

Cold Case: History
2021-03-25 · 50 min / episode · ★ 8.7
Using modern forensic science techniques and criminalistics to revisit the violent murder of an Egyptian pharaoh, the inexplicable disappearance of two young princes, the questionable suicide of a troubled artist, and more cold cases.
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