Cold Case Files vs Murder Island

Cold Case Files has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.5/10 for Murder Island). Cold Case Files is the older of the two (1999 against 2021). Both are crime, documentary, mystery shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Cold Case Files posterCold Case Files1999 VS Murder Island posterMurder Island2021
Cold Case FilesMurder Island
Audience score★ 8.5/10★ 5.5/10
Year19992021
Seasons51
GenresCrime, Documentary, MysteryCrime, Documentary, Mystery
Country––
Creator / director––
Main castBill KurtisParm Sandhu, Graham McMillan

Synopsis

Cold Case Files

Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them. The detectives relive the events of the crimes, reveal new twists and startling revelations, relying on breakthroughs in forensic technology and the influence of social media to help crack these cases.

Murder Island

Murder mystery with a twist - the investigators are members of the public, competing to find the killer and pocket themselves £50,000. The body of Charly Hendricks has been found at an old run-down property she was renting from the local pub landlord. It's up to four pairs of amateur sleuths to search the scene and unpick the clues, hoping to find a motive for the crime.

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