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The series examines each piece of forensic evidence, each witness, each possible lead, and each turn in the road that ultimately leads detectives to their killer. Cold Case Files is a pioneer in the nonfiction forensics genre.
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Episodes
1. The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar
45m
In Portland, Maine a housewife disappears. One year later her body is unearthed in the cellar. I.R. unravels this cold case investigation from the inside out. With the help of science, police are able to uncover a blueprint of the crime.
3. Texas Drifter/Fingerprints/Rose Among Thorns
45m
From England to Texas to Georgia, I.R. will go inside cold case units and watch as police use ballistics testing, old fashioned fingerprints and a new DNA data bank for criminals, to crack open the mysteries of unsolved crimes.
4. The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct
42m
Police solve the killing of an 11-year-old track star 10 years later when they obtain the DNA evidence they need in a cigarette butt dropped by the suspect.
5. The Hunter Homicides/Skulls of Stanley Park
45m
In Vancouver, DNA tests identify a skull of a 14-year-old boy who went missing 6 years earlier. When a second skull is found, investigators fear they have a sexual stalker and killer in the area.
6. Through the Eyes of a Child/Killer Next Door
46m
Cold Case Units use psychological profiling, forensic anthropology, and a convicted felon's rekindled memory to heat up old cases. In Missouri, a part-time missionary is convicted, 38 years later.
7. One Night on the Bayou/Buckeye Misdemeanor
46m
Alligators feasting on a human corpse help police to crack a murder investigation, and Phoenix police discover that a preacher is the culprit in a 20-year-old murder.
8. The Mark of Cain/Death on the Freeway
45m
A man in Florida is reported missing and his roommate at the time, who tried to take over his business, is the main suspect. But he has an alibi. Then, at first it looks like L.A.P.D. Sgt. George Arthur died in a car crash.
9. Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer
45m
A tipster's phone call helps solve the murder of the heir to the U-Haul company fortune, and a grisly murder case is solved two decades later with the use of new fingerprint technology.
10. Diary of a Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue
42m
A highly-regarded California arson investigator is suspected of setting a series of fires, and in Texas, a man is convicted of raping and murdering his 68-year-old neighbor.
11. Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder
45m
In 1989, socialite Susan Doll was found beaten, raped, and strangled in Colorado. Investigators extracted DNA from a semen stain, but had no suspect to match it against--until 1995 when a local landlord found 25 pairs of panties stuffed into a furnace.
Extended Details
- SeriesCold Case Files Classic
- Closed CaptionsEnglish