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Ended · 1999–2007

Cold Case Files

Drama / Crime / Mystery

Murders go unsolved. Killers slip through the cracks. With the passage of time, families lose hope and another unsolved homicide file settles into obscurity. The pattern is familiar, but changing, thanks to the efforts of a special breed of detectives. Cold Case Files tells the story of their work.

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Season 1 · 25 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · A Fingerprint and a Prayer/My Brother the Killer/Murder of Bob Crane/Verdict Reversed
  2. S01 E02 · The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar
  3. S01 E03 · Texas Drifter/Fingerprints/Rose Among Thorns
  4. S01 E04 · The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct
  5. S01 E05 · The Hunter Homicides/The Skulls of Stanley Park
  6. S01 E06 · Through The Eyes of a Child/Killer Next Door
  7. S01 E07 · One Night On The Bayou/Buckeye Misdemeanor
  8. S01 E08 · The Mark of Cain/Death on the Freeway
  9. S01 E09 · Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer
  10. S01 E10 · Diary of a Serial Arsonist/Lost Clue
  11. S01 E11 · Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder
  12. S01 E12 · Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations
  13. S01 E13 · The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed
  14. S01 E14 · Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker
  15. S01 E15 · Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks
  16. S01 E16 · Killer in the County
  17. S01 E17 · Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer
  18. S01 E18 · The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend
  19. S01 E19 · Portrait of a Killer/The Tortured Truth
  20. S01 E20 · Vanished
  21. S01 E21 · The Missing and the Dead
  22. S01 E22 · Silent Witness/Innocence Lost
  23. S01 E23 · Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost
  24. S01 E24 · Family Secret/Blood Trail
  25. S01 E25 · Bodies in the Bay/'Til Death Do Us Part
Season 2 · 25 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Operation Jambalaya; Footprints in the Snow
  2. S02 E02 · The South Side Rapist
  3. S02 E03 · Mark of a Killer; Dead Ends
  4. S02 E04 · The Baiting Game
  5. S02 E05 · Ticket to Nowhere; The Paper Route
  6. S02 E06 · Traces of Murder; The Bathtub Killer
  7. S02 E07 · Pride and the Fall; The Nail File
  8. S02 E08 · In the Care of a Killer; Deadly Lies
  9. S02 E09 · Lady in the Box
  10. S02 E10 · Crimes of the KKK
  11. S02 E11 · Murder on the Menu
  12. S02 E12 · The Widow and the Wolf; Unicorns and Alligators
  13. S02 E13 · Vintage Murder; Trouble in Paradise
  14. S02 E14 · The Perfect Murder; Death of Innocents
  15. S02 E15 · The Unluckiest Man; The Deadly Triangle
  16. S02 E16 · Cat and Mouse; Final Fare
  17. S02 E17 · The Cuff Link; Graveyard Shift
  18. S02 E18 · Good Samaritan; Gun Shy
  19. S02 E19 · A Map to Murder; Life on the Run
  20. S02 E20 · Soft Kill; Unsolved
  21. S02 E21 · License to Kill; The Tell-Tale Mark; The Supermarket Mystery
  22. S02 E22 · The Original Night Stalker
  23. S02 E23 · Cold Hit; Silent Kill
  24. S02 E24 · Mommie Dearest
  25. S02 E25 · A Sealed Fate; Deadly Divorce
Season 3 · 25 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Cop Killer/Evil Twin
  2. S03 E02 · The Zodiac Killer
  3. S03 E03 · The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost
  4. S03 E04 · The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop
  5. S03 E05 · Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead
  6. S03 E06 · The Killer's Tattoo
  7. S03 E07 · The Green River Killer
  8. S03 E08 · A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten
  9. S03 E09 · The DNA Link/The Secret Slide
  10. S03 E10 · Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide
  11. S03 E11 · Blood Money/Precious Doe
  12. S03 E12 · Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice
  13. S03 E13 · Officer Down/Secret Twin
  14. S03 E14 · Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting
  15. S03 E15 · Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night
  16. S03 E16 · The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret
  17. S03 E17 · Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned
  18. S03 E18 · The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist
  19. S03 E19 · Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics
  20. S03 E20 · The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail
  21. S03 E21 · Murder Checks In / Killer in the City
  22. S03 E22 · The Shopping Cart Killer
  23. S03 E23 · The Hit Makers/Favor for a Friend
  24. S03 E24 · Lil' Miss /Skeletons in the Closet
  25. S03 E25 · Innocent Prey; The Punishment
Season 4 · 25 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist
  2. S04 E02 · The Calling Card/Carol's Diary
  3. S04 E03 · Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint
  4. S04 E04 · Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder
  5. S04 E05 · Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa
  6. S04 E06 · A Man Scorned/The Dungeon
  7. S04 E07 · A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman
  8. S04 E08 · The Bedroom Basher
  9. S04 E09 · Baby for Sale/The Barrel
  10. S04 E10 · The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena
  11. S04 E11 · Sex, Lies and Murder
  12. S04 E12 · The Monster/A Cousin's Promise
  13. S04 E13 · A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker
  14. S04 E14 · The Well/The Deadly Ex
  15. S04 E15 · Deja Vu/Secret In The Well
  16. S04 E16 · The Tourniquet/Burning Desire
  17. S04 E17 · Manhunt
  18. S04 E18 · The Family / The Clue That Stuck
  19. S04 E19 · Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker
  20. S04 E20 · A Confession for Carmen/The Girls
  21. S04 E21 · A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder
  22. S04 E22 · Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood
  23. S04 E23 · Rear Window / The Peeper
  24. S04 E24 · The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash
  25. S04 E25 · Kidnapped
Season 5 · 28 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · Finding BTK
  2. S05 E02 · Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer
  3. S05 E03 · Death of a Deacon; A Wife's Mission
  4. S05 E04 · Snatched; A Detective's Promise
  5. S05 E05 · The Sunday Morning Slasher
  6. S05 E06 · Caught on Tape; A Son Remembers
  7. S05 E07 · On the Case: Nacole's Killer
  8. S05 E08 · Killer on Campus; Bow Hunter
  9. S05 E09 · Something Snapped; A Killer's Dream
  10. S05 E10 · Daddy Dearest; A Pastor's Wife
  11. S05 E11 · A Killer's Skin; Where's Peggy?
  12. S05 E12 · Innocence Stolen; Danger at the Door
  13. S05 E13 · The Interrogation; The Slide
  14. S05 E14 · The Taunt; Death in Deadwood
  15. S05 E15 · A Child Remembers
  16. S05 E16 · The Black Dahlia
  17. S05 E17 · The Deadly Stroll; Unholy Secret
  18. S05 E18 · A Deadly Affair; The Sting Operation
  19. S05 E19 · NCIS; Exhuming the Truth
  20. S05 E20 · Cross Country Connection; Eyes at the Window
  21. S05 E21 · Abandoned Houses; A Son's Memory
  22. S05 E22 · A Knock at the Door; Shattered
  23. S05 E23 · A Deadly Pattern; A Desperate Housewife
  24. S05 E24 · Murder He Wrote; Caught by the Past
  25. S05 E25 · Left for Dead; On the Case
  26. S05 E26 · The Execution of Michael Johnson
  27. S05 E27 · Innocence Files
  28. S05 E28 · Evidence Kit

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