Cold cases are the ones that linger — in courtrooms, in families, and in the minds of investigators who never let go. The episodes below cover unsolved or long-dormant cases that were eventually cracked, or remain painfully open. They span decades and continents, featuring serial killers with no confirmed identity, missing persons whose fates took years to unravel, and victims whose stories were almost buried by time. These are the podcasts that prove the past is never truly closed.
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Untold True Crime
→ Untold True Crime dykker ned i Zodiac Killer-mysteriet
Few cold cases are as iconic — or as frustratingly unsolved — as the Zodiac Killer. This episode of Untold True Crime dives into the cryptic letters, the ciphers, the confirmed and suspected victims, and the decades of failed investigations. With law enforcement stumped since the late 1960s, the Zodiac remains one of America's most chilling unidentified serial killers. The episode examines what we know, what we don't, and why this case still captivates the world.
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Dead Certain
→ Dead Certain: The Martha Moxley Murder: The Boy Next Door — Tommy Skakel and the investigation in Greenwich
The 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut, went unsolved for over two decades. Dead Certain reconstructs the original investigation and turns its focus on Tommy Skakel, the boy next door. With privilege, wealth, and powerful connections clouding the case for years, this episode explores how class and influence can delay — and sometimes derail — justice for cold case victims.
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In the Dark
→ In the Dark: The Jacob Wetterling Case and the Investigation's Fatal Errors
In 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was abducted near his home in Minnesota. The case remained unsolved for 27 years. In the Dark's deep investigation exposes the critical errors made by law enforcement in the early stages of the inquiry — mistakes that may have allowed the perpetrator to remain free for nearly three decades. A devastating and essential episode about institutional failure in one of America's most heartbreaking missing child cases.
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Something About Cari
→ Something About Cari: The Mysterious Disappearance of Cari Farver in Omaha
When Cari Farver vanished from Omaha in 2012, the case baffled investigators for years. What made it stranger was that texts and emails kept arriving from her phone — long after she was gone. Something About Cari opens this eerie cold case with questions that took years to answer. The episode lays out the bizarre digital trail, the suspects, and the slow unraveling of a mystery that was hiding in plain sight all along.
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Vanished
→ Vanished: Nat Fraser and the Disappearance of Arlene Fraser in Elgin
Arlene Fraser disappeared from her home in Elgin, Scotland, in 1998. Her body was never found. Vanished examines the painstaking investigation into her husband Nat Fraser, who was eventually convicted of her murder despite the absence of a body or a confirmed crime scene. This episode is a masterclass in how cold case prosecutions can succeed even without physical remains — relying instead on circumstantial evidence, motive, and a 50-minute window that changed everything.
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Darkland
→ Darkland: The Unsolved Disappearance of a Six-Year-Old Boy in 1953
Some cold cases are so old that witnesses are gone, evidence has crumbled, and justice feels permanently out of reach. Darkland revisits the disappearance of a six-year-old boy in 1953 — a case with no resolution and no confirmed suspect. The episode explores what investigators knew at the time and why the case was never closed, making it one of the most haunting examples of a cold case that time has nearly swallowed whole.
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Felon True Crime
→ Felon True Crime: Australian Unsolved Mysteries in Season 2 Episode 2
Australia has its own archive of cold cases that refuse to fade, and Felon True Crime brings several to light in this episode. Covering multiple unsolved mysteries, the episode highlights cases where leads went cold, suspects were never charged, and families were left without answers for years. It's a compelling look at how geography, limited resources, and time can conspire to keep the truth buried in some of the country's darkest criminal files.
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The Missing Matter
→ The Missing Matter: Sally Leydon investigates the disappearance of Marion Barter
Marion Barter was a former schoolteacher who disappeared in 1997 after changing her name and cutting contact with her family. Her daughter Sally Leydon spent years trying to find out what happened. The Missing Matter follows Sally's personal crusade to solve her mother's cold case — an investigation driven not by law enforcement, but by a daughter who refused to accept silence as an answer. A deeply human portrait of what cold cases cost the people left behind.
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Radioactive
→ Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery: The whistleblower who died under mysterious circumstances
Karen Silkwood died in a car crash in 1974 on her way to meet a journalist with documents exposing safety violations at a nuclear plant. Decades later, her death remains officially unsolved. Radioactive investigates the life and suspicious death of this whistleblower, exploring whether the crash was an accident or something far more deliberate. Her case stands as one of America's most politically charged and enduringly unresolved cold cases.
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Crime Junkie
→ Crime Junkie: Harold David Haulman III and the murder of Erica Gene Shultz
Erica Gene Shultz was murdered, and for years the case went nowhere. Crime Junkie examines how Harold David Haulman III eventually became the central figure in the investigation and what it took to finally bring the case to a resolution. The episode is a sharp example of how cold cases crack open — often through persistence, new technology, or a single overlooked detail that suddenly changes everything. A focused and well-researched entry in the genre.
