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Original Airdate12/23/2018
Unsolved murder cases in the vicinity of Lake Erie, which borders four states and parts of Canada.
Lake Erie's Coldest Cases
Related To Lake Erie's Coldest Cases
Season 1
5. The Search for Joseph Newton Chandler
Air Date 12/23/2018
Diagnosed with cancer, Joe Chandler commits suicide in 2002; while trying to locate someone to inherit his $82,000, police learn Chandler stole the identity of a man who died in 1945; his DNA reveals that his real last name could be Nicholas.
4. The Murder of Marilyn Sheppard
Air Date 12/23/2018
In 1954, Marilyn Sheppard is bludgeoned to death in her home; after claiming she was killed by an intruder, her husband, Sam, goes to prison for her murder, but he is later acquitted; new forensic evidence could finally solve this cold case.
3. The Disappearance of Ashley Summers
Air Date 12/23/2018
Ashley Summer disappears in July 2007; she was believed to have been killed by Ariel Castro; recently, a woman with a striking resemblance to Ashley is caught on CCTV.
2. The Beverly Potts Mystery
Air Date 12/23/2018
A missing person's case haunts Lake Erie for six decades; the abductor writes to the local papers ready to turn himself in; however, he does not turn up for his arrest; thanks to a tipster, the police may finally find justice for Beverly Potts.
1. Ted Conrad's Bank Heist
Air Date 12/23/2018
Ted Conrad, aka Cleveland's own Steve McQueen, pulls off a Hollywood-worthy heist; one Friday afternoon, he walks out of the bank where he works with $215,000 in cash and promptly disappears; he is last seen in a bar in Hawaii.