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The Best Episodes of Cold Case Files Season 1

Every episode of Cold Case Files Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Cold Case Files Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 8 - A Family Secret
    8.0/10(122 votes)

    S1:E8

    Ten years after a 17-year-old girl is found strangled in the woods in small-town Kentucky, detectives uncover a terrible family secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 4 - Sweethearts, Silenced
    7.8/10(145 votes)

    S1:E4

    A killer authors a book about his con-man past that becomes the key to solving a 29-year-old cold case of two high school sweethearts--and three other cold case murders--leading police to believe he could be the Zodiac Killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 1 - Little Girl Lost
    7.7/10(202 votes)

    S1:E1

    Halloween in a small town is cancelled indefinitely when a young girl is kidnapped and killed on her way home from a costume party.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 3 - She Never Came Home
    7.7/10(156 votes)

    S1:E3

    The case of a gruesome stabbing death of a bullied teenager remains unsolved for 27 years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 2 - Killings on Christmas Eve
    7.5/10(157 votes)

    S1:E2

    The death of an elderly couple, Edward "Ed" and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Maurin Ed in Washington state on Christmas Eve 1985.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 7 - Circle of Friends
    7.5/10(119 votes)

    S1:E7

    When 18-year-old Shannon Siders' body is found in the woods, everyone in the small town of Newaygo, Michigan, becomes a suspect--but no one is convicted of the crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 5 - The Night Shift
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    S1:E5

    College student Brad Perry shows up to work his graveyard shift at the gas station and is never seen alive again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 6 - Officer Down
    7.3/10(124 votes)

    S1:E6

    The longest running cold case of a law enforcement officer in the United States was the murder of Sheriff's Lt. Joe Clark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 10 - A Killer Slips Away
    7.3/10(108 votes)

    S1:E10

    Two decades after a close-knit family's loving aunt is stabbed in her home, detectives return to the crime scene and discover a pivotal clue hidden in plain view.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Cold Case Files Season 1 Episode 9 - A Family Cursed
    7.0/10(119 votes)

    S1:E9

    One family faces two unsolved murders of loved ones and authorities finally uncover the missing clue that leads to solve the case 13 years after the murders occurred.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Family Secret" is the best rated episode of Cold Case Files season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 122 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on June 15, 2017. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Sweethearts, Silenced".