History RippedFromTheHeadlines / ColdCase

* 3x13 "Debut" -- the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_trial Michael Peterson]] case, [[InvertedTrope inverted]] [[spoiler:(instead of being found guilty of the second murder because of similarities to the first, the second murder turns out to be an accident and the perp is found guilty of the first)]]

* 5x15 "The Road" -- [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jamelske John Jamelske]], though his TV counterpart didn't rape his victims as he did.

* 4x24 "Stalker" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ture_Jr. Joe Ture]]

* 4x15 "Blood on the Tracks" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Jane_Olson Sarah Jane Olson]]

* 1x05 "The Runner" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_v._Abu-Jamal#Murder_victim Murder of Daniel Faulkner]]
* 1x06 "Love Conquers Al" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Adrianne_Jones Murder of Adrianne Jones]]
* 1x07 "A Time to Hate" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Riots the Stonewall Riots]]
* 1x14 "The Boy in the Box" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_in_the_Box_(Philadelphia) The Boy in the Box]]

* 1x19 "Late Returns" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Levy_homicide Murder of Chandra Levy]]
* 1x21 "Maternal Instincts" -- [[http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/new-dna-testing-to-be-conducted-in-1982-brighton-homicide Murder of Cathleen Krauseneck]]
* 1x23 "Lovers Lane" -- [[http://crimecrimecrime.blogspot.com.es/2006/04/stranger-next-door.html the Murder of Krystal Dawn Steadman]] [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac Killer]]

* 2x21 "Creatures of the Night" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eugene_Watts Coral Watts]], ''The Sunday Morning Slasher''

* 4x13 "Blackout" -- [[http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/accident-murder/story?id=2107342 Murder of Florence Unger]]

* 4x24 "Stalker" -- [[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/to-catch-a-killer-08-03-2000/ Joe Ture]]

* 5x01 "Thrill Kill" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three The West Memphis Three]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_confession#Pizza_Hut_murder_(1988) The Pizza Hut Murder False Confessions]]
* 5x08 "It takes a village" -- the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_child_murders Atlanta Child Murders]]

* 5x18 "Ghost of my Child" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Girl_Lost:_The_Delimar_Vera_Story Kidnapping of Delimar Vera]]

* 6x05 "Shore Leave" -- [[http://www.mhsclassof1961.50megs.com/contact.html Disappearance of Andrew Muns]]

* 7x03 "Jurisprudence" -- [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal the "Kids for Cash" scandal]]

* 3x13 "Debut" -- the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Peterson_(murder_suspect) Michael Peterson]] case, [[InvertedTrope inverted]] [[spoiler:(instead of being found guilty of the second murder because of similarities to the first, the second murder turns out to be an accident and the perp is found guilty of the first)]]

* 5x01 "Thrill Kill" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three The West Memphis Three]]

* 1x14 "The Boy in the Box" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_in_the_Box_(Philadelphia) The Boy in the Box]] ([[UpToEleven yeah]])

* 1x23 "Lovers Lane" -- [[http://crimecrimecrime.blogspot.com.es/2006/04/stranger-next-door.html the Murder of Crystal Dawn Steadman]] [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac Killer]]

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* 1x23 "Lovers Lane" -- [[http://crimecrimecrime.blogspot.com.es/2006/04/stranger-next-door.html the Murder of Crystal Dawn Steadman]] [[XMeetsY meets]] the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac Killer]]

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** ''Jurisprudence'' was based on Pennsylvania's real-life [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_for_cash_scandal "Kids for Cash" scandal]], in which corrupt judges handed out harsh sentences to youth offenders for even the most minor infractions in exchange for kickbacks from a private company that ran the juvenile detention centers the kids were sent to.

* 3x21 "The Hen House" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfriede_Rinkel]]

* 3x21 "The Hen House" -- the [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/21/secondworldwar.germany Elfriede Rienkel]] case, [[GenderFlip Gender Flipped]]

1x01 "Look Again" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Martha_Moxley Murder of Martha Moxley]]
1x03 "Our Boy is Back" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Graves Troy Graves]], ''the Center City Rapist''
1x05 "The Runner" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_v._Abu-Jamal#Murder_victim Murder of Daniel Faulkner]]
1x06 "Love Conquers Al" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Adrianne_Jones Murder of Adrianne Jones]]
1x07 "A Time to Hate" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Riots the Stonewall Riots]]
1x14 "The Boy in the Box" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_in_the_Box_(Philadelphia) The Boy in the Box]] ([[UpToEleven yeah]])
1x15 "Disco Inferno" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Station_nightclub_fire the Station nightclub fire]]
1x16 "Volunteers" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Collective the Jane Collective]]
1x19 "Late Returns" -- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_Levy_homicide Murder of Chandra Levy]]
1x21 "Maternal Instincts" -- [[http://13wham.com/news/top-stories/new-dna-testing-to-be-conducted-in-1982-brighton-homicide Murder of Cathleen Krauseneck]]
1x23 "Lovers Lane" -- [[http://crimecrimecrime.blogspot.com.es/2006/04/stranger-next-door.html the Murder of Crystal Dawn Steadman]] [[XMeetsY meets]] the [[[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer Zodiac Killer]]