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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VideoNancy Crampton Brophy: How to Murder Your Husband
The bizarre true crime case of romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who wrote "How to Murder Your Husband" before being convicted of murdering her own husband Daniel Brophy.
VideoNannie Doss: The Giggling Granny
Discover the horrifying true story of Nannie Doss, the sweet-faced grandmother who poisoned four husbands, her mother, sister, and grandson while giggling through her confessions.
VideoThe Phantom Killer of Texarkana: Hunting a Cold-Blooded Murderer
In 1946, a masked killer terrorized lovers' lanes in Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas, leaving five dead and three wounded in one of America's most infamous unsolved murder sprees.
VideoPhil Spector - Music Producer and Murderer
The dark story of Phil Spector, legendary music producer behind the Wall of Sound, who murdered actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 after decades of violent, controlling behavior.
VideoRevisiting Lucy Letby...
An in-depth look at Lucy Letby's failed appeal, her retrial and 15th life sentence for attempted murder, the online controversy surrounding her case, and her current life in prison.
VideoThe S-Bahn Murderer: The Serial Killer in Nazi Germany
How Kripo detectives hunted Paul Ogorzow, the Nazi-era serial killer who preyed on women in blacked-out Berlin's S-Bahn trains, while Joseph Goebbels tried to cover up the crimes.