Los Angeles police have cracked a cold case, bringing closure to a murder that occurred forty-six years ago. A crucial breakthrough came through DNA evidence, pointing investigators toward a suspect—a man with the complicating factor of hav…

Having gained access to materials held by the San Francisco Police Department—including saliva samples collected from letters mailed three decades prior by the notorious Zodiac Killer—we are revisiting the investigation into the serial murd…

Hiking alongside her husband, Dennis, in the Montana wilderness, Leslee Larson plunged into Wolf Creek. Later, Dennis was found guilty of murdering his wife, the trial taking place far away in Maine. Simultaneously, fifteen-year-old papergi…

Among the cases examined is that of Douglas J. Wright, a former state trooper convicted in 2003 for the 1993 murder of his wife. The program also explores the killing of a Navy seaman. Bill Kurtis serves as host.

For fifteen years, a detective pursued a man accused of murdering his wife and then dismembering her remains – an act intended to conceal the sexual abuse of his children. Separately, twenty years had passed since the fatal shooting of a ga…

Bill Kurtis hosts a chilling account of the relentless pursuit of a murderer marked by a singular, striking tattoo.

*Cold Case* explores the relentless, almost two-decade pursuit of the man behind the murders of forty-nine prostitutes and other women throughout the Seattle, Washington region.

It would take almost three decades for advancements in DNA technology to finally offer law enforcement the opportunity to secure a conviction in the case of a young woman murdered while hitchhiking. Similarly, Philadelphia police pursued th…

Detectives representing three separate divisions within Westchester County, New York, joined forces to pursue a serial killer; and a man identified as the Bus Stop Rapist emerged as the primary suspect decades following the discovery of a w…

The long shadow of the past reached into the present when the 1988 murder of actress Myra Davis—who served as a body double for Janet Leigh in "Psycho"—finally resulted in a conviction in 2001. Separately, a crucial phone call proved instru…

Forensic analysis of larval development on corpses proved crucial in securing the conviction of the man who fatally stabbed a couple and strangled their four-year-old daughter back in 1993. In stark contrast, the brutal 2001 murder of a you…

The resolution of a Texas woman’s murder emerged unexpectedly, triggered by a killer’s failed attempt to murder another victim and conceal her body in a duffel bag. Separately, a reporter investigating cold cases uncovered inconsistencies i…

Twenty-three years passed before detectives were able to identify the men responsible for the murder of an Atlanta police officer, their pursuit spurred by a call from the former wife of one suspect. Separately, a mother concealed the skele…

A woman working as a prostitute bravely defends herself against an attacker wielding a screwdriver, and her actions prove instrumental in helping the police pursue a serial killer. Separately, undercover agents posing as members of organize…

The diligent recording of a vehicle's license plate by a woman being followed proved crucial in helping law enforcement identify a suspect in the recent murder of another young woman. Separately, a single telephone call provided investigato…

Nearly two decades after a woman was brutally murdered while cycling, the testimony of three incarcerated men has secured a conviction for her killer. Separately, police are investigating a man—who has publicly acknowledged a history of sex…

Advances in DNA technology, developed over two decades, have at last allowed investigators to identify the man responsible for the brutal stabbing deaths of two women. Separately, an anonymous tip guided police to the person who murdered a …

Authorities believe that brothers J.R. and Coco Duvall are responsible for the deaths of two Michigan hunters, alleging they dismembered the bodies and disposed of them by feeding them to pigs. Separately, a serial rapist who reportedly use…

The Cold Case Cowboys—four former law enforcement professionals—lent their expertise to pursue the individual responsible for the death of a man previously sought for rape and robbery. Simultaneously, investigators held back, hoping for bre…

Haunted by suspicion in a decades-old cold case involving the deaths of his wife and son, a man now appears to be planning another act of violence against his own parents. Meanwhile, detectives have cracked a twenty-year-old murder of a you…

Authorities are searching for a man suspected of murdering three women at separate hotels near each other in Des Moines, Iowa. The suspect confessed after investigators informed him that prosecutors intended to present photographs depicting…

A seemingly insignificant detail—a dry cleaning tag found tucked within a discarded sweatshirt at a crime scene—provided investigators with the crucial lead they needed to finally apprehend a serial killer and rapist who had long evaded cap…

The pursuit of chart dominance within Nashville’s country music scene ignited a deadly scheme, resulting in murder and a thirteen-year search for the perpetrator. Simultaneously, a killer’s attempt to conceal a weapon was undone when the in…

A chilling message discovered upon a gravestone reopened a twelve-year-old murder investigation, while relentless questioning of a mother began to disentangle the perplexing circumstances surrounding the deaths of three of her children.

Acting on an improbable lead, police achieved a breakthrough in capturing a serial rapist. Separately, after a quarter of a century, investigators have finally closed the case of a six-year-old girl’s murder; she had been compelled to endur…