Cold Case Files - Season 5 Episode 16

Seasons & Episodes

Episode 1

Cold Case Files – S05E01 – Obsession: Dave Reichert and the Green River Killer

Episode 2

Cold Case Files – S05E02 – Finding BTK

Episode 3

Cold Case Files – S05E03 – Death of a Deacon/A Wife’s Mission

Episode 4

Cold Case Files – S05E04 – Snatched/A Detective’s Promise

Episode 5

Cold Case Files – S05E05 – The Sunday Morning Slasher

Episode 6

Cold Case Files – S05E06 – Caught on Tape/A Son to Remember

Episode 7

Cold Case Files – S05E07 – On the Case: Nacole’s Killer

Episode 8

Cold Case Files – S05E08 – Killer on Campus/The Bow Hunter

Episode 9

Cold Case Files – S05E09 – Something Snapped/A Killer’s Dream

Episode 10

Cold Case Files – S05E10 – Daddy Dearest/A Pastor’s Wife

Episode 11

Cold Case Files – S05E11 – A Killer’s Skin/Where’s Peggy

Episode 12

Cold Case Files – S05E12 – Innocence Stolen/Danger at the Door

Episode 13

Cold Case Files – S05E13 – The Interrogation/The Slide

Episode 14

Cold Case Files – S05E14 – The Taunt/Death in Deadwood

Episode 15

Cold Case Files – S05E15 – On the Case: A Child Remembers

Episode 16 Current

Cold Case Files – S05E16 – The Black Dahlia

Episode 17

Cold Case Files – S05E17 – The Deadly Stroll/Unholy Secret

Episode 18

Cold Case Files – S05E18 – A Deadly Affair/The Sting Operation

Episode 19

Cold Case Files – S05E19 – NCIS/Exhuming the Truth

Episode 20

Cold Case Files – S05E20 – Cross Country Connection/Eyes at the Window

Episode 21

Cold Case Files – S05E21 – Abandoned Houses/A Son’s Memory

Episode 22

Cold Case Files – S05E22 – A Knock at the Door/Shattered

Episode 23

Cold Case Files – S05E23 – A Deadly Pattern/A Desperate Housewife

Episode 24

Cold Case Files – S05E24 – Muder He Wrote/Caught by the Past

Episode 25

Cold Case Files – S05E25 – Left for Dead/On the Case

Episode 26

Cold Case Files – S05E26 – The Execution of Michael Johnson

Episode 27

Cold Case Files – S05E27 – Innocence Files

Episode 28

Cold Case Files – S05E28 – Evidence Kit

Cold Case Files

Episode Overview

Bill Kurtis reviews the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, popularly known as the "Black Dahlia" because of her black bouffant hairstyle. Her dismembered body was found near a sidewalk in L.A., and is the oldest unsolved case in LAPD files. Several suspects are named, including the father of a retired cop, who has written several books on the subject.

Episode Details

Airdate: 2006-09-09

Episode Title: The Black Dahlia

Genre: Crime, Documentary

Episode Rating: 7 (12 votes)

Release Year: 2006

Episode Runtime: 44 min

Rated: TV-MA

First Air Date: 1999-01-01

Seasons: 5

Status: Ended

Creators: Anna Gardner

Awards: Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys, 3 nominations total

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