TV series
Cold Case Files
Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.
Season 4 episodes
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Episode 15
Deja Vu/Secret In The Well
A new fingerprint identification system known as I-AFIS helps Texas detectives track down a killer after three years of searching. And a Georgia investigator gets to the bottom of a 16-year-old murder case when he discovers where the victim's body had been hidden -- in the bottom of a well.
Episode credits
Guest stars Chima Simone
Episode 23
Rear Window / The Peeper
Included: the 1998 murder of waitress Corey Parker in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., by Robert Erik Denney. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Where to watch Cold Case FilesEpisode 24
The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash
A bloody dagger and a phone tap help detectives solve a 20-year-old murder case. And DNA taken from an eyelash found on a dead prostitute's body brings a killer to justice.
Where to watch Cold Case FilesEpisode 25
Kidnapped
A kidnapper grabs 8-year-old Chad Choice from his home in Texas, then torments his parents with two ransom demands. The case goes cold until the parents receive a chilling package in the mail that contains a letter--and a skull.
Where to watch Cold Case FilesEpisode information updated Jul 24, 2026
More about Cold Case Files
Cast
Bill KurtisSelf - Narrator (voice)
Chima SimoneSelfProduction details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 128
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
A&EUnited States- Kurtis Productions
AMPLE EntertainmentUnited States
Blumhouse TelevisionUnited States
Themes
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