A brutal murder shatters an idyllic Idaho town, but a suspect's bizarre confession seems to point to a quick resolution. All is not as it appears, however.

Police are met with a myriad of mysterious theories after a well-known Alaskan gold miner and political activist vanishes without a trace. Was it an alien abduction, a government conspiracy or cold blooded murder?

The police search for a child after discovering a woman's body in a burning car as well as an abandoned car seat.

Baffled by the animal instincts of a cross country killer whose crimes seem to go dormant in winter, authorities ultimately follow his tracks to a den of deceit in the frozen tundra of Alaska.

On a chilly winter morning in St. Louis, an 11-year-old girl vanishes. Days later, her body is found along an icy river bank. She’s been brutally murdered. It’s a race against time for investigators who fear the elusive killer will strike again.

The brutal murder of an 18-year-old mother in Wisconsin is investigated.

The most violent night in the history of Anchorage, Alaska leaves seven dead - including four teens. And, the small police department is virtually overwhelmed by the string of shootings until clues lead them to the unlikeliest of suspects.

The disappearance of a 30-year-old woman during a frigid winter hovers in St. Paul, Minn., leads to a three-month investigation that culminates with a heartbreaking revelation.

An entire family vanishes in the dead of winter from Nebraska. Have they suddenly decided to skip town, or has something far worse happened? A daughter's relentless search helps cops uncover a sinister and deadly plot fueled by revenge and greed.

The abduction and murder of an 11-year-old girl in an isolated Alaskan village leaves locals fearing they're being preyed on by an evil outsider until investigators reveal something far more sinister and closer to home.

On an icy January morning in Connecticut, a murdered woman is found dumped in the snow. Police fear she is the victim of a serial predator. When the case goes cold, an intrepid reporter makes a daring move to help stop a killer in his tracks.

Colorado authorities quickly hone in on a suspect after finding a name tag in a bloody sweatshirt near the scene of a young girl's murder - but are later stunned when DNA reveals they've got the wrong man.

Colorado police in hot pursuit of a serial killer are horrified when the pre-recorded message of a pager found in the snow near a victim's abandoned vehicle reveals an unthinkable predator: one sworn to protect and serve.

This one hour-special tells the true story of serial killer Robert Hansen, an experienced hunter who sought the “cold rush” of something more challenging to feed his killer appetite: human prey.

The Alaskan Pipeline creates an influx of money and people through Alaska, but there are those concerned with the ravaging of this great state's natural resources. One of those people is Louis Hastings - an environmentalist from California. Determined to stop the pipeline, Hastings devises a plan to blow it up, but first he must eliminate all possible witnesses. In the small town of McCarthy, Hastings stalks his victims one by one, determined to carry out his murderous plan.

North of Anchorage is the backwoods brush of Chulitna - a wild country and sportsman's paradise - the perfect spot for whitewater rafting, panning for gold, fishing - and murder. When a vacationing couple fails to return to work after the holiday weekend, state troopers discover they are the victims of cold-blooded murder. Authorities suspect Paul Stavenjord, a mountain man with a colorful past, but Stavenjord goes on the run, sending troopers on an intense manhunt in the dense Alaskan brush.

Best known as the place to see Santa and his sleigh, the tiny town of North Pole, Alaska is a quiet, safe haven. But when the bodies of young women begin turning up one by one, investigators piece together the evidence and realize the cases are eerily similar. By then, the suspect is 4-thousand miles away. As investigators scramble to catch up with the suspected serial murderer before he claims another victim, he concocts a plan to outwit police once and for all.

The remote mountain hide-a-way of Manley Hot Springs, Alaska is a place where everybody knows everybody and strangers are welcome. But, the serenity of this neighborly village is shattered when a heavily armed newcomer rides into town one spring day. The kindness and generosity of residents is met with a bloody assault that leaves one tenth of the town dead, and survivors struggling to understand what made the stranger snap.

Angered over perceived mistreatment by his family, a young man carries out a vicious and bloody attack, hacking his own father to pieces with a machete. Police then scramble to catch up with him as he takes off on a deadly shooting spree in Anchorage, Alaska - leaving behind a trail of carnage and an entire community in fear of when and where the crazed gunman will strike next.

When a beautiful model is found dead in her Washington state home, family members fear for her missing daughter. Police have no shortage of suspects - and two sets of DNA at the scene. They must sort through twisting lies to uncover the dark truth.

When a beloved couple vanishes just before their annual Christmas party, their family fears the worst - and police must do everything from posing as the Mafia to coaxing information from threatened witnesses in order to solve a years-long mystery

On a snowy Pittsburgh night a young doctor is found beaten, slashed and slain in his bathtub. While everyone struggles with the shocking loss, detectives develop a psychological profile of a killer who will likely strike again unless they find him.

After a fun night out, Morna Brennen walks into an icy parking lot in Minnesota and disappears. When body parts begin showing up in the area, police must decipher cryptic clues to understand what happened, who did it... and why.

During chilling winter nights in Idaho, a madman is on the prowl... attacking citizens in a crime spree that stuns families and terrifies whole communities. Investigators must race against time to catch a killer... who kills for the thrill of it.

Gunshots rip through the icy Idaho air, leaving a young woman gunned down in her doorway. Left behind: shell casings and a trail of footprints in the snow. Police must piece together the clues to catch the shooter in this coldest of crimes.