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: July 16, 2026

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.

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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: August 12, 2026
Publisher: A&E Television Networks
Last Updated: July 16, 2026
Original Published Date: June 13, 2017