
Cold Case Files(1999)
Overview
Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.
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No imageSeason 1
25 episodes • 1999
Season 1
25 episodes • 1999
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hour 1 - Cold Case Files | Jan 1, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar | Jan 8, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File | Jan 15, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct | Jan 23, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Hunter Homicides / Skulls in Stanley Park | Jan 29, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Through the Eyes of a Child / Killer Next Door | Feb 6, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 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 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer | Feb 26, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue | Mar 5, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder | Mar 12, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations | Mar 19, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed | Mar 26, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker | Apr 2, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks | Apr 9, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Killer in the County | Apr 16, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer | Apr 23, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend | Apr 30, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A Killer | Apr 30, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Vanished | May 7, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Missing and the Dead | May 14, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Silent Witness/Innocence Lost | May 21, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost | May 28, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Family Secret/Blood Trail | Jun 4, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Bodies In The Bay/Cold Hit | Jun 11, 1999 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 2
25 episodes • 2000
Season 2
25 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operation Jambalaya/Footprints in the Snow | Jan 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The South Side Rapist | Jan 8, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Mark of a Killer/Dead Ends | Jan 15, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Baiting Game/The Killer's Tattoo | Jan 22, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Ticket to Nowhere/The Paper Route | Jan 29, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Traces of Murder/The Bathtub Killer | Feb 5, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Pride and the Fall/The Nail File | Feb 12, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 8 | In the Care of a Killer/Deadly Lies | Feb 19, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Lady in the Box | Feb 26, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Crimes of the KKK | Mar 5, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Murder On The Menu | Mar 12, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators | Mar 19, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise | Mar 26, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Perfect Murder/Death of Innocents | Apr 2, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Unluckiest Man/The Deadly Triangle | Apr 9, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Cat and Mouse/Cabbie Killer | Apr 16, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Cuff Link/Graveyard Shift | Apr 23, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy | Apr 30, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 19 | A Map To Murder/Life on the Run | May 7, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Soft Kill/Unsolved | May 14, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 21 | License to Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark/The Supermarket Mystery | May 21, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Original Night Stalker | May 28, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Cold Hit/Silent Kill | Jun 4, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Mommie Dearest | Jun 11, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 25 | A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce | Jun 18, 2000 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 3
25 episodes • 2001
Season 3
25 episodes • 2001
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cop Killer/Evil Twin | Jan 1, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Zodiac Killer | TBA | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost | TBA | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop | Jan 22, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead | TBA | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Killer's Tattoo | Feb 5, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Green River Killer | TBA | 0.0 |
| 8 | A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten | TBA | 0.0 |
| 9 | The DNA Link/The Secret Slide | TBA | 0.0 |
| 10 | Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide | Mar 5, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Blood Money/Precious Doe | TBA | 0.0 |
| 12 | Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice | TBA | 0.0 |
| 13 | Officer Down/Secret Twin | TBA | 0.0 |
| 14 | Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting | TBA | 0.0 |
| 15 | Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night | TBA | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret | TBA | 0.0 |
| 17 | Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned | TBA | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist | TBA | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist | May 7, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics | TBA | 0.0 |
| 21 | Murder Checks In / Killer in the City | TBA | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Shopping Cart Killer | May 28, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend | TBA | 0.0 |
| 24 | Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet | TBA | 0.0 |
| 25 | Innocent Prey/The Punishment | Jun 25, 2001 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 4
25 episodes • 2002
Season 4
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 |
No imageSeason 5
28 episodes • 2005
Season 5
28 episodes • 2005
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding BTK | Dec 15, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer | Dec 15, 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 | William Peter New / Andrea Boyett | Nov 18, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 24 | A Deadly Pattern/A Desperate Housewife | TBA | 0.0 |
| 25 | Murder He Wrote/Caught By the Past | TBA | 0.0 |
| 26 | Cold Case Files | TBA | 0.0 |
| 27 | Left for Dead/On the Case | Dec 31, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Evidence Kit | Dec 31, 2006 | 0.0 |
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