Cold Case Files (1999-2007) Pack

Cold Case Files (1999-2007) Mega Pack - A & E





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.

These detectives are experts in the science of crime detection. They blow the dust off old homicide files, walk down the corridors of time, and set out on the hunt for a killer—a killer who thinks the search is off. Using new technology and old-fashioned police work, their methods offer a study in patience and perseverance. COLD CASE FILES takes you on a journey, step by step, through the methods used to catch the culprit.

The series examines each piece of forensic evidence, each witness, each possible lead, and each turn in the road that ultimately leads detectives to their killer. COLD CASE FILES is a pioneer in the nonfiction forensics genre. Episodes have been universally hailed by law enforcement agencies across the country and are regularly used as models for investigative technique in training seminars.

Series hosted by Bill Kurtis.


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Cold Case Files: Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead

An sexually abusive father and a first night on the job murder are the main focus on these Cold Case Files. A father who got away with sexually abusing his sons. And a gas station cashier lies dead on his first night on the job. Years will pass before either case gets the attention it deserves.



Portrait of a Killer/The Tortured Truth

The accidental discovery of a human scalp leads to the conviction of a man for murder 18 years after the killing. And a teenager who likes to kidnap younger boys and break their bones, kills one and tortures another.



The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy

Included: teen's body found 10 years after his disappearance; a rape-murder is solved 11 years after the crime; a man recalls the 1961 murder of his stepsister. Host: Bill Kurtis.



A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce

A murderer's saliva, found on envelopes that he sealed, helps seal his doom 37 years after his first killing. And Colorado police crack a cold case 24 years later when they take a DNA sample from the victim's son that proves that his father murdered his mother.



Murder Checks In/Killer in the City

Police hunt for a man who killed three women in three different hotels, not far from one another in Des Moines, Iowa, over a 5-year period; and police get a killer to confess when they tell him that if there's a trial, prosecutors will show photos of the gruesome crime scene and his family and friends will think badly of him.



Rear Window/The Peeper

The brutal stabbing murder of a Florida woman is solved when police find crucial DNA evidence in spit left on a pavement. And a man is put away for rape and murder when his footprint matches the footprint he left at the crime scene 18 years before.



Obsession: Dave Reichert/The Green River Killer

We take a look at the biggest serial murder case in U.S. history - the 20-year hunt for the Green River Killer. Dave Reichert, the detective who made finding the killer his obsession, walks us through the case. He tells vivid, sometimes harrowing stories about the murders, saying, "You never forget the sight of a 16-year-old body lying on her back on the riverbank with ligature around her neck." Reichert headed up two Green River task forces until forensic DNA technology helped crack the case and brought him face to face with the killer thought to be responsible for 48 deaths.



A Deadly Pattern/A Desperate Housewife

When a woman is found murdered in her mobile home, police make two shocking discoveries--her husband may not only have been the killer, but he may have also killed his first wife 31 years before. And after an Oregon man is shot dead, the case takes an unusual twist when one of the investigating detectives has an affair with the chief suspect--the dead man's wife!



Portrait Of A Killer/The Tortured Truth

The accidental discovery of a human scalp leads to the conviction of a man for murder 18 years after the killing. And a teenager who likes to kidnap younger boys and break their bones, kills one and tortures another.



The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy

Included: teen's body found 10 years after his disappearance; a rape-murder is solved 11 years after the crime; a man recalls the 1961 murder of his stepsister. Host: Bill Kurtis.



A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce

A murderer's saliva, found on envelopes that he sealed, helps seal his doom 37 years after his first killing. And Colorado police crack a cold case 24 years later when they take a DNA sample from the victim's son that proves that his father murdered his mother.



Murder Checks In/Killer In The City

Police hunt for a man who killed three women in three different hotels, not far from one another in Des Moines, Iowa, over a 5-year period; and police get a killer to confess when they tell him that if there's a trial, prosecutors will show photos of the gruesome crime scene and his family and friends will think badly of him.



Rear Window/The Peeper

The brutal stabbing murder of a Florida woman is solved when police find crucial DNA evidence in spit left on a pavement. And a man is put away for rape and murder when his footprint matches the footprint he left at the crime scene 18 years before.



On the Case: Nacole's Killer

Plot: This special edition of Cold Case Files offers an inside look, rarely seen, at an active cold case investigation. We
follow Det. Vince Velazquez of Atlanta and Capt. Russell Popham of East Point, Ga., as they work to solve the 1995 rape and
murder of 14-year-old Nacole Smith, one of Atlanta's most notorious unsolved crimes. We see Velazquez and Popham hit the
streets to question people who might recognize the man in their composite sketch, and obtain DNA samples from potential
suspects. "It's almost like the carrot's dangling in front of us, but we just can't catch it," Velazquez says of his
painstaking, frustrating search for the killer.



Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers

A video tape made at an ATM machine helps police in Louisville, KY, to nab a man suspected of raping 13 women. And a DA
investigator in Georgia helps crack a murder case that his father, a police chief, first worked on 30 years before.



Snatched/A Detectives Promise

A detective tracks down a man who raped and murdered a 6-year-old girl 10 years earlier; police search for the killer of an
18-year-old hitchhiker.



Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission

A deacon suspected of having an affair is found shot to death in Tijuana, Mexico; a woman claims she was assaulted by the man
that killed her husband.



Sunday Morning Slasher

Will a serial killer be released from prison or will there be something that finally catches up with him to keep him there?



Killer On Campus/The Bow Hunter

Pantyhose and DNA help solve the case of the Killer on Campus and the game of romance helps police tackle The Bow Hunter.



Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife

The murder of a girl is reinvestigated; and a 24-year-old missing-person case is reopened.



The Interrogation/The Slide

A 14 year old boy is charged with his sister's murder. His lawyer believes he was forced into a confession. And a degraded medical examiner's slides help solve a seperate case.



Innocence Stolen - Danger at the Door

Examining the crimes of rapist Keith Laster, who was convicted in 2005 of raping four Rochester, N.Y., girls in 1995 and 1997. Also: the 2005 conviction of Manuel Bracamontes for the 1991 murder of 9-year-old Laura Arroyo in Chula Vista, Cal.



On the Case - A Child Remembers

DNA from an envelope helps police catch a serial rapist. Also: the 20-year search for a killer who murdered a man in South Dakota.



The Black Dahlia

The unsolved 1947 Black Dahlia murder of struggling actress Elizabeth Short is examined.



The Deadly Stroll - Unholy Secret

Rhode Island policewomen go undercover to find a killer targeting prostitutes. Also: the murder of a nun in Toledo.



A Deadly Affair - The Sting Operation

The murder of a banker in Kansas is investigated. Also: an Arkansas murder case is reopened.



NCIS - Exhuming the Truth

The 1968 murder of Navy ensign Andrew Muns by a shipmate during the Vietnam War is reopened 30 years later and brings a murder charge in 2002. Also: DNA from a cigarette butt helps solve a 20-year-old rape-murder case.



Cross Country Connections - Eyes at the Window

A 1988 rape-and-murder case is solved in 2005 with the help of DNA found on a marijuana joint. Also: a murder case in Illinois.



Abandoned Houses - A Son's Memory

Cases include the rape and murder of two girls in Ohio; and the killing of a woman in a Virginia hotel room.



A Knock at the Door - Shattered

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 likely killer. And, when a 25-year -old women is shot to death during a jewelry store robbery in 1980, investigators collect fingerprints and blood from the crime scene. There are few leads and the case goes cold until 1999, when detectives test the blood evidence and develop a DNA profile. For two years more, that profile sits without a match, until 2001 when a convicted burglar is entered into the DNA databank.



The Merry Widow - The Bad Cop

An undercover agent solves a 15-year-old crime; a former state trooper becomes the prime suspect in his wife's death.



A Deadly Pattern - A Desperate Housewife

When a woman is found murdered in her mobile home, police make two shocking discoveries--her husband may not only have been the killer, but he may have also killed his first wife 31 years before. And after an Oregon man is shot dead, the case takes an unusual twist when one of the investigating detectives has an affair with the chief suspect--the dead man's wife.



Murder he Wrote - Caught by the Past

Guns found dumped in a pond outside of Atlantic City, N.J., help police to solve the 15-year-old murder of Detroit cab company owner. And the rape and murder of an Atlanta TV station receptionist goes cold for 20 years before the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) links a man with three prior burglary convictions to the crime.



Left for Dead - On the Case

A prostitute's murder is solved using fingerprints from beer bottles left at the crime scene. Also: murders solved using DNA evidence.



Cold Case Files - Special - Evidence Kit

Cases in which evidence kits and DNA testing are used to bring about justice. Included: rape cases; and a 16-year-old murder case.



Cold Case Files: Most Infamous Crimes (2007)





1) One Night On The Bayou

Alligators point the way to murder in Louisiana's swampland where police find their victims throat slashed and stabbed. The file sits cold for years, until a thief decides to squeel about evening of fishing, drinking, and deadly revenge.

2) Killer In the Country

Ten years after the murder of three women, a detective extracts a DNA sample from saliva left on a cup to put a serial killer on death row.

3) Frozen In Time

A 23 yr old young woman pulls over to the side of the freeway in california to fix a flat tire and then disapears without a trace. Three years later police find her remains in the freezer of a rental truck which leads them down a forensic path to the cold case killer.


4) A Map To Murder

After a newspaper reporter pens a story about one of six slain prostitutes, the murderer sends a computer generated map marking another victims location. Police trace the map to a middle class suburban home and discover a dungeon of torture and murder.

5) The Zodiac Killer

The mystery of The Zodiac Killer. After 37 murders and 30 years later San Francisco Investigators see if DNA testing can reveal his identity.

6) The Green River Killer

Tells the story of the King County detectives who in the 80s chased a serial killer with a body count into the high 40's. After two decades DNA links four of the murders to a truck painter. Soon the secrets previously buried for 20 years are finally exposed. - Very interesting Case.

7) Weepy-Voiced Killer

After celebrating the New Year's in 1981, a 20 yr old college student leaves a New Year's party but never makes it home. Soon two more women are attacked and murdered. Each time the same man calls police crying and asking to be stopped.

P.S. Weepy-Voiced Killer is one of my favorites! :lol:

8) The Lady Killer

A schoolteacher takes a bike ride and never returns home. The case remains unsolved until the mid 90's when two witnesses come forward. This leads detectives in the direction of the killer.

9) Kidnapped

Very strange sad and intruiging story about a series of bank robberies that leads investigators to a man who is linked to a 8 year old boys disapearance, Watch as the mother goes face to face with the killer and begs for answers to the mystery of her sons tragedy.

10) Love Triangle

Man is found dead in a burning car with 2 bullets in his skull. Back at his apartment the evidence suggests a night of passion but nothing arises until a nasty relationship goes sour and the lovers start pointing fingers.