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 Cleveland Strangler: House of Horrors
The horrifying true story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler, who murdered 11 women in his Imperial Avenue home and the shocking police failures that allowed him to continue killing.
VideoThe Las Vegas Shooting
A comprehensive account of the October 1, 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, examining the attack, investigation, victims, and aftermath.
VideoThe Lipstick Killer: The Shocking True Story of a Serial Killer who Left a Message in Lipstick
The shocking true story of the Lipstick Killer murders in 1940s Chicago, and the disturbing questions about whether William Heirens was wrongfully convicted for crimes he did not commit.
VideoThe Monster of Malherbe Street
The horrifying true story of Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhoff, South Africa's first confirmed serial killer couple, and the six missing girls whose fates remain unknown three decades later.
VideoThe Perfect Daughter's Dark Secret: The Jennifer Pan Story
The shocking true story of Jennifer Pan, who orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot against her own parents after years of deception about her academic achievements came crashing down.
VideoThe Pusher - The Canal Killer of Manchester
Investigating the Manchester Pusher, an alleged serial killer blamed for dozens of deaths in Manchester's canals. Are these murders, accidents, or something else entirely?