Cold Case Files Classic
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Cold Case Files Classic

Examine each piece of forensic evidence, each witness, each possible lead and every turn of the road that ultimately leads detectives to their killer.
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Episodes

  1. S3 E1 - "Soft" Kill/Unsolved

    May 13, 2000
    44min
    TV-PG
    Police run down more than 11,000 leads before coming up with a suspect in the murders of three girls. The abduction and strangulation of a woman continues to baffle investigators.
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  2. S3 E2 - The Zodiac Killer

    August 4, 2003
    43min
    TV-14
    With access to the SFPD's work, including saliva samples, we reevaluate the case of the Zodiac Killer who began terrorizing California in the late 1960s--one of the first to send clues to the media.
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  3. S3 E3 - A Map To Murder/Life On The Run

    May 6, 2000
    44min
    TV-14
    Cops close in on a serial killer with the help of the Internet. And a drug trafficker jumps bail, goes into the bike shop business and helps pioneer the sport of mountain biking.
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  4. S3 E4 - License To Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark

    May 20, 2000
    43min
    TV-14
    A former cop is a suspect in the murder of two nurses. A blow to the head leaves strange markings. Police hope that DNA will help track down the man who stabbed and killed a woman.
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  5. S3 E5 - The Original Nightstalker

    May 27, 2000
    44min
    TV-14
    In the 1980s, a serial killer prowled the posh streets of Orange County. Police were unaware of the serial attacks until 1996, when DNA revealed the killer's secret and they linked four murders to a single DNA profile.
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  6. S3 E6 - Cold Hit / Silent Kill

    June 3, 2000
    43min
    TV-14
    A thumbprint connects two separate murders and it is later discovered that the suspect had a strange fetish for women's lingerie. Then, an elderly woman is found murdered in her bed and the only evidence is a single strand of hair.
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  7. S3 E7 - Mommy's Rules

    June 10, 2000
    40min
    TV-14
    A mother is suspected in the murders of two of her daughters, when her third daughter finally convinces police to reopen two cold cases.
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  8. S3 E8 - Cop Killer/Evil Twin/License To Kill

    November 21, 2003
    43min
    TV-PG
    LA homicide detectives take a bandit who gunned down two police officers into custody. A suspected killer has an identical twin. Police suspect that a former cop committed the murders of two nurses.
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  9. S3 E9 - A Sealed Fate/Diary Of A Serial Arsonist

    January 1, 2003
    45min
    TV-PG
    A murderer's saliva helps seal his doom. Police crack a cold case with a DNA sample. An arson investigator is suspected of setting fires. A man is convicted of raping and murdering his neighbor.
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  10. S3 E10 - The Accidental Killer/Traces Of Murder

    January 14, 2001
    45min
    TV-PG
    Detectives track a man who murdered his wife after he's convicted of killing his third wife. A papergirl goes missing. A killer boasts to cellmates. Investigators probe the murder of a pregnant woman.
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  11. S3 E11 - The Merry Widow/The Missing Informant

    January 1, 2003
    45min
    TV-PG
    An undercover agent proves a wife had arranged a murder-for-hire. A man claimed his estranged wife committed suicide. Police solve a murder when divers find a skeleton.
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  12. S3 E12 - Daddy Knows Best/Operation Jambalaya

    January 28, 2001
    52min
    TV-PG
    A detective works for years to nab a man who murdered his wife. Years after the murder of a gas station attendant, detectives get a lead. A New Orleans police officer goes undercover on a riverboat.
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  13. S3 E13 - Green River Killer / Missing and the Dead

    February 2, 2004
    43min
    TV-14
    In 1982 and '83, Seattle's Green River Killer stalked prostitutes like game. With 49 victims, he could be the deadliest serial killer in U.S. history. Then, police discover the badly burned remains of a woman, her skull smashed into 97 fragments.
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  14. S3 E14 - The Killer's Tattoo/The Perfect Murder

    February 4, 2001
    42min
    TV-PG
    The murder of a man leads police on a long chase for a man who's suspected of identity theft and bears a rose tattoo. A sheriff tries to get a mother to confess to killing her two babies.
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  15. S3 E15 - Hitchhike To Murder / In The Care Of A Killer

    February 18, 2001
    45min
    TV-14
    Police must wait nearly 30 years before advances in DNA technology give them the chance to convict the killer of a young hitchhiker, and Philadelphia police wage a 16-year hunt for the man who raped and killed a 10-year-old girl.
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  16. S3 E16 - The DNA Link / Widow and the Wolf

    February 25, 2001
    45min
    TV-14
    Detectives from three different departments in Westchester County, NY team up to track down a serial killer. A man known as the Bus Stop Rapist becomes the lead suspect decades after a woman is found murdered under a hotel bed.
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  17. S3 E17 - Death Before "I Do" / Hunter Homicides

    January 28, 1999
    41min
    TV-PG
    Police crack a cold murder case when a woman calls and says her boyfriend is the killer; and the 1998 murder of a woman provides clues to the '88 murder of actress Myra Davis.
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  18. S3 E18 - Blood Money/Operation Jambalaya

    January 1, 2004
    48min
    TV-PG
    Testimony about larvae growth helps convict a murderer. The murder of a girl remains unsolved. A police officer goes undercover to gain a confession. A man goes on trial after a body is found.
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  19. S3 E19 - Unholy Bible/The Answer In The Box

    March 18, 2001
    44min
    TV-PG
    A killer's plan goes awry. A reporter helps crack a murder case previously ruled an accidental death. Police obtain DNA evidence from a cigarette butt. A mother is convicted of killing her daughter.
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  20. S3 E20 - Blood Money/Precious Doe

    March 11, 2001
    45min
    TV-14
    Testimony about the growth of larvae in dead bodies helps convict the man who stabbed a couple to death and strangled their 4-year-old daughter in 1993.
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  21. S3 E22 - Officer Down/Secret Twin

    March 25, 2001
    44min
    TV-PG
    After 23 years, investigators track down the killers of an Atlanta policeman when the ex-wife of one of the killers phones in a tip. A mother keeps the skeletal remains of the daughter she killed.
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  22. S3 E23 - Weepy-Voiced Killer/The DNA Link

    January 1, 2004
    45min
    TV-PG
    Undercover agents conduct an elaborate sting to solve a murder case that had gone cold for years. Detectives from three different departments team up; the "Bus Stop Rapist" becomes a suspect.
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  23. S3 E24 - Bump In The Night/Hitchhike To Murder

    June 14, 2004
    44min
    TV-14
    A woman who takes down the license plate number of a car that had been following her helps police solve the murder of another young woman.
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  24. S3 E25 - The Lady Killer/A Map To Murder

    April 15, 2001
    44min
    TV-PG
    The testimony of three inmates helps convict a man who killed a woman and a sex addict is a suspect in the murder of a neighbor. Cops close in on a serial killer with the help of the Internet.
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  25. S3 E26 - Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Southside Rapist

    January 7, 2000
    44min
    TV-PG
    A prostitute helps police track down a serial killer. Undercover agents acting as mobsters solve a murder case. A series of brutal rapes goes unsolved until a fluke audit of a license plate number.
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