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Cold Case Files•Season 1•Episode 18

The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A Killer

7.6/10 · 25 votesApr 30, 199960 min

Ranked #12 of 25 in Season 1•+0.2 vs season avg

The accidental discovery of a human scalp leads to the conviction of a man for murder 18 years after the killing. And a teenager who likes to kidnap younger boys and break their bones, kills one and tortures another.

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Seasons5

Season 1 Episodes25

Hour 1 - Cold Case Files

The Boy and the Monster/Secret in the Cellar

The Texas Drifter/The Fingerprint File

The Answer in the Box/Maternal Instinct

The Hunter Homicides / Skulls in Stanley Park

Through the Eyes of a Child / Killer Next Door

One Night on the Bayou / Buckeye Misdemeanor

The Mark of Cain / Death on the Freeway

Terror in Telluride/Signature of a Killer

Diary Of A Serial Arsonist/The Lost Clue

Killer on the Strip/The Doll Murder

Murder Illustrated/Blood Relations

The Burning Secret/Justice Delayed

Reconstructing Murder/Fire Flicks

Killer in the County

Presumed Dead/The Tow Truck Killer

The Missing Informant/Man's Best Friend

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The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A Killer

Vanished

The Missing and the Dead

Silent Witness/Innocence Lost

Frozen in Time/Little Girl Lost

Family Secret/Blood Trail

Bodies In The Bay/Cold Hit

Man in the Shadows/The Hitchhiker

Cast1

Bill Kurtis

Bill Kurtis

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Episode Summary

"The Tortured Truth/Portrait Of A Killer" is episode 18 of Cold Case Files season 1. It scored 7.6/10 from 25 votes, ranking #12 of 25 episodes this season (season average 7.4). It aired on April 30, 1999.

Next: E19 · Vanished Best of Season 1