- 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 Website Cold Case Files is 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.
Contents
Overview
According to A&E, the show has been widely praised by law enforcement agencies and its investigative reports are commonly used in the training of detectives.[1]
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] Reruns of the series currently air on broadcast syndication in the United States, usually in lower-profile time slots, and on many RTV stations.
Episode list
- Pilot Episode (featuring Cold Case #1: Murder of Felicia Prechtl by Karl Chamberlain; Cold Case #2: My Brother The Killer; Cold Case #3: The Bob Crane Murder; and Cold Case #4: Case Resolved)
- The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar
- The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File/A Rose Among Thorns
- The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct
- The Hunter Homicides/The Skulls Of Stanley Park
- 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.[2]
- One Night on the Bayou/The Buckeye Misdemeanor
- The Mark of Cain/Death on The Freeway
- Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer
- Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue
- Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder
- Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations
- The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed
- Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks
- The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend
- Killer in the County
- Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer
- 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.[3]
- Vanished
- The Missing and the Dead
- Silent Witness/Innocence Lost
- Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost
- Family Secret/Blood Trail
- Bodies In The Bay (Copyrights by Author Mason Ramsey) /Till Death Do Us Part
- Operation Jambalaya/Footprints in the Snow
- The South Side Rapist
- Mark of a Killer/Dead Ends
- The Baiting Game
- Ticket to Nowhere/The Paper Route
- Traces of Murder/The Bathtub Killer
- Pride and the Fall/The Nail File
- In the Care of a Killer/Deadly Lies
- Lady in the Box (John Smith)
- Crimes of the KKK
- Murder On The Menu
- The Widow and the Wolf/Unicorns and Alligators
- Vintage Murder/Trouble in Paradise
- [[]]/Death of Innocents
- The Unluckiest Man/The Deadly Triangle
- Cat and Mouse/Cabbie Killer
- The Cuff Link/Graveyard Shift
- The Good Samaritan/Gun Shy
- A Map To Murder/Life on the Run
- Soft Kill/Unsolved
- License to Kill/The Tell-Tale Mark/The Super
- The Original Night Stalker
- Cold Hit/Silent Kill
- Mommy Rules - Murder of Suesan and Sheila Knorr
- A Sealed Fate/Deadly Divorce
- Cop Killer/Evil Twin
- The Zodiac Killer
- The Accidental Killer/Little Sister Lost
- The Merry Widow/The Bad Cop
- Daddy Knows Best/Dawn of the Dead
- The Killer's Tattoo
- The Green River Killer
- A Hitchhike to Murder/Never Forgotten
- The DNA Link/The Secret Slide
- Death Before I Do/Hollywood Homicide
- Blood Money/Precious Doe
- Unholy Bible/A Daughter's Justice
- Officer Down/Secret Twin
- Weepy-Voiced Killer/The Mr. Big Sting
- Blood on the Badge/Bump in the Night
- The Lady Killer/A Husband's Secret
- Mistaken for a Killer/A Woman Scorned
- The Missing Hunters/The Flashlight Rapist
- Cowboys on the Case/Office Politics
- The Flaming Gorge Falls/Caught in the Mail
- Murder Checks In / Killer in the City
- The Shopping Cart Killer
- The Hit makers/Favor For A Friend
- Lil Miss /Skeletons In The Closet
- Innocent Prey/The Punishment
- Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist
- The Calling Card/Carol's Diary
- Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint
- Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder
- Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa
- A Man Scorned/The Dungeon
- A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman
- The Bedroom Basher
- Baby for Sale/The Barrel
- The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena
- Sex, Lies and Murder
- The Monster/A Cousin's Promise
- A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker
- The Well/The Deadly Ex
- Déjà Vu/Secret In The Well
- The Tourniquet/Burning Desire
- Manhunt
- The Family / The Clue That Stuck
- Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker
- A Confession for Carmen/The Girls
- A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder
- Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood
- Rear Window / The Peeper
- The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash
- Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer
- Kidnapped
- On the Case: Nacole's Killer
- Caught on Tape/A Son Remembers
- Snatched/A Detective's Promise
- Finding BTK
- Death Of A Deacon/A Wife's Mission
- The Sunday Morning Slasher
- Killer on Campus/The Bow Hunter
- Something Snapped/A Killer's Dream
- Daddy Dearest/A Pastor's Wife
- A Killer's Skin / Where's Peggy?
- The Interrogation/The Slide
- A Deadly Affair/The Sting Operation
- Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door
- On the Case: A Child Remembers
- The Deadly Stroll/Unholy Secret
- The Black Dahlia: The 1947 murder of actress Elizabeth Short
- Seattle, WA: Long Walk Home
- The Taunt/Death in Deadwood
- NCIS/Exhuming the Truth
- Cross Country Connection/Eyes at the Window
- Abandoned Houses/A Son's Memory
- A Knock at the Door/Shattered
- A Deadly Pattern/A Desperate Housewife
- Murder He Wrote/Caught By the Past
- Evidence Kit
- Left for Dead/On the Case
Awards/Nominations
Emmy Award: Outstanding Nonfiction Series (2004 & 2005) Michael Harvey[disambiguation needed ] (executive producer) Laura Fleury (executive producer) Tania Lindsay (supervising producer) Michael West (supervising producer) Mary Frances O'Conner (producer) Bill Kurtis
TV Ratings
The ratings are good.[citation needed]
References
- ^ About Cold Case Files, A&E Television Networks website.
- ^ "Death Investigation: Part 5" (PDF). A&E. 2007. http://bbs.historytravel.com/tv/shows/coldcasefiles/pdf/CCch01.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
- ^ "2". A&E. 2007. pp. 4. http://bbs.historytravel.com/tv/shows/coldcasefiles/pdf/CCch01.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
External links
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