Cold Case Files Classic

Detectives reconstruct investigations of cases that took years to solve, discussing forensic evidence and crime scenes.
A Deadly Pattern / A Desperate Housewife
S6 E13

When a woman is found murdered in her mobile home, police make two shocking discoveries--her husband may not only have been the killer, but he may have also killed his first wife 31 years before.

Rear Window; The Peeper
S5 E4

The brutal stabbing murder of a Florida woman is solved when police find crucial DNA evidence in spit left on a pavement. A man is put away for rape and murder when his footprint matches the footprint he left at the crime scene eighteen years before.

The Sunday Morning Slasher
S5 E5

The case of confessed serial killer Coral Eugene Watts. Host: Bill Kurtis.

Something Snapped; A Killer's Dream
S5 E9

A 1987 rape-murder case is solved 17 years after the crime; and a 1983 rape-murder case is reopened in 2003.

Cross Country Connection; Eyes at the Window
S5 E20

A 1988 rape-and-murder case is solved in 2005 with the help of DNA found on a marijuana joint. Also: a murder case in Illinois.

Abandoned Houses; A Son's Memory
S5 E21

Cases include the rape and murder of two girls in Ohio; and the killing of a woman in a Virginia hotel room.

A Knock at the Door; Shattered
S5 E22

A 25-year-old murder case is solved; and the murder of a woman in 1980 is solved in 2001 through DNA testing.

The Bedroom Basher
S4 E8

The case of Kevin Green, who was wrongfully convicted of a crime in 1979 and spent almost 17 years in prison until DNA testing exonerated him. Host: Bill Kurtis.

The Monster; A Cousin's Promise
S4 E11

Included: the case of Charles Ray Vines, convicted in 2001 of a 1995 rape-murder. Also: a 1978 murder is solved in 2001. Host: Bill Kurtis.

A Confession for Carmen; The Girls
S4 E19

Two murder cases are solved. One involves the death of a teenage girl and the other of an elderly man.

The Accidental Killer; Little Sister Lost
S3 E3

Included: the murder of a wife by her husband; the killing of a teen. Host: Bill Kurtis.

Cowboys on the Case; Office Politics
S3 E19

Retired officers track down a killer; DNA technology puts away a man who killed a co-worker.

Murder Checks In; Killer in the City
S3 E22

Charlie Jones is convicted in 2002 of the 1997 stabbing death of a 64-year-old woman. Also: a case involving a murder in a hotel is solved through DNA testing.

Weepy-Voiced Killer /The Southside Rapist
S3 E26

A sex worker 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.