Name: Cold Case Files Classic
Released: 1999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Bill Kurtis

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Examine each piece of forensic evidence, each witness, each possible lead and every turn of the road that ultimately leads detectives to their killer.

Documentary · 1999 · 42 min

Starring Bill Kurtis

EPISODE 1

Pilot

Law enforcers stick with cases for many years, using fresh evidence to win convictions or to free prisoners who were wrongfully jailed.

41 min · Jan 1, 1999
EPISODE 2

The Boy And The Monster/Secret In The Cellar

In Portland, Maine a housewife disappears. One year later her body is unearthed in the cellar. I.R. unravels this cold case investigation from the inside out. With the help of science, police are able to uncover a blueprint of the crime.

42 min · Jan 8, 1999
EPISODE 3

Texas Drifter/Fingerprints/Rose Among Thorns

From England to Texas to Georgia, I.R. will go inside cold case units and watch as police use ballistics testing, old fashioned fingerprints and a new DNA data bank for criminals, to crack open the mysteries of unsolved crimes.

42 min · Jan 15, 1999
EPISODE 4

The Answer In The Box/Maternal Instinct

Police solve the killing of an 11-year-old track star 10 years later when they obtain the DNA evidence they need in a cigarette butt dropped by the suspect. Also, a mother is convicted of killing her 5-year-old daughter 13 years after the crime.

43 min · Jan 23, 1999
EPISODE 5

The Hunter Homicides / Skulls In Stanley Park

DNA tests identify a skull of a 14-year-old boy who went missing 6 years earlier. When a second skull is found, investigators fear they have a serial killer in the area. In Florida, detectives trace a gun used in a 4-year-old murder.

43 min · Jan 29, 1999
EPISODE 6

Invest.Reports:Cold Case Files: Through The Eyes Of A Child/Killer Next Door

In Missouri, a part-time missionary is convicted, 38 years later, of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter, and the skeleton of a Michigan boy, dead for 10 years, leads police to a serial killer.

41 min · Apr 24, 2000