Cold Case Files

Skeletons in the Closet

17 Aug 2021

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A scrapyard owner makes a gruesome discovery, which leads investigators to question a mother who may be killing her children. Check out our great spo...

Shattered

10 Aug 2021

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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...

Mr. Big Sting

03 Aug 2021

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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...

The Closers

27 Jul 2021

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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...

The Punishment

20 Jul 2021

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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 Bad Cop

13 Jul 2021

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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 life. But...

A Wife's Mission

06 Jul 2021

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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...

A Son Remembers

29 Jun 2021

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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...

A Detective's Promise

24 Jun 2021

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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 ...

Lil Miss

15 Jun 2021

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'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...

Death of a Deacon

10 Jun 2021

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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...

Left For Dead

04 Jun 2021

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In 1995, a sex worker named Pamela Shelley was shot in the back eight times and left in a field. With minimal evidence, the case goes cold. But seven ...

The Flaming Gorge Falls

26 May 2021

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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. ...

Snatched

18 May 2021

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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...

Déjà Vu

12 May 2021

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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...

A Sister Lost

05 May 2021

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A thirteen-year-old girl vanishes, seemingly out of thin air, while her brother is standing just feet away. She was never seen again, and her disappea...

The Bedroom Basher

29 Apr 2021

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After pregnant Diana is attacked in her home, she nearly dies. Despite a severe head injury, she believes she can identify her attacker - her husband,...

NCIS

21 Apr 2021

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Ensign Andrew Muns disappeared from the Navy ship he was serving on during the Vietnam War. His disappearance was officially ruled a desertion, but An...

Murder He Wrote

16 Apr 2021

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In July of 1988, the owner of a taxi company in Michigan was shot by a disgruntled employee. He survived, until a year later when he was shot once aga...

A Killer's Dream

06 Apr 2021

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For over 20 years, Kirsten was haunted by the unsolved murder of her mother when she was eight years old. And while Kirsten's nightmare drove her to k...

A Brother's Burden

31 Mar 2021

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There were three Evans brothers: the cop, the truck driver, and the troublemaker. When a rumor surfaces connecting one of the three brothers to a murd...

The Sting Operation

24 Mar 2021

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In the spring of 1977, a small town convenience store in Arkansas becomes the site of a robbery and a murder. What makes this case unique, is that the...

Unholy Secret

16 Mar 2021

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In Toledo, Ohio in 1980, a woman's body was found in a chapel, covered only by an altar cloth. She had been stabbed 31 times. The woman's name? Sister...

The Tourniquet

10 Mar 2021

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It's the late 90's in Houston, Texas and a serial killer is on the loose, having already strangled at least three women to death. His signature? A lig...

A Confession for Carmen

02 Mar 2021

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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...

Smoky Mountain Mystery

23 Feb 2021

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After nearly two decades of silence, a man known as the Smoky Mountain Gypsy comes forward with information that could lead police to solve not one, b...

The Interrogation

16 Feb 2021

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After a young girl is murdered in her home while the rest of her family slept, the police investigation zeroes in on the girl's teenage brother. But b...

The Clue That Stuck

10 Feb 2021

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In an ocean-side town in California, a woman is strangled to death in her home and her head is wrapped in duct tape. Police are at a loss for evidence...

Killer on Campus

02 Feb 2021

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In the spring of 1969, Jane Mixer becomes one of several young women murdered around the University of Michigan. Police think there may be a serial ki...

Where's Peggy?

26 Jan 2021

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After a mother hears about allegations that her physically abusive boyfriend has sexually abused her daughter, she goes mysteriously missing for over ...

Kidnapped

20 Jan 2021

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In 1991, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped from home while his mother is at church. Police believe the kidnapper is someone close to the family, but ...

Death in Deadwood

12 Jan 2021

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In a town most famous for the death of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, police try to solve a murder not in the 1880s, but the 1980s. This murde...

Eyes at the Window

07 Jan 2021

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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...

The Merry Widow

29 Dec 2020

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A man is shot point blank. And with no suspect, the only thing police know is that this murder was committed with intent. When the weapon is found yea...

A Son's Memory

22 Dec 2020

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A mother of three goes missing on Christmas eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved, until ...

Caught By The Past

15 Dec 2020

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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...

Carol's Diary

08 Dec 2020

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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... Check...

A Deadly Affair

01 Dec 2020

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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...

Exhuming the Truth

24 Nov 2020

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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... Check out th...

Life on the Run

17 Nov 2020

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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...

The Peeper

10 Nov 2020

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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...

Beauty Queen Killer

03 Nov 2020

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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 apartment...

Caught by an Eyelash

27 Oct 2020

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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. Here...

The Paper Route

20 Oct 2020

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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 Slide

13 Oct 2020

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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 ...

Unicorns and Alligators

06 Oct 2020

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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...

Rumors of Murder

29 Sep 2020

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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...

Graveyard Shift

22 Sep 2020

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A gas station attendant is brutally murdered in the middle of the night, and investigators struggle to indict their prime suspect despite eye witness ...

Cold Case Files: Season 7 Trailer

18 Sep 2020

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Don't miss an all new season of A&E's Cold Case Files: The Podcast - returning Tuesday September 22nd.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/priv...

Man in the Shadows

15 Sep 2020

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Police in Columbus, Ohio spend more than a decade hunting a man who terrorized a neighborhood known as Linden. In the process, he became one of the mo...

The Bow Hunter

08 Sep 2020

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In 1993, Charles Murray, an experienced hunter, went missing on the first day of bow hunting season. His family fears that something terrible had happ...

A Cousin's Promise

01 Sep 2020

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On a fall day in 1978, an apartment manager in Reynoldsburg, Ohio takes a call. On the other end of the line is a frantic tenant who says water is pou...

The Girls

27 Aug 2020

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Jack Irwin is a 71-year-old war veteran who lives by himself in San Bernardino, CA. That is until two young women - Marcia Ann Johnson and Judy Geller...

A Killer's Skin

18 Aug 2020

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After a pair of attacks on older and middle-aged women, police believe they are on the trail of a sexual predator turned murderer. But when a third vi...

Burning Desire

12 Aug 2020

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A California Highway Patrol officer spots a fire in an olive orchard and pulls off to investigate. He finds a woman's body, shot and set ablaze. It do...

Sex, Lies, and Murder

04 Aug 2020

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John Robinson is a con artist. He has a history of scamming vulnerable women, convincing them that he has the best of intentions, and then taking thei...

A Drop of Blood

29 Jul 2020

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Indiana police are baffled by the murder of an 86-year-old woman, found dead in her bedroom with a pillow and a footstool on top of her head. With few...

The Killer's Tattoo

24 Jul 2020

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A murdered man in his 70's, a tube of hydrocortisone cream, a stolen identity, and a plea deal involving the Super Bowl. What do all of these things h...

Manhunt

14 Jul 2020

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From 1999 to 2002, eleven young girls and women were sexually assaulted in a similar way. Despite these cases spanning across five states, in all of t...

Baby For Sale

08 Jul 2020

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When the burned body of an infant is found in the Arizona desert, investigators search for the child's identity and come up empty-handed. Four years l...

Secret in the Well

30 Jun 2020

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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 heart what ...

A Family Cursed

23 Jun 2020

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Everyone in the family knew that Zilpha was the cool aunt, but to Jeremiah she was more. They had a special bond, almost like brother and sister. So i...

A Killer Slips Away

16 Jun 2020

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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...

Circle of Friends

09 Jun 2020

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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 se...

Sweethearts, Silenced

04 Jun 2020

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A teenage couple disappears from a wedding in rural Wisconsin. Did they simply run off or was it something more sinister? When their bodies surface tw...

Brooke's Top 10: The Night Shift

26 May 2020

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A college student in Utah is brutally murdered while working the graveyard shift at a local gas station. His death shakes this small Mormon community ...

Brooke's Top 10: A Son's Memory

19 May 2020

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A mother of three goes missing on Christmas Eve in 1994, and suspicion surrounds her sudden disappearance. In 2004, her case is still unsolved... unti...

Brooke's Top 10: The Barrel

12 May 2020

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A man on Long Island is preparing to sell his house when he discovers a 55-gallon barrel hidden in his crawlspace. It has seemingly been there for dec...

Brooke's Top 10: Ticket to Nowhere

05 May 2020

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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...

Brooke's Top 10: Little Girl Lost

28 Apr 2020

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In 1992, Halloween was cancelled in Oil City, Pennsylvania. Just days before, an 11-year-old was kidnapped and brutally murdered. The small town is ro...

Brooke's Top 10: The Taunt

21 Apr 2020

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A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police. Love your cat? Make the switch to PrettyLitter! Go to www.PrettyLitter....

Brooke's Top 10: The Weepy-Voiced Killer

14 Apr 2020

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Women are being murdered in Minnesota's twin cities, and police are desperate to catch the murderer who keeps calling to confess his crimes. Get onli...

Brooke's Top 10: Crimes of the Klan

07 Apr 2020

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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...

Brooke's Top 10: A Map to Murder

31 Mar 2020

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A serial killer targets women who live on the fringes of society - with little to no connection to the mainstream world. As victims, this makes them ...

Brooke's Top 10: Mommy's Rules

24 Mar 2020

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The bodies of two teenage girls are discovered. One set on fire, the other stuffed in a box and thrown in a lake. Both are Jane Does. Both have been m...

I Survived: It Looks Like Dynamite

12 Mar 2020

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Cold Case Files presents episode two of A&E’s new podcast, I Survived. Michelle and her daughter Breea are home alone when three masked gunman b...

I Survived: I Didn’t Stop Running

05 Mar 2020

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Cold Case Files presents the first episode of A&E’s new podcast, I Survived. One phone call turned Karen’s seemingly happy marriage into a vio...

Cat & Mouse

25 Feb 2020

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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,...

The Hitchhiker

20 Feb 2020

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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...

A Killer Named Korn

12 Feb 2020

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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 ...

Midnight Attacker

05 Feb 2020

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From 1997 to 2002, Long Beach, CA detectives attempt to track down a serial predator known as the Belmont Shore Rapist. Treat your hair with MADISON ...

The Widow and the Wolf

28 Jan 2020

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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...

Justice for Eglena

21 Jan 2020

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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 found i...

Trouble In Paradise

14 Jan 2020

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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 ...

The Well

07 Jan 2020

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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...

The Cufflink

02 Jan 2020

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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...

Killings on Christmas Eve

24 Dec 2019

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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 ...

Innocence Stolen

17 Dec 2019

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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...

The Calling Card

10 Dec 2019

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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. Want better skin? Use PLEXADERM! ...

Daddy Dearest

04 Dec 2019

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Nine years after a mother and her teenage daughters are murdered... the killer’s sisters helps crack the case. Want better skin? Use PLEXADERM! G...

Vintage Murder

19 Nov 2019

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A sudden memory flash leads detectives to a killer’s door and closes a case 25 years in the making. Own iconic luxury items at unreal values with T...

The Taunt

13 Nov 2019

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A serial rapist seals his own fate when he sends a taunting letter to police. Own iconic luxury items at unreal values with The RealReal! Shop in-sto...

Murder Checks In

06 Nov 2019

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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. Get your...

Favor for a Friend

29 Oct 2019

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A husband and wife fall victim to a seemingly random shooting... and the key piece of evidence stays buried for more than a decade. Own iconic luxury...

A Knock At The Door

22 Oct 2019

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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...

Remains of Murder

15 Oct 2019

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A mysterious set of bones is discovered in the California wilderness, more than a decade after a 13-year-old boy was reported missing. The new informa...

The Pastor's Wife

09 Oct 2019

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The image of a perfect couple is torn down when the wife goes missing and the husband, a pastor, may be hiding some ugly secrets. With no body, the ca...

Friend of the Family

03 Oct 2019

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An 11-year old girl is assaulted and drowned, but the killer is never arrested. It’s not until decades later, when one detective uncovers a trail of...

The Monster

25 Sep 2019

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A serial rapist leaves a trail of death and destruction unchecked for years... until one victim survives. Manage YOUR business with NetSuite! Go to ...

Deadly Lies

18 Sep 2019

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Four months after an Oklahoma man goes missing, divers searching for an antique Model T Ford in Claremore Lake come across a body. Try Uqora risk-fre...