of a vacationing couple.

Monday, July 7

Lawless

Season 5 • Episode 8

A domestic disturbance call helps police to nab a convicted bank robber.

Monday, July 7

Deadly Payout

Season 7 • Episode 7

A copy machine, placed in a busy Las Vegas casino, is actually a bomb.

Friday, July 11

Dark Woods

Season 5 • Episode 13

A kidnapper calls the victim's family.

Friday, July 11

Melissa Brannen: Missing

Season 1 • Episode 10

A 5-year-old girl disappears from a Christmas party and is never seen again.

Sunday, July 13

Deadly Stranger

Season 3 • Episode 12

Police and FBI agents track a serial killer in a cross-country manhunt.

Sunday, July 13

Backstage Murder

Season 3 • Episode 14

A television producer is murdered in his New York office.

Sunday, July 13

John Gotti: Convicted

Season 1 • Episode 12

A determined team tracked the flamboyant crime boss John Gotti.

Sunday, July 13

Death Pact

Season 5 • Episode 17

Chicago police hunt for a dangerous bank-robber.

Sunday, July 13

Deadly Mission

Season 2 • Episode 17

White-supremacist brothers embark on a cross-country crime spree.

Sunday, July 13

Ivy League Murders

Season 7 • Episode 20

Two beloved professors at Dartmouth College are brutally murdered in their home.

Sunday, July 13

22 Caliber Killer

Season 2 • Episode 19

A sniper targets black men.

Sunday, July 13

Final Takedown

Season 7 • Episode 24

The agency charges James Springette with trafficking drugs into the United States.

Sunday, July 13

Home Invaders

Season 5 • Episode 4

Fugitives commit the largest Wisconsin bank robbery.

Sunday, July 13

The Killing Zone

Season 6 • Episode 6

Authorities try to gather evidence of murder and drug trafficking by a Washington, D.C., gang.

Sunday, July 13

The Search for Lisa Renee

Season 4 • Episode 1

Kidnappers posing as FBI agents take a teenager from her home.

Sunday, July 13

Caught in the Act

Season 5 • Episode 2

Authorities range from Alabama to Virginia in search of murder suspects.

Sunday, July 13

Deadly Obsession

Season 3 • Episode 2

When a woman vanishes, police suspect that her former lover is responsible.

Sunday, July 13

Brutal Abduction

Season 6 • Episode 1

The kidnapper of a teen wants ransom and his family's car.

Sunday, July 13

The First and Kennedy Street Crew

Season 3 • Episode 3

Street gang members kill two FBI agents and a detective in Washington, D.C.

Sunday, July 13

Human Prey

Season 1 • Episode 6

A letter to a newspaper provides a crucial clue to a murderer's identity.

Sunday, July 13

Vanished

Season 4 • Episode 5

An unusual ransom note gives authorities clues about a wealthy woman's disappearance.

Sunday, July 13

Deadly Takeover

Season 6 • Episode 13

FBI agents in Seattle focus on a series of bank robberies.

Monday, July 14

A Hunter's Game

Season 2 • Episode 6

A serial killer taunts and hunts his victims before shooting them down.

Monday, July 14

Terror for Sale

Season 7 • Episode 8

A member of the El Rukn gang agrees to cooperate with law enforcement as part of a plea bargain.