Cold Case Files

Cold Case Files (1999)★ 8.0/10

TV-14 · US · 44 min · January 1, 1999 · 5 seasons

  • Crime
  • Documentary

Written by: Anna Gardner

Cold Case Files shows how timing, persistence and high-tech police work combine to catch people who have slipped through the cracks for decades.

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Cast & crew

Bill KurtisSelf - HostDave ReichertSelfKathy MillsSelfMelvyn FosterSelfBob KeppelSelfRandy MullinaxSelfBeverly HimickSelfMary HongSelf - CriminalistHarry FikarisSelfTommy LeNoirSelfDennis FitzgeraldSelf - Ventura Police DepartmentMary Beth KarrSelfDonna PendergastSelfMarvin CaseySelf - Fire InvestigatorKevin GreenSelfWayne AllenSelf - Tulsa Police Dept. (Ret.)Melvin GantmanSelfJackie BissonnetteSelf - Debbie Senior's SisterCharles HayesSelf - Electric Company EmployeeBarb BoudroSelfJoan Matrisciano FiertnerSelf - Forensic Documents ExaminerDorothy FarrarSelf - Justin's MotherJohn OrrSelfTom CallahanSelf - Wichita County SheriffClary DavisonDet. TarpleyClifford SleighSelf - Murder SuspectDonald MorganSelf - Highway WorkerBill FisherSelf - Det., Tustin CA Police DepartmentMatt HaneySelf - Green River Task ForceSteve FosterSelf - Det., Tustin CA Police Department (ret.)Robert KimbrewSelf - Victim's FatherJose Malvar Jr.Self - Victim's BrotherLynda GieslerSelf - Det., Costa Mesa CA Police Department (ret.)Jeff BairdSelf - King Co. Prosecutor's OfficeSkip PalenikSelf - Microtrace LabMike JacobsSelf - Deputy D.A., Orange County CA D.A.'s OfficeAnthony SavageSelf - Ridgway's Defense AttorneyNorm MalengSelf - King Co. Prosecutor's OfficeSue PetersSelf - Green River Task ForceJane A. Pettengill-D'ArlonSelf - SurvivorSteve RodigSelf - Ofc., Anaheim CA Police DepartmentTom TarpleySelf - Sgt., Tustin CA Police DepartmentDean TestermanMurder SuspectHal RogersSelfWayne PorterSelf - Criminal ProfilerJim DunnSelf - Scott's FatherJeffrey SvobodaSelf - Crime Lab SupervisorLaura FulginitiSelf - Forensic AnthropologistAnne BucholtzSelf - Maricopa County Medical ExaminerDana SavageSelf - Detective, Pleasonton Police Dept.Elaine WoodwardSelf - DaughterRoger WedgeworthSelf - Harris County Sheriff's Dept.Ione HuberSelf - Denise Huber's ParentMark PollioSelfSteve CarlsonSelf - Convicted of Killing Tina FaelzWilliam WatsonSelf - Forensic ScientistClyde SnowSelf - Forensic AnthropologistMichael CabralSelfScott MascherSelf - Yavapai County Sheriff's OfficeDennis HuberSelf - Denise Huber's ParentBarry MachaSelf - Wichita County District AttorneyDrew FaelzSelf - Brother of Tina FaelzScott CalkinSelf - GeophysicistLinda BarkerSelf - DetectiveLaurie CrutchfieldSelf - Criminalist, Orange County SheriffMarcel DionneSelf - Harris County Sheriff's Dept.Judith FloydSelf - Forensic DNA ExpertKatie KellySelf - Friend of Tina FaelzJim KnoxSelf - Lieutenant, Pleasonton Police Dept.Karen RieffSelf - Aunt of Tina FaelzGeorge WallaceSelf - Michele's FatherJohn LittleSelf - Wichita County District Attorney OfficeChristine YoungSelf - ReporterPhil SincockSelf - Detective SuperintendentJoseph SnyderSelf - Forensic AnalystVirginia ShineSelf - Tracy Jo's MotherEdward DavisSelf - Medical ExaminerLeisha HamiltonSelf - Scott's GirlfriendBill EastmanSelf - Chief, Pleasonton Police Dept.Elaine CourtSelf - Yavapai County ResidentJack CourtSelf - Yavapai County ResidentPaul HeftySelf - DetectiveThad PhillipsSelfKathy YoungSelf - DetectiveTerry CastlemanSelfMike WinneySelf - Crime Scene InvestigatorTammy ScrivenSelf - Denise Huber's FriendVickie GrimesSelf - Victim's SisterRon SmithSelf - Costa Mesa Police DepartmentPaul SmithSelf - Archer County District Attorney OfficeLonnie BrownSelf - Yavapai County Sheriff's OfficeRobert JellenSelf - Chicago Police DepartmentLarry VincentSelf - Chicago LandlordReno BaiocchiSelf - Chicago Police DepartmentBryce WardripSelf - Killer's BrotherVera RodriguezSelf - NeighborJoe DiGiacomoSelf - Yavapai County Sheriff's Office (Ret.)Scott BlakeSelf - Former Chicago ResidentMark GarciaSelf - Yavapai County Sheriff's OfficePaul HolesSelf - CriminalistDavid HammondDefense attorneyTerry KnorrSelf - VictimLarry MontgomerySelf - Irvine Police Dept.Larry CromptonSelf - Contra Costa Co. Sheriff's Office (Ret.)Marv BrandtSelf - Detective, Aurora PD (Ret.)Carol DalySelf - Sacramento Co. Sheriff's Dept. (Ret.)Larry PoolSelf - Orange Co. Sheriff's Dept.Richard HaasSelf - Ventura Police Dept. (Ret.)Harry HeggerSelf - DetectiveLeslie D'AmbrosiaSelf - Criminal profilerDan SnyderSelf - Romolus Police DepartmentVanessa BennettSelf - SurvivorBob MortonSelf - FBI Special AgentMark KennedySelfTim SachsSelf - DetectiveAntoinette KovarSelfBruce HarringtonSelf - Victim's BrotherJohn KellnerSelf - District Attorney, 18th Judicial District of ColoradoWilliam SmithSelf - ReporterJana WaltersSelf - DetectiveGreg KilbournSelf - Michigan State PoliceMike LarsenSelf - Michigan State PoliceWIlson EganSelf - Detective, Aurora PD (Ret.)Steve HarshbergerSelf - Michigan State PoliceMark PendergraffSelf - Michigan State PoliceTony ParadisSelf - Port Hueneme Police DepartmentLarry LewmanSelf - Forensic PathologistJeff NyeSelf - Michigan State PoliceMargaret SchaefferSelf - Forensic ScientistLarry LargeSelf - Debra Bennett's BrotherJim DuschaSelf - Longview Police DepartmentRandy SasengerSelf - Det., St. Louis Metropolitan P.D. (Ret.)Danelle KinneSelf - Rima's MotherJennifer JuwerSelfMark KennedySelf - Det., St. Louis Metopolitan P.D. (ret.)Gayle V. TobenSelf - Michigan State PoliceJames BrulteSelf - 31st Senate District California (Rep.)Ann ChamberlainSelf - Forensic ScientistBart BarnesSelf - Michigan State PoliceWayne SomersSelf - EyewitnessRobert ShawSelfPatrick O'DonnellSelf - San Diego Police DepartmentEugene FrigoSelfScott ParsonsSelfSteve RheaumeSelf - Longview Police DepartmentRuss HayesSelf - Venture Police Dept. (Ret.)Dennis SimpsonSelfSue KleeschulteSelfDennis RabbittSelfLynne HeltonSelf - Michigan State PoliceCliff SasengerSelfBrian HeaneySelf - Orange Co. Sheriff's Dept.Robert GraysmithSelf - Author, Zodiac UnmaskedEd RustSelf - Fmr. Det. Sgt., Vallejo PDRobert MooneySelfPat PostiglioneSelfTom VoigtSelf - Webmaster, Zodiackiller.comMatt HarvillSelf - Ventura Police DepartmentKen NarlowSelf - Fmr. Sgt., Napa Co. SheriffCraig ClearySelf - El Segundo Police Dept.George BawartSelf - Fmr. Det., Vallejo PDArmond PelissettiSelf - Fmr. Officer, San Francisco PDConnie SundbergSelfMel NicolaiSelf - Fmr. Special Agent, CA DOJRichard PlanskySelfJim BeiningSelf - Pinellas County Sheriff's OfficeAnne Marie SchubertSelfKelly CarrollSelf - Inspector, San Francisco PDPaula FrazierSelfDon BrownSelf - Minneapolis Police Dept.Bob PaskettSelf - St. Paul Police DepartmentJohn RyanSelf - Former Hennepin Co. ProsecutorPaul EdholmSelf - Forensic Document ExaminerCarolyn StewartSelf - Victim's DaughterDale FaliconSelf - Fingerprint ExaminerKevin LoweSelf - LA Co. Sheriff's Dept.Gail WillardSelf - Victim's MotherAllen StewartSelf - Pennsylvania State PoliceDan McElderrySelf - LA Co. Sheriff's Dept.Lenny BandySelf - Pennsylvania State PoliceMiki LinksSelfPete WilloverSelfJason PetriSelfJan ScullySelfDavid SlaightSelf - Fmr. Officer, Napa PDJeffrey PireeSelf - Philadelphia Police DepartmentWalter JacquesSelf - Pinellas County Sheriff's OfficeAlonzo WashingtonSelf - Community ActivistDarryl HayesSelfKaren DoolingSelfThomas LombardoSelfMary H. ManheinSelf - Forensic AnthropologistDavid BernardSelf - Kansas City Police DepartmentCurt SchramSelfMike TsuchidaSelfRichard CarlsonSelfKenny DuvallSelfSusan MortonSelf - Forensic Examiner, San Francisco PDGarry DuganSelfRita WilliamsSelf - Investigative Reporter, KTVUMaria BertiniSelfDenise WilliamsSelf - VictimPaul WillardSelf - Victim's FatherJana ShortalSelfKathryn SliwinskiSelfEd SalasSelfMichael McGeeSelf - Chief Medical Examiner, Ramsey Co.Scot WagnerSelfJoel PotterSelfDoug PanningSelf - WitnessPhilip SteeleSelfDenise DudleySelfMike UlaccoSelfTom BalmerSelf - PhotographerRobert LesniskiSelfJohn ShimodaSelf - US Postal ServiceFrank DuvallSelfLaurie EarlSelfRuss ButterbachSelf - Fmr. Det., Solano Co. SheriffSherrie SwensonSelf - Kimberly Compton's AuntBrian ParpanSelf - Nassau Co. Police Dept. (Ret.)Jason WallerSelfChima SimoneSelfJohn TefftSelf - San Diego Police Dept.Barbara MaganaSelfDerrick RobinsonSelfTiffany NakajimaSelfDavid DolanSelfBrian BurrittSelfLeroy OrozcoSelf - Los Angeles Police DepartmentPaul TippinSelf - Los Angeles Police DepartmentA.J. FlickSelfAngela B. CoreySelf - State AttorneyWilliam CarlyleSelf - Jacksonville Beach Police DepartmenRobert EdwardsSelf - Nassau Co. Police Dept. (Ret.)Dan BillingsleySelfAymee DudleySelf - Corey Parker's FriendOscar CorralSelf - ReporterJohn SwaimSelfLouis EliopulosSelf - Forensic ConsultantNorman 'Skip' SperberSelf - Forensic OdontologistKathleen KingstonSelf - Jacksonville Beach Police DepartmenPete SkandalakisSelfGregory MathesonSelf - Los Angeles Police DepartmentJoseph CristinzianiSelf - San Diego Police Dept.Gerard CataneseSelf - Deputy Medical ExaminerKatherine LongSelfMike NewsomeSelfJohn PojmanSelf - Medical Examiner's OfficeTerese BuessSelfMike HuffSelf - Tulsa Police Dept.Anthony Allen ShoreSelfJames ChoateSelf - Jacksonville Beach Police DepartmenSteve DowellSelf - Los Angeles Coroner's OfficeGerald MoodySelfTim WilkersonSelfPaul TryonSelf - Bixby Police Dept.Thang KuuSelfMary GehmSelfChandra CarleSelf - Assistant District AttorneyMelissa JonesSelfRobert FarmerSelfRhet BurnettSelfVirginia PierdaSelfConnie PattonSelfTom MillerSelfBryan ChrzSelf - Forensic OdontologistJohn PaulsonSelf - Tulsa Police Dept. Crime LabBradley RoachSelfJack KnishSelfSarah JonesSelfEd FeatherstonSelfPeter KokkinosSelf - Real Estate AgentWillis GrizzardSelfRosa AgredaSelfDebbie FowlerSelfBrenda NorwoodSelfBob KingSelfLisa Hullderman MilesSelfLeslie Malik-MadaniSelfGary KrohnGary KrohnTamara FaustSelfJoel StephensonSelfMark MacKenzieSelf - Tulsa Police Dept.Terry MalloySelf - Former Assistant DADana GougeSelf - Wichita Police Dept.Richard LaMunyonSelf - Wichita Police Dept.Tom JensenSelfTim RelphSelf - Wichita Police Dept.Fabienne BrooksSelfNorman WilliamsSelf - Wichita Police Dept.Angela MathenaSelfMichael BrownSelfVincent VelazquezSelf - Atlanta Police Dept.Sharon Pagaling HagonSelf - ProfilerAndy KahanSelf - Victims' Rights AdvocateLori ListerSelf - SurvivorMelinda AguilarSelf - SurvivorJoseph FoySelf - EyewitnessRussell PophamSelf - East Point Police Dept.Paul BuntenSelf - DetectiveDon TerrySelf - DetectiveRalph GodfreySelf - Edmonton Police ServiceTimothy CarrollSelf - Albany Police Dept.Ramon McGillSelf - Convicted KillerP.J. McKennaSelf - Albany Police Dept.Nicole ZevotekSelf - Forensic ScientistJack GroganSelf - Albany Police Dept.Michael JohnsonSelfClay BryantSelf - Detective