Cold Cases
Unsolved crimes, official failures, and what reopened files reveal about how investigations go cold — and what it takes to bring them back.
131 articlesLatest Cold Cases
VideoThe Eight Immortals Murders
In 1985, a gambling debt led to the massacre of ten family members at a Macau restaurant. Discover the horrifying true story of the Eight Immortals Murders.
VideoGiovanni Brusca: A Mafia Horror Story
The brutal story of Giovanni Brusca, the Sicilian Mafia enforcer known as "The Swine" who murdered over 150 people before becoming an informant—and walking free.
VideoThe Mad Trapper of Rat River: A Cop-Killer Manhunt
In 1932, a mysterious trapper sparked Canada's largest and longest manhunt after killing an RCMP officer. The Mad Trapper of Rat River evaded capture for 53 days across 150 miles of arctic wilderness before his dramatic final confrontation.
VideoRod Ferrell: The Vampire Clan Murders
The shocking true story of Rod Ferrell, a teenage vampire cult leader who murdered two parents in Eustis, Florida in 1996, inspired by the roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade.
VideoThe Bloody Harpes: America’s 18th Century Serial Killer Duo
The horrifying true story of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, America's first documented serial killers, who terrorized the frontier with brutal murders, kidnappings, and atrocities during the Revolutionary War era.
VideoThe Horrifying Kyoto Animation Massacre
In 2019, a man set fire to Kyoto Animation's Studio 1, killing 36 people and wounding 33 more in Japan's deadliest mass killing since World War II. This is the complete story of the attack, the trial, and the victims.
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VideoThe Tilly Conspiracy: The Conman who Enslaved a Family
The shocking true story of Thierry Tilly, a manipulative conman who exploited an aristocratic French family through elaborate conspiracy theories, psychological abuse, and forced labor for nearly a decade.
VideoUnsolved: The Atlanta Ripper
Discover the horrifying story of the Atlanta Ripper, a prolific serial killer who murdered up to 21 Black women in Georgia between 1911-1912, yet remains largely forgotten compared to Jack the Ripper.
VideoHow a Podcast Helped to Find Justice for Kristin Smart
The story of Kristin Smart's 1996 disappearance, the decades-long investigation, and how musician Chris Lambert's podcast "Your Own Backyard" helped bring her killer to justice after 26 years.
VideoJazzin It Out With the Axeman of New Orleans
The bizarre true story of the Axeman of New Orleans, a serial killer who claimed to be a demon from Hell and demanded jazz music be played to spare lives.
VideoA Crime to Remember: The Case of Nicole Gordon
The shocking true story of Nicole Gordon, who discovered she had been shot in the head by her boyfriend only after doctors found a bullet lodged in her brain—an attack her damaged memory had erased entirely.
VideoBernie Madoff: The $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme
How Bernie Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history for over 40 years, stealing $17.5 billion from 37,000 victims while the SEC ignored repeated warnings.