About this season
Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.
Episodes (25)
1. Love Triangle/2nd Story Rapist
Aired 1 January 2002 • 60 min
2. The Calling Card/Carol's Diary
3. Beauty Queen Killer/The Fingerprint
4. Friend of the Family/Remains of Murder
5. Under a Spell/Justice for Lisa
6. A Man Scorned/The Dungeon
7. A Killer Named Korn/The Night Watchman
8. The Bedroom Basher
Aired 19 February 2002 • 60 min
9. Baby for Sale/The Barrel
Aired 26 February 2002 • 60 min
10. The Bitemark/Justice for Eglena
Aired 5 March 2002 • 60 min
11. Sex, Lies and Murder
Aired 12 March 2002 • 60 min
12. The Monster/A Cousin's Promise
13. A Brother's Burden/The Midnight Attacker
14. The Well/The Deadly Ex
15. Deja Vu/Secret In The Well
A new fingerprint identification system known as I-AFIS helps Texas detectives track down a killer after three years of searching. And a Georgia investigator gets to the bottom of a 16-year-old murder case when he discovers where the victim's body had been hidden -- in the bottom of a well.
16. The Tourniquet/Burning Desire
Aired 16 April 2002 • 60 min
17. Manhunt
18. The Family / The Clue That Stuck
Aired 30 April 2002 • 60 min
19. Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker
20. A Confession for Carmen/The Girls
Aired 14 May 2002 • 60 min
21. A Sister Lost/Rumors of Murder
22. Smoky Mountain Mystery / A Drop of Blood
23. Rear Window / The Peeper
Aired 4 June 2002 • 60 min
Included: the 1998 murder of waitress Corey Parker in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., by Robert Erik Denney. Host: Bill Kurtis.
24. The Closers/Caught by an Eyelash
A bloody dagger and a phone tap help detectives solve a 20-year-old murder case. And DNA taken from an eyelash found on a dead prostitute's body brings a killer to justice.
25. Kidnapped
A kidnapper grabs 8-year-old Chad Choice from his home in Texas, then torments his parents with two ransom demands. The case goes cold until the parents receive a chilling package in the mail that contains a letter--and a skull.