Cold Case Files: The Podcast

In a big city like Philadelphia, it's easy for an unsolved murder to slip into the cold files and be forgotten. But in this case, one victim's boyfriend was set on doing everything possible to make sure people didn't forget, and that police didn't stop investigating. 

While Debbie is outside gardening, an unknown attacker hides in her home waiting for her to come inside. He abducts Debbie beginning a 5-day nightmare, during which Debbie will discover that she isn't this man's only victim. Sponsors:AMCN: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and use offer CODE: ISURVIVED when you join.  PDS Debt: PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/survived Take back your financia l freedom today by visiting PDSDEBT.com/survived  Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com  Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive. Warner Bros: Listen to Deadly Nightmares wherever you listen to your podcasts 

After nearly two decades of silence, a man known as the Smoky Mountain Gypsy comes forward with information that could lead police to solve not one, but two different murders, which had never before been connected.  Sponsors: Nutrafol: Take the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you go to Nutrafol.com & enter the promo code FILES. Find out why over 4,000 healthcare professionals recommend Nutrafol for healthier hair. That’s Nutrafol.com, promo code FILES. Simplisafe: Right now, Cold Case Files listeners get a special 20% off any SimpliSafe system when you sign up for Fast Protect Monitoring. This huge offer is for a limited time only. So visit SimpliSafe.com/COLDCASE There’s no safe like SimpliSafe.  Skims: Believe the hype - SKIMS has over 100,000 five star reviews for a reason The Cotton collection and more are available now at SKIMS.com. Plus, g et free s

When Amanda, a school teacher, is carjacked and abducted by an escaped inmate, she quickly forms a game plan: play along and stay alive. In order to convince her abductor that they are friends and get out alive, she is forced to make decisions she never thought she would face.  Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   AMCN: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and use offer CODE: ISURVIVED when you join

In an ocean-side town in California, a woman is strangled to death in her home and her head is wrapped in duct tape. Police are at a loss for evidence, but there is one eye-witness: the victim's four-year-old son. Sponsors:   Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive.  

Michelle and her daughter Breea are home alone when three masked gunman burst through the door. The home invasion turns into a high stakes bank robbery, and Michelle's only hope of survival is to help her captors pull it off. Sponsors: Prose: Custom, made-to-order haircare from Prose has your name all over it. Go to Prose.com/survive for your FREE in-depth hair consultation and 15% off Caraway: Right now, Caraway is offering new members 30 days completely free if you go Caraway.com/ISURVIVED. There's no credit card required to try it Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   PDS Debt: PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/survived  Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive. 

In the spring of 1969, Jane Mixer becomes one of several young women murdered around the University of Michigan. Police think there may be a serial killer, but does Jane fit the pattern? And years later, how does the DNA of a 4-year-old end up found on Jane's body? Sponsors:  Fab Fit Fun: Sign up at FabFitFun.com/COLDCASE, customize your box, and get access to discounts up to 70% off on brands like Fenty, Free People, and Our Place - to name a few. Not in-love this season’s options? Take the credit to shop their exclusive flash sales of up to 70% and save on the biggest name brands out there. If you join FabFitFun as a NEW seasonal member right now you’ll also get 20% off your membership so your 1st box is only $47.99 - for up to a $300 value box each season. But only while supplies last - FabFitFun boxes sell out! Join FabFitFun today and save at FabFitFun.com/COLDCASE.   ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/CCF and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. That’s Zocdo

One phone call turned Karen’s seemingly happy marriage into a violent nightmare. A prisoner in her own home, Karen outsmarted her husband and escaped with her life twice. Today, she uses her experience for good, helping others survive and learn to heal. Sponsors: Babbel: Here's a special, (limited time) deal for our listeners to get you started RIGHT NOW - get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at Babbel.com/Survive   Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com  AMCN: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and use offer CODE: ISURVIVED when you join Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to rocketmoney.com/SURVIVED 

After a mother hears about allegations that her physically abusive boyfriend has sexually abused her daughter, she goes mysteriously missing for over a decade. A trunk, a storage unit, and a Cold Case detective's dogged determination help solve the mystery. Sponsors:  Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive.   

In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, California. His assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys. David wasn’t his first victim, nor would he be the last. Sponsors: Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com PDS Debt: PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/survived Apartments: Visit Apartments.com , the place to find a place  Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive.

In 1991, an eight-year-old boy is kidnapped from home while his mother is at church. Police believe the kidnapper is someone close to the family, but rule out all the obvious suspects. Despite years going by, ransom notes, and briefcase full of cash, and the lack of a body keep the mother's hope alive. Sponsors: Simplisafe: Right now, Cold Case Files]listeners get a special 20% off any SimpliSafe system when you sign up for Fast Protect Monitoring. This huge offer is for a limited time only. So visit SimpliSafe.com/COLDCASE There’s no safe like SimpliSafe. Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   Apartments: Check out Apartments.com , the place to find your pet friendly place.  

Paul Dennis Reid Jr., a country-star wannabe, spends nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers. One of those workers, Jose Ramirez Gonzalez, recounts the night he faced off with Reid in a stock room and managed to survive.  Sponsors: AMCN: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and use offer CODE: ISURVIVED when you join. Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive. 

In a town most famous for the death of legendary gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok, police try to solve a murder not in the 1880s, but the 1980s. This murder involves a man named David Crockett, another named "Outlaw," a bus full of hippies, and a very large rock. Sponsors: ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/CCF and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. That’s Zocdoc.com/CCF   Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive.  

In November 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man offers her a ride. After she gets in the car, he shoots her in the chest setting off a lifetime of problems. Check out our great sponsors! Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   PDS Debt: PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/survived Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/SURVIVED

Police in Columbus, Ohio spend more than a decade hunting a man who terrorized a neighborhood known as Linden. In the process, he became one of the most prolific rapists in U.S. history. Sponsors:  Fab Fit Fun: Sign up at FabFitFun.com/COLDCASE, customize your box, and get access to discounts up to 70% off on brands like Fenty, Free People, and Our Place - to name a few. Not in-love this season’s options? Take the credit to shop their exclusive flash sales of up to 70% and save on the biggest name brands out there. If you join FabFitFun as a NEW seasonal member right now you’ll also get 20% off your membership so your 1st box is only $47.99 - for up to a $300 value box each season. But only while supplies last - FabFitFun boxes sell out! Join FabFitFun today and save at FabFitFun.com/COLDCASE.  Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses theeasy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/coldcase  Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today

In August of 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Michigan. A good samaritan helped catch their attacker but started a years-long struggle to keep him behind bars. Check out our great sponsors! Babbel: Here's a special, (limited time) deal for our listeners to get you started RIGHT NOW - get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at Babbel.com/Survive Rules and restrictions may apply. Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   AMCN: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and use offer CODE: ISURVIVED when you join. That’s ISURVIVED, with no spaces  

In 1993, Charles Murray, an experienced hunter, went missing on the first day of bow hunting season. His family fears that something terrible had happened were quickly realized. But who was it that found Charles out in the middle of the woods? And why did this hunter become someone else's prey? Sponsors: Skims: Believe the hype - the collection has nearly 90,000 five star reviews for a reason The Fits Everybody collection and more perfect-fit essentials are available now at SKIMS.com Plus, get free shipping on orders over seventy five dollars! After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.  Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   

In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted, held captive and tortured for three days. Her escape from the brink of death would stop The Toybox Killer, David Parker Ray, from harming any other women.  Sponsors: Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   AMCN: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and use offer CODE: ISURVIVED when you join. That’s ISURVIVED, with no spaces.  PDS Debt: PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/survived Take back your financia l freedom today by visiting PDSDEBT.com/survived.  Rocket Money: Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/SURVIVED  

This week marks the 71st anniversary of one of the most infamous cold cases in America - the gruesome murder of Los Angeles actress Elizabeth Short, more commonly known as The Black Dahlia. We'll go explore what makes this case so complicated, unpack the prevailing theories, and find out why some people say it will never be solved - while other claim it already is. Sponsors: Simplisafe: Right now, listeners get a special 20% off any SimpliSafe system when you sign up for Fast Protect Monitoring. This huge offer is for a limited time. So visit SimpliSafe.com/COLDCASE   Zocdoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/CCF and download th e Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today. That’s Zocdoc.com/CCF Angi: Get your next project done with the help of a pro from Angi. Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com  Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive.   Apartments: Check out Apartments

Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mistrust of the police makes her reluctant to report her attack for many years. But eventually, her testimony would put her attacker behind bars.  Check out our great sponsors! Sponsors:  Angi: Download the free Angi mobile app today or visit Angi.com   AMCN: Visit airmedcarenetwork.com and use offer CODE: ISURVIVED when you join. That’s ISURVIVED, with no spaces.