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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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VideoThe Case of Diane Downs: Hungry Like the Wolf
The shocking true story of Diane Downs, the Oregon mother who shot her three children on a dark road in 1983, and the investigation that uncovered her deadly obsession with a man who didn't want kids.
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The shocking true story of Louis van Schoor, the Apartheid-era security guard who murdered dozens of black men and boys with impunity, supported by a racist judicial system that viewed him as a hero.
VideoThe Murder of Sylvia Likens
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VideoLuka Magnotta: The Butcher of Montreal
The shocking true story of Luka Magnotta, the Canadian killer who murdered Jun Lin and posted the video online, and how internet sleuths had tried to stop him for over a year.
VideoTsui Po Ko: Hong Kong’s Devil Cop
The horrifying true story of Tsui Po Ko, the Hong Kong police officer who used his uniform as a cloak for murder, robbery, and betrayal of his fellow officers in the early 2000s.
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.