Cold Case Files Classic

A kidnapper grabs 8-year-old Chad Choice from his home in Texas, then torments his parents with two ransom demands. The case goes cold until the parents receive a chilling package in the mail.

Police hunt for a man who killed three women in three different hotels in Des Moines; and police get a killer to confess when they tell him that his family and friends will think badly of him.

A scheme to bribe a country music magazine to manipulate the charts leads to murder in Nashville and a 13-year hunt for the killer. A murderer's plan to hide his gun and ammunition is foiled.

An eerie note left on a grave helps solve a 12-year-old case of murder, and an exhaustive questioning of a mother helps police unravel the mysterious deaths of three of her children.

Police play a wild hunch that pays off in the capture of a serial rapist. After 26 years, investigators solve the murder of a 6-year-old girl.

A phone-sting operation helps police nab the killers of a man several years after the case went cold. And a district attorney uses a "John Doe" warrant in the hunt for a rapist.

Police suspect brothers beat two hunters to death; and a serial rapist, who holds a mini-flashlight in his mouth to blind victims, is nabbed when he drops it during an attack.

Business cards found at a murder scene plus 38 years of advances in DNA technology reveal the killer of a woman. The lead suspect in a 22-year-old murder confesses after police take DNA samples.

Four retired law enforcement officers help track down a killer. Police must wait for advancements in DNA technology before they can put away a man who harassed and killed a coworker.

Forensic testing helps police solve the 20-year-old murder of a beauty queen. Two hairs pulled from a bandana used in a double murder is the evidence that police need to put the killer behind bars.

The killer of an 11-year-old girl is brought to justice when his ex-girlfriend tells police he confessed the crime to her. A set of bones leads to a man who killed a teenaged boy 17 years before.

An undercover operation nabs the man who beat four women and set them aflame. DNA helps solve the cold case of a man who posed as a fisherman to get a girl's attention, then raped and killed her.

Police suspect a gay man murdered a woman because she became too friendly with his boyfriend. And a man goes on a monstrous crime spree, abducting five women over 15 years.

The conviction of a man found guilty of sexually assaulting and stabbing a woman to death is overturned because his Miranda rights were violated. Police spend years looking for a killer.

A man suspected of the cold case murder of his wife and son hatches a new plot to kill his mother and father; and detectives solve the 20-year-old murder of a teenager by tricking her killer into licking an envelope.

A jury convicts a man of raping and bludgeoning his wife, despite his claims of innocence. But 15 years later, police nab a serial killer known as the "Bedroom Basher."

When a Nevada couple demands the return of a baby they had sold, the burned body of the baby turns up in Arizona. A man discovers a barrel in his crawlspace that contains the body of a pregnant woman.

A forensic dentist shows that the teeth marks on the killer's arms matches the teeth of the murdered boy. Blood stains solve the 10-year-old case of a girl murdered at a carnival.

Police hunt for over 15 years for a serial killer who lures women to sadomasochistic sexual trysts at hotels.

After a man confesses to the murders of two women, DNA evidence shows that he isn't the killer. And a DNA profile on a scarf helps solve the cold case of a woman who was raped, bound and strangled.

A police officer helps solve a murder case when he finds the prime suspect. And a biker with a bloody finger is the clue that police need to put away a rapist who assaulted 31 women over six years.

A pawned gun and a stolen pick-up truck are the clues that investigators need to solve a murder. And a tip from a prison informant cracks open the case of a man who had his ex-wife killed.

A new fingerprint ID system known as I-AFIS helps Texas detectives track down a killer. And a Georgia investigator gets to the bottom of a 16-year-old murder case.