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Cold Case Files
1999 · TV Series · TV-PG · 60 min · ★ 8.5
CrimeMysteryDocumentaryDrama
This true-crime series revisits real investigations that went unsolved for years, following detectives as they reopen old files and retrace what happened. New leads, advances in forensic tools, and tips sparked through modern communication help push long-stalled cases toward long-awaited answers.
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~128 hours to watch · 129 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1999
- Release date
- 1999-01-01
- Network
- A&E
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- SD
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 (33 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want real cases revisited with detective interviews, forensics, and steady suspense, similar to 48 Hours or The First 48; Not for you if you dislike sensationalized storytelling or repeated segments.
Pros: intriguing real cases; forensic insights; engaging narration | Cons: sensational tone; repetitive footage; cheesy melodrama
Themes
- detective
- forensic science
- forensic
- unsolved mystery
- unsolved crime
- unsolved murders
- forensic technology
Cast & crew
Bill Kurtis
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Episodes5 seasons · 129 episodes
Season 126 episodes
- S1E1Hour 1 - Cold Case Files60m
- S1E2The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar60mTubi
- S1E3The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File60mTubi
- S1E4The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct60m
- S1E5The Hunter Homicides / Skulls in Stanley Park46m
- S1E6Through the Eyes of a Child / Killer Next Door43mTubi
- S1E7One Night on the Bayou / Buckeye Misdemeanor46m
- S1E8The Mark of Cain / Death on the Freeway46m
- S1E9Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer60m
- S1E10Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue60mTubi
- S1E11Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder60mTubi
- S1E12Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations60mTubi
- S1E13The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed60mTubi
- S1E14Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks60mTubi
- S1E15Killer in the County60m
- S1E16Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer60m
- S1E17The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend60m
- S1E18The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A Killer60m
- S1E19Vanished60m
- S1E20The Missing and the Dead60m
- S1E21Silent Witness/Innocence Lost60m
- S1E22Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost60m
- S1E23Family Secret/Blood Trail60m
- S1E24Bodies In The Bay/Cold Hit60m
- S1E25Episode 25
- S1E26Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker60mTubi
Season 225 episodes
- S2E1Operation Jambalaya/Footprints in the Snow60mTubi
- S2E2The South Side Rapist60mTubi
- S2E3Mark of a Killer/Dead Ends60mTubi
- S2E4The Baiting Game/The Killer's Tattoo60mTubi
- S2E5Ticket to Nowhere/The Paper Route60mTubi
- S2E6Traces of Murder/The Bathtub Killer60mTubi
- S2E7Pride and the Fall/The Nail File60mTubi
- S2E8In the Care of a Killer/Deadly Lies60mTubi
- S2E9Lady in the Box60mTubi
- S2E10Crimes of the KKK60mTubi
- S2E11Murder On The Menu60m
- S2E12The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators60mTubi
- S2E13Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise60mTubi
- S2E14The Perfect Murder/Death of Innocents60m
- S2E15The Unluckiest Man/The Deadly Triangle60m
- S2E16Cat and Mouse/Cabbie Killer60m
- S2E17The Cuff Link/Graveyard Shift60m
- S2E18The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy60m
- S2E19A Map To Murder/Life on the Run60m
- S2E20Soft Kill/Unsolved60m
- S2E21License to Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark/The Supermarket Mystery60m
- S2E22The Original Night Stalker60m
- S2E23Cold Hit/Silent Kill60m
- S2E24Mommie Dearest60m
- S2E25A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce60m
Season 325 episodes
- S3E1Cop Killer/Evil Twin60mTubi
- S3E2The Zodiac Killer60mTubi
- S3E3The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost60mTubi
- S3E4The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop60mTubi
- S3E5Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead60mTubi
- S3E6The Killer's Tattoo60m
- S3E7The Green River Killer60mTubi
- S3E8A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten60mTubi
- S3E9The DNA Link/The Secret Slide60mTubi
- S3E10Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide60mTubi
- S3E11Blood Money/Precious Doe60mTubi
- S3E12Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice60mTubi
- S3E13Officer Down/Secret Twin60mTubi
- S3E14Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting60mTubi
- S3E15Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night60mTubi
- S3E16The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret60mTubi
- S3E17Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned60mTubi
- S3E18The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist60mTubi
- S3E19Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics60mTubi
- S3E20The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail60mTubi
- S3E21Murder Checks In / Killer in the City60mTubi
- S3E22The Shopping Cart Killer60mTubi
- S3E23The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend60mTubi
- S3E24Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet60mTubi
- S3E25Innocent Prey/The Punishment60mTubi
Season 425 episodes
- S4E1Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist60mTubi
- S4E2The Calling Card/Carol's Diary60mTubi
- S4E3Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint60m
- S4E4Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder60mTubi
- S4E5Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa60mTubi
- S4E6A Man Scorned/The Dungeon60mTubi
- S4E7A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman60mTubi
- S4E8The Bedroom Basher60mTubi
- S4E9Baby for Sale/The Barrel60mTubi
- S4E10The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena60mTubi
- S4E11Sex, Lies and Murder60mTubi
- S4E12The Monster/A Cousin's Promise60mTubi
- S4E13A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker60mTubi
- S4E14The Well/The Deadly Ex60mTubi
- S4E15Deja Vu/Secret In The Well60m
- S4E16The Tourniquet/Burning Desire60mTubi
- S4E17Manhunt60mTubi
- S4E18The Family / The Clue That Stuck60mTubi
- S4E19Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker60mTubi
- S4E20A Confession for Carmen/The Girls60mTubi
- S4E21A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder60mTubi
- S4E22Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood60mTubi
- S4E23Rear Window / The Peeper60mTubi
- S4E24The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash60mTubi
- S4E25Kidnapped60m
Season 528 episodes
- S5E1Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer60mTubi
- S5E2Finding BTK60mTubi
- S5E3Death of a Deacon/A Wife's Mission60mTubi
- S5E4Snatched/A Detective's Promise60mTubi
- S5E5The Sunday Morning Slasher60mTubi
- S5E6Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers60mTubi
- S5E7On the Case: Nacole's Killer60mTubi
- S5E8Killer on Campus/Bow Hunter60mTubi
- S5E9Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream60mTubi
- S5E10Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife60mTubi
- S5E11A Killer's Skin / Where's Peggy?60mTubi
- S5E12Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door60mTubi
- S5E13The Interrogation/The Slide60mTubi
- S5E14The Taunt / Death in Deadwood60mTubi
- S5E15A Child Remembers60mTubi
- S5E16The Black Dahlia60mTubi
- S5E17The Deadly Stroll / Unholy Secret60mTubi
- S5E18A Deadly Affair / The Sting Operation60mTubi
- S5E19NCIS / Exhuming the Truth60mTubi
- S5E20Cross Country Connection / Eyes at the Window60m
- S5E21Abandoned Houses / A Son's Memory60m
- S5E22A Knock at the Door / Shattered60m
- S5E23A Deadly Pattern / A Desperate Housewife60m
- S5E24Murder He Wrote / Caught By the Past60m
- S5E25Left for Dead / On the Case60m
- S5E26The Execution of Michael Johnson60m
- S5E27Innocence Files60m
- S5E28Evidence Kit60m