Cold Case Files

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Catfishing Killer

23 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In November of 2016, Tiffany Taylor is held captive and brutally assaulted in Essex County, New Jersey after agreeing to give a ride to a man in excha...

REOPENED: The Lost Patient

21 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Janie Landers disappeared from a home for the impaired in 1979, in what is the latest consequence of the facility’s history of neglect. When Janie’...

A Sister Lost / Rumors of Murder

19 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A high school janitor is suspected in the murder of a young girl, but police must let the case go cold. After watching an episode Cold Case Files on T...

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Freeway Killer

16 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In September of 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend’s house in Garden Grove, CA. His assailant, Willia...

REOPENED: Til Death Do Us Part

14 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Just two years into their marriage, Chuck Hall finds his wife, Cheryl, murdered in their home. Although Cheryl’s family is certain they know her kil...

The Bedroom Basher

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A California jury convicts Kevin Green of raping and bludgeoning his wife, despite his claims of innocence. But 15 years later, police nab a serial ki...

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Fast Food Killer

09 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On March 23, 1997, during just his third day of work at a local fast food restaurant, Jose Ramirez Gonzalez, along with three co-workers were attacked...

REOPENED: A is for Arson

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When the fire that kills firefighter Gary Parks is ruled an arson, the investigation into his death shifts to a homicide. A serial arsonist is believe...

NCIS / Exhuming The Past

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After U.S. Navy sailor Andrew Muns disappears in 1968, the Navy claims that Muns went AWOL from his ship. But his sister works tirelessly for over 30 ...

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Grim Sleeper

02 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In November of 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man in a souped-up orange pinto of...

REOPENED: The Bone Keeper

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

Murder He Wrote / Caught By the Past

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Mid-Michigan Killer

25 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In August of 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Mich...

REOPENED: Queen on the Ozarks

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In June, 1985, a 20-year-old ‘Sucker Day’ festival queen is found brutalized. The small community of Nixa, Missouri are certain that her blood is ...

Something Snapped / A Killer's Dream

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Toybox Killer

18 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted and held captive for 3 horrific days in Truth or Consequences, NM. Cynthia managed to escape and report her experi...

REOPENED: Cold Ashes

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A house fire claims the lives of a family in rural Oklahoma, and foul play is suspected. Two teenage girls were not found among the charred rubble, an...

A Brother's Burden / The Midnight Attacker

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A police officer helps solve an 18-year-old murder case when he finds the prime suspect-his older brother. And a biker with a bloody finger is the clu...

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Cleveland Strangler

11 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In September of 2008, Vanessa Gay met Anthony Sowell on a sidewalk in Cleveland Ohio. He invited her to share drinks and drugs at his home. She was un...

REOPENED: Written In Blood

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Heidi Jones was just four years old when her mother was killed in 1970. Four decades later she vows to solve the cold case and enlists an old high sch...

The Interrogation / The Slide

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A 14-year-old boy is charged with the murder of his sister, but his public defender believes the police coerced the boy's confession and that the real...

I SURVIVED: I Knew He Had Nothing To Lose So I Began Fighting Him

04 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Terri and one of her daughters are taken hostage by Terri’s ex-husband who was a law enforcement officer. James’ home is invaded by two masked men...

REOPENED: One Tough Mother

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When 19-year-old newlywed Tiffany Johnston is found dead in a small town in Oklahoma, her mother vows to exact justice for her killer. Over a decade l...

A Deadly Affair / The Sting Operation

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After 19 years, Kansas detectives reopen the case of a banker found beaten to death in his bed–and the chief suspect is his cheating wife. And a man...

I Survived A Serial Killer: The Coast to Coast Killer

28 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 1992, 19-year-old Fabienne Witherspoon was trying to help a man down on his luck when he attacked her in her own home. In this episode, Fabienne de...

REOPENED: Sisters In Death

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A father discovers his daughters killed in horrific circumstances in March, 1984. The mission to find the person responsible is passed from generation...

Man in the Shadows / The Hitchhiker

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After running DNA tests on more than 50 suspects, Ohio police finally get a good a lead on a serial rapist suspected of attacking at least 14 women. A...

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: Craigslist Killer

21 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In November 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis sat in the backseat of a musty Buick–traveling on a rural highway in the Ohio Appalachia. He thought he wa...

REOPENED: The Clock Strikes Murder

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Years Day in 1985, forcing her boy to grow up without her. It takes 35 long years for fam...

The Family / The Clue That Stuck

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A detective vows not to shave until he solves the murder of a young Oregon woman. And investigators track down a killer with the help of DNA found on ...

I SURVIVED: I Was Bleeding Like Water Running Out Of My Chest

14 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Debbie is taken from her home and sexually assaulted by a man who tells her he and his friend will kill her entire family if she resists. Ray and his ...

REOPENED: Friday Night Ghosts

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In late 1983, five people were abducted from a fast food restaurant before being found brutally murdered in an oil field. The main suspect is believed...

Kidnapped

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A kidnapper grabs 8-year-old Chad Choice from his home in Texas, then torments his parents with two ransom demands; the case goes cold until the paren...

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: Tampa Terror

07 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa donut shop when she was sudde...

REOPENED: Dark Angel

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Pam Pitts’ body was found burned at a popular party spot in the Arizona desert. Even when a second victim is discovered in a mineshaft it takes deca...

The Taunt / Death in Deadwood

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police. And when a man is found dead in South Dakota, his head bashed in by a 50...

I SURVIVED A SERIAL KILLER: The Cook Brothers

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In January of 1981, 18-year-old Cheryl Bartlett Fann was walking home late at night with her fianc Bud, when they were suddenly abducted and taken to ...

REOPENED: Eyes of a Killer

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A violent robbery in February, 2010 caused Michael Temple Jr. to become quadriplegic for five years before his death. DNA taken from a knife used in t...

Deadly Stroll / Unholy Secret

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In Rhode Island, policewomen go undercover in as street walkers to nab the man suspected of murdering three prostitutes. And a dagger-shaped letter op...

I SURVIVED: I Tried To Yell But My Jaw Was Shattered

21 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When a gunman opens fire in a crowded cafeteria Suzanna sees her father shot dead right in front of her. Kirby, a pastor also caught in the gunfire, s...

REOPENED: The Woman In The Woods

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For 34 years Jody Loomis’ killer goes undetected. And even when genetic genealogy leads to a suspect, their guilt must be proven in court.Homes.com:...

The Rifkin Murders Part 4

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After 30 years, serial killer Joel Rifkin is providing clues to New York State Police in order to identify two of his 17 victims--the only victims tha...

I SURVIVED: I Couldn't Breathe and I Remember Feeling Like I Was Falling Asleep

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Anita is abducted and put through a horrifying eight day ordeal by a man who forces her to live inside a metal box. Brothers Jim and Glen are struck b...

REOPENED: A Lesson in Homicide

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When beloved Red Bank middle school teacher Jonelle Melton is found murdered in her Neptune City, New Jersey apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion ...

The Rifkin Murders Part 3

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After 30 years, serial killer Joel Rifkin is providing clues to New York State Police in order to identify two of his 17 victims--the only victims tha...

I SURVIVED: If I Don't Pretend To Be Dead They're Really Going To Kill Me

07 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

After a train derails near their home, Wayne and Mary wake up to find the area surrounded by a cloud of chlorine gas. Linda is run off the road, attac...

REOPENED: Suspicious Minds

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home; for decades, a stalled investigation...

The Rifkin Murders Part 2

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Serial killer Joel Rifkin took the lives of 17 women in New York before he was caught red handed in 1993. Almost thirty years later, after interviewin...

I SURVIVED: It Was My Own Husband That Was Doing The Worst Possible Thing To Me

31 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Crystal is violently attacked and raped by her husband as his abuse continues to escalate over time. Johanna’s ex boyfriend sexually assaults her af...

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30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Prosecutors is a true crime podcast with a different point of view. Every week, Alice and Brett bring their unique perspective as prosecutors to t...

REOPENED: Murder By Moonlight

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The body of 24-year-old Lisa Ziegert is found stabbed to death in a field in Agawam, Massachusetts on Easter Sunday of 1992. The investigation yields ...

The Rifkin Murders Part 1

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Serial killer Joel Rifkin took the lives of 17 women in New York before he was caught red handed in 1993. Almost thirty years later, after interviewin...

I SURVIVED: I Have To Get Him Off Of Me

24 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer fights back with incredible courage when an intruder breaks into her apartment and sexually assaults and stabs her. Sampson, a corn farmer in...

REOPENED: Ice Cold in Denver

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 1980, 21-year-old radio intern, Helene Pruszynski, is found bound and stabbed in a snowy field in Denver, Colorado. After 37 years of dead ends, in...

Killer On Campus - The Bow Hunter

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Thirty-two years after the killing of University of Michigan law student Jane Mixer, police use DNA found on her pantyhose to finally track down the k...

I SURVIVED: I Didn't Know If I Was Going To Go Home Or Be With Him Forever

17 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

8-year-old MIdsi is abducted on her way home from school and held in a car for days where she is sexually assaulted. Tammy is viciously attacked by a ...

REOPENED: Secret in the Well

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1987, Fred Wilkerson disappeared. He didn't leave a note. There was no sign of foul play. And yet his son, Tim, knew in his h...

The Black Dahlia

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A review of the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, popularly known as the "Black Dahlia" because of her black bouffant hairstyle. Her dismembered body wa...

I SURVIVED: I Could See The Hatred In His Eyes

10 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A terrified mother is abducted in broad daylight and assaulted by a man who threatens to shoot her baby. A plane crash leaves a man swimming for his l...

REOPENED: Devil In Disguise

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

23-year-old former beauty queen and devout Catholic Irene Garza, vanishes in April 1960 after giving confession in her town of McAllen, Texas. Her bod...

The Grim Sleeper, Part 2

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim...

I SURVIVED: I Just Felt Blood Gushing Everywhere

03 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel and Danielle confront a sudden, violent crisis together. Brothers James and David fight to survive a brutal encounter where escape seems imposs...

REOPENED: The Heartland Killer

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1980s, a suspected serial killer preyed on women in small towns located on the banks of the Mississippi River until the murders abruptly ceased...

The Grim Sleeper, Part 1

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This serial killer preyed on women in South Central Los Angeles for a staggering 25 years, leaving a community traumatized and overlooked.Cold Case Fi...

I SURVIVED: But I Was Not Going To Stay On That Floor...

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A heavily pregnant woman is viciously attacked by a woman obsessed with making the unborn child her own. A couple cling to the rafters of their home a...

REOPENED: The School Teacher

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When 25-year-old school teacher Christy Mirack is found brutally murdered in her Lancaster, Pennsylvania, apartment in 1992, there is no shortage of s...

The Monster / A Cousin's Promise

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Monster: Police are convinced they have caught the rapist/murderer of an elderly woman, even after DNA evidence is exculpatory. They keep him in c...

I SURVIVED: He Has A Meat Cleaver

20 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A woman's psychotic boyfriend attacks her with a meat cleaver. A man and his father are dumped in an icy Alaskan river. An intruder sexually assaults ...

REOPENED: Missing in Altoona

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Sherry Leighty goes missing in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could vanish without a trace. A decade later, t...

Officer Down

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The longest running cold case of a law enforcement officer in the United States was the murder of Sheriff's Lt. Joe Clark.We have your holiday needs c...

I SURVIVED: We're Going To Fight With Everything We Have

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two women fight for their lives when an attacker ambushes them on a mountain trail; two men survive 14 hours adrift at sea.See Privacy Policy at https...

REOPENED: Devil at the Door

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 1998 brutal murder of 36-year-old computer analyst Lisa Valdez inside her San Francisco studio condominium was a mystery until advances in forensi...

Dead West: Lovers, Lies and Canyon Murder

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1987, 28-year-old Carol Murphy is found dead in a wooded area of Boulder, Colorado. It will take 20 years and a new technology to finally solve her...

I SURVIVED: This Is My Chance, I Have To Get Out Of Here

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A woman survives being choked and raped by a new friend that hid his criminal past. A young mother survives over 25 stab wounds from her ex-boyfriend....

REOPENED: The Voice in the Lake

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in December 2000, authorities assu...

A Confession for Carmen

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a big city like Philadelphia, it's easy for an unsolved murder to slip into the cold files and be forgotten. But in this case, one victim's boyfrie...

I SURVIVED: The Doctor Said You've Been Stabbed 14 Times

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A 17 yr old woman is taken to a secluded forest and sexually assaulted. A man's hand gets caught in farm equipment. A friend stabs and slashes a 14 yr...

REOPENED: Innocent Prey

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A serial rapist is terrorizing women around Portland, Oregon, and investigators are faced with an endless list of potential suspects until a hunch fin...

The Shopping Cart Killer

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New York denizen Arohn Kee is a lesser known serial killer, but no less odious. He preyed on teenage girls in Harlem.Check out our holiday deals!!Happ...

I SURVIVED: Is This What Death Is Like?

22 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A 15-year-old is snatched off the street on an early morning run. A man goes head-to-head with a killer chimpanzee, and a woman is shot and left for d...

REOPENED: Blood on the Badge

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a police officer is murdered in Atlanta, the suspect list is vague at best. The case seems destined to stay on the cold case shelf forever... unt...

Dead West: Rocky Mountain Murder

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Carolyn Jansen, 43, is found dead, stuffed into a duct-taped container in Aurora, Colorado . Detectives have two suspects but no clear way to tell who...

I SURVIVED: I Know If I Rest That's Going To Be It

15 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Teri is jammed into a trash can filled with snow and left to die by her ex-husband. Angela scrambles to escape a gruesome pile up of injured bodies af...

REOPENED: Bump In The Night

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1996, Aimee Willard was home for the summer in Northern Pennsylvania. One night, her car was found abandoned on a highway off-ramp with blood on th...

A Killer's Skin - Where's Peggy

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

I SURVIVED: I Had To Do Things That Would Make Somebody's Skin Crawl

08 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tanya is 14 years old when she is seduced and brainwashed by a 38 year old security guard at her school. Andy is hiking when he is attacked by a mount...

REOPENED: Evidence Kit Sacramento

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows Sacramento County deputy district attorney Anne Marie Schubert as she hunts for a killer. Her target ...

Finding BTK

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in recent American history--the BTK killer, who terrorized the Wichita, Kansas, are...

I SURVIVED: I Couldn't Understand What Was Bringing My Neighbor To Do This To Me

01 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Debbie is attacked and kidnapped and held by a man after he killed her husband. Christine and Heidi are visiting Greece when the ferry they are on cra...

REOPENED: Evidence Kit Chicago

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows the Chicago Police Department’s Women's DNA initiative, a program that funds the testing of backlog...

Dead West: Thou Shall Not Kill

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a Christian ranch hand, Dan Lavigne, 52, is shot dead on his porch in Montana, 2002, deputies find no shortage of suspects. What follows is an 8-...

I SURVIVED:I Knew He Just Wanted To Watch Me Die

25 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kristine is attacked by her bipolar boyfriend who stabs her in the chest and head in her home. Jon’s arm gets stuck in the boiler in his basement ra...

REOPENED: Office Politics

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1989, 38-year-old Sharon Bloom disappears. A week later, her body is discovered. In the initial investigation, police have a suspect: a jealous cow...

The Tourniquet - Burning Desire

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DNA evidence found on a murder victim whose body had been dumped in a Dairy Queen drive-thru leads to the arrest of Houston’s notorious tourniquet k...

I SURVIVED: I Lived In Fear I May Not Get The Real Eduardo Back

18 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eduardo and Jayne are married, living on a ranch in Mexico with their children. After dropping their kids off at school, Eduardo and Jayne are attacke...

REOPENED: A Child Remembers

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows Detective Manny Reyes as he works two cases. First, Detective Reyes investigates the 1990 murder of a...

Sex, Lies and Murder

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Police in Overland Park, Kansas, hunt for over 15 years for a serial killer who lures women to Kansas for sadomasochistic sexual trysts at hotels.Happ...

I SURVIVED: I Didn't Want Myself Or My Daughter To End Up In A Million Pieces

11 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michelle worked as a bank manager when three gunmen break into her home and take her and her daughter hostage. She has explosives strapped to her and ...

REOPENED: The Final Fare

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A taxi driver is dispatched on his last call of the night outside Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Hours later, the driver’s body is found face down by...

Dead West: Mystery in Cuero

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Pam Shelly, 31, is found in her Cuero, Texas bathroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head, her death is initially ruled a suicide. Yet a tenac...