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ColdCaseDetective

ColdCaseDetective

Hit The Lights 149 Episodes Jun 15, 2026

Cold Case Detective is a true crime podcast that explores some of the most puzzling missing person cases in history. Each episode aims to educate listeners and spread awareness about unsolved mysteries. The show is created by TJ Ruesch and the team behind Top5s, seeking to bring attention to cold cases and potentially generate new leads.

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2 Chilling Cases of Killer Husbands… Jun 15, 2026 1453 A romantic union between two people should be an exciting and joyful occasion. But marriage doesn’t always lead to a happy ending, and the worst outcome isn’t always divorce: sometimes tying the knot ends in murder. In today’s video, we’ll be taking a look at two cases where a blissful beginning ended in tragedy, as we examine two chilling cases of killer husbands.Messy Midlife: Honest conversatio
4 Chilling Unsolved Disappearances with ZERO Leads... Jun 12, 2026 1201 There is something comforting in watching a fictional mystery unravel; seeing a person discover a clue and link it to a suspect, or to a fresh piece of evidence that can indicate what exact fate befell a victim. But in real life, things are not so neat and tidy. Many unsolved cases have very little information to go on, causing the investigation to halt and detectives to move on to other inquiries
3 DISTURBING Cold Cases Recently Solved... Jun 8, 2026 931 Being part of the true crime community can, at times, be disheartening. With forums and social media as a whole, it can be difficult not to get bogged down in the constant cycle of bad news. But there is hope: in the last few years, we have seen the resolution to dozens of cold cases that we never expected to see solved. In today’s video, we aim to shed light on just a few of these instances as we
Murdered in The Woods: The Complex Case of Attorney Ronald Hughes | True Crime Documentary Jun 5, 2026 2385 Ronald W Hughes, an American attorney hailing from The Golden State, was a free spirit and open-minded lawyer from Los Angeles, California. His dedication to public defense and interest in the counterculture movement were cut short by an unsolved death in the autumn of 1970, leaving all who knew him across the city of stars, and the entirety of his hometown in Southern California at large, graspin
3 GRUESOME Centuries Old Cold Cases That Haunt Us... Jun 1, 2026 955 It can be easy today to take police investigative techniques and forensic technology for granted. But back in the 1800s, not even fingerprinting was utilised, never mind DNA analysis and the M-Vac system; which today is an invaluable tool to forensic investigators. As a result of this lack of technology, cases were often solved by witnesses and confessions, though many investigations never saw any
The Ripper Crew: The Scariest Satanic Cult Imaginable | True Crime Documentary May 29, 2026 1329  Illinois is no stranger to violent criminals. From John Wayne Gacy to HH Holmes, the midwestern state has seen the rise of some of the worst, most heinous offenders. But perhaps one of the most terrifying stories to hang over Illinois is that of the Ripper Crew, a group of men who terrorized the state’s streets during the 1980s, and preyed on vulnerable, unaccompanied women.The Ripper Crew was ma
3 EXTREMELY Chilling Missing Person Cases | Unsolved Disappearances May 25, 2026 1003 In November of 2022, four Idaho University students were slain by a 28-year-old former teaching assistant. This devastating tragedy made headlines across the world, and left anger and sadness in its wake, drawing attention to a state that has been ranked the third safest in the US and seemingly shattering that belief. Like any other US state, though, Idaho has always had cases that are still looki
4 Twisted Cold Cases That NEED Solving in 2023... May 22, 2026 918 The English county of Greater Manchester is home to over two million people. Located in the North West, it is the third most populous county in the UK after Greater London and the West Midlands. According to the GMP - Greater Manchester Police -, around 200,000 reports of crimes are filed every year, and although homicides make up a relatively small proportion of the total number, many of those mo
The Most DISTURBING Female Serial Killer of The 19th Century... May 15, 2026 1021 During the 19th century, it was all too commonplace to see alternative medicines being offered as cure-alls for ailments suffered by the general public. The dangerous poison strychnine was handed out as a performance enhancer for athletes; heroin was presented as a fix for unwell children and cocaine was used to treat alcoholism, with Sigmund Freud himself calling the substance a “magical drug.” I
Chilling Unsolved Mysteries: 3 Haunting Cold Cases from the 1950s... May 11, 2026 1091 For many of us, the 1950s conjures up images of perky housewives in full skirts; the iconic Chevrolet Bel Air, and rock and roll bands in matching suits, armed with "Elvis" microphones. But like with any decade, the 1950s wasn't immune to crime, and it has an abundance of cold cases just waiting to be solved. In today's video, we aim to shed light on just a few of them as we ta
The Chilling Vanishing of Paula Jean Welden in the Bennington Triangle... May 8, 2026 846 In 1946, 18-year-old Paula Jean Welden was a student at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont where she studied art, though she was considering changing her major to botany. When not in school, she lived with her parents and her three younger sisters in Stamford, Connecticut. By all accounts she was a true creative soul - she loved painting in all sorts of mediums, playing guitar and spending
2 Horrific Still-Unsolved Cases of Recently Identified Jane Does... May 4, 2026 1331 So far in 2022, the Unidentified Wiki database shows that 28 John and Jane Does have gained back their identities. Genealogy has been a massive help to law enforcement over the last few years, allowing them to identify not only victims but suspects and perpetrators in dozens of unsolved cold cases. However, it is not always so simple - there are many cases in which the dead are identified, but the

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