Cold Case Files
Cold Case Files

Cold Case Files

2017 4 Seasons 60 Episodes ⭐ 7.9 Crime Mystery Documentary

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America, and only about 1% are ever solved. With recent advancements in technology and the methods used to solve these cases, as well as the unwavering dedication of victims’ families, law enforcement and the public, “Cold Case Files” explores the cases that defied the odds. Each episode of the Emmy-nominated series examines the twists and turns of one murder case that remained unsolved for years, and the critical element that heated it up, leading to the evidence that finally solved it. Featuring interviews with family members, friends, detectives, and others close to the cases, the refreshed classic series examines all facets of the crime and shines a light on a range of voices and victims.

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America, and only about 1% are ever solved. With recent advancements in technology and the methods used to solve these cases, as well as the unwavering dedication of victims’ families, law enforcement and the public, “Cold Case Files” explores the cases that defied the odds. Each episode of the Emmy-nominated series examines the twists and turns of one murder case that remained unsolved for years, and the critical element that heated it up, leading to the evidence that finally solved it. Featuring interviews with family members, friends, detectives, and others close to the cases, the refreshed classic series examines all facets of the crime and shines a light on a range of voices and victims.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Little Girl Lost

Halloween in a small town is cancelled indefinitely when a young girl is kidnapped and killed on her way home from a cos

EP 2

Killings on Christmas Eve

The death of an elderly couple, Edward "Ed" and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Maurin Ed in Washington state on Christmas Eve 1985.

EP 3

She Never Came Home

The case of a gruesome stabbing death of a bullied teenager remains unsolved for 27 years.

EP 4

Sweethearts, Silenced

A killer authors a book about his con-man past that becomes the key to solving a 29-year-old cold case of two high schoo

EP 5

The Night Shift

College student Brad Perry shows up to work his graveyard shift at the gas station and is never seen alive again.

EP 6

Officer Down

The longest running cold case of a law enforcement officer in the United States was the murder of Sheriff's Lt. Joe Clar

EP 7

Circle of Friends

When 18-year-old Shannon Siders' body is found in the woods, everyone in the small town of Newaygo, Michigan, becomes a

EP 8

A Family Secret

Ten years after a 17-year-old girl is found strangled in the woods in small-town Kentucky, detectives uncover a terrible

EP 9

A Family Cursed

One family faces two unsolved murders of loved ones and authorities finally uncover the missing clue that leads to solve

EP 10

A Killer Slips Away

Two decades after a close-knit family's loving aunt is stabbed in her home, detectives return to the crime scene and dis

EP 1

The Voice in the Lake

When 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in D

EP 2

Devil at the Door

When 36-year-old computer programmer Lisa Valdez fails to show up for work, her apartment manager finds her brutally mur

EP 3

Missing in Altoona

When Sherry Leighty goes missing in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could vanish with

EP 4

The School Teacher

Twenty-six years after a schoolteacher's murder, cold-case detectives get a break when a relative of the killer uploads

EP 5

The Heartland Killer

In the 1980s, a suspected serial killer preyed on women in small towns located on the banks of the Mississippi River unt

EP 6

The Devil in Disguise

23-year-old teacher Irene Garza was a former beauty queen and devout Catholic who vanished the evening before Easter aft

EP 7

Love and Hate

Near what's known as the hanging tree, the mutilated body of Timothy Coggins is found in late 1983. The investigation is

EP 8

Ice Cold in Denver

On a bitter morning in 1980, radio intern Helene Pruszynski is found brutalized in a snowy field. After 37 years of frui

EP 9

Murder by Moonlight

Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of missing woman Lisa Ziegert is found in a field. The investigation yields hundreds of

EP 10

Suspicious Minds

Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home. For de

EP 11

A Lesson in Homicide

When a beloved schoolteacher is found murdered in her Neptune, New Jersey apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion is ca

EP 12

Woman in the Woods

In August 1972, the body of Jody Loomis is found in the woods. 34 years later, the killer's DNA is recovered from Jody's

EP 13

Eyes of a Killer

On February 2, 2010, two masked gunmen commit a violent robbery and shoot Michael Temple Jr., rendering him a quadripleg

EP 14

Dark Angel

13 days after Pam Pitts disappears in 1988 her charred body is found at a popular hangout spot in the Arizona desert. Wh

EP 15

Friday Night Ghosts

In late 1983, the bodies of five people abducted from a local fast food restaurant are found brutally murdered in an oil

EP 16

The Clock Strikes Murder

When 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Years Day 1985, a little boy is left motherless. A fam

EP 17

Sisters In Death

In March 1984, Jack Kennedy discovers his daughters brutally murdered. Their mother and niece spend their lives keeping

EP 18

One Tough Mother

The murder of Tiffany Johnston rocks the town of Bethany, Oklahoma. DNA points to her killer over a decade later.

EP 19

Written in Blood

In July of 1970, the brutal murder of single mom Loretta Jones leaves four-year-old Heidi Jones motherless. Nearly 40 ye

EP 20

Cold Ashes

When a deadly house fire claims the life of a family in rural Oklahoma, investigators suspect foul play and it sends a m

EP 21

Queen of the Ozarks

In June 1985, a 20-year-old "Sucker Day" Festival Queen is found brutalized. The small community of Nixa, Missouri, is c

EP 22

The Bone Keeper

In December 1985, when human bones are discovered in the woods, it puts an end to the search for missing teen David Reed

EP 23

A is for Arson

When Gary Parks is killed in a fire-ruled arson, the investigation into his death shifts to homicide.

EP 24

Til Death Do Us Part

Just two years into their marriage, Chuck and Cheryl Hall are torn apart when Cheryl is murdered. Though Cheryl's family

EP 25

The Lost Patient

Janie Landers disappeared in 1979 from the home for the impaired and later on, her body was found. It took years before

EP 26

Missing and Murdered

A woman's promise to bring her missing aunt back home unexpectedly took a lifetime.

EP 27

Lone Survivor

In early 1984, three-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family's brutal murder. Initial investiga

EP 1

Killer in the Storm

After a young mother's death in 1988 goes unsolved, her older sister promises to solve the crime, no matter how long it

EP 2

Gone in a New York Minute

Landlord Bruce Blackwood disappears without a trace in March 2006. Though there is no body, the NYPD is sure this is a h

EP 3

Murder in the Midwest

In September 1974 in Ohio, 15-year-old Lori Nesson disappeared while walking home from a high school football game after

EP 4

Death of a Hero?

A fire in January 2007 in Canton, OH, claims the life of WWII vet Bennie Angelo; a closer look at the crime scene reveal

EP 5

Vanished in Virginia

When a 30-year-old mother fails to report for duty in Virginia, the Army lists her as AWOL. Her family immediately suspe

EP 6

Taken in Tacoma

When 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian is abducted and murdered in August of 1986, residents of Tacoma panic. This is the sec

EP 1

Money Moguls and Murder

In 1977, Florida nurse Deborah Clark, 23, is found brutally slain in her home; detectives unearth an affair, a jilted wi

EP 2

Death of a Baseball Mom

When beloved mother and sister Janora Stevens is found brutally stabbed in her Tulsa, OK, home, her family is bitterly d

EP 3

Good Girl Gone

When 19-year-old Tara Sidarovich goes missing from her Punta Gorda home, Florida police consider her a runaway; then her

EP 4

A Bullet to the Heart

When night manager Rodney Castlin is gunned down in the lobby of his hotel three weeks before Christmas, detectives scou

EP 5

The Smoking Gun

A 2007 cold case resurfaces when a detective reopens the investigation into the brutal killing of Audrey Giannotti, 20,

EP 6

Viciously Murdered

When Susan Schwarz is found shot to death in her apartment in 1979, police suspect a robbery gone wrong. Thirty-two year

EP 7

Sooner State Nightmare

A massive search unfolds in Chandler, OK, when two women and a child go missing from a Walmart parking lot in 1992. It w

EP 8

Evil in Huntington Beach

When the body of a woman turns up in a field in Huntington Beach, CA in 1968, police simultaneously seek a killer and th

EP 9

Who Killed My Father

When 34-year-old Freddie Farah is gunned down in his Florida grocery store, police urgently seek his killer. Decades lat

EP 10

A Killer Confession

The quiet town of Redding, CA, is rocked by the disappearance of Frank McAlister, a teen with a recent cash windfall who

EP 11

Blood Red Snow

In 2002, Chris Green, 19, is found beaten to death in a ditch in Michigan. The case remains cold for nearly a decade unt

EP 12

Damn His Soul to Hell

The 1964 murder of 9-year-old Marise Chiverella leaves the town of Hazelton, PA, in fear; an intense manhunt yields nume

EP 13

The Evil Among Us

When 8-year-old April Tinsley is found dead in a Fort Wayne, IN, ditch the community is shaken. Disturbing letters then

EP 14

No Known Enemies

When 81-year-old Helen Gale is found in her burned-out car, investigators in Southfield, MI, wonder who would murder thi

EP 15

Contracted to Kill

When 37-year-old Lee Rotatori is found dead in her hotel room in 1982, police suspect the work of a professional. It wil

EP 16

A Dawn to Remember

Dawn Koons, an 18-year-old model with dreams of making it big in California. Her family back in Yonkers had their concer

EP 17

The Campfire Mint Murder

When nine-year-old Campfire Girl, Candy Rogers turns up dead after selling mints door-to-door, Spokane detectives launch

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