HLN TV Guide — Monday, 18 May 2026

Browse the full HLN TV guide for Monday, 18 May 2026. 45 programmes listed , including 12 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E36 · Dueling Confessions Documentary

Dueling Confessions

An unlikely trio consisting of a serial killer, a publisher, and a crash-test expert embark on a crime investigation to prove a young man's innocence.

00:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E37 · Traces of Truth Documentary

Traces of Truth

A high school gym teacher mysteriously disappears after giving a friend a ride, and his wife later receives letters explaining his desire to start a new life.

01:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E38 · Honor Thy Father Documentary

Honor Thy Father

The parents of a 16-year-old girl admit to killing their daughter out of self-defense in their own home, but an unlikely piece of evidence proves otherwise.

01:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E39 · Hack Attack Documentary

Hack Attack

A successful manufacturing company is suddenly hit with a massive computer crash, jeopardizing the future of the company and its hundreds of employees.

02:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E40 · Deadly Curve Documentary

Deadly Curve

In a motorcade escorting the Queen of England, a car driven by a sheriff's deputy strikes one carrying three Secret Service agents, killing them instantly.

02:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E41 · Visibility Zero Documentary

Visibility Zero

A 1993 derailment on a bridge in Alabama claims the lives of 47 passengers and crew and injures scores more, making it Amtrak's deadliest train crash.

03:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E42 · Flashover Documentary

Flashover

An underground station in London becomes a deadly inferno as a small fire on an escalator turns into a deadly flashover that throws out a jet of flames.

03:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E1 · Road Rage Documentary

Road Rage

Police find a woman's dead body using clues in a discarded sleeping bag, and a mark on the victim's body helps crack the case.

04:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E2 · Hunter or Hunted? Documentary

Hunter or Hunted?

A woman is killed while walking her dogs in the woods, and the alleged hunting accident shows signs of being planned.

04:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E3 · In Harm's Way Documentary

In Harm's Way

A woman's butchered body's found, and the medical examiner preserves her rib cage bearing mortal wound and containing the identifying microscopic marks.

05:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E4 · No Corpus Delicti Documentary

No Corpus Delicti

A woman vanishes, foul play seems evident, but no leads develop; twenty years pass before volunteer forensic scientist from "NecroSearch" help out.

05:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E5 · News at 11 Documentary

News at 11

The 1991 slaying of a Michigan TV news anchor is investigated, leading the police to rule out a potential stalker and focus on her husband as a suspect.

Morning

06:00 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E6 · Burning Desire Documentary

Burning Desire

Investigators initially believed a house fire that killed a woman was unintentionally caused by a cigarette but a closer look by scientists uncovers more.

06:30 30m

Forensic Files

S9 · E7 · Cloak of Deceit True

Cloak of Deceit

A trio of successful bank robbers manages to elude authorities for seven years until forensic examination of their clothes and posture reveals new clues.

07:00 30m

Forensic Files

S13 · E27 · Holy Terror True

Holy Terror

Authorities manage to apprehend a group of people believed to be responsible for a series of church bombings in an Eastern Illinois community.

07:30 30m

Forensic Files

S13 · E28 · Needle in a Haystack True

Needle in a Haystack

A criminal's unique occupational habit gives investigators the important clue they need to apprehend him in relation to the death of a college student.

08:00 1h

CNN News Central

News

Live reports of the latest breaking news from around the world.

09:00 1h

CNN News Central

News

Live reports of the latest breaking news from around the world.

10:00 1h

CNN News Central

News

Live reports of the latest breaking news from around the world.

11:00 30m

Forensic Files

S12 · E19 · No Safe Place True

No Safe Place

Three men wearing masks attack a wealthy couple outside their home, leaving the husband dead and forcing the wife to give them the code to their hidden safe.

11:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E20 · Live Wire True

Live Wire

Investigators call upon the assistance of forensic scientists when they are unable to identify the culprit due to the nature of the crime scene.

Daytime

12:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E21 · Van-ished True

Van-ished

Police are hesitant to believe the story of a 12-year-old girl who claims she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted due to her apparent lack of emotion.

12:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E22 · A Novel Idea Documentary

A Novel Idea

A frantic husband relates to the 911 dispatcher how his wife was severely injured by falling down a flight of stairs in their home.

13:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E23 · Chief Suspect True

Chief Suspect

A newly appointed cold case unit discovers new audio evidence when they reopen a case involving the murder of a police lieutenant's wife.

13:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E24 · Water Hazard Documentary

Water Hazard

Law enforcement officials investigate a murder case regarding a victim of cyanide poisoning, and a small clue on a mailing envelope holds the answers.

14:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E25 · Shell Game True

Shell Game

A homicide investigation is impeded by a badly burned crime scene, but forensic scientists are still able to find enough clues to apprehend a trio of killers.

14:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E26 · Ring Him Up True

Ring Him Up

Investigators delve once more into the 1994 kidnap-killing of Shannon Melendi, a Emory University coed; she was never seen alive again after a softball game.

15:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E27 · Killer Impression True

Killer Impression

The behavior of a second wife's spouse causes her great concern, and a reason to speculate that his first wife's death may have been a homicide.

15:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E28 · If I Were You True

If I Were You

A daughter becomes determined to get to the bottom of her father's death after learning that nearly every item in his house had been removed.

16:00 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E29 · As the Tide Turns True

As the Tide Turns

Law enforcement officials turn to forensic scientists to solve a murder case involving a man whose testimony fails to match up with the current evidence.

16:30 30m

Forensic Files

S11 · E30 · A Tight Leash True

A Tight Leash

Law enforcement officials turn to forensic scientists when they are unable to figure out how a stalker could have obtained his victim's home security code.

17:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E24 · Nailed Documentary

Nailed

Before a woman can testify in court about the man who raped her, she is murdered in her own front yard, leading police to suspect the alleged rapist.

17:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E25 · Sign of the Zodiac Documentary

Sign of the Zodiac

A series of deadly attacks on New York City residents lead police to believe that these were not random acts of violence.

Evening

18:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E26 · Letter Perfect Documentary

Letter Perfect

A healthy man dies in his sleep from a lethal dose of lidocaine in his blood; a suicide note is found, but a forensic linguist sees through it.

18:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E27 · True Lies Documentary

True Lies

In the summer of 1986, Kathleen Lipscomb's body was discovered on an isolated road outside San Antonio; years later, a private investigator found her diary.

19:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E28 · Bed of Deceit Documentary

Bed of Deceit

The recently widowed wife of an ex-police officer comes under suspicion when a book describing the perfect accidental shooting is found in her possession.

19:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E29 · Smoke in Your Eyes Documentary

Smoke in Your Eyes

When two unknown women are killed in a suspicious apartment fire, gastromatography and forensic evidence may help solve the case.

20:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E30 · Flower Power Documentary

Flower Power

Police receive two different reports of the same murder and uncover strange details about the crime so they must look to seeds and a candy wrapper to solve it.

20:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E31 · Past Lives Documentary

Past Lives

The wife of a wealthy man makes a killing after he's killed in a car accident with a life insurance claim worth 7 million dollars, giving detectives suspicions.

21:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E32 · Over and Out Documentary

Over and Out

Law enforcement officials investigate when a pipe bomb explodes in a rural neighborhood, killing a young man and severely injuring his mother.

21:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E33 · Death by a Salesman Documentary

Death by a Salesman

Detectives race against the clock attempting to apprehend a suspect believed to have committed a bizarre murder before he crosses state lines

22:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E34 · Web of Seduction Documentary

Web of Seduction

Investigators are puzzled by an uncharacteristically clean crime scene in the case of a junkyard owner who was shot to death in his office.

22:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E35 · Grounds for Indictment Documentary

Grounds for Indictment

Police must turn to the expertise of a forensic geologist to study soil samples from a jeep believed to have played a part in a double murder at a boathouse.

23:00 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E36 · Dueling Confessions Documentary

Dueling Confessions

An unlikely trio consisting of a serial killer, a publisher, and a crash-test expert embark on a crime investigation to prove a young man's innocence.

23:30 30m

Forensic Files

S8 · E37 · Traces of Truth Documentary

Traces of Truth

A high school gym teacher mysteriously disappears after giving a friend a ride, and his wife later receives letters explaining his desire to start a new life.

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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