Season One, Episode 06

Lois’ easel at her home in Spring, Texas. Photo by Justin Hollar.
Lois' working at her easel at home. Photo by Justin Hollar.
A finished sketch. Photo by Justin Hollar.
Lois in Los Angeles during the early part of her modeling career. Image courtesy of Lois Gibson.
“I played a dead girl in a Robert Mitchum movie poster.” – Lois Gibson
Lois modeling for Playboy.
Lois’ 2005 book Faces of Evil.
One of Lois’ first composite sketches shown on America’s Most Wanted. Image courtesy of Lois Gibson.
After the kidnapping of a 10-month old child from the maternity ward, this sketch led to the arrest of the woman on the right. Image courtesy of Lois Gibson.
A sketch progression using the FBI Facial Identification Catalog. Image courtesy of Lois Gibson.
Facial proportion template. Image courtesy of Lois Gibson.
2005 Guinness Book of World Records
An excerpt from the FBI Facial Identification Catalog. Image courtesy of Lois Gibson.

Season One, Episode 06

Anything For A Witness

Anything For A Witness

A story of justice found within the shape of a face.

Lois Gibson is considered by many to be the most successful forensic artist in the world. Using skills in art, witness interviewing, and facial reconstruction, Gibson has helped solve over 1,200 cases by sketching portraits of both victims and criminals all over the United States. In 2005, she was even placed in the Guinness Book of World Records because of her success in suspect identifications. EIS finds Gibson at her home in Spring, Texas where she tells stories of an early career in modeling, surviving a brutal attack, and her fascination with faces.

Photos of Lois sketching by Justin Hollar. All other images courtesy of Lois Gibson.

Music by High Aurad and Mike Shiflet.

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