Cold Case Files
Episodes
I SURVIVED: I Saw Half The House Just Collapse
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike attempts to protect his grandparents home as hurricane Sandy hits. When the house starts to collapse around him, Mike tries to swim to safety onl...
REOPENED: The Weepy-Voiced Killer
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Women are being murdered in Minnesota's twin cities, and police are desperate to catch the murderer who keeps calling to confess his crimes. SimpliSa...
The Lady Killer
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two decades after Ruth Masters was brutally murdered while out for a bike ride, the testimony of three prison inmates helps convict the man who did it...
I SURVIVED: I Remember Thinking I'm Not Going Like This
21 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Forest workers Louie and Wade are attacked by a grizzly bear, leaving one of the men scalped. Eight-year-old Sayeh and her younger sister are abducted...
REOPENED: A Deadly Pattern
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2004, 58-year-old Phyllis New was found dead, the victim of an apparent home invasion. However, when a second murder comes to light, police suspect...
Unsolved
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After Cindy Warner disappeared from her sister’s home with her 11-month old child still inside and no signs of struggle in 1991, investigators knew ...
I SURVIVED: I Was Just Waiting For The Gun To Go Off
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan and Aaron were young minor league baseball players attending spring training when armed gunmen barge into their hotel rooms to hold them hostag...
REOPENED: Ticket To Nowhere
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Flight 191 crashed in Chicago in 1979, killing nearly 300 people on board. It was the deadliest plane accident in American history. A single mother, D...
Soft Kill
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a teenage girl shows up dead, investigators think they know who did it. However, when another pair of sisters are found deceased with a similar ...
I SURVIVED: I Knew I Was Going to Get Shot and Probably Die
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A gunman holds members of a Florida school board hostage as he airs his grievances over the termination of his wife. As the head of security attempts ...
REOPENED: The Green River Killer
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980s the police discovered no fewer than 44 bodies along the Green River near Seattle, making the Green River Killer the most prolific serial ...
Death of the Innocents
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a woman and her son find the mummified remains of two infants while cleaning out their new trailer, investigators are tasked first with finding t...
I SURVIVED: I Didn't Know Which Way Was Up
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Angel and her friend Jessica are attacked and shot after going to confront the ex boyfriend of Jessica’s younger sister. Elyse is a professional ski...
REOPENED: A Man Scorned
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young woman is murdered in her bed, and investigators' key witness soon becomes their prime suspect. SimpliSafe - Right now, get 20% off any new Si...
The Perfect Murder
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nine years after the wife of a medical examiner dies under suspicious circumstances, the hard work of forensic toxicologists pays off when they are ab...
I SURVIVED: I Didn't Know How Bad I Was Hurt
24 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amy is asked for a ride from a co-worker when he suddenly attacks her. After bringing her into a secluded park he sexually assaults her, beats her wit...
REOPENED: Something Snapped
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a young woman is murdered, investigators believe they have the perfect suspect, until DNA advancements prove they might be looking in the wrong d...
The Fingerprint
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In February of 1984 Susan Eigen and her 17-year-old son Richard are found murdered in their home. 18 Years later, the fingerprints found at the scene ...
I SURVIVED: I Started Praying to God Just Let Me Live
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Audrey is attacked by her estranged husband with a knife, a hammer, and gasoline. After a diabetic episode, Todd gets lost in an Idaho snowstorm trave...
REOPENED: A Desperate Housewife
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A picture perfect marriage is shattered when the husband is shot and killed. But the woman who appears to be his grieving widow...soon becomes investi...
Beauty Queen Killer
13 Aug 2024
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 apartme...
I SURVIVED: I See A Mountain of Snow Bearing Down On Us
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tricia and Linae are abducted by two armed gunman after both parents and their grandmother were shot by the assailants. Jason and two friend are caugh...
REOPENED: Cowboys on the Case
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When an alleged rapist's remains are found 30 years after his disappearance, the PD calls in The Cowboys - a retired team of cold case investigators -...
Second Story Rapist
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a predator known as the second story rapist terrorizes Sacramento Country in California investigators are unable to pin down a suspect. Years la...
I SURVIVED: I Knew I Was Going To Die Saving My Son
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon’s ex husband hold her and her two year old son hostage as he attempts a murder suicide. Ken and his friend Ed went for a fishing trip on Ken...
REOPENED: Abandoned Houses
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two little girls go missing in Akron under the exact same circumstances. When their bodies are discovered, the families and investigators are desperat...
Love Triangle
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a San Diego man is found in a burnt vehicle, investigators first job is to identify the body. After David Stevens is identified, the question of ...
I SURVIVED: I Remember the Fuselage Opening Like A Can
27 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keith and Marc’s plane crash-lands during a routine drug surveillance mission over the Colombian jungle and they are immediately captured by FARC gu...
City Confidential Is Available Now!
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
City Confidential explores crimes that have impacted cities and towns across America. The iconic, noir-style series goes beyond the headlines to showc...
REOPENED: Under a Spell
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a dark corner of Miami, several women are found murdered and their bodies burned. A mysterious footprint, a bottle of gasoline, and a Santeria prie...
Little Sister Lost
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
15 year old Penny Parker goes missing while delivering newspapers on a spring afternoon in 1977. When her body is discovered by a volunteer with a que...
I SURVIVED: It Was The First Time I Realized It Was A Massacre
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hours after detonating a car bomb in Norway's capital, Oslo, the bomber, now disguised as a policeman, makes his way to Utoya Island where 530 teenage...
REOPENED: License To Kill
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1997, a couple moves into a brand new home in rural Ontario. During renovations, they discover a buried clue that is the key to solving a brutal do...
American Justice Is Available Now!
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The pursuit of justice can be impacted by the smallest detail. "American Justice" from A&E explores recent compelling criminal cases, from those that ...
The Accidental Killer
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After his first wife dies in an apparent accident in Wolfe Creek Montana, Dennis Larson collects the insurance and moves to Maine in search of another...
I SURVIVED: I'm In A Taliban Prison and Nobody Can Find Me
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2008 Jere, a journalist specializing in the area, is traveling in Afghanistan to meet with a member of the Taliban he had known years before. While...
REOPENED: The Family
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a 19-year-old girl goes missing, her family suspects the mafia is involved...but it will take another 16 years for her body to surface and nearly...
Murder On The Menu
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young boy is the sole survivor when his family is massacred in their Minnesota home. Two decades later - he helps cold case detectives catch the ser...
I SURVIVED: I Was Hearing Bullets Fly Over My Head
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A. J, Carolyn and Stacy are all in separate groups shopping at a Salt Lake City Mall a couple days before Valentine’s day. A lone gunman shoots A.J ...
REOPENED: The Deadly Stroll
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When three women go missing in Woonsocket, Rhode Island - investigators follow a trail that leads them to the state landfill in search of human remain...
Lady In The Box
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the disappearance of Fran Gladden-Smith, her family looks into her husband John’s past only to find he had a previous wife who also disappeare...
I SURVIVED: I Could Feel The Barrel On The Back Of My Head
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kim is an aspiring model at 20 years old when she is attacked by her friend and neighbor. After sexually assaulting her, the attacker stabs her and po...
REOPENED: Murder On The Menu
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young boy is the sole survivor when his family is massacred in their Minnesota home. Two decades later - he helps cold case detectives catch the ser...
The Bathtub Killer
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a pregnant woman is found sexually assaulted, strangled and dumped in her bathtub in New Hampshire attempts at a DNA match are unsuccessful. 10 ...
I SURVIVED: I Thought That Was The Last Day Of My Life
22 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul is woken when two assailants enter his home in the middle of the night. After the intruders stab him multiple times, they set his house on fire a...
REOPENED: Modus Operandi
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the south side of St. Louis, a series of sexual assaults appears to follow the exact same pattern - leading police to dub the perpetrator, "The Sou...
Traces Of Murder
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1985, Enrique Elizarbe, a recent immigrant from Peru trying to find a better life, was robbed and beaten by a co-worker in the warehouse where he w...
I SURVIVED: I Could Smell The Fuel Was Coming Into The Train
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Arkesha is on her way home from a school dance when she is robbed and sexually assaulted by two young men. While looking for help she explains what ha...
REOPENED: In The Care Of A Killer
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When a toddler dies under the care of a babysitter, everyone assumes it was the result of a tragic accident. That is until eight years later, when a s...
The Nail File
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a grisly murder in a Roy Rogers restaurant ,the initial conclusion was a robbery gone wrong. !4 years later, those conclusions don’t sit right...
I SURVIVED: If I've Hit An Artery I Only Have Minutes Left Of Consciousness
08 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Albert is a 17 year old enlisted as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg, when his best friend, fellow soldier, takes him out to a dump for target practice but...
Pride and The Fall
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After his second wife’s tragic fall from a cliff in the Grand Canyon, investigators look closer into the grisly murders of Robert Spangler’s previ...
I Survived: I Felt Like A Hockey Puck Sliding On Ice
01 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica endures years of abuse from her neighbor from the age of 9. After her abuser escalates to abducting the child it takes another 104 days to fin...
The Baiting Game
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Investigators in Virginia have a the body of a murdered sailor, prime suspects and a timeline that fits their narrative, but they will still need pati...
I SURVIVED: I Just Kept Screaming and Kicking
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Frankin and his wife are aboard an aircraft that gets hijacked and rerouted towards Australia. After running out of fuel the plane attempts an emergen...
Man's Best Friend
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 911 call for a house on fire leads to the discovery of a dead body in the home and the remains of the occupants dog in a shed outback. 6 years after...
I SURVIVED: I Just Can't Get Over The Look In His Eyes
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rudrani is with a meditation group in Mumbai India when terrorists attack the hotel she is staying at. Shot in the arm and leg, Rudrani is left for de...
The Missing Informant
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After confidential informant Christine Elkins disappears before she can testify against her former boss, the trail goes cold. Six years later, when th...
I SURVIVED: I Could Just Feel My Skin Almost Blistering
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mary is a 15-year-old hitchhiking in Florida when the man who gives her a ride sexually assaults her, cuts her arms off and throws her off a cliff lea...
The Flashlight Rapist
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Serial rapist is terrorizing Louisville, Kentucky as he blinds his victims by holding a mini-flashlight in his mouth. When he drops the tool after a...
I SURVIVED: The Blood Was Just Pouring Out Of My Neck
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scott and Sean are enjoying a fishing trip on the Appalachian Trail when they meet a stranger and share dinner. After dinner, however, the man in thei...
The Missing Hunters
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two Michigan hunters get in an altercation with local ne’er-do-wells the Duvalls. It ends with the long time friends beaten to death and fed to pigs...
I SURVIVED: I'm Either Going To Take A Round Or That Bomb Is Gonna Go Off
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gwen is a librarian and Lloyd is a Sheriff’s deputy, both are among the 18 hostages held captive by an armed assailant with a dead man’s switch in...
Secret Twin
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A young man grapples with memories of an unaccounted for twin sister sparking a conversation with his other sister and eventually an investigation. S...
I Thought He Was Killing My Son
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After their California home was invaded over a case of mistaken identity Darren and Chastity’s ordeal only worsens as their 11 year old son arrives ...
Officer Down
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
23 years after Atlanta policeman Sam Guy is slain moonlighting as security, investigators finally get the tip they need to charge the two men Sam’s ...
I SURVIVED: If I Play Dead He Wouldn't Shoot Me Again
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lonnie rekindles an old relationship only for her beau to take credit cards out in her name and when she confronts him about it he shoots her in the h...
Fire Flicks
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A home video found wrapped inside a coat along the side of a California freeway documents a teenager’s disturbing crimes and breathes life into the ...
I SURVIVED: I Chose to Fight That Day
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dorothy is leaving the grocery store with her daughters when they are attacked by a pair of young men who rape Dorothy and shoot her in the head. Jim ...
Reconstructing Murder
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Advances in forensic modeling helps investigators identify a murder victim whose skin was stripped from her head, neck and legs. However, it’s a spe...
I SURVIVED: I Felt The Worst Pain You Couldn't Fathom
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
14 year old Reagan's trip to the beach with her friend Lynn takes an unimaginable turn when they are picked up by a pair of cousins on a spree of rap...
Deadly Divorce
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After his mother goes to meet up with his ex-step father and doesn’t make it home, a Colorado teen fears the worst. Despite his suspicions from the ...
A Sealed Fate
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
37 years after his first killing, a career criminal is finally brought to justice. DNA collected from saliva on sealed envelopes connects the unsuspec...
The Deadly Triangle
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A prison inmate looking to make a deal doesn’t have the information investigators are looking for. What he does have, information that will help sol...
The Unluckiest Man
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After four house fires, the death of his first wife and the near death of his second wife and child, John Veysey's "unluck" is up. Federal prosecutor...
I SURVIVED: This is Terror Part II
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tali Shapiro describes her chilling abduction and assault when she was 8 years old. Rodney Alcala, the man who attacked her, would come to be known as...
New Cold Case Files podcast episodes coming soon!
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don't miss all new episodes of A&E's Cold Case Files: The Podcast - returning Tuesday, March 5thSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...
REOPENED: A Wife's Mission
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A woman's life is shattered when her house is broken into, she's assaulted, her husband is murdered, and her home is set aflame. To make matters worse...
I SURVIVED: This Is Terror - Part I
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Rowan describes how she was brutally attacked in 1968 by Rodney Alcala during a party at his Hollywood home. She never told her parents what ha...
REOPENED: A Son Remembers
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Powers opened a box of family photographs to discover a Great Aunt she never knew existed. A Great Aunt who was murdered, and whose case was ne...
I SURVIVED: I Tried to Scratch His Face
17 Feb 2024
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: A Map To Murder
13 Feb 2024
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...
I SURVIVED: I Had a Dark Secret
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, California. His assailant, Wil...
REOPENED: A Detective's Promise
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When an 18-year-old hitchhiker is found in a ravine, the autopsy reveals her killing is perhaps the most brutal the examiner has ever seen. Detective ...
I SURVIVED: If I Go to Sleep, I Might Not Wake Up
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Dennis Reid Jr., a country-star wannabe, spends nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers. One of those workers, Jose Ramirez ...
REOPENED: Lil Mis
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'Lil Miss' Lisa Marie Kimmel was 18 years old in 1988. She was working at a restaurant and driving around in her new, shiny black Honda CRX. One weeke...
I SURVIVED: I Was Scared to See The Blood
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In November 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man offers her a ride. After she gets...
REOPENED: Death of a Deacon
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deacon Phil Perry was having an affair with a member of his congregation. Shortly after he told his own wife, his body was found in the trunk of a car...
I SURVIVED: Somebody's Trying to Kill my Brother
20 Jan 2024
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: Left for Dead
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1995, a prostitute named Pamela Shelley was shot in the back eight times and left in a field. With minimal evidence, the case goes cold. But seven ...
I SURVIVED: I Knew I Wasn't The Only Victim
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted, held captive and tortured for three days. Her escape from the brink of death would stop The Toybox Killer, David ...
REOPENED: The Flaming Gorge Falls
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1996, Bob Duke calls 911 after his wife and young son fall from a high cliff in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Green River, Wyoming. ...
I SURVIVED: I Felt Less than Human
06 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mistrust of the police makes her reluctant to report her attack for many y...
REOPENED: Snatched
02 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A six-year-old girl goes missing from her backyard. The only witness is a five-year-old, who says a strange man took the missing girl. Who was this ma...
I SURVIVED: I Can't Believe I'm Still Alive
30 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1992, 19-year-old Fabienne Witherspoon tries to help a man who was down on his luck when he attacked her in her own home. In an effort to stay aliv...
REOPENED: Crimes of the Klan
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vernon Dahmer was a shop owner in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and President of the local chapter of the NAACP. At midnight on January 10th, 1966, two tr...
I SURVIVED: I Ran For Everything I Had
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis thinks he is on his way to a gig as a farm caretaker, a job he has secured on Craigslist. Unbeknownst to him...
REOPENED: Déjà Vu
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the fall of 1996, a 25-year-old school teacher was found murdered in the bathtub of her Arlington, Texas apartment. Three months later, a 22-year-o...
I SURVIVED: I Could See Beneath The Blindfold
16 Dec 2023
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 doughnut shop, when she was s...
REOPENED: The Golden State Killer: Part 2
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On April 24, 2018, 72-year-old Joseph DeAngelo was arrested and charged with eight counts of first-degree murder. But who is Joseph DeAngleo? And why ...