A Killer's Dream

For over 20 years, Kirsten was haunted by the unsolved murder of her mother when she was eight years old. And while Kirsten's nightmare drove her to keep working with Cold Case detectives and never stop believing her mother's case would be solved, it was someone else's dream - a dream with eerie similarities to the scene of the murder - that would eventually help solve the case. Thanks again to this week's sponsors: Discover great wine today! Go to TryWinc.com/ColdCase to get $20 off your first shipment. For $20 off your new suitcase - visit AwayTravel.com/ColdCase - and use promo code "COLDCASE" during check out

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Past Episodes

Portland: Unfriendly Fire

When three men are found dead outside the home of a local tavern owner, the question is not who killed them, but rather was it actually self-defense?

00:00:00 3/6/2025

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Pittsburgh, PA: Til Death Do Us Part

When a Pittsburgh man's second wife dies in a similar way as his first, what was once deemed coincidence has become anything but.

00:00:00 2/27/2025

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Midnight in Miami

In 1986, Stan Cohen is shot three ties in the head with his own gun. His wife, Joyce, pleaded her innocence, but the investigation led the police to an unhappy marriage, Joyce's cocaine problem, and the thugs Joyce hired to kill Stan.

00:00:00 2/20/2025

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Introducing... the Ancient Aliens podcast

The Ancient Aliens podcast explores the controversial theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years. From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode in this hit History series gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts, and grounded theories surrounding this age-old debate: Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago? Check out this teaser for the new podcast, and listen to Ancient Aliens wherever you get your podcasts.

00:00:00 2/18/2025

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St. Augustine: The Socialite and the Politician

In 1974, socialite Athalia Ponsell-Lindsley was murdered in her front yard. The two main suspects, her husband James Lindsley and her neighbor Alan Stanford, both local politicians.

00:00:00 2/13/2025

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The Chicago Horse Mafia

Helen Vorhees Brach mysteriously disappears in 1977. During the investigation, the police discover Brach's con-man lover, RIchard Bailey, and a horse fraud ring unlike any seen before.

00:41:56 2/6/2025

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Deadly Odds in Biloxi

Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret are gunned down in their Biloxi home in 1987. The investigation leads police to a prison scam, an inmate named Kirksey Nix, and Sherry's best friend Pete Halat.

00:35:00 1/30/2025

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Carlsbad: Danger in the Desert

Popular politician and pharmacist, Johnny Volpato, was accused of shooting his wife to death, then wounding himself to make it appear that someone else had committed the crime.

00:32:13 1/23/2025

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Darlington: Bad Judgment

A conservative town with strong law-and-order values is shaken up when its tough county judge is charged with killing his political rival's law partner.

00:40:01 1/16/2025

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Rock Springs: Deadly Draw in the Wild West

In 1978, Ed Cantrell, the police chief, and Michael Rosa, a police officer involved in drug trafficking, had a frontier-style shootout. Michael would not survive against Cantrell, and this case uncovered vigilante
lawmen and a sordid ring of drug trafficking.