由「調查報告」的製作人出品,本節目重點放在那些長期懸而未解的懸案的調查過程上。負責的警探們和受害者的家人決心要伸張正義而不是讓這成為另一起最終只能放棄的案件。不管像是利用一名罪犯年幼時對於姊姊被殺的記憶,或是大量的DNA比對以找出兇手,這些警探們利用線索解開某些甚至長達30年未破的懸案,還受害者一個公道。
From the producers of Investigative Reports, Cold Case Files investigates the pursuit and resolution of long-unsolved cases. The episodes follow the detectives and the family members whose undying devotion is the difference between bringing justice to the crime victims and having their loved ones lost in the drawers of the cold case files. From the story of a criminal's childhood memory of his sister's death, to the use of mass DNA testing to find a killer, these detectives find the clues to solve crimes as many as 30 years old, and bring the guilty to justice.