Cold Case Files
Episodes
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...
I SURVIVED: I Felt Like It Went From A Color Day To A Black And White Day
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philip is a missionary working in Haiti when he is ambushed, shot and held for ransom by a gang. Karen finds out her husband has been living a double ...
REOPENED: Nacole's Killer: Part 2
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of this special edition of Cold Case Files follows detectives as they pursue every lead and work to solve the 1995 rape and murder of 14-y...
A Drop Of Blood
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Indiana police are baffled by the murder of an 86-year-old woman, found dead in her bedroom. A small drop of blood on a curtain holds the key to unloc...
I SURVIVED: I Was Waiting To Die and It Was Taking Forever
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kaye is home with her son when she is stabbed over 45 times by a man who brakes in. Johnny is trapped for 16 days in his wrecked car in a deep ravine....
REOPENED: Nacole's Killer: Part 1
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This special two-part edition of Cold Case Files offers an inside look at an active cold case investigation as detectives work to solve the 1995 rape ...
Smoky Mountain Mystery
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A North Carolina man looking to clear his conscience gives police the information they need to solve a murder.Homes.com: We’ve done your homework.Ro...
I SURVIVED: I Can't Even Explain The Type Of Fear That I Felt
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A gun-wielding man carjacks and sexually assaults Lisa and her friend. Chris is with his dogs when a tornado sweeps through his house. Jeannette is 9-...
REOPENED: Skeletons In The Closet
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A scrapyard owner makes a gruesome discovery, which leads investigators to question a mother who may be killing her children.Greenlight: Start your ri...
Introducing: Crime House Daily
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crime doesn’t take a day off. And neither does Crime House Daily.Hosted by self-defense instructor and advocate for victims, Katie Ring, Crime House...
The Killer's Tattoo
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The murder of a 73-year-old man leads investigators on a long chase for an accomplished identity thief. Their best lead is a rose tattoo with the name...
I SURVIVED: I Can't Handle This Pain Anymore
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A machete-wielding intruder terrorizes Jessica in her apartment where he sexually assaults her. Jeff and Mark are on a hunting trip when a savage atta...
REOPENED: Shattered
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A young woman is shot to death during a jewelry store robbery in 1980, but without the ability to test DNA evidence the case goes cold until the kille...
The Campfire Mint Murderer
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When nine-year-old Candy Rogers, turns up dead after selling mints door-to-door, Spokane detectives launch a dogged campaign to find her killer. What ...
I SURVIVED: I Lost My Life That Night... Because I Will Never Be That Person Again
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abducted in the trunk of her own car, Michelle suffers unimaginable horror at the hands of her three captors. Trapped in the ruins of her tornado rava...
REOPENED: Mr. Big Sting
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a convenience store clerk is murdered in cold blood, an investigator goes undercover as a mafia boss in an elaborate sting that will snare a kill...
Manhunt
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A look at the case of James Allen Selby, a serial rapist who eluded police for years while attacking 11 women in Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Arizona...
I SURVIVED: I Felt Like There My Life Goes, That Was My Shot
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy meets a man at a party who attacks her after offering to take her for a ride. Tyler is 14 years old when he and a friend are attacked by a classma...
REOPENED: The Closers
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A woman drops her daughter off at daycare then disappears. Without any evidence or clues, Los Angeles investigators have no leads until an anonymous t...
Baby For Sale / The Barrel
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a Nevada couple demands the return of a baby they had sold to another couple, the burned body of the baby turns up in Arizona. Then, a man discov...
I SURVIVED: I Had Blood Shooting Out Both Sides of Me
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harold, store manager, and his staff are held up and shot by two killers. John is 18-years-old when he has both his arms torn off in an accident ...
REOPENED: The Punishment
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Despite several mysterious and concerning clues, the drowning death of 6-year-old Sally Cheesboro is deemed a tragic accident. Over two decades later,...
The Evil Among Us
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When 8-year-old April Tinsley is found dead in a Fort Wayne, Indiana ditch the community is shaken. Disturbing letters then appear, penned by her kill...
I SURVIVED: I Am So Close To Getting Help, But I Am So Far
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Julie and her two young children are abducted and taken into the Florida Everglades by a man who sexually assaults Julie. John is taking his dogs for ...
REOPENED: The Bad Cop
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Kimberly White – the estranged wife of a former state trooper – is found shot to death, her ex-husband swears that she took her own...
The Sunday Morning Slasher
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Law enforcement officials fear they may have to release perhaps the U.S.’s most prolific serial killer, Coral Eugene Watts, from prison until a 24-y...
I SURVIVED: I've Got Bad News For You, You've Just Been Kidnapped
09 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martin is 13-years-old when he is abducted and raped by a serial pedophile who chains him up in a buried box on a hill. Jason, Dave and Joe are on a c...
REOPENED: Eyes at the Window
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The community is shocked when nursing student Jana Reynolds is raped and murdered. Without DNA testing available the case goes cold, but when the kill...
Deja Vu / Secret in the Well
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new fingerprint identification system helps detectives track down a killer after three years of searching. A Georgia investigator gets to the bottom...
I SURVIVED: I Was Looking Right At The Devil's Face
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kara is 15-years-old when she is abducted and raped by a serial killer. Dan is a photographer documenting aid work in Haiti when an earthquake collaps...
REOPENED: Caught By The Past
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Clydine Dallas is murdered in her own home, and despite fingerprint evidence her case goes cold until a special squad tasked with re-opening tough cas...
A Dawn to Remember
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When 18-year-old model Dawn Koons heads to California with dreams of stardom, her family back in Yonkers worry she's made a mistake. After her body is...
I SURVIVED: I Felt Like I Had Escaped Through Death
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer is abducted and tortured by a serial killer who has already murdered four other women. Neely Ann is with her four year old daughter when they...
REOPENED: Carol's Diary
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A 16-year-old girl is killed and her brother is the first to come upon her murder scene. The teenager's diary leads detectives to her killer...Cook Un...
The Green River Killer
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of Cold Case Files, journey into the investigation of the biggest serial murder case in US history the Green River Killer.goPure:...
I SURVIVED: I'm Holding My Stomach Like It's A Football
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Teka is pregnant when she is kidnapped by a woman that tries to steal her unborn baby. Robert is a field geologist working in Alaska, while collecting...
REOPENED: A Deadly Affair
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a bank cashier is brutally murdered in his own bed, initial evidence points to a bank robbery plot. But as investigators follow the trail, they d...
A Family Cursed
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One family faces two unsolved murders of loved ones and authorities finally uncover the missing clue that leads to solve the case 13 years after the m...
I SURVIVED: I Did Not Allow Myself To Consider The Probable Outcome
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle is shot by a 14 yr old boy after she reluctantly agrees to give him a ride. Amy is hiring in the Sierra Nevada mountains when she falls off a...
REOPENED: Exhuming The Truth
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A college student is murdered - and two viable suspects surface almost immediately - but it will take 20 years to pin down the killer...IQBAR - G...
No Known Enemies
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When 81-year-old Helen Gale is found in her burned-out car, investigators in Southfield, Michigan wonder who would murder this pillar of the community...
I SURVIVED: I Only Realized It Was A Knife When I Felt It Going In and Out
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After returning home from work Tennille is abducted and brutally raped in the backseat of her own car. Chris is on a diving trip when their boat is ru...
REOPENED: Life on the Run
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a beloved fixture of a Colorado community goes missing, his neighbors are shocked to learn that the man they thought they knew never existed, and...
A Killer Slips Away
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lily and Alonzo knock on Anna Mae's door. They've come to take their elderly sister shopping. Instead, her door flies open and a young woman runs past...
I SURVIVED: I Looked Over and He Was Bleeding From the Chest
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gracia and her husband are abducted and held for ransom by the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines. Richard is attacked in his home by a masked intruder wit...
REOPENED: The Peeper
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A worried father lays a trap for the mysterious prowler who has been peeping on his young son, but the man doesn't realize he's facing something far m...
Circle of Friends
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a teenager goes missing in a small town investigators are desperate to identity a culprit, but few are willing to talk. Following a series of sev...
I SURVIVED: I Just Got Shot, and Boy Does It Hurt
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 11 years old, Tere survives on a raft after her family is murdered and the yacht they were on sinks. Christa is doing volunteer work in Haiti when ...
REOPENED: Beauty Queen Killer
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1978, beauty queen Tana Woolley moves into her first apartment alone. Not long after her move, Tana is found murdered and everyone in her...
Contracted to Kill
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When 37-year-old Lee Rotatori is found dead in her hotel room in 1982, police suspect the work of a professional. It will take four decades to identif...
I SURVIVED: Any Time You Believe A Man Is God You're Brainwashed
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amber is 9 years old when her adoptive parents move the family to Utah where they become involved in a fundamentalist mormon cult known as the Zionist...
REOPENED: Caught By An Eyelash
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The day before her 28th birthday, Kiva Bible is murdered. Detectives search for over a decade with just one scrap of evidence: a single eyelash.Greenl...
Mommy's Rules
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A mother is suspected in the murders of two of her daughters, when her third daughter finally convinces police to reopen two cold cases.This Episode i...
I SURVIVED: I Didn't Even Have Enough Time To Think About What Was Happening
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
17 year old Danielle is attacked by her mother’s boyfriend who stabs her repeatedly and leaves her for dead. Deborah is part of a crew delivering a ...
REOPENED: The Paper Route
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A newspaper carrier is found murdered execution style, and the investigator on the case has known the victim for over 30 years. Determined to find his...
The Night Shift
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
College student Brad Perry shows up to work his graveyard shift at the gas station and is never seen alive again. It will take twenty years, the uncov...
I SURVIVED: I Could Hear My Heart Beating In My Eardrums
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lori and Pat are on an RV trip in Baja Mexico when they are attack by two armed men who begin to fire into the vehicle. David is out for a jog when he...
REOPENED: The Slide
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An elderly woman is assaulted in her own home, and suffers a deadly heart attack during the assault. Her stolen checkbook is the only solid lead in a ...
Dead West: Murder In The City of Saints
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When beloved matriarch, Sherry Black, 64, is murdered in her rare books store in Salt Lake City, investigators suspect theft as the motive. The case g...
I SURVIVED: We're Never Going to Get Out of This Alive
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon is abducted outside her home by a man with a knife who blindfolds and assaults her. Al and Linda are snowmobiling with their daughter on a froz...
REOPENED: Unicorns and Alligators
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The disappearance of a 8-year-old Rima Traxler kicks off a manhunt for a shadowy figure seen driving away with Rima the day she went missing. When pol...
Killing On Christmas Eve
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When an elderly couple is robbed and brutally murdered in a quiet logging community, accusations fly. No stone is left unturned, but the killer never ...
I SURVIVED: I Closed My Eyes and He Popped A Round Off
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara and her friend are on their way home from school when they are abducted by a man in fatigues wielding a large knife who ties them up and leads...
REOPENED: Rumors of Murder
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When 21-year-old Julie Hill goes missing, everyone assumes she has just run off again. Fourteen years later, Julie's cousin starts to question the rea...
Little Girl Lost
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Halloween in a small town is cancelled indefinitely when a young girl is kidnapped and killed on her way home from a costume party. Two decades later,...
I SURVIVED: I Need Them to Find DNA Underneath My Fingernails
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie’s ex husband attacks her in her home where he shoots her in the head three times. Craig and Crystal are in the library of Columbine High s...
REOPENED: Graveyard Shift
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A gas station attendant is brutally murdered in the middle of the night, and investigators struggle to indict their prime suspect despite eye witness ...