Cold Case Files
by A&E / PodcastOne
Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. In fact, one-third of all murders in America remain open. But thanks to dogged investigators and breakthroughs in forensic technology, these cases become part of the rare 1% of cold cases that are ever solved. Cold Case Files is narrated by Marisa Pinson.
Episodes
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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: Killed For The Cash
When a Texas gas store owner, Subir Chatterjee, 58, is shot inside his check cashing booth in 2002, detectives suspect his killer is someone Subir knew. With the murderer’s DNA in hand, one detective refuses to retire until the case is solved. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car...
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Cross Country Connection / Eyes at the Window
DNA found on a marijuana joint in Florida in 2005 helps to solve the 1988 rape and murder of a California woman. And a cold case of murder in Illinois heats up when a jailhouse lawyer turns jailhouse snitch. Hers: Start your free online visit at forhers.com/CCF for your personalized weight loss...
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I SURVIVED: If I've Hit An Artery I Only Have Minutes Left Of Consciousness
Albert is a 17 year old enlisted as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg, when his best friend, fellow soldier, takes him out to a dump for target practice but instead shoots Albert in the stomach and chases him into the forest. Matt is an outdoor enthusiast in New Zealand on the fourth day of a week long...
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REOPENED: Title DNA SPEAKS: Deadly Web of Lies
When gambler Scott Martinez, 47, is found eviscerated by a sword in his La Mesa, CA home, investigators can’t tell who is telling the truth within his inner circle.. It will take 13 years and an advance in DNA analysis to find his killer. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance...
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Frozen in Time / Little Girl Lost
Using a hair dryer to thaw a frozen corpse, detectives get to the bottom of a grisly murder. The discovery of a child's skeleton in a Chicago garden puts police on the trail of an oddball family. Audible - Join Audible on the Audible app or subscribe here Hers: Start your free online visit at...
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I SURVIVED: I Felt Like A Hockey Puck Sliding On Ice
Jessica endures years of abuse from her neighbor from the age of 9. After her abuser escalates to abducting the child it takes another 104 days to finally bring the traumatic ordeal to a conclusion. Derek is taking a solo day trip up Mount Adams in Washington when he loses his footing and slides...
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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: Death Downstream
When the battered body of Shawna Yandell is found floating in Washington State’s Yakima River in 1993, detectives first suspect those closest to her. The case grew cold until new DNA technology revealed a callous killer that no one suspected. Fabletics - Shop now at Fabletics.com/COLDCASE to get...
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The Hitmakers / Favors for a Friend
A scheme to bribe a country music magazine to manipulate the charts leads to murder in Nashville and a 13-year hunt for the killer; and a murderer's plan to hide his gun is foiled when the man who buried the evidence for him spills the beans to cops. This Episode is sponsored by BetterHelp Acorns…
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I SURVIVED: I Just Kept Screaming and Kicking
Frankin and his wife are aboard an aircraft that gets hijacked and rerouted towards Australia. After running out of fuel the plane attempts an emergency water landing that sends it tumbling. Jeff and Frank are firefighters sent out to rescue a group of fishermen stranded on an ice sheet on Lake…
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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: A Deadly Premonition
When 31-year-old Linda Slaten is brutally strangled in her Lakeland, FL home in 1981, a complex web of suspects emerges. The case takes a dramatic turn when a DNA hit exposes the sinister underbelly of a seemingly peaceful community. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at...
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Innocence Stolen / Danger at the Door
A district attorney uses a clever technique--a "John Doe indictment"--to give law enforcement officials the time they need to track down the Schoolgirl Rapist from Rochester, N. Y. And prosecutors reluctantly decide not to prosecute their lead suspect in the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl...
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I SURVIVED: I Just Can't Get Over The Look In His Eyes
Rudrani is with a meditation group in Mumbai India when terrorists attack the hotel she is staying at. Shot in the arm and leg, Rudrani is left for dead after witnessing the deaths of the other members of her group. Tracey is 14 years on when her house catches fire in the early hours of the...
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REOPEN: DNA SPEAKS: Justice for Mary
When 23-year-old Mary Scott is found murdered in her San Diego home in 1969, a case with few leads quickly loses steam. Years later, Mary’s daughters grow determined to find answers about the mother they barely knew, and a crime that’s 50 years cold. Audible - Join Audible on the Audible app or...
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Weepy Voiced Killer / The Mr. Big Sting
A prostitute who fights off a screwdriver-wielding man helps police track down a serial killer; and undercover agents acting as mobsters conduct an elaborate sting to solve a murder case that had gone cold for years.
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I SURVIVED: I Could Just Feel My Skin Almost Blistering
Mary is a 15-year-old hitchhiking in Florida when the man who gives her a ride sexually assaults her, cuts her arms off and throws her off a cliff leaving her for dead. Brooke is pregnant when she, along with her daughter, goes to visit her own parents in Marysville Australia. When a massive...
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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: A Deadly Heist
When jewelry seller Minerva Cantu, 26, is found bound, gagged and lifeless in her home, police suspect robbery as the motive. But who killed this mother as her infant slept in the next room is a mystery that would haunt one detective for 20 years. Rosetta Stone - Cold Case Files listeners can get...
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Ticket to Nowhere / The Paper Route
A 13-year-old girl's mother is murdered and 20 years later she helps bring the killer to justice; and a dogged policeman gets to the bottom of the brutal murder of a 63-year-old newspaper delivery woman. Mint: To get the new customer offer and your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just $15 a...
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I SURVIVED: The Blood Was Just Pouring Out Of My Neck
Scott and Sean are enjoying a fishing trip on the Appalachian Trail when they meet a stranger and share dinner. After dinner, however, the man in their company pulls out a gun and proceeds to shoots both men. Stacey and her best friend have recently moved into their first apartment when a man...
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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: Horror in the Dark
When teens Llianna Adank and Eric Goldstrand are found shot to death at an Oregon park in 1977, their parent’s worst nightmare had come true. Detectives pursue leads for 40 years until a single piece of evidence leads them to a suspect 3 states away.
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A Man Scorned / The Dungeon
Police suspect a gay man murdered a woman because she became too friendly with his boy friend. And a man goes on a monstrous crime spree, abducting five women over 15 years and forcing each to spend months and even years as his sex slave Acorns - Sign up now and Acorns will boost your new account...
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I SURVIVED: I'm Either Going To Take A Round Or That Bomb Is Gonna Go Off
Gwen is a librarian and Lloyd is a Sheriff’s deputy, both are among the 18 hostages held captive by an armed assailant with a dead man’s switch in a Salt Lake City library. Rose discovers she is with child shortly before an intense storm leads to an industrial accident at sea, mangling her legs…
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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: Fought Like Hell
When the blood-smeared car of 27-year-old Stefanie Watson is found in a Maryland parking lot, her family holds out hope she's still alive. When part of her remains are found in a neighborhood, the missing persons investigation becomes a hunt for a murderer. HomeServe - Go to…
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Cowboys on the Case / Office Politics
Four retired law enforcement officers, known as the Cold Case Cowboys, help track down the killer of a man wanted for rape and robbery; and police must wait for advancements in DNA technology before they can put away a man who harassed and killed a coworker. Mint: To get the new customer offer…
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I SURVIVED: I Thought He Was Killing My Son
After their California home was invaded over a case of mistaken identity Darren and Chastity’s ordeal only worsens as their 11 year old son arrives and joins their captivity. Ryan works in a train yard in Pennsylvania, when the breaks fail on multiple gasoline tankers Ryan has to act quick to…
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REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: A Fatal Path
When 14-year-old Nacole Smith is brutally murdered in 1995 on a wooded path in Atlanta, the police and community rally around her mother as she seeks justice. Decades and a second brutal assault later investigators finally reveal Nacole's killer.
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A Deadly Pattern / A Desparate Housewife
When a woman is found murdered in her mobile home, police make two shocking discoveries - her husband may not only have been the killer, but he may have also killed his first wife 31 years before. And after an Oregon man is shot dead, the case takes an unusual twist when one of the investigating...
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I SURVIVED: If I Play Dead He Wouldn't Shoot Me Again
Lonnie rekindles an old relationship only for her beau to take credit cards out in her name and when she confronts him about it he shoots her in the head. Rulon is an olympic wrestler and gold medalist out or a day of snowmobiling with friends when he gets lost and submerged in freezing water.…
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REOPENED: A Husband's Secret
After the murder of Barbara Jean Galliher goes cold investigators are left with few options. Almost three decades later, after being caught in a compromising situation by his wife and admitting to a sex addiction, Donald Vanderbent has something else he wants to get off his chest.
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Abandoned House / A Son's Memory
Detectives are baffled when two young girls are raped, murdered, and dumped in an abandoned house in Akron, Ohio. And a 26-year-old mother of three disappears on Christmas Eve in 1995, but the missing persons case goes cold when police can find few clues to her whereabouts. Hers: Start your free...
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I SURVIVED: I Chose to Fight That Day
Dorothy is leaving the grocery store with her daughters when they are attacked by a pair of young men who rape Dorothy and shoot her in the head. Jim is out picking blueberries alone and without his cellphone when he is bitten by a rattlesnake. Bud and Katrina are each enjoying a day on the...
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REOPENED: The Lady Killer
Two decades after Ruth Masters was brutally murdered while out for a bike ride, the testimony of three prison inmates helps convict the man who did it. Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/coldcase for $30 off your first two orders, PLUS an extra 25% off during the end of summer deal!
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Under a Spell / Justice for Lisa
A Miami undercover operation nabs the man who beat four black prostitutes, and set them aflame. And DNA helps solve the cold case of a man who posed as a fisherman to get a 6-year-old girl's attention, then raped and killed her. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at...
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I SURVIVED: I Felt The Worst Pain You Couldn't Fathom
14 year old Reagan's trip to the beach with her friend Lynn takes an unimaginable turn when they are picked up by a pair of cousins on a spree of rape and murder. Gary and Scott are colleagues in the Alaska air national guard. After a mostly unsuccessful hunting trip the pair must survive a…
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REOPENED: Unsolved
After Cindy Warner disappeared from her sister’s home with her 11-month old child still inside and no signs of struggle in 1991, investigators knew they were in for a tough case. Despite the eventual discovery of evidence and the confidence of forensic investigators, the case still remains unsolved.
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License to Kill / The Tell-Tale Mark
A quarter of a century after the murders of two nurses, Canadian police suspect that a former Toronto cop committed the crimes. A blow to the head of a garbage collector in San Jose leaves strange markings. Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching for and more visit apartments.com the...
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I SURVIVED: I Fell Into a Deep Dark Place
12 year old Thadius is carried outside of his home while asleep, by a man who turns out to be his captor, rather than his father. Kristen is kidnapped, led into a stranger's car at gunpoint & taken to his home while in her freshman year at the University of Delaware. Kimball, his brother, sister…
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REOPENED: Soft Kill
After a teenage girl shows up dead, investigators think they know who did it. However, when another pair of sisters are found deceased with a similar MO, investigators realize they not only have the wrong man but a possible serial killer. Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching for and...
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Murder on the Menu
A young boy is the sole survivor when his family is massacred in their Minnesota home. Two decades later - he helps cold case detectives catch the serial killer responsible. This Episode is sponsored by BetterHelp Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching for and more visit…
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I SURVIVED: I Was in My Own Vampire Movie
Gilles is lured by a fake dating profile online, only to be trapped in a garage & attacked by a man who was hiding behind a hockey mask & hoodie. Richard and Angela are mauled by a black bear in the backyard of their own home in Newport, PA. Dave, the resident caretaker of a shared apartment...
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REOPENED: The Grim Sleeper Part 2
In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim count rises–but suspects are few–fear and anger take hold in a community often overlooked by the police.
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The South Side Rapist
A series of brutal rapes in St. Louis goes unsolved for many years until a fluke audit of a license plate number leads police to the culprit.
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I SURVIVED: I Was Living on Borrowed Time
Brent is pursued and attacked by Mark Barton, a coworker who was an unknown schizophrenic, while working at a stock trading company together in Atlanta Georgia. Sisters Hannah and Miranda are stranded on a boat with their father while on vacation in Lake Tustumena, Alaska. Karen and her husband…
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REOPENED: The Grim Sleeper Part 1
In 1980s Los Angeles, a killer is terrorizing South Central, murdering African American women and discarding their bodies in the street. As the victim count rises–but suspects are few–fear and anger take hold in a community often overlooked by the police.
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In the Care of a Killer / Deadly Lies
The suspicious death of 2-year-old Billy Blankenship is solved when police force his babysitter to re-enact the circumstances of his death. Then, a murder case is solved when the dead man's body is found by divers searching underwater for a car. Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching...
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I SURVIVED: If They Put Me In That Van At All I'm Dead
Sharon is driving home when she is shot by a passing car, instantly blinding her. Patrick is spearfishing with his dive partner when he is pulled from the boat by a strong wind and lost at sea for 23 hours. Renee is attacked by her oldest friend who attempts to kidnap and ransom Renee with the…
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REOPENED: Taken in Tacoma
When 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian is abducted and murdered in August of 1986, residents of Tacoma panic. This is the second young girl killed in five months. Convinced a predator is loose, Police embark on a 32-year inquiry to catch the killer. Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching…
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A Map to Murder / Life on the Run
Cops finally close in on a serial killer with the help of the Internet. And a drug trafficker jumps bail, goes into the bike shop business, and helps pioneer the sport of mountain biking while he's on the lam. Apartments.com - To find whatever you’re searching for and more visit apartments.com…
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About this show
Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. In fact, one-third of all murders in America remain open. But thanks to dogged investigators and breakthroughs in forensic technology, these cases become part of the rare 1% of cold cases that are ever solved. Cold Case Files is narrated by Marisa Pinson.
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