Cold Case Files

Cold Case Files

Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. In fact, one-third of all murders in America remain open. But thanks to dogged investigators and breakthroughs in forensic technology, these cases become part of the rare 1% of cold cases that are ever solved. Cold Case Files is hosted by Paula Barros.

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November 20, 2025 21 mins

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... until a brave little girl speaks up about her attacker and investigators close in on the man responsible for both crimes.

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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 is the killer. Forensics, and a fearless DA, will finally reveal her murderer.

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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 after an escalator malfunctions at a sports stadium. Ed is jumped by three men with knives in a random attack carried out as part of a gang initiation.


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November 13, 2025 20 mins

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 the nearby pavement. Investigators are left to figure out where she is... and what happened to her.


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November 11, 2025 44 mins

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 a secret storage shed holds the grisly clues to a murder that has gone cold for more than 14 years.


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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 mountain lion with only a pocket knife to defend himself. Denise is returning home from work when she is attacked by a man who has been stalking her from the train.


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November 6, 2025 20 mins

In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows Sacramento County deputy district attorney Anne Marie Schubert as she hunts for a killer. Her target is a murderer who brutally stabbed a man to death in his home 16 years earlier, and she plans to find justice using a new grant for DNA testing.


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November 4, 2025 45 mins

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, area for years. After committing at least seven brutal murders, BTK (for Bind, Torture, Kill) vanished for over 25 years before sending clues of his crimes to the media in 2004. He continued to avoid capture until a forensic computer expert traced a computer disc that led invest...

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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 crashes on the rocks forcing all the passengers to abandon ship. Jim is attacked with a knife by his neighbor who is addict to crack.


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October 30, 2025 31 mins

In this special episode, Cold Case Files follows the Chicago Police Department’s Women's DNA initiative, a program that funds the testing of backlogged rape evidence kits and help victims find justice.


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October 28, 2025 39 mins

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-year quest for justice that stretches across three states before police finally unmask Dan’s killer.


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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 rapping him for three days. Amanda is abducted by a man while on her lunch break who forces her to smoke crack.

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October 23, 2025 23 mins

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 coworker with a motive and blood evidence in his home, but investigators struggle to make the case stick.


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October 21, 2025 46 mins

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 killer. A young woman is found shot and burned in a California olive orchard.


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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 attacked by men who kidnap Eduardo. While holding him for ransom the kidnappers torture Eduardo and send the evidence to Jayne.


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October 16, 2025 53 mins

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 Fort Worth, Texas woman, which hinges on a 2-year-old witness. Then, as Reyes closes in on a suspect, he is pulled onto a second case involving a known serial killer. The clock is ticking as Detective Reyes works to bring both cases to a close.


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October 14, 2025 39 mins

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.


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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 is given instructions to rob the bank she works at. Teenagers Troy and Josh are swept out to sea by a rip current on a small fishing boat without supplies for days.


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October 9, 2025 15 mins

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 the side of the road, and forty years will pass before the murderer is brought to justice.


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October 7, 2025 32 mins

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 tenacious investigator's instincts and his suspicion of foul play eventually cracks the case wide open.


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