Cold Case Files

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Cold Case Files
Format Criminal justice, Documentary
Created by Kurtis Productions, Ltd.
Starring Bill Kurtis (host)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 126-
Production
Running time approx. 45-50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel A&E Network
Original run January 1, 1999 – Present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Cold Case Files is a 1999—present documentary television series on the cable channel A&E Network hosted by Bill Kurtis that documents the investigation of various long-unsolved murders (referred to as "cold cases" in detectives' parlance) through the use of modern forensic science (especially recent advances in DNA techniques), and criminal psychology, in addition to recent breakthroughs in the case(s) involving previously silent witnesses. According to A&E, the show has been widely praised by law enforcement agencies and its investigative reports are commonly used training of detectives.[1] It has also served as inspiration for a number of popular later police dramas on network television.[2]

Cold Case Files first aired as a sub-series of another A&E crime documentary program, "Investigative Reports", also hosted by Bill Kurtis, which ran from 1991—2004.[citation needed]

[edit] Episode list

  1. Cold Case Files
  2. The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar
  3. The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File
  4. The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct
  5. The Hunter Homicides/The Skulls Of Stanley Park
  6. Through Eyes of a Child/The Killer Next Door - "Through Eyes of a Child" told the story of solving the murder of Michelle Morgan, a 4-year-old child abuse victim who was murdered by her stepmother in 1961.[3] An autopsy was conducted by the pathologist at the army base where the family lived, and the cause of death was found to be massive trauma to the chest.[3] Due to a technical error, the report was not completed until much later when an inexperienced coroner mistakenly marked the death as resulting from pneumonia and having occurred in 1976. The local prosecutor never pursued the case. In 1996 a brother who had witnessed the murder discovered his sister's erroneous death certificate. He corresponded with Deputy Coroner Bob Shay and revealed how Michelle's death really occurred. Shay subsequently got the case reopened. Investigators discovered the original autopsy report and Michelle's hospital record that showed multiple visits. To get further evidence, Michelle's remains were exhumed. Though the body had been buried for over 30 years, it still showed the marks of brutal child abuse, substantiating the brother's claims. The stepmother, Mary Morgan, was located. She initially denied the allegations and attempted to flee the country, but was caught and arrested. She eventually pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison.[3] In the years after Michelle's death, Mary had raised four children who had collectively visited hospitals for medical care over 150 times before the age of five, suggesting that all had been abused.[3]
  7. One Night on the Bayou/The Buckeye Misdemeanor
  8. The Mark of Cain/Death on The Freeway
  9. Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer
  10. Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue
  11. Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder
  12. Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations
  13. The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed
  14. Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks
  15. The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend
  16. Killer in the County
  17. Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer
  18. Portrait Of A Killer/The Tortured Truth - "Portrait of a Killer" told about how NecroSearch, a volunteer team of victim advocates with technical investigation skills, successfully investigated the disappearance of photographer Michelle Wallace, age 25, who had been reported missing from Gunnison, Colorado, in 1974. Initially police had suspected a drifter named Roy Melanson who had Michelle’s camera, but said she had given it to him. Hikers found a clump of brown hair and a piece of human scalp, but no more evidence surfaced and the case went cold. In 1992, Necrosearch members mapped out a grid in the remote area where the hair had been found and conducted an intensive surveillance, walking in a line about an arm’s length apart. Geologist Cecilia Travis spotted what appeared to be a large, white mushroom. Something near it glinted in the sun, which turned out to be Michelle's gold molar, while the “mushroom” turned out to be her skull. Other remains were uncovered, and investigators successfully obtained the evidence needed to convict Melanson for murder.[3]
  19. Vanished
  20. The Missing and the Dead
  21. Silent Witness/Innocence Lost
  22. Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost
  23. Family Secret/Blood Trail
  24. Bodies In The Bay/Till Death Do Us Part
  25. Operation Jambalaya/Footprints in the Snow
  26. The South Side Rapist
  27. Mark of a Killer/Dead Ends
  28. The Baiting Game
  29. Ticket to Nowhere/The Paper Route
  30. Traces of Murder/The Bathtub Killer
  31. Pride and the Fall/The Nail File
  32. In the Care of a Killer/Deadly Lies
  33. Lady in the Box
  34. Crimes of the KKK
  35. Murder On The Menu
  36. The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators
  37. Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise
  38. The Perfect Murder/Death of Innocents
  39. The Unluckiest Man/The Deadly Triangle
  40. Cat and Mouse/Cabbie Killer
  41. The Cuff Link/Graveyard Shift
  42. Title unavailable
  43. The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy
  44. A Map To Murder/Life on the Run
  45. Soft Kill/Unsolved
  46. License to Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark/The Super
  47. The Original Night Stalker
  48. Cold Hit/Silent Kill
  49. Mommy Rules
  50. A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce
  51. Cop Killer/Evil Twin
  52. The Zodiac Killer
  53. The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost
  54. The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop
  55. Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead
  56. The Killer's Tattoo
  57. The Green River Killer
  58. A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten
  59. The DNA Link/The Secret Slide
  60. Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide
  61. Blood Money/Precious Doe
  62. Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice
  63. Officer Down/Secret Twin
  64. Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting
  65. Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night
  66. The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret
  67. Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned
  68. Title unavailable
  69. The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist
  70. Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics
  71. The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail
  72. Murder Checks In / Killer in the City
  73. The Shopping Cart Killer
  74. The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend
  75. Lil' Miss /Skeletons In The Closet
  76. Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist
  77. The Calling Card/Carol's Diary
  78. Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint
  79. Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder
  80. Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa
  81. A Man Scorned/The Dungeon
  82. A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman
  83. The Bedroom Basher
  84. Baby for Sale/The Barrel
  85. The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena
  86. Sex, Lies and Murder
  87. The Monster/A Cousin's Promise
  88. A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker
  89. The Well/The Deadly Ex
  90. Déjà Vu/Secret In The Well
  91. The Tourniquet/Burning Desire
  92. Manhunt
  93. The Family / The Clue That Stuck
  94. Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker
  95. A Confession for Carmen/The Girls
  96. A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder
  97. Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood
  98. Rear Window / The Peeper
  99. Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer
  100. On the Case: Nacole's Killer
  101. Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers
  102. Snatched/A Detective's Promise
  103. Finding BTK
  104. Death Of A Deacon/A Wife's Mission
  105. The Sunday Morning Slasher
  106. Killer on Campus/The Bow Hunter
  107. Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream
  108. Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife
  109. A Killer's Skin / Where's Peggy?
  110. The Interrogation/The Slide
  111. Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door
  112. On the Case: A Child Remembers
  113. Place Holder for Episode
  114. Title unavailable
  115. Seattle, WA: Long Walk Home
  116. NCIS/Exhuming the Truth

[edit] References

  1. ^ About Cold Case Files, A&E Television Networks website
  2. ^ Inspired Stories, A&E Television Networks website
  3. ^ a b c d e 5 9-10. A&E (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-30.