Cold Cases
Unsolved crimes, official failures, and what reopened files reveal about how investigations go cold — and what it takes to bring them back.
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Unsolved: 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.
Unsolved: The Yuba County Five
In 1978, five men from a California disability support program vanished after a basketball game. Four were found dead under inexplicable circumstances; the fifth remains missing. Explore the enduring mystery of the Yuba County Five.
The Witness Who Never Came Forward
She drove past the house twice that morning. Once at 6:14, once at 7:02. She watched the second car pull in. For thirty-one years she said nothing — until a 2024 cold-case task force found her name on a Costco receipt.
Igor Komarov: the Bali Dismembering Case
The disturbing true crime case of Igor Komarov, a Ukrainian tourist kidnapped, tortured, and dismembered in Bali in February 2026, with ransom videos leaked online and connections to fraudulent call centres in Dnipro.
Carl Tanzler: The Depraved Man Who Lived With a Corpse for 7 Years
The disturbing true story of Carl Tanzler, a radiology assistant who became obsessed with tuberculosis patient Elena de Hoyos, dug up her corpse after her death, and lived with her preserved body for seven years.
The Bricked House on Hadley Lane
A walled-off basement, a missing-persons report no one followed, and three decades of the wrong question being asked.
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Giovanni 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.
The Rare Case of Ellen Friar
The disturbing true crime case of 15-year-old Ellen Friar, who conspired with her older boyfriend and his friend to murder her father Aaron Friar in Medford, Oregon in 2017.
H.H. Holmes: Ladykiller and Child-Murderer
Detective Frank Geyer's eight-month hunt for H.H. Holmes, the conman-turned-murderer who built Chicago's infamous "Murder Castle" and slaughtered the Pitezel children in 1894.
The Spectacular Stockholm Helicopter Heist
On September 23, 2009, a professional gang used a stolen helicopter to raid a Stockholm cash depot, escaping with millions. Discover how Swedish police tracked them down through wiretaps, DNA, and geographic profiling.
Henry Lee Lucas: The Confession Killer
The shocking true story of Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole, whose hundreds of false confessions triggered one of America's most spectacular miscarriages of justice, exposed by courageous journalists, victims' families, and a determined district attorney.
The Murder of Sylvia Likens
The harrowing true story of Sylvia Likens, a 16-year-old girl tortured and murdered in 1965 Indianapolis, and the collective apathy that enabled her suffering.