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 Costa Mesa Manhunt: The Man Who Thought He Could Get Away with Murder
How a struggling actor staged one of Orange County's most shocking double murders, framing his victim and nearly escaping justice.
VideoThe YouTube Killer: The Strange Case of Andrew Blaze
The disturbing true story of Randy Stair, a YouTube creator who became obsessed with Columbine, cartoon ghosts, and ultimately committed a workplace massacre before taking her own life.
VideoThe Christmassy Criminalist: A Santa Clause Heist
In 1927, Marshall Ratliff and his crew robbed a Texas bank dressed as Santa Claus and his elves, sparking a chaotic shootout, manhunt, and one of the most bizarre true crime stories in American history.
VideoThe Monster of Rillington Place
The harrowing true story of John Christie, the serial killer who murdered eight victims at 10 Rillington Place and framed innocent Timothy Evans, sending him to the gallows in one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice.
VideoBeauty and The Superfly: The Tragic Case of Nancy Argentino
The disturbing true crime story of wrestling legend Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino—a case that went cold for 32 years amid allegations of cover-ups and domestic abuse.
VideoDerrick Bird: One of the Worst Mass Shootings in British History
The harrowing story of Derrick Bird's 2010 killing spree across Cumbria, England—one of the deadliest mass shootings in British history that left 11 dead and 12 injured in just over two hours.