Cold Case Files Classic
TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Bill Kurtis hosts this series of nonfiction cases being re-examined after being considered cold. With the use of forensic advances and new evidence, police and detectives attempt to solve old crimes and unanswered questions. Most episodes have two different crime segments.

1999 · 50m
Starring Bill Kurtis

Season 1

  • Hour 1
    EPISODE 1
    Hour 1
    Take a look at how law enforcers stick with cases for many years, using fresh evidence to win convictions or to free prisoners who were wrongfully jailed.
    41 min
  • Through The Eyes Of A Child/Killer Next Door
    EPISODE 6
    Through The Eyes Of A Child/Killer Next Door
    A Missouri woman is convicted of killing her stepdaughter, and a skeleton leads police to a serial killer.
    41 min
  • The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed
    EPISODE 13
    The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed
    A woman kills her husband in a satanic rite; a woman tracks down the man who raped her.
    42 min
  • Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks
    EPISODE 14
    Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks
    Forensic clay modelling helps investigators identify a murder victim, and two boys perform satanic rituals and set fires.
    42 min
  • The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend
    EPISODE 17
    The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend
    Divers find a skeleton in a car at the bottom of a river; a dead dog's DNA helps to crack open a case.
    42 min
  • Mark Of A Killer/Dead Ends
    EPISODE 3
    Mark Of A Killer/Dead Ends
    A killer's bite-marks and a jailhouse snitch lead to justice in a case that was cold for eight years and a team of super sleuths attempt to solve the murder of an 18-year-old girl.
    41 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Bill Kurtis
    Host

About

Cold Case Files Classic

Documentary

Bill Kurtis hosts this series of nonfiction cases being re-examined after being considered cold. With the use of forensic advances and new evidence, police and detectives attempt to solve old crimes and unanswered questions. Most episodes have two different crime segments.

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Studio
AETV
Released
1999
Region of Origin
United States
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  • Egypt
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Jordan
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  • Turkmenistan
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  • Malaysia (English)
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  • Singapore
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