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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VideoThe Springs House of Horrors
The shocking true story of the Springs House of Horrors, where five children endured years of torture, neglect, and abuse at the hands of their parents in South Africa.
VideoThe Strange Disappearance of Maura Murray: An Unsolved Mystery
The baffling 2004 disappearance of Maura Murray, the nursing student who vanished after a car crash in rural New Hampshire, remains one of the internet age's most enduring mysteries.
VideoThe Assassination of Beverly van Schoor
The shocking true story of how Sabrina van Schoor hired a hitman to murder her mother Beverly, revealing the dark history of South Africa's most notorious family.
VideoThe Boy in the Box: The Shocking Case of Joseph Augustus Zarelli
After 65 years, Philadelphia's most famous cold case victim finally has a name. Learn how DNA technology identified Joseph Augustus Zarelli and why his murder remains unsolved.
VideoThe Brutal Slaying of Shad Thyrion...
The shocking true story of Taylor Schabusiness, who murdered and dismembered her high school friend Shad Thyrion in a Green Bay basement, sparking one of Wisconsin's most gruesome criminal cases.
VideoThe Butcher Baker: Alaska’s Most Dangerous Game
The horrifying true story of Robert Hansen, Alaska's most sadistic serial killer who hunted women like animals across the Alaskan wilderness for over a decade.