Cold Case Files

Operation Jambalaya/Footprints in the Snow

A New Orleans police officer goes undercover on a Baton Rouge riverboat to gain a confession from one of the ship's main

The South Side Rapist

A series of brutal rapes in St. Louis goes unsolved for many years until a fluke audit of a license plate number leads p

Mark of a Killer/Dead Ends

A killer's bite marks and a jailhouse snitch lead to a murder conviction in a case gone cold for eight years, and Bill K

The Baiting Game/The Killer's Tattoo

Investigators in Virginia, probing the murder case of a sailor, seek the help of a forensic anthropologist from the "bod

Ticket to Nowhere/The Paper Route

A 13-year-old girl's mother is murdered and 20 years later she helps bring the killer to justice; and a dogged policeman

Traces of Murder/The Bathtub Killer

A killer helps convict himself when he boasts about his crime to prison cellmates; and New Hampshire investigators probi

Pride and the Fall/The Nail File

A woman's fall from a cliff in the Grand Canyon leads police to uncover a series of grisly murders, and investigators sm

In the Care of a Killer/Deadly Lies

The suspicious death of 2-year-old Billy Blankenship is solved when police force his babysitter to re-enact the circumst

Lady in the Box

The murder of an Ohio woman in 1974 is solved more than 20 years later after police get a crucial clue--the woman's husb

Crimes of the KKK

Klan leader Sam Bowers goes on trial for ordering the murder of an African-American storeowner 32 years prior, and inves

Murder On The Menu

A boy's toy Batmobile car provides an important clue for detectives struggling to make a case against a serial killer wh

The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators

After the murder of her aunt goes cold, a woman helps launch Citizens Against Homicide, an advocate group that brings aw

Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise

Police doggedly reopen a rape-murder case 25 years after the crime and find enough DNA evidence on the suspect's cigaret

The Perfect Murder/Death of Innocents

It takes nine years and the work of cutting-edge forensic toxicologists to solve the murder of a medical examiner's wife

The Unluckiest Man/The Deadly Triangle

Fire investigator Jack Malooly helps crack the case of an arsonist and killer who set a series of fires to collect insur

Cat and Mouse/Cabbie Killer

A police investigator discovers a letter written 16 years earlier that provides clues to a woman's murder. And a firearm

The Cuff Link/Graveyard Shift

Police solve an old murder case with a painstaking examination of the tool mark on the plastic flex cuff that bound the

The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy

New DNA technology and the national DNA databank help police hunt down a rapist-killer 11 years after he committed his c

A Map To Murder/Life on the Run

After a long manhunt, cops finally close in on a serial killer with the help of the Internet and information supplied by

Soft Kill/Unsolved

Police run down more than 11,000 leads before coming up with a suspect in the murders of three Virginia girls; and the a

License to Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark/The Supermarket Mystery

A quarter of a century after the murders of two nurses, Canadian police suspect that a former Toronto cop committed the

The Original Night Stalker

In the 1980s, a serial killer prowled the posh streets of Orange County. Police were unaware of the serial attacks until

Cold Hit/Silent Kill

A thumbprint connects two separate murders and it is later discovered that the suspect had a strange fetish for women's

Mommie Dearest

A mother is suspected in the murders of two of her daughters, when her third daughter finally convinces police to reopen

A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce

A murderer's saliva, found on envelopes that he sealed, helps seal his doom 37 years after his first killing. And Colora

Cop Killer/Evil Twin

Included: Los Angeles detectives solve a 46-year-old murder case; and DNA leads to a suspected killer who has a twin bro

The Zodiac Killer

With access to the San Francisco Police Department's work, including saliva samples taken from letters the infamous Zodi

The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost

While hiking with husband Dennis in Montana, Leslee Larson fell into Wolf Creek. Then Dennis is convicted of murdering h

The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop

Included: the case of Douglas J. Wright, a former state trooper whose 1993 murder of his wife brought a conviction in 20

Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead

A detective works for 15 years to nab a man who murdered his wife and dismembered her body to hide the sexual abuse of h

The Killer's Tattoo

The search for a killer with a distinctive tattoo is recalled. Host: Bill Kurtis.

The Green River Killer

Cold Case discusses the story of the nearly 20-year hunt for the man responsible for the murders of 49 prostitutes and o

A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten

Police must wait nearly 30 years before advances in DNA technology give them the chance to convict the killer of a young

The DNA Link/The Secret Slide

Detectives from three different departments in Westchester County, NY team up to track down a serial killer; and a man k

Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide

Included: the 1988 murder of actress Myra Davis, Janet Leigh's stand-in for “Psycho,” brings a conviction in 2001. A

Blood Money/Precious Doe

Testimony about the growth of larvae in dead bodies helps convict the man who stabbed a couple to death and strangled th

Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice

A Texas woman's murder is solved when the killer's plan to murder another woman and stuff her into a duffel bag goes awr

Officer Down/Secret Twin

After 23 years, investigators finally track down the killers of an Atlanta policeman when the ex-wife of one of the kill

Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting

A prostitute who fights off a screwdriver-wielding man helps police track down a serial killer; and undercover agents ac

Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night

A woman who takes down the license plate number of a car that had been following her helps police solve the murder of an

The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret

The testimony of three prison inmates helps convict a man who viciously killed a woman out for a bike ride nearly two de

Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned

DNA technology that take place over 20 years help police to finally identify the man who brutally stabbed two women to d

The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist

Police suspect brothers J.R. and Coco Duvall beat two Michigan hunters to death, chopped up the bodies, and fed them to

Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics

Four retired law enforcement officers, known as the Cold Case Cowboys, help track down the killer of a man wanted for ra

The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail

A man suspected of the cold case murder of his wife and son hatches a new plot to kill his mother and father; and detect

Murder Checks In / Killer in the City

Police hunt for a man who killed three women in three different hotels, not far from one another in Des Moines, Iowa. An

The Shopping Cart Killer

A dry cleaning tag inside a sweatshirt left at a crime scene helps police track down a serial killer and rapist who had

The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend

A scheme to bribe a country music magazine to manipulate the charts leads to murder in Nashville and a 13-year hunt for

Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet

An eerie note left on a grave helps solve a 12-year-old case of murder, and an exhaustive questioning of a mother helps

Innocent Prey/The Punishment

Police play a wild hunch that pays off in the capture of a serial rapist. And after 26 years, investigators finally solv

Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist

The Calling Card/Carol's Diary

Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint

Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder

Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa

A Man Scorned/The Dungeon

A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman

The Bedroom Basher

Baby for Sale/The Barrel

The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena

Sex, Lies and Murder

The Monster/A Cousin's Promise

A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker

The Well/The Deadly Ex

Deja Vu/Secret In The Well

A new fingerprint identification system known as I-AFIS helps Texas detectives track down a killer after three years of

The Tourniquet/Burning Desire

Manhunt

The Family / The Clue That Stuck

Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker

A Confession for Carmen/The Girls

A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder

Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood

Rear Window / The Peeper

Included: the 1998 murder of waitress Corey Parker in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., by Robert Erik Denney. Host: Bill Kurtis

The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash

A bloody dagger and a phone tap help detectives solve a 20-year-old murder case. And DNA taken from an eyelash found on

Kidnapped

A kidnapper grabs 8-year-old Chad Choice from his home in Texas, then torments his parents with two ransom demands. The

Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer

In this special 100th edition of Cold Case Files, we look at the biggest serial murder case in U.S. history - the 20-yea

Finding BTK

The story of the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in recent American history--the BTK killer, who terro

Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission

When an adulterous church deacon is found shot to death in the back seat of his car, it looks like police may have stumb

Snatched/A Detective's Promise

The dogged work of an Alberta, Canada, detective finally pays off when he tracks down the man who raped and murdered a 6

The Sunday Morning Slasher

Law enforcement officials fear they may have to release a serial killer from prison until a 24-year-old murder case give

Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers

A video tape made at an ATM machine helps police in Louisville, KY, to nab a man suspected of raping 13 women. And a DA

On the Case: Nacole's Killer

This special edition of Cold Case Files offers an inside look, rarely seen, at an active cold case investigation. We fol

Killer on Campus/Bow Hunter

Thirty-two years after the killing of University of Michigan law student Jane Mixer, police use DNA found on her pantyho

Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream

On a summer night in 1987 a mother worries and waits for her 19-year-old daughter to come home. But Diana never comes ho

Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife

Nine years after the murders of a mother and her teenage daughters, a wiretapped conversation between the suspected kill

A Killer's Skin / Where's Peggy?

Police in Albany, N.Y., get a surprise when a killer they think targets only older women is suspected in the murder of a

Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door

A district attorney uses a clever technique--a "John Doe indictment"--to give law enforcement officials the time they ne

The Interrogation/The Slide

A 14-year-old boy is charged with the murder of his sister, but his public defender believes the police coerced the boy'

The Taunt / Death in Deadwood

A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police, who use the DNA extracted from the saliva

A Child Remembers

Our cameras follow Detective Manny Reyes as he investigates the 1990 murder of a Fort Worth, Texas woman. Reyes talks to

The Black Dahlia

Bill Kurtis examines one of the most infamous cold cases in Los Angeles history -- the 1947 murder of actress Elizabeth

The Deadly Stroll / Unholy Secret

In Rhode Island, policewomen go undercover in as street walkers to nab the man suspected of murdering three prostitutes.

A Deadly Affair / The Sting Operation

After 19 years, Kansas detectives reopen the case of a banker found beaten to death in his bed--and the chief suspect is

NCIS / Exhuming the Truth

After U.S. Navy sailor Andrew Muns disappears in 1968, the Navy claims that Muns went AWOL from his ship. But his sister

Cross Country Connection / Eyes at the Window

DNA found on a marijuana joint in Florida in 2005 helps to solve the 1988 rape and murder of a California woman. And a c

Abandoned Houses / A Son's Memory

Detectives are baffled when two young girls are raped, murdered, and dumped in an abandoned house in Akron, Ohio. And a

A Knock at the Door / Shattered

The killing of a woman in a Virginia hotel room goes unsolved for a quarter of a century before investigators are finall

A Deadly Pattern / A Desperate Housewife

When a woman is found murdered in her mobile home, police make two shocking discoveries--her husband may not only have b

Murder He Wrote / Caught By the Past

Guns found dumped in a pond outside of Atlantic City, N.J., help police to solve the 15-year-old murder of Detroit cab c

Left for Dead / On the Case

A detective in California tracks down a prostitute's killer with the help of a key piece of evidence--fingerprints lifte

The Execution of Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson was convicted of the senseless killing of Jeff Wetterman, 11 years earlier. While being interviewed in h

Innocence Files

Students of the University of Cincinnati and Texas Tech University Innocence Project take on the cases of jailed murdere

Evidence Kit

The Chicago Police Department launches the Women's DNA initiative to fund the testing of backlogged rape evidence kits a