Cold Case Files — Season 1, Episode 18: The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A Killer
Crime, Mystery, Documentary • 60 min • 5 seasons, 128 episodes • ★ 8.5/10
Episode synopsis
The accidental discovery of a human scalp leads to the conviction of a man for murder 18 years after the killing. And a teenager who likes to kidnap younger boys and break their bones, kills one and tortures another.
About Cold Case Files
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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Hour 1 - Cold Case Files
- E2The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar
- E3The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File
- E4The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct
- E5The Hunter Homicides / Skulls in Stanley Park
- E6Through the Eyes of a Child / Killer Next Door
- E7One Night on the Bayou / Buckeye Misdemeanor
- E8The Mark of Cain / Death on the Freeway
- E9Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer
- E10Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue
- E11Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder
- E12Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations