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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Most Wanted: Robert William Fisher
The hunt for Robert William Fisher, who murdered his wife and two children in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2001 and vanished without a trace, becoming one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives.
A Crime to Remember: The Case of Nicole Gordon
The shocking true story of Nicole Gordon, who discovered she had been shot in the head by her boyfriend only after doctors found a bullet lodged in her brain—an attack her damaged memory had erased entirely.
Joshua 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.
The Butcher of Berlin and his Bloody Bratwurst
In 1920s Berlin, Carl Grossman murdered women in his apartment and may have sold their flesh as sausages from his hot dog cart, turning unwitting customers into accidental cannibals.