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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VideoJoshua Roy Tucker: Killing the Body Snatchers
The tragic story of Joshua Roy Tucker, a Saskatchewan man whose undiagnosed schizophrenia led him to murder his adoptive father while believing he was killing a government clone.
VideoPedro Rodriguez Filho - The Brazilian Punisher Turned YouTuber
The shocking true story of Pedro Rodriguez Filho, Brazil's most prolific serial killer with 71 confirmed murders, who went from prison to becoming a YouTube personality.
VideoThe "Roofman": The Bizarre Story of the Bandit Who Lived in a Toy Store
The incredible true story of Jeffrey Manchester, the polite armed robber who stole from McDonald's through the roof, escaped prison, and secretly lived inside a Toys "R" Us.
VideoThe 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.
VideoThe Moors Murderers
The horrific true story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, whose murders of five children on Saddleworth Moor shocked Britain and changed criminal justice forever.
VideoThe Murder of Anna Repkina
The shocking true crime story of Anna Repkina, a Russian woman who moved to Oregon to marry the man she loved, only to become the victim of a brutal murder that led to one of the most bizarre appeals in legal history.