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Cold Case Files

Season 1 · Episode 2 — The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar

Jan 8, 1999 1h 0m 8.0
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The Boy and the Monster In Wisconsin in the winter of 1991 a young woman's body was found naked, badly beaten and to make it harder to identify her, her fingertips were cut off. After months of trying to figure out who she was they finally came up with a name. Doris McLeod. After finding out who she was the police find out a lot more about her. She had a troubled past. After being on the streets she ended up connected to a pimp. Only one month of being on the streets she is never seen again. It takes a 3 year old boy to finally tell the police about Doris and the Boy and the Monster. Secret in the Cellar The second part of this episode is about a young woman from South Portland, Maine who was in search of her mother. She contacts the police but they get nowhere. They question Bill Bruns, the missing woman's husband who told the police a story about how Pearl drank and ran off with another man. Elaine Woodward, the missing womans daughter, went to the media for help. An investigator takes the case and with the help of science and man power he finds out what happened to Pearl with the Secret in the Cellar.

Season 1 episodes

E1
Hour 1 - Cold Case FilesJan 1, 1999 · 1h 0m

In the first case in this episode Felicia Prechtl is found raped and murdered in Dallas, Texas/ The only thing the killer left behind was a…

E2
The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the CellarJan 8, 1999 · 1h 0m

The Boy and the Monster In Wisconsin in the winter of 1991 a young woman's body was found naked, badly beaten and to make it harder to iden…

E3
The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint FileJan 15, 1999 · 1h 0m

Texas Drifter Two women in two separate towns in Texas who where raped. The rapist uses a knife to threaten these women then rapes them and…

E4
The Answer in the Box/Maternal InstinctJan 23, 1999 · 1h 0m

Answer in the Box Alison Parrott was a runner. Not only was she was runner she was a great runner, So much so that she had the local media…

E5
The Hunter Homicides / Skulls in Stanley ParkJan 29, 1999 · 46m

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 hav…

E6
Through the Eyes of a Child / Killer Next DoorFeb 6, 1999 · 43m

In Missouri, a part-time missionary is convicted, 38 years later, of killing her 5-year-old stepdaughter, and the skeleton of a Michigan bo…

E7
One Night on the Bayou / Buckeye MisdemeanorFeb 12, 1999 · 46m

Alligators feasting on a human corpse help police to crack a murder investigation. Phoenix police discover that a preacher is the culprit i…

E8
The Mark of Cain / Death on the FreewayFeb 19, 1999 · 46m

A man in Florida is reported missing and his roommate is the main suspect. Then, at first it looks like L.A.P.D. Sgt. George Arthur died in…

E9
Terror in Telluride/Signature of a KillerFeb 26, 1999 · 1h 0m

Shoot outside her bedroom, Eva Shoen was shot to death. Living in Telluride, on the mountain side. Eva was married to the son of the billio…

E10
Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost ClueMar 5, 1999 · 1h 0m

Every 2 years, a group of fire investigators meet for a conference. While attending the conference in 1987 in Fresno, California, 3 suspici…

E11
Killer on the Strip/The Doll MurderMar 12, 1999 · 1h 0m

In the beautiful byways of West Palm Beach, along the canals a woman was fond dead in the canal. After some research they found that the wo…

E12
Murder Illustrated/Blood RelationsMar 19, 1999 · 1h 0m

Nine years after police had to release the teenage suspect in a woman's murder due to lack of evidence, they find a new lead in the case. T…

E13
The Burning Secret/Justice DelayedMar 26, 1999 · 1h 0m

A rapist is captured seven years after the crime, but when he is released on a technicality his victim is determined to fight back. Fifteen…

E14
Reconstructing Murder/Fire FlicksApr 9, 1999 · 1h 0m

In Wisconsin, advances in forensic clay modeling help investigators identify a murder victim whose skin was stripped from her head, neck, a…

E15
Killer in the CountyApr 16, 1999 · 1h 0m

A serial killer of four women, Faryion Wardrip, is brought to justice in Wichita Falls, Texas after a DNA sample is found on a coffee cup.

E16
Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck KillerApr 23, 1999 · 1h 0m

One will take 10 years and one will take 17 years to solve but they do get solved. Dedication, science, luck, and even hypnosis is used to…

E17
The Missing Informant/Man's Best FriendApr 30, 1999 · 1h 0m

Police solve a murder when divers find a skeleton in a car at the bottom of a river, and a dead dog's DNA helps crack open a 6-year-old cas…

E18
The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A KillerApr 30, 1999 · 1h 0m

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…

E19
VanishedMay 7, 1999 · 1h 0m

The story of serial killer James Rodney Hicks, who left a trail of bodies and kept police, prosecutors, and the FBI quite busy working on h…

E20
The Missing and the DeadMay 14, 1999 · 1h 0m

When a passing motorist spots a fire along a country road in South Carolina and calls it in, police arrive to discover the badly burned and…

E21
Silent Witness/Innocence LostMay 21, 1999 · 1h 0m

The murder of scientist Helena Greenwood, who was helping to develop DNA forensic technology when she died, is solved 12 years later with t…

E22
Frozen in Time/Little Girl LostMay 28, 1999 · 1h 0m

Using a hair dryer to thaw a frozen corpse, detectives get to the bottom of a grisly murder. And the discovery of a child's skeleton in a C…

E23
Family Secret/Blood TrailJun 4, 1999 · 1h 0m

Forty-one years after the crime, a woman implicates her brother and cousin in the murder of a New Jersey policeman. And members of the Vido…

E24
Bodies In The Bay/Cold HitJun 11, 1999 · 1h 0m

A sunset boat ride in Florida leads to death for a vacationing woman and her two daughters, and police investigate a Texas man whose three…

E26
Man in the Shadows/The HitchhikerApr 2, 1999 · 1h 0m

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