Cold Case Files

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

Dead West: The Death of Lavender Doe

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When a mystery woman's burning body is found in an oil field in 2006, the rural community of Kilgore and a determined Texas lawman show why you don't ...

I SURVIVED: I Don't Want to Die, I Want to Live

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Frederic is 11 years old when he and his mother are stabbed multiple times by an intruder in the night. Henry and Becky are with their children flying...

REOPENED: Cat and Mouse

01 May 2025

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The death of Alma Napier was ruled an accident when her car was discovered overturned and smoldering one night in 1980. It would remain a closed case,...

Sweethearts Silenced

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 school sweethearts--and three other...

I SURVIVED: I Immediately Grabbed the Barrel of His Gun

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alga is abducted and attacked by a church handyman who leaves her for dead in the trunk of her car. Blaine is trapped in a coal mine with 8 other men,...

REOPENED: The Hitchhiker

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A hitchhiker is found murdered, and police spend three decades chasing down their only lead. Then an unexpected twist brings a brand new suspect to li...

She Never Came Home

22 Apr 2025

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When fourteen-year-old Tina Faelz never comes home from school, her murder leads investigators on a path from school bullies to serial killers and bac...

I SURVIVED: I Wanted Him to be as Afraid of Me as I Was of Him

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Susan is attacked in her home by a man with a hammer, when she decides to fight back there are deadly consequences. John and Jean are living with thei...

REOPENED: A Killer Named Korn

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A 74 year-old woman was assaulted and stabbed in her home. The case goes cold. Until another woman is attacked. And another. And this time, there’s ...

Murder in the Bayou: Monster in Bayou Pigeon

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1991 Curtis "Cochise" Smith, 29, heads out for diapers in Plaquemine, Louisiana and vanishes. Twenty-five-years later, a body surfaces in the bayou...

I SURVIVED: I'm Dying Today, This Is My Last Day on Earth

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A special profile of three extraordinary stories of people who literally died and came back to life. Deb’s heart stops shortly after delivering her ...

REOPENED: Midnight Attacker

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From 1997 to 2002, Long Beach, CA detectives attempt to track down a serial predator known as the Belmont Shore Rapist.Greenlight: Start your risk-fre...

Presenting: CRIME HOUSE TRUE CRIME STORIES

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Crime House True Crime Stories is the ultimate destination for true crime fans. Every episode features two notorious cases from that week in crime his...

Murder in the Bayou: Evil in Cajun Country

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The town of Alexandria, Louisiana is rocked when the body of Courtney Coco, 19, is found dumped 200 miles from home in Winnie, Texas. The case cools u...

I SURVIVED: I Walked Through A Field With My Back Broken

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

16-year-old Brandy is abducted and assaulted by two gunmen. James is used as a human shield when a gunman goes on a rampage in his school cafeteria. S...

REOPENED: The Widow and the Wolf

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1980, Jane Alexander was newly widowed. When a new man came into her life, telling stories of exotic world travels and an off-shore trust fund, Jan...

Murder in the Bayou: Horror in Starkville Mississippi

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Betty Jones, 65, and Kathryn Crigler, 81, are brutally attacked in a 1990 home invasion, the tiny community of Starkville, MS is left living in f...

I SURVIVED: I Could Hear His Footsteps Getting Closer and Closer

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jill and Ron fight for their lives in a terrifying home invasion. Randy is electrocuted while working alone up a 35 foot power pole. Julie is attacked...

REOPENED: Justice for Eglena

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1992, outside of a Seguin, TX carnival... officers discover the body of 15 year old, Eglena Diaz DeLeon. Their best lead: a bloody bandana fou...

Presenting: KILLER MINDS

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Formerly known as Mind of A Serial Killer, Killer Minds takes you deep into the psychology of history’s most chilling murderers—from infamous seri...

Murder in the Bayou: Lost Soul in Lafayette

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the body of free-spirited Bonnie Ruphard, 47, is spotted by a runner in Lafayette, LA, police suspect domestic violence. The case sits for a deca...

I SURVIVED: If I Die, Nobody Will Know Who Did This

22 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Terry and his family are attacked in their beds by his daughter’s boyfriend and an accomplice. Anne and her friend Debi are mountain biking when Ann...

REOPENED: Trouble In Paradise

20 Mar 2025

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When Pegye Bechler goes missing in a mysterious boating accident, all signs point towards her husband Eric. Without a body, the case goes cold until E...

Murder in the Bayou: The Devil in Hammond

18 Mar 2025

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When a young mother, Selonia Reed, 26, is found brutally murdered in her car, detectives turn over every rock in small town Hammond, Louisiana in sear...

I SURVIVED: I Was Sure He Was Eating My Brain

15 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Susan’s rural home is invaded by three masked gunmen who shoot both her and her husband. While working in a remote valley in Bella Coola, British Co...

REOPENED: The Well

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An elderly man, loved by his community, is found dead at the bottom of a well. But the case goes cold until the murder weapon is found, three years la...

Murder in the Bayou: A Trinity River Murder

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the supposed great-niece of Marilyn Monroe, Krystal Jean Baker, 13, is found dead beneath a bridge in Texas' Bayou Country, investigators are stu...

I SURVIVED: We Could See This Fire Tornado Devouring Our Pickup Truck

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

15-year-old Sydney is attacked by men who have broken into her family home looking for money. Dena and Roger are trapped when a wildfire engulfs their...

REOPENED: The Cufflink

06 Mar 2025

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A woman is found murdered in a Michigan park, bound with police-grade, plastic handcuffs. Investigator’s prime suspect is found with identical cuffs...

Damn His Soul To Hell

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 1964 murder of 9-year-old Marise Chiverella leaves the devout town of Hazelton, PA, in fear. An intense manhunt yields numerous suspects but no ki...

I SURVIVED: I Was Going to Have to Cut My Leg Off

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

April is brutally assaulted then set on fire by an acquaintance after taking them and her ex-boyfriend for a ride. Mark is forced to amputate part of ...

REOPENED: Innocence Stolen

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A district attorney uses a clever technique - a "John Doe indictment" - to give law enforcement officials the time they need to track down the a seria...

Blood Red Snow

25 Feb 2025

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When 19-year-old Chris Green is found beaten to death in a snowy Bangor, Michigan ditch in 2002, his family fear their son's murder will never be solv...

I SURVIVED: I Couldn't Sit Up, I Couldn't Check to See Where They Were

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dawn and her two daughters are at a friend's beach house when four armed men break in looking for money. Jens and Jim are flying with their fathers on...

REOPENED: The Calling Card

20 Feb 2025

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A hitchhiker is murdered, and a mysterious stack of business cards leads police on a 38-year hunt for her killer. Hers: Start your free online visit ...

A Killer Confession

18 Feb 2025

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The quiet town of Redding, California is rocked by the disappearance of Frank McAlister - a teen with a recent cash windfall who leaves only a blood-s...

I SURVIVED: She absolutely lost her mind

15 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scott and Sean are fishing on the Appalachian Trail when they meet a stranger who ends up attacking them with a gun after sharing dinner. Stacey and h...

REOPENED: Daddy Dearest

13 Feb 2025

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Nine years after a mother and her teenage daughters are murdered... the killer’s sisters helps crack the case. Greenlight: Start your risk-free tri...

Introducing... the Ancient Aliens podcast

12 Feb 2025

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The Ancient Aliens podcast explores the controversial theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years. From the age of the dino...

Who Killed My Father

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When 34-year-old Freddie Farah is gunned down in his Florida grocery store, police urgently seek his killer. Decades later, Farah's son will have a ch...

I SURVIVED: The Only Light Inside the Plane was Fire

08 Feb 2025

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Three survivors from UA Flight 232 relive the terrifying moments leading up to and after one of America's worst ever aviation disasters. A young woman...

REOPENED: Vintage Murder

06 Feb 2025

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A sudden memory flash leads detectives to a killer’s door and closes a case 25 years in the making. BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/COLDCASE to ge...

Evil in Huntington Beach

04 Feb 2025

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

I SURVIVED: I'm Gonna Risk My Life

01 Feb 2025

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A convenience store worker plays dead to escape her abductor. An endurance athlete faces her greatest challenge ever after falling 60 feet in a remote...

REOPENED: The Taunt

30 Jan 2025

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A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police... Hers: Start your initial free online visit at forhers.com/coldcase fo...

Sooner State Nightmare

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A massive search unfolds in Chandler, Oklahoma when two women and a child go missing from a Walmart parking lot in 1992. It will take 23 years and a t...

I SURVIVED: I Know That I'm Probably Going to Die

25 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After five highjackers take control of an EgyptAir flight and begin executing passengers, a woman silently says goodbye to her loved ones when the hij...

REOPENED: Murder Checks In

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When three women's bodies are found in Iowa hotels, all within miles of each other, police realize they are on the hunt for a serial killer. Homes.co...

Viciously Murdered

21 Jan 2025

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When Susan Schwarz is found shot to death in her apartment in 1979, police suspect a robbery gone wrong. Thirty-two years pass before a witness emerge...

I SURVIVED: I Knew She Was Going to Kill Him

18 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A young mother and her cousin are shot by a deranged gunman. A couple hiking in a national park must fight for their lives when they're attacked by a ...

REOPENED: Favor For A Friend

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A husband and wife fall victim to a seemingly random shooting... and the key piece of evidence stays buried for more than a decade. This episode is br...

The Smoking Gun

14 Jan 2025

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A 2007 cold case resurfaces when a detective reopens the investigation into the brutal killing of Audrey Giannotti, 20, in rural Pennsylvania. HungryR...

I SURVIVED: I'm locked up like a dog. I can't escape

11 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A heart-wrenching drama unfolds when a man struggles to save himself and his family from drowning in frigid waters, and a female prison officer uses h...

REOPENED: A Knock At The Door

09 Jan 2025

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The killing of a woman in a Virginia hotel room goes unsolved for a quarter of a century before investigators are finally able to zero in on the kille...

A Bullet To The Heart

07 Jan 2025

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When night manager Rodney Castin is gunned down in the lobby of his hotel three weeks before Christmas, detectives scour Georgia for his killer; two d...

I SURVIVED: Shut That Door Again or You Don't Survive

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two students and a professor at Virginia Tech University manage to survive the April 16, 2007, massacre at the school. A Minneapolis school bus with 5...