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Cold Case Files Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1999 - 1999
Episode 1
Hour 1 - Cold Case Files
Fri, Jan 1, 1999 60 mins
Recalling the case of serial rapist Dennis Rabbitt, known as the St. Louis South Side Rapist, who was convicted in 2000 for crimes that went back to the 1980s. He is serving five consecutive life sentences. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 2
The Boy and the Monster; Secret in the Cellar
Fri, Jan 8, 1999 60 mins
Included: a boy provides clues that lead police to a killer who murdered a teenage girl and cut off her hands. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 3
The Texas Drifter; The Fingerprint File; A 'Rose' Among Thorns
Fri, Jan 15, 1999 60 mins
A DNA databank helps in the capture of a serial stalker; fingerprints helps solve a nine-year-old murder; and an English woman's killer is caught 10 years after the crime.
Episode 4
The Answer in the Box; Maternal Instinct
Sat, Jan 23, 1999 60 mins
DNA evidence solves a 10-year-old murder; a mother is convicted of murdering her daughter 13 years earlier.
Episode 5
The Hunter Homicides; The Skulls of Stanley Park
Fri, Jan 29, 1999 60 mins
DNA tests on a skull lead to the investigation of a serial killer; a four-year-old murder is solved.
Episode 6
Through Eyes of a Child; The Killer Next Door
Sat, Feb 6, 1999 60 mins
Included: an interview with a Missouri man who recalls the 1961 murder of his stepsister. Also: the discovery of the body of a teen 10 years after his disappearance. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 7
One Night on the Bayou; The Buckeye Misdemeanor
Fri, Feb 12, 1999 60 mins
Segments include a corpse found in a Louisiana swamp and a 20-year-old murder case solved through DNA evidence. Hosted by Bill Kurtis.
Episode 8
The Mark of Cain; Death on the Freeway
Fri, Feb 19, 1999 60 mins
Segments include a missing Florida man whose roommate is a suspect in his disappearance; and an L.A.P.D. sergeant who apparently died in a car crash, but was actually shot in the head.
Episode 9
Terror in Telluride; Signature of a Killer
Fri, Feb 26, 1999 60 mins
The 1990 murder of U-Haul heiress Eva Shoen is investigated. Also: a two-decades-old murder is solved using updated fingerprint technology.
Episode 10
Diary of a Serial Arsonist; The Lost Clue
Fri, Mar 5, 1999 60 mins
An arson investigator is accused of setting fires. Also: a rape-and-murder case. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 11
Killer on the Strip; The Doll Murder
Fri, Mar 12, 1999 60 mins
The 1989 murder of Susan Doll brings an arrest in 1995. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 12
Murder Illustrated; Blood Relations
Fri, Mar 19, 1999 60 mins
Two sexually related murder cases are solved. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 13
The Burning Secret; Justice Delayed
Fri, Mar 26, 1999 60 mins
The deaths of Donald Morris and Christopher Styles in a mobile-home fire in 1978 are found to be murders and solved 15 years later. Morris's wife was convicted of murder.
Episode 14
Reconstructing Murder; Fire Flicks
Fri, Apr 9, 1999 60 mins
Forensic clay modeling is used in a murder case. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 15
Killer in the County
Fri, Apr 16, 1999 60 mins
Serial killer Faryion Wardrip is convicted in 1999 for murders committed in the mid-'80s after his DNA, taken from a coffee cup, links him with killings. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 16
Presumed Dead; The Tow Truck Killer
Fri, Apr 23, 1999 60 mins
A strangulation is solved with the help of DNA evidence.
Episode 17
The Missing Informant; Man's Best Friend
Fri, Apr 30, 1999 60 mins
A skeleton found at the bottom of a river gives closure to a long-unsolved case; DNA from a dead dog helps in solving a case. Host: Bill Kurtis
Episode 18
Portrait of a Killer; The Tortured Truth
Fri, Apr 30, 1999 60 mins
Included: an 18-year-old murder case is solved when a human scalp is accidentally discovered.
Episode 19
Vanished
Fri, May 7, 1999 60 mins
The body of a teen is found 10 years after his disappearance.
Episode 20
The Missing and the Dead
Fri, May 14, 1999 60 mins
A homicide investigation uses the examination of a woman's skull to help crack the case; and a killer who used nunchaku as a murder weapon goes on trial nearly 10 years after the crime.
Episode 21
Silent Witness; Innocence Lost
Fri, May 21, 1999 60 mins
The homicide investigation of a British scientist in San Diego reveals she had been sexually assaulted a year previously and was scheduled to testify against the suspect; and DNA evidence in the abductions and rapes of young girls in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County leads police to a suspect.
Episode 22
Frozen in Time; Little Girl Lost
Fri, May 28, 1999 60 mins
Cases include the 1997 conviction of John Famalaro for the 1991 murder of Denis Huber. Famalaro bludgeoned Huber and then kept her body in a freezer.
Episode 23
Family Secret; Blood Trail
Fri, Jun 4, 1999 60 mins
A 41-year-old murder case is reopened when someone comes forward with new evidence; and blood-spatter evidence helps in a murder investigation in Texas.
Episode 24
Bodies in the Bay and Till Death Do Us Part
Fri, Jun 11, 1999 60 mins
A woman and her two daughters are killed after their boat ride in Florida. Police look into a man from Texas who had three wives who died in mysterious cases.