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S3 E23 The Hitmakers / Favor for a Friend

Crime

15+

45m

19 Sept 2004

A scheme to bribe a country music magazine to manipulate the charts leads to murder in Nashville and a 13-year hunt for the killer; and a murderer's plan to hide his gun is foiled when the man who buried the evidence for him spills the beans to cops.

Season 3, 15 Episodes

Cold Case Files Classic - The Zodiac Killer

The Zodiac Killer,

With access to the San Francisco Police Department's work, including saliva samples taken from letters the infamous Zodiac Killer sent 30 year ago, we reevaluate the case of the serial killer who began terrorizing California in the late 1960s.

Cold Case Files Classic - The Accidental Killer/Traces Of Murder

The Accidental Killer/Traces Of Murder,

While hiking with husband Dennis in Montana, Leslee Larson fell into Wolf Creek. Then Dennis is convicted of murdering his wife, while in Main. And 15-year-old papergirl Penny Parker goes missing, then her body is found by a search volunteer.

Cold Case Files Classic - The Merry Widow/The Missing Informant

The Merry Widow/The Missing Informant,

In 1983, Navy seamen Sonny Grotton left base for a long weekend at home. But as he pulled into his driveway, a gunman killed him. And in 1993, former state trooper Doug Wright claimed his estranged wife shot and killed herself in their home.

Cold Case Files Classic - Daddy Knows Best/Operation Jambalaya

Daddy Knows Best/Operation Jambalaya,

A detective works for 15 years to nab a man who murdered and dismembered his wife to hide the sexual abuse of his children. Then, 20 years after the shooting murder of a gas station attendant, detectives get a lead.

Cold Case Files Classic - The Killer's Tattoo/The Perfect Murder

The Killer's Tattoo/The Perfect Murder,

The murder of a 73-year-old man leads police on a long chase for a man who's suspected of identity theft and bears a rose tattoo with the name "Phyllis".

Cold Case Files Classic - Green River Killer/Missing And The Dead

Green River Killer/Missing And The Dead,

Cold Case discusses the story of the nearly 20-year hunt for the man responsible for the murders of 49 prostitutes and other women in the Seattle, Washington area.

Cold Case Files Classic - Death Before "I Do"/Hunter Homicides

Death Before "I Do"/Hunter Homicides,

Police crack a cold case of murder when a mysterious woman calls to say that her boyfriend is the killer; and the murder of a woman in 1998 provides clues to the 1988 murder of actress Myra Davis, a stand-in for Janet Leigh in the movie Psycho.

Cold Case Files Classic - Officer Down/Secret Twin

Officer Down/Secret Twin,

After 23 years, investigators finally track down the killers of an Atlanta policeman when the ex-wife of one of the killers phones in a tip; and a mother keeps the skeletal remains of the 3-year-old daughter she killed in a footlocker.

Cold Case Files Classic - Mistaken for a Killer/The Boy and the Monster

Mistaken for a Killer/The Boy and the Monster,

DNA technology that take place over 20 years help police to finally identify the man who brutally stabbed two women to death; and an anonymous caller leads police to the killer of a 13-year-old girl who was shot dead and left in the woods.

15+ 1h 28m 2004

Cold Case Files Classic - The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught In The Mail

The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught In The Mail,

A man suspected of the cold case murder of his wife and son hatches a new plot to kill his mother and father; and detectives solve the 20-year-old murder of a teenager by tricking her killer into licking an envelope, then extracting DNA from the saliva.

Cold Case Files Classic - Cowboys On The Case/Office Politics

Cowboys On The Case/Office Politics,

Four retired law enforcement officers, known as the Cold Case Cowboys, help track down the killer of a man wanted for rape and robbery; and police await for advancements in DNA technology before they can put away a killer.

Cold Case Files Classic - The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist

The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist,

Police suspect brothers J.R. and Coco Duvall beat two Michigan hunters to death, chopped up the bodies, and fed them to pigs; and a serial rapist, who holds a mini-flashlight in his mouth to blind victims, is nabbed when he drops it during an attack.

Cold Case Files Classic - Murder Checks In/Killer In The City

Murder Checks In/Killer In The City,

Police hunt for a man who killed three women in three different hotels, not far from one another in Des Moines, Iowa, over a 5-year period; and police get a killer to confess.

Cold Case Files Classic - The Hitmakers / Favor for a Friend

The Hitmakers / Favor for a Friend,

A scheme to bribe a country music magazine to manipulate the charts leads to murder in Nashville and a 13-year hunt for the killer; and a murderer's plan to hide his gun is foiled when the man who buried the evidence for him spills the beans to cops.

Cold Case Files Classic - Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Southside Rapist

Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Southside Rapist,

A prostitute who fights off a screwdriver-wielding man helps police track down a serial killer; and undercover agents acting as mobsters conduct an elaborate sting operation to solve a murder case that had gone cold for years.

15+ 1h 28m 2004

Details

Cold Case Files Classic

Crime

15+

4 Seasons

41m

Murders go unsolved. Killers slip through the cracks. With the passage of time, families lose hope and another unsolved homicide file settles into obscurity. The pattern is familiar, but changing, thanks to the efforts of a special breed of detectives.

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