Cold Case Files: The Podcast - 'Sweethearts, Silenced'

Join Brooke Gittings from the hit podcast, Convicted, as she takes a deeper dive into the Cold Case Files episode, "Sweethearts, Silenced," in the newest installment of Cold Case Files: The Podcast.

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Published: June 13, 2017Last Updated: September 11, 2025

Join Brooke Gittings from the hit podcast, Convicted, as she takes a deeper dive into stories investigated on Cold Case Files. This is Cold Case Files: The Podcast.

In this episode, Brooke examines "Sweethearts, Silenced," in which a con-man's autobiography becomes the key to solving a 29-year-old cold case of two high school sweethearts—and three other cold case murders—leading police to wonder if he could be the Zodiac Killer.

Watch this episode and more at the official Cold Case Files site.

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Article Title: Cold Case Files: The Podcast - 'Sweethearts, Silenced'
Author: A&E Editors
Website Name: A&E
URL: https://www.aetv.com/articles/cold-case-files-the-podcast-sweethearts-silenced
Date Accessed: October 27, 2025
Publisher: A&E Television Networks
Last Updated: September 11, 2025
Original Published Date: June 13, 2017