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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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85 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    A Sister Lost; Rumors of Murder
    A Confession for Carmen; The Girls
    Murder Checks In; Killer in the City
    Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer
    Terror in Telluride; Signature of a Killer
    Innocence Files
    Friend of the Family; Remains of Murder
    The Execution of Michael Johnson
    The Missing Informant; Man's Best Friend
    Manhunt
  • A Sister Lost; Rumors of Murder

    An unresolved murder from 1974 leads back to a high school janitor; a man confesses to killing his girlfriend.
    Upcoming
  • A Confession for Carmen; The Girls

    A body is found in Cobbs Creek on the west side of Philadelphia; two girls befriend an elderly rich man who winds up missing.
    Upcoming
  • Murder Checks In; Killer in the City

    Police hunt for a man who murders women in Iowa hotels; police get a killer to confess.
    Upcoming
  • Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer

    Nearly 20 years after they first suspect him, police arrest Gary Ridgway, the most prolific known serial killer in U.S. history.
    Upcoming
  • Terror in Telluride; Signature of a Killer

    A tipster's call helps solve the murder of the heir to the U-Haul fortune; new fingerprint technology helps solve a decades-old murder.
    Upcoming
  • Innocence Files

    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.
    Upcoming
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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 banker is beaten to death in his bed; a man with a guilty conscience helps police.

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