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Season 1 – Cold Case Files

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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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Cold Case Files — Season 1

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Bill Kurtis

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Episode 1 Aired Jan 1, 1999 Pilot The unsolved murder of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane; an Illinois rape case. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 8, 1999 The Boy and the Monster; The Secret in the Cellar A 3-year-old boy provides police with evidence in a murder case; a murdered housewife is buried in her own cellar. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 15, 1999 The Texas Drifter; Fingerprint File; A Rose Among Thorns Englishwoman shot; fingerprint matches prisoner; DNA databank helps catch stalker. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 23, 1999 The Answer in the Box; Maternal Instinct A cigarette helps to solve a murder; a mother is convicted of killing her 5-year-old. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 29, 1999 The Hunter Homicides; The Skulls of Stanley Park DNA tests identify a murder victim in Canada; detectives trace a gun to a killer. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 6, 1999 Through the Eyes of a Child; The Killer Next Door A Missouri woman is convicted of killing her stepdaughter; a skeleton leads police to a serial killer. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 12, 1999 One Night on the Bayou; The Buckeye Misdemeanor Alligators help to solve a murder investigation; Phoenix police solve a 20-year-old homicide. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 19, 1999 The Mark of Cain; Death on the Freeway A Florida man vanishes; crash victim is found to have been shot. Details Episode 9 Aired Feb 26, 1999 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. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 3, 1999 Diary of a Serial Arsonist; The Lost Clue An arson investigator is suspected of setting a series of fires; a man sexually assaults, kills, and robs his neighbor. Details Episode 11 Aired Mar 12, 1999 Killer on the Strip; The Doll Murder A determined cop solves the murder of a prostitute; investigators solve the murder of a socialite. Details Episode 12 Aired Mar 19, 1999 Murder Illustrated; Blood Relations A man stands trial for a murder he allegedly committed at age 15; DNA helps to solve a 23-year-old murder. Details Episode 13 Aired Mar 26, 1999 The Burning Secret; Justice Delayed A woman kills her husband in a satanic rite; a woman tracks down the man who raped her. Details Episode 14 Aired Apr 9, 1999 Reconstructing Murder; Fire Flicks Forensic clay modeling helps investigators identify a murder victim; two boys perform satanic rituals and set fires. Details Episode 15 Aired Apr 16, 1999 Killer in the County A killer of four goes free until a detective finds key evidence on a coffee cup. Details Episode 16 Aired Apr 23, 1999 Presumed Dead; The Tow Truck Killer Woman's body hidden in a refrigerator; murder of a deputy sheriff. Details Episode 17 Aired Apr 30, 1999 The Missing Informant; Man's Best Friend Divers find a skeleton in a car at the bottom of a river; a dead dog's DNA helps to crack open a case. Details Episode 18 Aired Apr 30, 1999 Portrait of a Killer; The Tortured Truth Discovery of a human scalp helps convict a murderer; teen kidnaps, tortures and kills younger boys. Details Episode 19 Aired May 7, 1999 Vanished A serial killer keeps law enforcement working on his cases for over 20 years. Details Episode 20 Aired May 14, 1999 The Missing and the Dead A forensic anthropologist painstakingly pieces 97 bone fragments back together to solve a woman's murder. Details Episode 21 Aired May 21, 1999 Silent Witness; Innocence Lost A scientist's murder is solved using the technology she was developing at the time of her death; criminal profiling helps to nab a child-rapist. Details Episode 22 Aired May 28, 1999 Frozen in Time; Little Girl Lost Police thaw a frozen body with a hair dryer and solve the case; when a child's body is found in a Chicago garden, authorities track down a strange family. Details Episode 23 Aired Jun 4, 1999 Family Secret; Blood Trail Forty-one years after the crime, a woman implicates her brother and cousin in the murder of a police officer; blood-splatter evidence helps to solve a murder. Details Episode 24 Aired Jun 11, 1999 Bodies in the Bay; Till Death Do Us Part A boat ride leads to death; a man's three wives all die mysteriously. Details
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Season Info

Network
A&E
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 1, 1999