Cold Case Files

By A&E / PodcastOne

Society & Culture History

What's Cold Case Files about?

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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I SURVIVED: The Box Became ...

05.27.2023

21-year-old Anita is at home alone, when a man she barely knows bursts in, ties her up, and abducts her. The attacker imprisons her in his home, keeping her locked in a metal box for hours on end. Over the ...

Cold Case Files episodes:

05.27.2023 I SURVIVED: The Box Became My Safe Haven 21-year-old Anita is at home alone, when a man she barely knows bursts in, ties her up, and abducts her. The attacker imprisons her in his home, keeping her locked in a metal box for hours on end. Over the ...
05.23.2023 REOPENED: Burning Desire 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 doesn't take police long to develop a theory on who did it... but ...
05.20.2023 I SURVIVED: His Eyes Were Black Lynda is still healing from a difficult divorce when she meets a new man online. Their romance fizzles fast, but when the man calls Lynda in desperate need of help, she is lured into his trap. AirMedCareNetwork: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and ...
05.16.2023 REOPENED: Sex, Lies and Murder 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 their money. But over the course of nearly three decades, it isn't just the ...
05.13.2023 I SURVIVED: He Knew How to Control Us College student Holly and her new boyfriend are walking home from a party when the unthinkable happens. A strange man attacks them in the darkness, and Holly barely makes it out alive. Sponsors: Prose: Custom, made to order haircare with ...
05.09.2023 REOPENED: A Drop of Blood 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 leads and no conceivable motive the case remains unsolved for years, ...
05.06.2023 I SURVIVED: A Two-Foot-Long Machete When a deranged attacker arrives at her elementary school, principal Norina is the only thing standing between her kindergarten students and the man’s machete. She risks life and limb to protect her kids, and bring down the violent assailant. Sponsors: ...
05.02.2023 REOPENED: The Killer's Tattoo 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 have in common? They're connected by a tattoo of a bouquet of ...
04.29.2023 I SURVIVED: I Just Jumped Eight year old Midsi is on her way home from school, when a strange man abducts her on the street and holds her captive for days. Despite her attacker’s threats, Midsi makes a daring escape and saves herself from certain ...
04.25.2023 REOPENED: Manhunt 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 them, the same man kept popping up as a suspect. The problem wasn't figuring ...
04.22.2023 I SURVIVED: The Same Smell, The Same Burn When Karli starts a new relationship with a man from her past, she has no idea that he has some violent enemies. Karli survives not one, but two acid attacks at the hands of complete strangers, and must find a ...
04.18.2023 REOPENED: Baby For Sale 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 later, officers in another county respond to a tip about a couple who sold their ...
04.15.2023 I SURVIVED: The Ninja in the Attic On a normal Friday morning, Ellen is at home alone when she is brutally attacked by a strange man in all black. Ellen’s attacker had been hiding in her home for days, waiting for the right moment to strike. Check ...
04.13.2023 REOPENED: Sunday Morning Slasher While police in Michigan and Texas search for what they believe to be two separate killers, women are being strangled, stabbed, and sometimes left alive. When one man is found guilty in Texas, a legal loophole forces Michigan investigators to ...
04.11.2023 The Grim Sleeper Part 2 In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim count rises–but suspects are few–fear and anger take hold in a community often overlooked by the ...
04.08.2023 I SURVIVED: Everything Went to Slow Motion Kim and Nina set out on an early morning hike, when a man emerges from the wilderness armed with a knife. What should have been a fun day trip quickly turns into a fight for their lives. Check out our ...
04.06.2023 REOPENED: Secret in the Well 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 the whole town came to suspect - that Fred had ...
04.04.2023 The Grim Sleeper Part 1 In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim count rises–but suspects are few–fear and anger take hold in a community often overlooked by the ...
04.01.2023 I SURVIVED: I Could Feel Myself Fading Kendra, a single mom, is one year into a new relationship with a Hollywood actor, when his jealous, controlling behavior forces her to end the relationship. Just when she thinks it's finally over, her ex shows up at her house, ...
03.30.2023 REOPENED: The Green River Killer In the 1980s the police discovered no fewer than 44 bodies along the Green River near Seattle, making the Green River Killer the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. The investigation would become the largest ever performed in King ...
03.28.2023 Taken In Tacoma When 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian is abducted and murdered in August of 1986, residents of Tacoma panic. This is the second young girl killed in five months. Convinced a predator is loose, Police embark on a 32-year inquiry to catch the ...
03.25.2023 I SURVIVED: I Just Saw Evil Maggie is just 15 years old when an attacker snatches her off the street during her early morning run. When police close in on him, the attacker gets desperate, and Maggie clings to life. Check out our great sponsors! I ...
03.23.2023 REOPENED: A Family Cursed 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 in the Fall of 1992 when Jeremiah disappeared, Zilpha knew something was ...
03.21.2023 Vanished In Virginia When a 30-year-old mother, Lisa Gaudenzi, fails to report for duty in Virginia, the Army lists her as AWOL. Her family immediately suspects foul play. They embark on a 13-year quest for answers before an eyewitness blows the case wide ...
03.18.2023 I SURVIVED: I Could Feel Snow All Around Me Teri’s ex-husband attacks her in a jealous rage and leaves her to die, jammed in a garbage can filled with snow. For 27 freezing hours Teri wills herself to stay alive for her children. Check out our great sponsors! Babbel: ...
03.16.2023 REOPENED: A Killer Slips Away 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 them - covered in blood. Alonzo tries to grab her but she literally ...
03.14.2023 Death Of A Hero A fire in January 2007 claims the life of WWII vet Bennie Angelo. A closer look at the crime scene reveals Bennie was dead before the fire, bumping an arson case up to homicide. Leads are few and the case ...
03.11.2023 I SURVIVED: The One That Killed My Husband While Debbie is outside gardening, an unknown attacker hides in her home waiting for her to come inside. He abducts Debbie beginning a 5-day nightmare, during which Debbie will discover that she isn’t this man’s only victim. Check out our ...
03.09.2023 REOPENED: A Family Secret A Kentucky teenager goes missing before school. Her bed is unmade, her car is in the driveway, and in the front seat is her purse, one shoe, and her cell phone with the numbers "9" and "1" entered on the ...
03.07.2023 Murder In The Midwest When the body of Lori Nesson is found in a ditch in 1974, her death is not ruled as a homicide. Her sister knows that there was foul play, but it takes 40 years for the cause of death to ...
03.04.2023 I SURVIVED: The Hardest Twenty Yards I Have Ever Walked When Amanda, a school teacher, is carjacked and abducted by an escaped inmate, she quickly forms a game plan: play along and stay alive. In order to convince her abductor that they are friends and get out alive, she is ...
03.02.2023 REOPENED: Circle of Friends 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 several dead ends and false leads, officers struggle to uncover who killed Shannon Siders.
02.28.2023 Gone In A New York Minute In March 2006, landlord Bruce Blackwood disappears without a trace in a city with eight million residents. The NYPD are sure there is foul play, despite no body being found. Check out our great sponsors! SimpliSafe: Customize your home security ...
02.25.2023 I SURVIVED: It Looks Like Dynamite Michelle and her daughter Breea are home alone when three masked gunman burst through the door. The home invasion turns into a high stakes bank robbery, and Michelle's only hope of survival is to help her captors pull it off.
02.23.2023 REOPENED: Officer Down A police lieutenant goes into his kitchen to get a snack, then his wife hears shattering glass and finds her husband has been killed. He was shot in the back of the head. Lt. Joe Clark was a beloved member ...
02.21.2023 Killer In The Storm Young mother Brenda DuPont is found murdered in her home in Opelousas, Louisiana in May 1988. The initial investigation quickly turns cold, but Brenda’s older sister, Linda, vows to get justice, no matter how long it takes. Check out our ...
02.18.2023 I SURVIVED: I Didn't Stop Running One phone call turned Karen’s seemingly happy marriage into a violent nightmare. A prisoner in her own home, Karen outsmarted her husband and escaped with her life twice. Today, she uses her experience for good, helping others survive and learn ...
02.16.2023 REOPENED: The Night Shift 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 to its core, but all police have to go on are some bloody dollar bills, ...
02.14.2023 Lone Survivor Three-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family’s brutal massacre in early 1984. Investigators at the time suspect that a serial killer is at large, but decades later the suspect pool narrows down to just one man. Check ...
02.09.2023 REOPENED: Little Girl Lost 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 rocked when Shauna Howe's body is discovered under a bridge, and investigators scramble to figure out what ...
02.07.2023 Missing and Murdered A promise is sacred in North American Indigenous Cree culture, and when Cree woman Shirley Soosay vanishes in 1980, her niece, Violet, promises her grandmother that she will bring Shirley home. But, Violet never imagined that the search for her ...
02.02.2023 REOPENED: Sweethearts, Silenced 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 two months later, the town is turned upside down by the shocking brutality of the ...
01.31.2023 The Lost Patient Janie Landers disappeared from a home for the impaired in 1979, in what is the latest consequence of the facility’s history of neglect. When Janie’s body is found there are numerous suspects, but it takes years before the killer, and ...
01.26.2023 REOPENED: She Never Came Home A fourteen-year-old girl walks home from school to avoid bullies on the bus. On the way through "The Culvert," she's murdered, and the police are left with nothing but questions. What happened that led her to take that shortcut? What's ...
01.24.2023 Til Death Do Us Part Just two years into their marriage, Chuck Hall finds his wife, Cheryl, murdered in their home. Although Cheryl’s family is certain they know her killer, the authorities aren’t as convinced. After decades, a DNA match erases any lingering doubt. Check ...
01.19.2023 REOPENED: Innocent Prey A serial rapist is terrorizing women around Portland, Oregon, and investigators are faced with an endless list of potential suspects until a hunch finally pays off. Check out our great sponsors! Healthy Wage: Cash in on your weight loss at ...
01.17.2023 A Is For Arson When the fire that kills firefighter Gary Parks is ruled an arson, the investigation into his death shifts to a homicide. A serial arsonist is believed to be behind the murder, but it will take a determined cold case detective ...
01.12.2023 REOPENED: Bump in the Night 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 ...
01.10.2023 The Bone Collector When human bones were discovered in the woods in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania in December, 1985, it put an end to the search for missing 13-year-old David Reed. A small detail found in the remains reveals David was murdered, but it ...
01.05.2023 REOPENED: Office Politics 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 ...

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Cold Case Files

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Cold Case Files episodes:

I SURVIVED: The Box Became My Safe Haven

REOPENED: Burning Desire

I SURVIVED: His Eyes Were Black

REOPENED: Sex, Lies and Murder

I SURVIVED: He Knew How to Control Us

REOPENED: A Drop of Blood

I SURVIVED: A Two-Foot-Long Machete

REOPENED: The Killer's Tattoo

I SURVIVED: I Just Jumped

REOPENED: Manhunt

I SURVIVED: The Same Smell, The Same Burn

REOPENED: Baby For Sale

I SURVIVED: The Ninja in the Attic

REOPENED: Sunday Morning Slasher

The Grim Sleeper Part 2

I SURVIVED: Everything Went to Slow Motion

REOPENED: Secret in the Well

The Grim Sleeper Part 1

I SURVIVED: I Could Feel Myself Fading

REOPENED: The Green River Killer

Taken In Tacoma

I SURVIVED: I Just Saw Evil

REOPENED: A Family Cursed

Vanished In Virginia

I SURVIVED: I Could Feel Snow All Around Me

REOPENED: A Killer Slips Away

Death Of A Hero

I SURVIVED: The One That Killed My Husband

REOPENED: A Family Secret

Murder In The Midwest

I SURVIVED: The Hardest Twenty Yards I Have Ever Walked

REOPENED: Circle of Friends

Gone In A New York Minute

I SURVIVED: It Looks Like Dynamite

REOPENED: Officer Down

Killer In The Storm

I SURVIVED: I Didn't Stop Running

REOPENED: The Night Shift

Lone Survivor

REOPENED: Little Girl Lost

Missing and Murdered

REOPENED: Sweethearts, Silenced

The Lost Patient

REOPENED: She Never Came Home

Til Death Do Us Part

REOPENED: Innocent Prey

A Is For Arson

REOPENED: Bump in the Night

The Bone Collector

REOPENED: Office Politics

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