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Cold Case Files Podcast Transcripts

A&E / PodcastOne · 811 episodes with transcripts

Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. In fact, one-third of all murders in America remain open.

Spoken has transcripts of 811 Cold Case Files episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.

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archive.sh
curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1241386674/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest Cold Case Files transcripts

REOPENED: DNA SPEAKS: A Deadly Premonition

October 8, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

This program contains disturbing accounts of violence and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised.

Tim Slaten (0:07)

My mother was an outgoing person, fun, loving, that was the way her spirit was.

Tammy Hathcock (0:13)

We went to his house and it was kind of like earlier in the afternoon. I was a little worried because it was a very angry killing.

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