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* In ''Literature/TheFourthProtocol'' by Creator/FrederickForsyth, MI5 investigator John Preston is investigating Jan Marais, a South African diplomat he believes to be a [[TheMole Soviet agent]], but the South African authorities have thoroughly investigated his background and found nothing amiss. Preston comes up with a plausible theory on how Marais was replaced by a Soviet agent while a prisoner in World War 2, but is told it's just speculation. Preston shows them a photograph of Jan Marais taken on a cricket pitch as a youth, where he's gripping the ball as a left-handed spin bowler. He says he's had Marais under surveillance for months, and the man is right-handed.
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* In ''Literature/TheFourthProtocol'' by Creator/FrederickForsyth, MI5 [=MI5=] investigator John Preston is investigating Jan Marais, a South African diplomat he believes to be a [[TheMole Soviet agent]], but the South African authorities have thoroughly investigated his background and found nothing amiss. Preston comes up with a plausible theory on how Marais was replaced by a Soviet agent while a prisoner in World War 2, but is told it's just speculation. Preston shows them a photograph of Jan Marais taken on a cricket pitch as a youth, where he's gripping the ball as a left-handed spin bowler. He says he's had Marais under surveillance for months, and the man is right-handed.
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* Inverted in ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' the team is working on a case of a girl who was killed when she spied on a butcher shop with horrendous health and cleanliness issues. The manager who was caught quickly confessed that he killed her, but Olivia reviewed the girl's videos and noticed that the manager was left-handed, but the one who killed the girl was right-handed, and the real killer turned out to be an old lady who owned the butcher shop.
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* Inverted in ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'' ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU'''s "[[Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS11E20Beef Beef]]": the team is working on a case of a girl who was killed when she spied on a butcher shop meatpacking factory with horrendous health and cleanliness issues. The manager who was caught quickly confessed that he killed her, but Olivia reviewed the girl's videos and noticed that the manager was left-handed, but the one who killed the girl was right-handed, and the real killer turned out to be an old lady who owned the butcher shop.factory.
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* ''Series/TrueDetective'': In "[[Recap/TrueDetectiveS4E05Part5 Part 5]]", this is how [[spoiler:Peter Prior]] figures out the William Wheeler case: the cops arrived at the scene to find he'd already killed his girlfriend and shot him. They made it look like the bullet hole on the right side of his head was [[MurderSuicide self-inflicted]], not knowing he was left-handed.
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* In the ''{{Series/Castle}}'' episode [[spoiler:Tick, Tick, Tick]], this tips off Castle that the case isn't solved. More justifiably so this time: [[spoiler:killers may be more or less ambidextrous when it comes to bashing people with stuff, but fewer people ''shoot'' ambidextrously. Also, it wasn't a matter of "He's right-handed," it's more "He had the gun in his right hand seconds before the shot but was found with the gun in his left." Ambidextrous shooting or not, he simply didn't have time to switch hands before pulling the trigger]].
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* In the ''{{Series/Castle}}'' ''{{Series/Castle|2009}}'' episode [[spoiler:Tick, Tick, Tick]], this tips off Castle that the case isn't solved. More justifiably so this time: [[spoiler:killers may be more or less ambidextrous when it comes to bashing people with stuff, but fewer people ''shoot'' ambidextrously. Also, it wasn't a matter of "He's right-handed," it's more "He had the gun in his right hand seconds before the shot but was found with the gun in his left." Ambidextrous shooting or not, he simply didn't have time to switch hands before pulling the trigger]].
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'':
** One of several clues about the supposed suicide of the professor in "Look Before You Leap" is that the person who wrote his suicide note was a lefty.
** Inverted in "Diamonds Are Forever" — the person framed for a jewelry store robbery is left-handed, so the person who committed the crime broke the display case glass with his left hand, but he had obvious difficulty breaking the glass because it ''wasn't'' his dominant hand.
** One of several clues about the supposed suicide of the professor in "Look Before You Leap" is that the person who wrote his suicide note was a lefty.
** Inverted in "Diamonds Are Forever" — the person framed for a jewelry store robbery is left-handed, so the person who committed the crime broke the display case glass with his left hand, but he had obvious difficulty breaking the glass because it ''wasn't'' his dominant hand.
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* Subverted in an episode of ''Series/ThatGirl'': This type of evidence is enough for Ann-Marie to become a RogueJuror in a spousal abuse hearing and convince all of the other jurors to acquit the allegedly abusive husband… and a few minutes after he is acquitted, the husband beats up his wife again in front of Ann-Marie. Turns out that he is right handed, but has a preference for backhanding his wife across the face (hence the bruising on the "wrong" side).
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* In the third case of ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2'', the students deduce that the killer was left-handed due to the ''absence'' of the victim's abdomen. They figure that, because a left-handed person would leave a distinguishable mark, the killer likely disposed of the abdomen to prevent that kind of deduction. There are two left-handed people present at the trial. [[spoiler:Kanade was the mastermind of the case and attempted to frame Iroha for it. It later turns out that Kanade controlled her sister Hibiki into stabbing Setsuka at the same time, so she disposed of the abdomen to hide the fact that there were ''multiple'' wounds]].
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in an episode of ''Radio/ThePennyDreadfulsPresent'': ''The Brothers Favershams''. Theseus Faversham (Victorian Britain's greatest detective) is apparently able to tell an amazing amount of detail from the point of impact of the pickaxe sticking out of a murder victims chest, including that the murderer was well-known to the victim, about 5'7'', had a slight limp, thinning red hair, and was missing the tip of his right ring finger, but:
--> '''[[TheWatson Hobbs]]''': And you got all that just from the point of impact?\\
'''Theseus''': That, and the man trying to hide behind the pot plant. Hello, yes, you.
--> '''[[TheWatson Hobbs]]''': And you got all that just from the point of impact?\\
'''Theseus''': That, and the man trying to hide behind the pot plant. Hello, yes, you.
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in an episode of ''Radio/ThePennyDreadfulsPresent'': ''The Brothers Favershams''. Theseus Faversham (Victorian Britain's greatest detective) is apparently able to tell an amazing amount of detail from the point of impact of the pickaxe sticking out of a murder victims chest, including that the murderer was well-known to the victim, about 5'7'', had a slight limp, thinning red hair, and was missing the tip of his right ring finger, but:
--> '''[[TheWatson Hobbs]]''': And you got all that just from the point of impact?\\
'''Theseus''': That, and the man trying to hide behind the pot plant. Hello, yes, you.
--> '''[[TheWatson Hobbs]]''': And you got all that just from the point of impact?\\
'''Theseus''': That, and the man trying to hide behind the pot plant. Hello, yes, you.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS17E1 The Dagger Club]]", from his body, Kate determines that George Sommersby was grabbed from behind with the right hand and stabbed with the left, meaning the killer as almost certainly left handed. During the Summation Gathering, Barnaby tosses the killer a poker chip, which they catch with their left hand.
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* A variation of this occurs in David Fincher's ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'', where the eponymous Zodiac killer is ambidextrous, ie able to write with both his hands, which actually makes it a lot harder for the police to identify him based on his handwriting.
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* ''Film/ManInTheAttic'': One of the facts Inspector Warwick says Scotland Yard has learned about Jack the Ripper is that he is left handed. On hearing this, Slade goes to some effort to conceal his handedness; taking the newspaper from Mrs Harley with both hands.
* A variation of this occurs in David Fincher's ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'', where the eponymous Zodiac killer is ambidextrous,ie i.e. able to write with both his hands, which actually makes it a lot harder for the police to identify him based on his handwriting.
* A variation of this occurs in David Fincher's ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'', where the eponymous Zodiac killer is ambidextrous,
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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': When someone beheads Stan's wax statue, Dipper and Mabel play detective to figure out who it was. Manly Dan, a lumberjack, identifies the "murder" weapon as a lefthanded axe, so they focus on identifying which of their suspects are lefties, which narrows it down to one. [[spoiler:He has an alibi. The real culprit turns out to be the animated wax statue of Lizzie Borden, making the handedness clue meaningless.]]
