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The Burger Chef Cold Case: Four Murders Still Unsolved Over 40 Years Later
The Burger Chef Cold Case: Four Murders Still Unsolved Over 40 Years Later

In 1978, four young people disappeared during their shift at a burger restaurant in Speedway, Indiana and turned up dead two days later. What happened remains a mystery and the case has yet to be solved.
What Patton Oswalt Felt When He First Saw the Golden State Killer Suspect, Whom His Wife Helped Catch
What Patton Oswalt Felt When He First Saw the Golden State Killer Suspect, Whom His Wife Helped Catch

The actor talks about his late wife Michelle McNamara's role in helping identify the Golden State Killer suspect.
Is the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Tied to the Killing of Two Other Young Girls?  
Is the Murder of JonBenét Ramsey Tied to the Killing of Two Other Young Girls?  

A retired police investigator thinks the same person who killed JonBenét in 1996 could have killed two other girls in 1984 and 1993.
Why Aren't Police Solving More Murders With Genealogy Websites?
Why Aren't Police Solving More Murders With Genealogy Websites?

Ever since 'Golden State Killer' suspect Joseph DeAngelo was arrested in April 2018 after being tracked down with the help of an online DNA database typically used for tracking genealogy, crime-solving via genetic genealogy has increased. Last year, investigators made more than 20 arrests in cold cases. But given that there are thousands of murders in America every year, of which 40 percent go unsolved, why aren't DNA databases being used to solve even more crimes?

Ronald Glenn West: Where Is the Canadian Serial Killer Cop Now?
Ronald Glenn West: Where Is the Canadian Serial Killer Cop Now?

A&E True Crime takes a look back at the horrific crimes of Canadian serial killer and 'Cold Case Files' subject Ronald Glenn West and investigates where is he now.
The Black Dahlia: How 'Moral Panic' Gripped the Community in the Wake of Elizabeth Short's Gruesome Murder
The Black Dahlia: How 'Moral Panic' Gripped the Community in the Wake of Elizabeth Short's Gruesome Murder

After the still-unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short—the 22-year-old woman and aspiring starlet later dubbed 'The Black Dahlia'— the media and preachers used the case to warn young women of what could happen when you try to leave your family and seek fame.
The 'Boy in the Box': When Will We Finally Get Answers About the Famous Unsolved Murder?
The 'Boy in the Box': When Will We Finally Get Answers About the Famous Unsolved Murder?

Explore some of the major theories surrounding the more than 60-year-old unsolved case of a dead boy found in a box in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1957.
5 Cold Cases That Had Big Breaks in 2018
5 Cold Cases That Had Big Breaks in 2018

From the arrest of a suspect in the Golden State Killer case to a serial killer's confession to the murder of 90 women, 2018 has been a breakthrough year for cold cases.
Why Did Nashville Become a Serial-Killer Haven in the 1970s?
Why Did Nashville Become a Serial-Killer Haven in the 1970s?

True-crime author Michael Arntfield talks about homicide detective Pat Postiglione, who headed up Nashville's cold-case Murder Squad and solved dozens of unsolved murders, and how the country-music mecca became a murder hub.
The Tylenol Murders: Is It Too Late to Solve the Famous Cold Case?
The Tylenol Murders: Is It Too Late to Solve the Famous Cold Case?

On September 29, 1982, and in the few days that followed, seven people in the Chicago area died in Tylenol-related poisonings. The capsules were all laced with cyanide. The killer or killers have never been found.

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