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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VideoUNSOLVED: The Oakland County Child Killer
The horrifying true story of four murdered children, a wealthy county's dark underbelly of pedophile rings, and a father who spent 43 years searching for answers that never came.
VideoWallace Souza and Canal Livre - Murder for Ratings
How Wallace Souza, a former police officer turned politician and TV host, allegedly orchestrated murders to boost ratings for his sensationalist crime show Canal Livre in Manaus, Brazil.
VideoWhat Happened to Natalee Holloway?
The complete account of Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba, her family's two-decade search for answers, and Joran van der Sloot's eventual confession in 2023.
VideoWhat Happened to Rebecca Reusch: Dead or Alive?
The mysterious 2019 disappearance of 15-year-old Rebecca Reusch from Berlin-Britz. Explore the investigation, the prime suspect brother-in-law, and the theories that still surround this unsolved case.
VideoWife, Nurse, Mother, Murderer: The Crimes of Daisy de Melker
The shocking true story of Daisy de Melker, South Africa's first female serial killer, who poisoned two husbands and her own son for financial gain in the early 20th century.
VideoAlfredo Ballí Treviño - The Real Story Behind the Silence of the Lambs
Discover the true story of Dr. Alfredo Ballí Treviño, the Mexican physician who inspired Thomas Harris to create Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.