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25 episodes • 1999Avg: 8.9Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hour 1 - Cold Case Files | Jan 1, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar | Jan 8, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File | Jan 15, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 4 | The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct | Jan 23, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 5 | The Hunter Homicides / Skulls in Stanley Park | Jan 29, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Through the Eyes of a Child / Killer Next Door | Feb 6, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 7 | One Night on the Bayou / Buckeye Misdemeanor | Feb 12, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Mark of Cain / Death on the Freeway | Feb 19, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer | Feb 26, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue | Mar 5, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 11 | Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder | Mar 12, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 12 | Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations | Mar 19, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 13 | The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed | Mar 26, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 14 | Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks | Apr 9, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 15 | Killer in the County | Apr 16, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 16 | Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer | Apr 23, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 17 | The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend | Apr 30, 1999 | 10.0 |
| 18 | The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A Killer | Apr 30, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 19 | Vanished | May 7, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 20 | The Missing and the Dead | May 14, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 21 | Silent Witness/Innocence Lost | May 21, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 22 | Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost | May 28, 1999 | 7.0 |
| 23 | Family Secret/Blood Trail | Jun 4, 1999 | 8.0 |
| 24 | Bodies In The Bay/Cold Hit | Jun 11, 1999 | 9.0 |
| 26 | Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker | Apr 2, 1999 | 8.0 |
25 episodes • 2000Avg: 8.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operation Jambalaya/Footprints in the Snow | Jan 1, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 2 | The South Side Rapist | Jan 8, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 3 | Mark of a Killer/Dead Ends | Jan 15, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 4 | The Baiting Game/The Killer's Tattoo | Jan 22, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Ticket to Nowhere/The Paper Route | Jan 29, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 6 | Traces of Murder/The Bathtub Killer | Feb 5, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Pride and the Fall/The Nail File | Feb 12, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 8 | In the Care of a Killer/Deadly Lies | Feb 19, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Lady in the Box | Feb 26, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 10 | Crimes of the KKK | Mar 5, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 11 | Murder On The Menu | Mar 12, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 12 | The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators | Mar 19, 2000 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise | Mar 26, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 14 | The Perfect Murder/Death of Innocents | Apr 2, 2000 | 10.0 |
| 15 | The Unluckiest Man/The Deadly Triangle | Apr 9, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 16 | Cat and Mouse/Cabbie Killer | Apr 16, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 17 | The Cuff Link/Graveyard Shift | Apr 23, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 18 | The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy | Apr 30, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 19 | A Map To Murder/Life on the Run | May 7, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 20 | Soft Kill/Unsolved | May 14, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 21 | License to Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark/The Supermarket Mystery | May 21, 2000 | 10.0 |
| 22 | The Original Night Stalker | May 28, 2000 | 9.0 |
| 23 | Cold Hit/Silent Kill | Jun 4, 2000 | 10.0 |
| 24 | Mommie Dearest | Jun 11, 2000 | 8.0 |
| 25 | A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce | Jun 18, 2000 | 9.0 |
25 episodes • 2001Avg: 8.3
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cop Killer/Evil Twin | Jan 1, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Zodiac Killer | Jan 8, 2001 | 8.0 |
| 3 | The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost | Jan 15, 2001 | 9.0 |
| 4 | The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop | Jan 22, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead | Jan 29, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Killer's Tattoo | Feb 5, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Green River Killer | Feb 12, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 8 | A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten | Feb 19, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The DNA Link/The Secret Slide | Feb 26, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide | Mar 5, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Blood Money/Precious Doe | Mar 12, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice | Mar 19, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Officer Down/Secret Twin | Mar 26, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting | Apr 2, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night | Apr 9, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret | Apr 16, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned | Apr 23, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist | Apr 30, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics | May 7, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail | May 14, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Murder Checks In / Killer in the City | May 21, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Shopping Cart Killer | May 28, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend | Jun 4, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet | Jun 11, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Innocent Prey/The Punishment | Jun 18, 2001 | 0.0 |
25 episodes • 2002
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist | Jan 1, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Calling Card/Carol's Diary | TBA | 0.0 |
| 3 | Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint | TBA | 0.0 |
| 4 | Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder | TBA | 0.0 |
| 5 | Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa | TBA | 0.0 |
| 6 | A Man Scorned/The Dungeon | TBA | 0.0 |
| 7 | A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman | TBA | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Bedroom Basher | Feb 19, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Baby for Sale/The Barrel | Feb 26, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena | Mar 5, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Sex, Lies and Murder | Mar 12, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Monster/A Cousin's Promise | TBA | 0.0 |
| 13 | A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker | TBA | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Well/The Deadly Ex | TBA | 0.0 |
| 15 | Deja Vu/Secret In The Well | TBA | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Tourniquet/Burning Desire | Apr 16, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Manhunt | TBA | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Family / The Clue That Stuck | Apr 30, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker | TBA | 0.0 |
| 20 | A Confession for Carmen/The Girls | May 14, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 21 | A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder | TBA | 0.0 |
| 22 | Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood | TBA | 0.0 |
| 23 | Rear Window / The Peeper | Jun 4, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash | TBA | 0.0 |
| 25 | Kidnapped | TBA | 0.0 |
28 episodes • 2005
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer | Dec 15, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Finding BTK | Dec 22, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission | Jan 14, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Snatched/A Detective's Promise | Jan 21, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Sunday Morning Slasher | Feb 4, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers | Feb 18, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 7 | On the Case: Nacole's Killer | Mar 11, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Killer on Campus/Bow Hunter | Apr 2, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream | Apr 9, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife | May 6, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Killer's Skin / Where's Peggy? | Jun 3, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door | Jul 8, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Interrogation/The Slide | Jul 15, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Taunt / Death in Deadwood | Jul 29, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 15 | A Child Remembers | Aug 12, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Black Dahlia | Sep 9, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Deadly Stroll / Unholy Secret | Sep 23, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 18 | A Deadly Affair / The Sting Operation | Sep 30, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 19 | NCIS / Exhuming the Truth | Oct 7, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Cross Country Connection / Eyes at the Window | Oct 21, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Abandoned Houses / A Son's Memory | Oct 28, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 22 | A Knock at the Door / Shattered | Nov 18, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 23 | A Deadly Pattern / A Desperate Housewife | Nov 23, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Murder He Wrote / Caught By the Past | Dec 31, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Left for Dead / On the Case | Dec 31, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Execution of Michael Johnson | Jul 24, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Innocence Files | Sep 18, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Evidence Kit | Oct 12, 2007 | 0.0 |
