Ghost files on Apple TV

I podcast the NBC & CBS Evening news and there are some old files that still appear on my Apple TV list even though they have been deleted from the iTunes library. I checked the actual iTunes library folders and cannot find were these files are located to get rid of them. I've also reset the Apple TV. Any suggestiongs? Thanks

I still have the folders because I still subscribe to the podcasts. The only thing showing in the folders was the current episodes. I deleted the folders and now the iTunes smart list still shows 4 files that it can't locate. When I try to open when of the files I get a dialog box:
Clicking on the Locate button gets me:
I still can't find these files.

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http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad355/KeyMedia/fileissues.jpg
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One more little thing....After the final reboot, a "ds.store" file appeared on my desktop?! I haven't trashed that file, which it probably will not let me. If im halfway correct, the "ds.store" files are normally placed within folders and directories to keep the MacOS file structure in place, and possiblly if deleted that it will get regenerated upon reboot, but again never tried to move this particular file fromt he desktop.
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tell application "Finder" to quit
if (do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles") is "1" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0"
else
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 1"
end if
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3867
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=== error ===
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