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"Pilot" is the first episode and the series premiere of the American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It first aired on October 6, 2000 on the CBS network in the United States. The premise of the show revolves around the crime scene investigators working for the Las Vegas Police Department. The pilot introduces the main characters of Gil Grissom (William Petersen), Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger), Nick Stokes (George Eads), Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan) and Jim Brass (Paul Guilfoyle). The pilot was written by series creator Anthony E. Zuiker and directed by Danny Cannon.

Holly Gribbs introduces herself to Gil Grissom, who is the assistant supervisor of the graveyard shift. Grissom then asks her for a pint of blood and after that, Gribbs officially begins her shift.

Nick Stokes and Warrick Brown both realize that they only need to solve one more crime to reach the level of CSI 3. The two eventually agree on a bet of 20 dollars that one of them will be promoted to CSI Level 3 by the end of the night. Catherine Willows jumps out of a car, saying goodbye to her daughter and her sister before rushing into the CSI building. Jim Brass hands the CSIs their assignments for the night.

Brass and Grissom investigate what appears to be the suicide of Royce Harmon. However, the autopsy shows that the entry hole for the bullet is too big for a shot at close range, as would be the case if he had shot himself in the chest, and they realize that Harmon was murdered.

Grissom finds a fingerprint with latex particles in it on the tape-recorder Harmon used to record his "suicide" note. The print belongs to Paul Millander, a man who sells fake Halloween hands made from a mold of his own hand. Grissom realizes that the suspect used one of these hands.

Nick Stokes arrives at his crime scene and meets a man who was drugged by a hooker and had his possessions stolen while he was unconscious. Nick notices a discoloration around the man's mouth that he thereafter ties up with another caseload, Kristy Hopkins, who accidentally crashes her car when she got knocked unconscious while driving. He notices the same discoloration around her nipples and realizes that she put scopolamine on her nipples to knock out her victims and steal their possessions.

Catherine and Warrick arrive at a house where a man lies dead. They have discovered that the dead man had been staying at the house until the owners recently kicked him out. When he tried to kick in the door, the husband shot him. Catherine notices that the husband's left toenail is broken and that the laces of the dead man's shoes are tied differently from each other. Warrick processes the shoes and finds a broken toenail in one of them. He tries to obtain a warrant for the husband's toenails but Brass refuses to call the judge, so Warrick visits Judge Cohen. In exchange for giving him a blank warrant, the judge gets Warrick to place a bet for him on a football game.

Grissom takes Holly to her first crime scene, a store robbery, and leaves her there. However, when the store owner pulls a gun on Holly, she requests backup from Catherine. Later, as Holly wonders if she is cut out for this job, Catherine convinces her to stay until she solves her first case and that if she doesn't feel like King Kong on cocaine after she's solved her case, then she can quit. But if Gribbs stays with it, then Catherine promises her that she's not going to regret it.

Brass discovers that Warrick went behind his back to obtain a warrant and pulls him from his case, leaving Warrick enraged and furious at the news. Brass forces Warrick to shadow Holly.

However, Warrick still has to place the bet for Judge Cohen and leaves Holly at the scene alone with a police officer. Unbeknownst to the CSI team, the officer leaves Holly's scene, leaving her to process the scene alone. The suspect returns to the scene and attacks her by pulling out a gun.

Meanwhile, Grissom takes over Warrick's case and finds the husband's toenail clippings. He matches the broken nail in the shoe to the husband's clippings and concludes that the husband shot the victim and then kicked the door in to make the murder look like self-defense.

Nick, having solved his 100th case, is now a Level 3 CSI much to his joy.

As the CSI team begins to celebrate with Catherine even offering to go get them breakfast, Brass tells them the news that Holly has been shot and is in hospital with the revelation that she's not being expected to survive. He puts Warrick on admin leave, pending a full investigation into his whereabouts at the time Holly was shot before telling the team to get ready to pull a double.

In its original broadcast, "Pilot" finished 8th in the Nielsen ratings for the week of October 28, 2000, with an 11.8 rating and 21 share. Meaning that it was seen by 11.8 percent of all adults aged 18 to 49, and 21 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds watching television at the time of the broadcast.[1] With an estimated 17.3 million viewers tuning in, it was the third highest-rated show on CBS that week, following episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond and 60 Minutes.[1] The episode was also the most watched new series of the week.[1]

The episode won casting director April Webster the Artios Award for Best Casting for a Dramatic Pilot.[2] It was nominated for the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a Television Episode (Mace Matiosian, supervising sound editor; David Rawlinson, supervising sound editor; David F. Van Slyke, sound editor).[3] "Pilot" received a Creative Arts Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series (Alex Mackie, editor; Alec Smight, editor).[4] The episode also earned a nomination for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television from the American Cinema Editors.[5]

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Some TV shows experiment with time and break their format by doing a musical episode. However, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation never had one despite doing 15 seasons. CSI: Vegas is back, and Jorja Fox who plays Sara Sidle, answered if the investigators will ever break out into song as they solve their crimes.

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The original run of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was from 2000 to 2014. Many musicians were guest stars throughout those 15 seasons.

For instance, Taylor Swift and Jordin Sparks played victims of crimes. John Mayor and Black Sabbath performed in the background of scenes in their own episode. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey, Travis Barker, and Justin Bieber played criminals on the show.

Its a fun way to switch things up, and therell likely be more. However, the characters of the show havent done a musical episode. The show has returned and will take place in Vegas, where massive stars have had residencies. The stars of the revival show answered if itll ever be done.

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Paula Newsome, who plays Maxine Roby, and Fox appeared on The Talk to promote the premiere of CSI: Vegas. They were asked if they would ever do a musical episode since Newsome has performed on Broadway. In addition, Amanda Kloots said Fox wants to do a musical episode.

We gotta place a phone call, Newsome said. I need to not be in it because Im really the weak link, Fox joked. Newsome corrected her by mentioning she plays drums.

I do play drums, Fox said. I can bang on some drums and it is a dream. For now, it looks like a musical episode isnt in the plans for this season. However, the stars are having fun thinking about it.

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The one thing fans can count on is more cases. Fox said the cases in the revival would reflect the times.

I think in 2000, I thought that, Wow, were on the cutting edge of science. Isnt this just amazing?' Fox told Entertainment Tonight. 2021 makes the science of 2000 look kind of simple and like Sesame Street. Were going to be able to take that to a whole new level.

The actor later said, The cases are really dark and fun and twisted, and I think another thing that was pretty difficult for CSI: Vegas to do is to come up with cases that wed never seen before. You know, over 300 cases on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and then you had all these other CSIs out there that were doing these cases every week, too. That has been a huge challenge for the writers. And I feel like theyre magicians.

It looks like fans will be in for a lot more cases and no singing. But at least, the cases will be even darker.

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As long as the door swings both ways, visiting an historic prison can be an arresting experience. From haunted-looking Gothic castles to prisons that bear bitter testimony to mans inhumanity to man, these five prison museums tell stories that deserve to be heard during the Halloween season and beyond.

Halloween is a popular time to visit Eastern State Photo courtesy of Eastern State Penitentiary

Wander down Fairmount Avenue, just minutes from downtown Philly, past pubs and eateries until you get to the the jaw-dropping sight of Eastern State Penitentiary, 11 acres of crumbling cell blocks and foreboding guard towers. Opened in 1829 as the worlds first and most famous penitentiary, Eastern State was an all-solitary confinement institution.

Designed by John Haviland, and considered quite enlightened at the time, some 300 prisons around the world copied its layout of 8-by-12-foot cells radiating out of a central rotunda. Once home to notorious criminals, including bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone, Eastern State closed in 1971 and was almost razed, save for preservationists' cries.

It opened for tours in 1994. "Terror Behind the Walls" serves as the historic sites annual fundraiser, with tours of four haunted houses, immersive interactive performances, themed bars and an audio guide narrated by actor Steve Buscemi. The place ranges from grim to terrifying leave tots seven and under at home.

A look at Angola's notoriously cramped quarters Photo courtesy of Angola Museum

Youve likely heard of the Angola Rodeo, even if you havent been to the inmate-fueled event at Louisianas most infamous prison. Even if the rodeo isnt your cup of tea, the next time youre anywhere near St. Francisville, 130-some miles northwest of New Orleans, make time to stop into the Angola Museum.

Established by former warden Burl Cain in 1998, the museum is well worth a visit. Cain is the man credited for reducing violent incidents by 73 percent in the place once known as The Bloodiest Prison in the South," and judging from the contents of this creepy place, he really had his work cut out for him.

Located just outside the gates, the museum features everything from terrifying homemade weapons taken from inmates over the years to a replica of an electric chair in use in Louisiana until 1991. The museum shop is the place to buy Guts and Glory hot sauce, made from Angola-grown peppers, and T-shirts that say, "Angola: A Gated Community.

Brushy Mountain is eerie even without the fog Photo courtesy of Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

A brick-and-mortar testimony to the exploitation of prisoners, Brushy Mountain State Pen opened in 1896, providing free labor to the Tennessee Coal Mine in Anderson County. This dark chapter in the Tennessee coal mining industry set the stage for a bloody labor battle that turned Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary from a jail to a state coal mine, mined by prisoners who were literally worked to death in overcrowded conditions akin to a Siberian gulag.

Mining remained the sole mission of the prison until 1969 when it was reclassified as a maximum security prison. Brushy closed its doors in 2009.

Tours are self-guided, with former prison guards and inmates on hand to answer questions. There are more than 30 stops along the tour, as well as a map for traversing the prison grounds. The castle-like prison, where hardened criminals including James Earl Ray were confined, offers the Wardens Table restaurant, an onsite distillery (End of the Line Moonshine) and the chance to take self-guided or private tours private is really the way to go.

Theres even a campground on site, a location that might lead to troubled slumber for the faint of heart.

Alcatraz is known as The Rock Photo courtesy of San Francisco CVB

This fortress in San Francisco Bay called The Rock housed Al Capone and a slew of dangerous criminals. Although there were more than a dozen escape attempts, none succeeded, all foiled by the bay's rough waters and resident sharks.

Now, Alcatraz is San Francisco's most popular attraction and part of one of the most visited national parks in the country. Offering day tours, behind-the-scenes tours and night visits, explore the windswept island accompanied by the award-winning "Doing Time: Cellhouse" audio tour, which you can download on your smartphone.

New attractions include access to the New Industries Building, with its exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the influential Occupation of Alcatraz by Indians of All Tribes.

Alzatraz East in located in the former Tenneesee State Prison Photo courtesy of Alcatraz East

Located in the former Tennessee State Prison, which opened in 1898 just outside of Nashville, this museum is just one of Pigeon Forges many well-packaged family-geared attractions. This crime museum includes artifacts from Alcatraz, but isnt really connected to the original prison.

Five galleries look at crime fighting, crime scene investigation (from DNA to blood splatter and beyond), history of American crime, punishment and pop culture. Billed as a unique journey into the history of American crime, Alcatraz East is so much fun its a crime!

Perfect for true crime fans, there are exhibits about CSI forensics and an infamous getaway cars exhibit that includes the Bronco from the O.J. Simpson chase. Although kids are welcome, that Ted Bundy exhibit might be quite a conversation starter.

Buy tickets in advance online or with a credit card like many businesses trying to streamline during the pandemic, there is no cash accepted.

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A small light blue house in a West Haven neighborhood looks like any other on the street. But inside the home owned by the University of New Haven are two life-sized dolls with gunshot wound markers, and a dozen high school students learning how to document a crime scene.

The teens in UNHs Crime Scene Investigation Academy found beer bottles scattered around one body in the living room with a bullet wound to the forehead. Another body was found surrounded by drugs in the back bedroom.

I really enjoy it. its really fun, said Samantha Abraham whos in the week-long program from Brooklyn, New York.

She was with a group of six checking out the scene in the front room of the house.

They were playing cards, said one student. Another quickly added, but we dont want to reconstruct that yet.

Its a death investigation they wont soon forget. The teens are putting into practice the forensic science skills theyve learned this week as crime scene investigators.

You always see them on movies and TV, and I wanted to see like how much different it is and what they actually dont tell you, said Isobel Goldberg of Stamford.

Theyre getting the information that were giving to our college students that are here, said Maria Torre, a lecturer at UNH. Im not going into the same amount of depth necessarily because we do have a shorter amount of time, but theyre getting the same info so Im pretty confident that if they choose to go here or somewhere else, theyre going to have a much better start.

The former crime scene investigator is leading the forensic science camp this year, which gives a background in criminal justice, law enforcement and investigation, including how to examine a crime scene.

Documentation methods, they will mark the evidence, theyll collect it, theyll preserve it, Torre said. And well talk to them along the way on why theyre taking certain items into evidence, what it might mean to the investigators who might have this case.

We learned all about writing a search warrant, and the things like how to properly collect evidence, and where to put it and how to document it, Goldberg said. The evidence we collect can be used in court to like show someones fingerprint or if they were there or not.

The weeklong camp also gives them a feel for lab work. Back on campus a second group is learning about evidence that shoe prints leave behind.

I think its pretty interesting. like, youre like oh, this is actually what they do, Abraham said. And its not just oh, lets go catch the bad guy and put him in jail. Its more investigating, DNA, everything.

Torre says the camp and the college courses help better prepare law enforcement officers and forensic scientists out in the field.

I was very interested in coming here and learning everything I can, said Juliana Fiumidinisi of Stratford.

These young campers say it was a great way to start solving the looming mystery of "what do I want to be when I grow up?"

Now I think I definitely want to do something in the like forensics field, Goldberg said. But I dont know exactly what yet.

The teens will present their findings to a real-life panel of experts from the field at the end of the week to figure out how well they performed gathering evidence.

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JACKSON - A 44-year-old township woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband in the early morning hours of Monday, according to authorities.

Antonia Ashford, wascharged Monday with murder and with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, announced Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz late Monday night.

Jackson police responded to the home on Harvey Jones Drive at 2:15 a.m. in response to a 911 call that a man had been shot, Billhimer and Kunz said in a joint statement.

The officers found the body of Roderick Ashford, 47, lying unresponsive on the floor with a gunshot wound to hisface. Attempts were made to revive Ashford, but he ultimately succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deadat the scene, the statement said.

An investigation has determined that Antonia Ashford pointed thehandgun at her husbandAshford and then firedthe weapon, killing him, the statement said.

Antonia Ashford was arrested and takento the Ocean County Jail in Toms River, where she remained Monday night pending a detention hearing in state Superior Court, according to Billhimer and Kunz.

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On Monday morning, police tape was stretched across Harvey Jones Drive at two different points restricting access from roughly the middle of the half-mile-long street while Ocean County Sheriffs Office vehicles, including a satellite truck, sat idle near the home where the shooting was believed to have taken place.

Some neighbors just a few feet away from the home at the center of the police investigation said they didnt realize anything was wrong until the morning, when law enforcement officers knocked on their doors.

Sandy Troyano, who lives next door to the house where an investigation seemed to be underway this morning, said neither she nor her children heard anything overnight. She said the family at the home had only moved onto the street a few months ago.

Who would think this could happen? Its right in your own backyard, Troyano said.

Jim Senkewicz, who lives diagonally to the home, said he heard the sounds of a truck backing up just before 3 a.m., which he believes were the first investigatory units arriving on scene.

Billhimer and Kunz said the investigation underway was being done by the Prosecutors Office Major Crime Unit, the Jackson Police Department Detective Bureau and Patrol Division, and the Ocean County Sheriffs Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit.

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