Series synopsis
Cold Blood is a Canadian crime documentary drama television series that premiered on Investigation Discovery on October 22, 2008.
Combining the thrill of a mystery with the visceral experience of true crime drama, Cold Blood presents competing versions of what may have happened, and reenacts the events from different perspectives as new evidence comes to light.
Premise
Combining the thrill of a mystery with the visceral experience of true crime drama, Cold Blood presents competing versions of what may have happened, and reenacts the events from different perspectives as new evidence comes to light.
Cast and characters
Guest cast
- Don Berns as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Peter Capaldi as Self - Narrator
- Megan Hutchings as Cheryl Miller
- Joe Vercillo as Gabriel Ferris (younger)
- Andrew Winter as Detective Thomas Reeder
- Don Tjart as Detective Roy Walton
- Samantha Vite as Maxine Gutierrez
- Hal Myshrall as Detective Carlson
- Bruce Pringle as Detective Ron Herzberg
- Mal Dassin as Abbass Esfehani
- Ryan Griffiths as Kevin Lee Grimes
- Richard Hirschfield as Leroy Hoefling
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 83 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | October 22, 2008 | January 7, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 14 | November 5, 2009 | February 11, 2010 |
| Season 3 | 13 | October 19, 2010 | May 25, 2011 |
| Season 4 | 20 | October 11, 2011 | June 15, 2012 |
| Season 5 | 10 | April 5, 2012 | June 15, 2012 |
| Season 6 | 0 | ||
| Season 7 | 0 | ||
| Season 8 | 10 | January 1, 2015 | January 1, 2016 |
| Season 9 | 6 | January 1, 2017 | January 1, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Double Jeopardy Reconstructing the investigation into the murder of a man at an Ohio gas station. The case quickly revealed a web of secrets and lies connected to one of the community's richest families. |
October 22, 2008 |
| 2 | Disturbed | October 29, 2008 |
| 3 |
Betrayed A former police officer comes home to find is whole family murdered; forensic evidence points to the former officer as a suspect despite his alibi. |
November 5, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivy League Murder | November 5, 2009 |
| 2 | Dead of Night | November 12, 2009 |
| 3 | Haunted House | November 19, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Death of a Dentist A sleepy Pennsylvania town is rocked when a popular dentist is discovered lying in a pool of blood. Police uncover few clues but plenty of rumors. Was the motive money or passion? And can the police be relied upon to investigate one of their own? |
October 19, 2010 |
| 2 | Murder in Modesto | October 26, 2010 |
| 3 | The Murder that Divided Boston | November 2, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Island of Lies An investigation into a 23-year-old Hawaiian tourist's rape and murder reveals a world of drugs and deception few vacationers ever see. And it's up to one lone detective to get the victims family some justice |
October 11, 2011 |
| 2 |
Unnatural Causes South California is the perfect place to retire, but when an 84-year-old is brutally raped and murdered in her senior living community everyone is a suspect. To find her killer, the investigation goes global as the suspect does his best to slip away. |
October 18, 2011 |
| 3 |
Road to Murder An 18-year-old runaway is found raped and strangled to death on the side of a San Diego road. Tracking down the cold-blooded killer will take years of detective work and a benign connection. |
October 25, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Framed | April 5, 2012 |
| 2 |
On Her Own Winston-Salem in 1982 is a city divided by race. And when a young white copy editor is raped and stabbed to death blocks from where she worked, the atmosphere is tense. Twenty years pass before Deborah Sykes' killer finally faces justice once and for all. |
April 12, 2012 |
| 3 |
Evil Twin Shock waves ripple throughout Clearwater, Florida, when an attractive waitress is found on her bedroom floor stabbed 16 times. As years pass and the case goes cold, police fear DNA might not even find justice for Laura Colannino. |
April 19, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 1, 2015 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 1, 2015 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 1, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 1, 2017 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 1, 2017 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 1, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Investigation Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 22, 2008 |
| Last aired | January 1, 2017 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Thursday at 21:00:00 |