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Cold Case Files
Cold Case Files

Cold Case Files

—"Cold Case Files," one of A&E Network's most popular and successful series of all time, chronicles the re-examination of long-unsolved crimes and the journeys of law enforcement personnel who reopened them. With the use of forensic advances and new evidence, police and detectives attempt to crack the cases and clarify unanswered questions. Each story is brought to life through cinematic dramatizations and first-person storytelling from the detectives and loved ones who lived through the harrowing experiences. Original episodes, which date back to 1999 and span nearly 10 years, are hosted by Bill Kurtis.
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Season 73 of 3 Episodes

  • Hours before Michael Johnson is scheduled to die by injection, the victim's family awaits justice, and the inmate's family braces for what it believes is unjust punishment.

  • College students take on the cases of jailed murderers who claim they are innocent; the students visit the inmates, track down key witnesses and seek DNA testing to prove their clients' innocence.

  • A member of the Chicago Police Department launches the Women's DNA Initiative to fund the testing of rape kits; a deputy district attorney in Sacramento County, Calif., uses a DNA grant to find a killer.

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91 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Lady in the Box
    The Calling Card; Carol's Diary
    A Brother's Burden; The Midnight Attacker
    The Sunday Morning Slasher
    Weepy-Voiced Killer; The Southside Rapist
    Ticket to Nowhere; The Paper Route
    The Texas Drifter; Fingerprint File; A Rose Among Thorns
    Through the Eyes of a Child; The Killer Next Door
    Daddy Knows Best; Operation Jambalaya
    Family Secret; Justice Delayed
  • Lady in the Box

    After receiving a crucial clue, police solve a woman's murder more than 20 years after the fact.
    Upcoming
  • The Calling Card; Carol's Diary

    Business cards found at the scene reveal the killer of a New York teen; a murder suspect confesses after police take DNA samples from him.
    Upcoming
  • A Brother's Burden; The Midnight Attacker

    A 51-year-old man is shot to death near his horse stable; a rapist is sentenced to more than 1,000 years in prison.
    Upcoming
  • The Sunday Morning Slasher

    Publicity of a man's mandatory release in Texas brings forth a witness to a murder after 24 years in Michigan.
    Upcoming
  • Weepy-Voiced Killer; The Southside Rapist

    A sex worker who fights off a screwdriver-wielding man helps police.
    Upcoming
  • Ticket to Nowhere; The Paper Route

    A woman helps to solve her mother's murder; an officer solves the murder of a newspaper-delivery woman.
    Upcoming
Cold Case Files

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"Cold Case Files," one of A&E Network's most popular and successful series of all time, chronicles the re-examination of long-unsolved crimes and the journeys of law enforcement personnel who reopened them. With the use of forensic advances and new evidence, police and detectives attempt to crack the cases and clarify unanswered questions. Each story is brought to life through cinematic dramatizations and first-person storytelling from the detectives and loved ones who lived through the harrowing experiences. Original episodes, which date back to 1999 and span nearly 10 years, are hosted by Bill Kurtis.

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  • A re-enactment of a toddler's death is responsible for solving the crime; divers manage to locate a body.

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