Every unsolved crime leaves us with a nagging sense that just one witness, one piece of evidence, could change everything. Join us Mondays to revisit cases that ran cold for decades. Some had breakthroughs that closed the file. Others remain open still today.
From the network that brings you Serial Killers, Disappearances, Solved Murders, and more, this is Cold Cases — a Spotify Original from Parcast. New episodes Mondays.
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Disappearance at the Vatican: The Orlandi Case (01:04:17)
What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet m...
The Black Dahlia Murder Pt. 2 (00:50:51)
Elizabeth Short’s gruesome murder is the LAPD’s most infamous unsolved case. But there’s one person who thinks he’s cracked it — the alleged killer’s own son. Today, we reopen the case against George ...
The Black Dahlia Murder Pt. 1 (00:41:52)
In 1940s Hollywood, a 22-year-old aspiring actress is found mutilated and drained of blood. Her body is posed, and her mouth has been carved into a permanent smile. The investigation takes police into...
Missing Mogul: Robert Maxwell Pt. 2 (00:42:00)
After the body of media mogul Robert Maxwell was pulled from the water, rumors began to swirl about the cause of death. It's entirely possible that it was only an accident. But some believe the crew k...
Missing Mogul: Robert Maxwell Pt. 1 (00:43:31)
He was a controversial media mogul in Britain accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from his employees. Then in November 1991, Robert Maxwell mysteriously disappeared from his yacht whil...
America’s Youngest Serial Killer (00:36:25)
Harvey Miguel Robinson committed his first murder when he was just 17. As the son of a convicted murderer and violent abuser, did he ever have a chance?
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Who Killed Jane Mixer? (00:28:36)
In 1969, a 23-year-old law student at the University of Michigan was found murdered in a cemetery outside of Ann Arbor. Jane Mixer’s death was considered part of a string of violent killings known as ...
The Zodiac Killer Pt. 2 (00:41:36)
Following the string of brutal murders throughout the 1960s, the masked man known as the Zodiac Killer continued to write letters to the press and police, taunting them for their inability to catch hi...
The Zodiac Killer Pt. 1 (00:36:34)
In the summer of 1969, newspapers in San Francisco began receiving coded letters from a man who would come to identify himself as "the Zodiac." The killer confessed to a string of brutal murders and w...
The Sodder Family Tragedy Pt. 3 (00:39:23)
For decades, family members and sleuths have tried to determine what really happened the night of the fire. As of yet, they have been unsuccessful. But the clues remain, the questions linger, and the ...
The Sodder Family Tragedy Pt. 2 (00:40:23)
In the aftermath of the fire, a startling number of tips, twists, and witnesses came forward regarding the fate of the Sodder children. Their father, George, followed the clues for decades, driven by ...
The Sodder Family Tragedy Pt. 1 (00:35:41)
Early Christmas day in 1945, Jennie Sodder woke up to her house on fire. The blaze consumed her home, and five of her children. Or did it? A series of strange events before, during and after the incid...
Dead on the 4th of July: Marilyn Reese Sheppard Pt. 2 (01:09:21)
After a lengthy appeals process, Sam Sheppard was set free in 1964, ten years after his wife Marilyn’s murder. Two years later, he would be retried on second degree murder charges. New evidence would ...
Dead on the 4th of July: Marilyn Reese Sheppard Pt. 1 (00:52:22)
Prestigious doctor Sam Sheppard woke up in the middle of the night to find his wife Marilyn dead from a gruesome murder. His account of what happened early that morning was shaky, and it was no secret...
A Message from Carter (00:00:44)
Cold Cases is coming to an end.
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The Texas Killing Fields (00:45:43)
Just a mile off Interstate 45 in League City, Texas, an abandoned oil field holds the weight of a community’s grief. This is where the remains of four young women were found over the course of seven y...
This Woman Solved Her Own Kidnapping (00:37:56)
When Nejdra “Netty” Nance couldn't find her birth certificate, her mother had to come clean: Netty was adopted. Unable to find any adoption records, she called the National Center for Missing and Expl...
The Boy In The Box (ft. Sarah Turney of Disappearances) (00:43:57)
It was 1957 when the body of an unidentified, malnourished boy was found in a bassinet box In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For decades, police and community members worked to find his identity and kill...
Party At The Gravel Pit (00:42:11)
It was 1971 when two 17-year-old girls hopped into a Studebaker Lark to drive to a party in Vermillion, South Dakota, and went missing. For over 40 years, the families of Pamella Jackson and Cheryl Mi...
The Skylight Heist (00:42:38)
Over 50 years ago, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was ransacked by three thieves who entered through an open skylight. Millions of dollars in paintings and antiques were stolen in the largest art he...
Finding the Golden State Killer (00:46:00)
He raped nearly 50 people and killed 13 during the 1970s and '80s. For decades, investigators could not determine the Golden State Killer's identity. But when his crimes slowed down, technology didn't...
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (00:45:05)
On the evening of April 22, 1993, 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence died from injuries after he was allegedly beaten by a group of five teenagers. His mother, Doreen, wanted answers from local police, but ...
The Murder of Joan Root (00:45:30)
Born the daughter of English colonists in Kenya, Joan Root was a conservationist, activist, and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. When she noticed that Lake Naivasha, home to her 88-acre estate, ...
The Yogurt Shop Murders (00:42:24)
It was 1991 in Austin, Texas, when four teenage girls were brutally murdered in a yogurt shop around closing time. Police quickly interviewed everyone near the shopping center that night. A few mentio...
The Escape of Brad Bishop (00:41:55)
In early March of 1976, five bodies were found partially burned in a shallow grave in a remote part of North Carolina. They were the sons, wife, and mother of Brad Bishop, an employee for the State De...