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The Best Episodes of Cold Case Files Season 1

Every episode of Cold Case Files Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cold Case Files Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Cold Case Files Season 1

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America, and only about 1% are ever solved. With recent advancements in technology and the methods used to...

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  1. 8.0/10(116 votes)

    #1 - A Family Secret

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    Ten years after a 17-year-old girl is found strangled in the woods in small-town Kentucky, detectives uncover a terrible family secret.

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  2. 7.8/10(134 votes)

    #2 - Sweethearts, Silenced

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    A killer authors a book about his con-man past that becomes the key to solving a 29-year-old cold case of two high school sweethearts--and three other cold case murders--leading police to believe he could be the Zodiac Killer.

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  3. 7.7/10(146 votes)

    #3 - She Never Came Home

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    The case of a gruesome stabbing death of a bullied teenager remains unsolved for 27 years.

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  4. 7.6/10(194 votes)

    #4 - Little Girl Lost

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    Halloween in a small town is cancelled indefinitely when a young girl is kidnapped and killed on her way home from a costume party.

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  5. 7.5/10(147 votes)

    #5 - Killings on Christmas Eve

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    The death of an elderly couple, Edward "Ed" and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Maurin Ed in Washington state on Christmas Eve 1985.

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  6. 7.5/10(114 votes)

    #6 - Circle of Friends

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    When 18-year-old Shannon Siders' body is found in the woods, everyone in the small town of Newaygo, Michigan, becomes a suspect--but no one is convicted of the crime.

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  8. 7.4/10(102 votes)

    #7 - A Killer Slips Away

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    Two decades after a close-knit family's loving aunt is stabbed in her home, detectives return to the crime scene and discover a pivotal clue hidden in plain view.

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  9. 7.3/10(119 votes)

    #8 - The Night Shift

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    College student Brad Perry shows up to work his graveyard shift at the gas station and is never seen alive again.

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  10. 7.3/10(120 votes)

    #9 - Officer Down

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    The longest running cold case of a law enforcement officer in the United States was the murder of Sheriff's Lt. Joe Clark.

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  11. 7.0/10(114 votes)

    #10 - A Family Cursed

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    One family faces two unsolved murders of loved ones and authorities finally uncover the missing clue that leads to solve the case 13 years after the murders occurred.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Family Secret" is the best rated episode of "Cold Case Files" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 116 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/15/2017. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Sweethearts, Silenced".