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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VideoH.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.
VideoHow A Daughter Was Tricked Into Killing: The Shocking Story of Linda Bailey Brown
The horrifying true story of how 14-year-old Cinnamon Brown was manipulated by her own father into murdering her stepmother Linda Bailey Brown, and the years-long fight for justice that followed.
VideoIsrael Keyes: The Phantom Psychopath
The chilling story of Israel Keyes, a methodical serial killer who buried "kill kits" across America, murdered without pattern, and evaded capture for over a decade before a final, fatal mistake.
VideoJohn Edward Robinson: The Internet's First Serial Killer
The shocking true story of John Edward Robinson, the conman turned serial killer who used the early internet to lure victims as "SlaveMaster" in BDSM chat rooms.
VideoLarry Nassar: The Olympics' Most Prolific Predator
The shocking true story of Dr. Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics physician who sexually abused over 250 young athletes, and the institutional failures that enabled his crimes for decades.
VideoLeonarda Ciancuilli: The Cannibal of Correggio
The horrifying true story of Leonarda Ciancuilli, the Italian serial killer who murdered three women, made soap from their remains, and allegedly fed their blood to neighbors as pastries during World War II.