Cold Case Files: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cold Case Files Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Voice in the Lake
Aug 21, 2021 · 43 min
When 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams mysteriously vanishes while duck hunting in the Florida swamps in December of 2000, authorities suspect he accidentally drowned
Devil at the Door
Aug 28, 2021 · 43 min
When 36-year-old computer programmer Lisa Valdez fails to show up for work, her apartment manager finds her brutally murdered in her tiny studio. Her body is riddled with stab woun
Missing in Altoona
Sep 4, 2021 · 43 min
When Sherry Leighty goes missing in 1999, her family is left wondering how a dedicated mother of three could vanish without a trace. A decade later, the cold case heats up when She
The School Teacher
Sep 11, 2021 · 43 min
Twenty-six years after a schoolteacher's murder, cold-case detectives get a break when a relative of the killer uploads DNA to a public genealogy website.
The Heartland Killer
Sep 18, 2021 · 43 min
In the 1980s, a suspected serial killer preyed on women in small towns located on the banks of the Mississippi River until the murders abruptly ceased and went unsolved. In 2006, 2
The Devil in Disguise
Sep 25, 2021 · 43 min
23-year-old teacher Irene Garza was a former beauty queen and devout Catholic who vanished the evening before Easter after giving confession. Residents of her close-knit border tow
Love and Hate
Jan 7, 2022 · 43 min
Near what's known as the hanging tree, the mutilated body of Timothy Coggins is found in late 1983. The investigation is thwarted and the case freezes for over 30 years, until a ne
Ice Cold in Denver
Jan 7, 2022 · 43 min
On a bitter morning in 1980, radio intern Helene Pruszynski is found brutalized in a snowy field. After 37 years of fruitless leads, investigators tap into a public genealogy websi
Murder by Moonlight
Jan 8, 2022 · 43 min
Easter Sunday of 1992, the body of missing woman Lisa Ziegert is found in a field. The investigation yields hundreds of leads but no true suspect. After more than two decades on ic
Suspicious Minds
Jan 14, 2022 · 43 min
Just after the last day of school in 1984, 15-year-old Reesa Trexler is found murdered in her grandparents' home. For decades, a stalled investigation only fuels the town rumor mil
A Lesson in Homicide
Jan 15, 2022 · 43 min
When a beloved schoolteacher is found murdered in her Neptune, New Jersey apartment in the fall of 2009, suspicion is cast on her soon to be ex-husband. Long after the case goes co
Woman in the Woods
Jan 21, 2022 · 43 min
In August 1972, the body of Jody Loomis is found in the woods. 34 years later, the killer's DNA is recovered from Jody's old clothing but it isn't matched until 2018, when genetic
Eyes of a Killer
Feb 4, 2022 · 43 min
On February 2, 2010, two masked gunmen commit a violent robbery and shoot Michael Temple Jr., rendering him a quadriplegic for five years before his death. In this unusual cold cas
Dark Angel
Feb 5, 2022 · 43 min
13 days after Pam Pitts disappears in 1988 her charred body is found at a popular hangout spot in the Arizona desert. When a second victim is discovered in a mineshaft, detectives
Friday Night Ghosts
Feb 11, 2022 · 43 min
In late 1983, the bodies of five people abducted from a local fast food restaurant are found brutally murdered in an oil field. The main suspect is long believed to be a well-conne
The Clock Strikes Murder
Feb 25, 2022 · 43 min
When 23-year-old Tonya McKinley is found brutally murdered on New Years Day 1985, a little boy is left motherless. A family must wait 35 years for advancements in forensic science
Sisters In Death
Mar 4, 2022 · 43 min
In March 1984, Jack Kennedy discovers his daughters brutally murdered. Their mother and niece spend their lives keeping the case alive. DNA leads nowhere. Thirty years later, an in
One Tough Mother
Mar 11, 2022 · 43 min
The murder of Tiffany Johnston rocks the town of Bethany, Oklahoma. DNA points to her killer over a decade later.
Written in Blood
Mar 18, 2022 · 43 min
In July of 1970, the brutal murder of single mom Loretta Jones leaves four-year-old Heidi Jones motherless. Nearly 40 years later, Heidi vows to solve her mother's cold case and ca
Cold Ashes
Mar 25, 2022 · 43 min
When a deadly house fire claims the life of a family in rural Oklahoma, investigators suspect foul play and it sends a mother on a decades-long crusade to find out what happened to
Queen of the Ozarks
Apr 2, 2022
In June 1985, a 20-year-old "Sucker Day" Festival Queen is found brutalized. The small community of Nixa, Missouri, is certain her blood is on the hands of a local wealthy business
The Bone Keeper
Apr 8, 2022
In December 1985, when human bones are discovered in the woods, it puts an end to the search for missing teen David Reed. David's skull fractures point to murder; but it will be de
A is for Arson
Apr 9, 2022 · 41 min
When Gary Parks is killed in a fire-ruled arson, the investigation into his death shifts to homicide.
Til Death Do Us Part
Apr 15, 2022
Just two years into their marriage, Chuck and Cheryl Hall are torn apart when Cheryl is murdered. Though Cheryl's family is certain they know her killer, the law isn't as sure. Aft
The Lost Patient
Apr 16, 2022
Janie Landers disappeared in 1979 from the home for the impaired and later on, her body was found. It took years before the suspect was found and the horrors in the facility are un
Missing and Murdered
Apr 22, 2022
A woman's promise to bring her missing aunt back home unexpectedly took a lifetime.
Lone Survivor
Apr 23, 2022
In early 1984, three-year-old Vanessa Bennett becomes the lone survivor of her family's brutal murder. Initial investigators suspect a serial killer is at large, but decades pass b