
Cold Case — Season 1

Lilly delves into the details of a 1976 tragedy: the brutal death of a teenage girl, who was fatally assaulted on a tennis court during a lavish party held at an opulent estate.

Lilly receives a desperate plea from the fiancée of a firefighter: she must help establish a connection between a recently paroled convict, serving time for a separate offense, and the death of the firefighter's wife. The young woman had be…

A letter arrived at the precinct, penned by the serial rapist himself. It announced his return to Philadelphia after a five-year absence, a chilling declaration of renewed intent. For Lilly, the only thread of hope in apprehending the preda…

Lilly returns to the investigation of the murdered church organist when his wife, who lives with the encroaching fog of Alzheimer's, begins experiencing fragmented recollections of that fateful night.

The discovery of an audio recording by a drug addict, capturing the sound of a fatal shooting, stirred Lilly to reopen a cold case from 1973. The case concerned the death of a twenty-one-year-old police officer, a rookie who had been fatall…

Ricky, a small-time criminal seeking leniency, recounted his observation of a young man meticulously cleaning blood from his vehicle the night Paige Pratt, a promising track star, was murdered. Paige had been discovered shot, and her bo…

In 1964, the body of Daniel Holtz, a promising college baseball player, was discovered in an alley behind a gay bar, bearing the marks of a brutal assault. Lilly takes up the case, spurred by Daniel’s mother's desperate plea – a wish for ju…

Rosie awoke from a coma to find Lilly reopening the wound of her daughter Toya’s death. The memory of that night was hazy for Rosie, a frustrating blankness that fueled Lilly's determination to finally uncover the truth behind Toya’s passin…

A mysterious phone call reached Lilly, from a man who confessed to killing an elderly woman in 1989 and concealing her remains in the basement of a house. Investigating the property, Lilly discovered a body, but the man who made the claim r…

Rush and Valens delve into the unsettling case of a cold-blooded killer. The victim, a young man attempting to hitch a ride back to Philadelphia from Atlanta, was fatally shot.

In 1995, Professor Jeffrey Nordling's life imploded. Accused of murdering one of his female students, he lost everything: his career, his family, his standing in the academic world. Now, he comes forward with fresh details, hoping to finall…

Detective Stillman approached Lilly with a request: to revisit a case that had stymied him for years. It concerned the murder of eight-year-old Tim Barnes in 1980. The investigation had yielded a list of potential perpetrators, a shadowy gr…

Detective Rush and Sergeant Valens reopened the case of a twenty-five-year-old Black woman murdered in 1939, spurred by a recent revelation from the victim’s granddaughter. Initially presumed to be the victim of a client, a common fate for …

The 1958 death of an unidentified six-year-old boy, discovered in a field within a cardboard box, has prompted a renewed investigation. The catalyst for this reopening is the appearance of a small suitcase left before a church, bearing the …

Beneath the skeletal remains of a disco club, gutted by flames in 1978, construction workers unearthed a skull bearing a single, chilling bullet hole. The inferno had claimed twenty-two lives, but Rush and Valens suspected the blaze was no …

Beneath the building's foundation, the skeletal remains of a young Black man and a white woman are unearthed. Rush and Valens soon discover that the pair vanished in 1969, and their disappearance may be linked to their involvement with an i…

The son of a basketball star, brutally murdered in his youth, receives a chilling death threat. This act compels Rush and Valens to revisit the cold case of Herman Lester: a victory celebrated with a state championship, followed by a stabbi…

The shadow of a New Year's Eve tragedy in 1999 lingers as Lilly revisits an unsolved hit-and-run. A recovering alcoholic, claiming responsibility for the fatal incident, offers a startling confession. Yet, the accumulating evidence suggests…

The fatal shooting in a driveway has emerged as a link to the cold case of a 1992 murder. On election night that year, a Democratic campaign worker was found dead, her body deposited in a river nearby. Current investigators are focusing on …

The team reopened the 1985 case of the wealthy stockbroker, Charles Danville. Initially, his death was ruled accidental – a homicide resulting from a car theft gone wrong. However, newly uncovered evidence now suggests a more deliberate act…

The cold case of a woman murdered before her three-year-old son is reopened. A psychologist approaches Detective Rush, requesting he revisit the investigation. The son, now seventeen, is plagued by vivid nightmares and unsettling behavioral…

The 1999 drowning of the military academy’s swimming coach, initially deemed accidental, now faces renewed scrutiny. A note received by the homicide division hints at foul play. Meanwhile, back at his office, Valens begins searching for Eli…

The revelation of DNA evidence exonerating a wrongly convicted man in the 1986 murder of fifteen-year-old Eve Kendall prompts the team to reopen her case, determined to finally identify the true perpetrator.


