How The FBI Defeated Two Cunning Bomb Experts _ The New Detectives

A package explodes on a quiet afternoon, killing an innocent woman. More bombs follow, each one more sophisticated than the last. The FBI faces two bomb experts who believe their intelligence makes them untouchable. They are wrong.In this episode of The New Detectives, the groundbreaking Discovery Channel series that aired from 1996 to 2004 and inspired CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic investigators examine one of the most complex bombing investigations in FBI history. The case, featured in the episode titled Short Fuse which originally aired on June 10, 1997, follows a woman who opened a box that exploded, killing her instantly. Five more bombs followed, each as deadly as the first [citation:1]. The bombers were experts who understood explosives, timing devices, and how to avoid detection. But they underestimated the forensic scientists who studied the fragments, traced the components, and followed the evidence back to the men who built the devices. The FBI bomb squad worked alongside forensic chemists to identify the unique signature of the explosives, matching residue to a specific batch of materials sold only to licensed professionals. The killers were convicted. Their expertise could not save them.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the bomb experts thought they were the smartest people in the room. The FBI proved them wrong.