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    Cold Case Files

    Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. In fact, one-third of all murders in America remain open. But thanks to dogged investigators and breakthroughs in forensic technology, these cases become part of the rare 1% of cold cases that are ever solved. Cold Case Files is hosted by Paula Barros.
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    The Unluckiest Man

    The Unluckiest Man

    After four house fires, the death of his first wife and the near death of his second wife and child, John Veysey's "unluck" is up. Federal prosecutors finally take a closer look at the tally of tragedy stretching back for the better part of a decade and netting Veysey over $800,000 in insurance payouts.


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    I SURVIVED: This is Terror Part II

    I SURVIVED: This is Terror Part II

    Tali Shapiro describes her chilling abduction and assault when she was 8 years old. Rodney Alcala, the man who attacked her, would come to be known as "The Dating Game Killer."

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    REOPENED: A Wife's Mission

    REOPENED: A Wife's Mission

    A woman's life is shattered when her house is broken into, she's assaulted, her husband is murdered, and her home is set aflame. To make matters worse, police consider her a suspect in her own attack and her husband's death. Years later, Lynn Lopez seeks to clear her name, and get justice for her husband.

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    I SURVIVED: This Is Terror - Part I

    I SURVIVED: This Is Terror - Part I

    Morgan Rowan describes how she was brutally attacked in 1968 by Rodney Alcala during a party at his Hollywood home. She never told her parents what happened and always wondered if he would go on to hurt someone else.

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    REOPENED: A Son Remembers

    REOPENED: A Son Remembers

    Leslie Powers opened a box of family photographs to discover a Great Aunt she never knew existed. A Great Aunt who was murdered, and whose case was never solved. That is, until Leslie starts asking questions, and gets police to re-open the case.

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    I SURVIVED: I Tried to Scratch His Face

    I SURVIVED: I Tried to Scratch His Face

    In November of 2016, Tiffany Taylor is held captive and brutally assaulted in Essex County, New Jersey after agreeing to give a ride to a man in exchange for some much-needed cash. What she doesn't realize however, is that her passenger is a serial killer--who's killed twice before, and is out for blood. Tiffany recalls in her own words how she used her quick wit and drive to survive to manipulate her would-be killer into unwittingly granting her a chance to escape his deadly clutches.

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    REOPENED: A Map To Murder

    REOPENED: A Map To Murder

    In November of 2016, Tiffany Taylor is held captive and brutally assaulted in Essex County, New Jersey after agreeing to give a ride to a man in exchange for some much-needed cash. What she doesn't realize however, is that her passenger is a serial killer--who's killed twice before, and is out for blood. Tiffany recalls in her own words how she used her quick wit and drive to survive to manipulate her would-be killer into unwittingly granting her a chance to escape his deadly clutches.

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    I SURVIVED: I Had a Dark Secret

    I SURVIVED: I Had a Dark Secret

    In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, California. His assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys. David wasn’t his first victim, nor would he be the last.

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    REOPENED: A Detective's Promise

    REOPENED: A Detective's Promise

    When an 18-year-old hitchhiker is found in a ravine, the autopsy reveals her killing is perhaps the most brutal the examiner has ever seen. Detective McManus is struck by this case, and so he makes a promise. He's going to find the person who committed this crime, no matter how long it takes.

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    REOPENED: Lil Mis

    REOPENED: Lil Mis

    'Lil Miss' Lisa Marie Kimmel was 18 years old in 1988. She was working at a restaurant and driving around in her new, shiny black Honda CRX. One weekend, she was on her way to visit her family in Casper, Wyoming, but she never made it home. What happened to Lil Miss Lisa Marie?

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    REOPENED: Death of a Deacon

    REOPENED: Death of a Deacon

    Deacon Phil Perry was having an affair with a member of his congregation. Shortly after he told his own wife, his body was found in the trunk of a car in Mexico. He had been murdered. Who killed Deacon Phil Perry? And how did his body end up south of the border?

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    I SURVIVED: Somebody's Trying to Kill my Brother

    I SURVIVED: Somebody's Trying to Kill my Brother

    In August of 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Michigan. A good samaritan helped catch their attacker but started a years-long struggle to keep him behind bars.

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    REOPENED: Left for Dead

    REOPENED: Left for Dead

    In 1995, a prostitute named Pamela Shelley was shot in the back eight times and left in a field. With minimal evidence, the case goes cold. But seven years later, new technology may provide the means for investigators to figure out who murdered Pamela Shelley.

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    REOPENED: The Flaming Gorge Falls

    REOPENED: The Flaming Gorge Falls

    In the summer of 1996, Bob Duke calls 911 after his wife and young son fall from a high cliff in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Green River, Wyoming. Their deaths are ruled an accident, but to investigators, the circumstances look suspicious. Three years later, an informant raises suspicions even further, and say that Bob Duke may be plotting a new scheme.

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    I SURVIVED: I Felt Less than Human

    I SURVIVED: I Felt Less than Human

    Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mistrust of the police makes her reluctant to report her attack for many years. But eventually, her testimony would put her attacker behind bars.

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