A close family account gives Jaleel Shands' killing its human weight.
The episode stays close to Jaleel Shands as a person, not just a case: a 25-year-old killed after dinner in Old City while walking with his longtime girlfriend.
Gone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders
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Gone Cold is a true crime podcast about cold cases, from KYW Newsradio. Tom Rickert and Kristen Johanson explore unsolved murder mysteries in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026
A KYW Newsradio reporting effort that keeps Philadelphia shooting victims' families central while tracing why their cases stay cold.
Gone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders draws on KYW Newsradio's local reporting, pulling police statements, press conferences, and courtroom outcomes into episodes that follow specific shootings well past the crime scene.
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You want Philly true crime that stays with families after the sirens leave, still listening after everyone else has moved on.
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- a case file that keeps returning to the people left holding the aftermath
- reporting that connects courtrooms, police clearance rates, hospital trauma, and neighborhood fear
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Best episodes of Gone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders
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A sober single-case review of an unsolved shooting, shaped by thin leads, police work, and a family's lasting loss.
Kyree Simmons's killing at a southwest Philadelphia recreation center is handled as a case that keeps widening without resolving. The episode begins with the March 2021 shooting on a basketball court, where two 15-year-olds were grazed, then follows investigators as they look at…
A late-night walk after an Eagles loss opens into a grounded account of gun violence's family and medical toll.
An Eagles loss on November 11, 2018 sets the episode in motion, but the story quickly narrows to something more intimate and frightening: Lou Berrios and others returning from Chinese food, arriving at his front stoop, and realizing two men are behind them.
Andrea Robinson's account gives Jermaine Robinson's unsolved Philadelphia killing a personal, deeply human center.
Jermaine Robinson's killing is grounded in the life his mother, Andrea Robinson, still carries: a timid child chased home from school, a young man shaped by his neighborhood, and a son she kept trying to reach.
A Philadelphia crime reporter follows two child victims into the courtrooms where the aftermath of violence is reckoned with.
A Philadelphia crime reporter follows two violent cases through the place where their aftermath is finally argued: court. Kristen Johansson reports on the shooting of Yassim Jenkins, an 11-month-old boy who was paralyzed from the neck down and died a few months before his fourth…
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Episodes
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Ricochet, Part 5: The Impact
Hidden gemGone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders uses Jaleel Shands' death near Budokan, steps from Independence Hall, to trace how a 9:30 p.m.
Feb 21, 2024·33m·1 clip - 2
Ricochet, Part 4: The Investigation
Hidden gemPolice use NIBIN, CODIS, and ATF tracing to connect shell casings, DNA, and stolen-gun histories.
Feb 14, 2024·27m·1 clip - 3
Ricochet, Part 3: The Wound
Hidden gemGone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders follows Lou Berrios after a November 2018 shooting near his home, and the episode traces how Temple University Hospital handled the case from the gurney to surgery.
Feb 7, 2024·27m·1 clip - 4
Ricochet, Part 2: Shooter
Hidden gemGone Cold: Philadelphia Unsolved Murders follows Jermaine Robinson, whose childhood bullying in Northeast Philadelphia and later gun carrying are traced by his mother, Andrea Robinson.
Jan 31, 2024·30m·1 clip - 5
Ricochet, Part 1: The Trigger
Hidden gemJoan Ortiz describes Nicolette Rivera “put her head on my chest” seconds before the shooting.
Jan 24, 2024·26m·1 clip - 6
Coming soon: Ricochet
Jan 19, 2024·3m - 7
Manhunt: Catching a killer in Chesco
Sep 16, 2023·1h 5m - 8
Manhunt: Catching a killer in Chesco
Sep 16, 2023·1h 7m - 9
The Boy in the Box, Part 2
Jan 16, 2023·26m - 10
His name is Joseph Augustus Zarelli. He was found dead in a cardboard box in February 1957, naked, scratched, bruised and scarred. More than 65 years after the discovery, investigators have answered maybe the most important question in the mystery of the “Boy in the Box.” This is the story of how they found Joseph's name, and what it means to the people who have spent a lifetime searching for his identity.
Jan 16, 2023·34m - 11
Update: Is this the face of the Fairmount Park Rapist?
Sep 21, 2021·19m - 12
Update: Is this the face of the Fairmount Park Rapist?
Sep 21, 2021·22m - 13
9-11 special: The investigators who helped bring victims back to their families
Sep 10, 2021·22m - 14
9-11 special: The investigators who helped bring victims back to their families
Sep 10, 2021·25m - 15
Rebecca Park - Philadelphia, 2003: The hunt for the Fairmount Park rapist
Aug 13, 2021·36m - 16
Rebecca Park - Philadelphia, 2003: The hunt for the Fairmount Park rapist
Aug 13, 2021·33m - 17
Bonus episode: How genealogy identified Publicker Jane Doe
Apr 30, 2021·38m - 18
Bonus episode: How genealogy identified Publicker Jane Doe
Apr 30, 2021·42m - 19
Update: Naming Publicker Jane Doe
Apr 1, 2021·27m - 20
Update: Naming Publicker Jane Doe
Apr 1, 2021·30m - 21
What Happened to Shelton Hayes? Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Mar 1, 2021·26m - 22
What Happened to Shelton Hayes? Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Mar 1, 2021·30m - 23
What Happened to Michael Ewer? Lansdale, PA, 2005
Jan 31, 2021·19m - 24
What Happened to Michael Ewer? Lansdale, PA, 2005
Jan 31, 2021·16m - 25
What Happened to Jeanette Tambe? Buena Vista, New Jersey, 1986 (Publicker Jane Doe: Part 2)
Dec 18, 2020·26m - 26
What Happened to Jeanette Tambe? Buena Vista, New Jersey, 1986 (Publicker Jane Doe: Part 2)
Dec 18, 2020·22m - 27
What Happened to Publicker Jane Doe? Bensalem, PA, 1988
Nov 13, 2020·29m - 28
What Happened to Publicker Jane Doe? Bensalem, PA, 1988
Nov 13, 2020·25m - 29
What Happened to Melvin Dunn? Philadelphia, 2020
Oct 14, 2020·16m - 30
What Happened to Melvin Dunn? Philadelphia, 2020
Oct 14, 2020·20m - 31
Episode 9: The Boy in the Box
Apr 9, 2020·45m - 32
Episode 8: Jennifer
Dec 16, 2019·44m - 33
The Incredible Life of Pete Kane
Nov 25, 2019·23m - 34
LIVE! Crime Scenes & Updates
Aug 14, 2019·55m - 35
Gerald Ross was Shot in a Church
Jul 16, 2019·22m - 36
Episode 7: Officer Cione
Jun 28, 2019·55m - 37
Episode 6: Eric
Feb 25, 2019·56m - 38
Presents: The Bones in a Potter's Field
Dec 24, 2018·27m - 39
Episode 5: Tomiene
Jul 30, 2018·51m - 40
Episode 4: Don
Mar 22, 2018·38m - 41
Presents: The Lost Boys
A true crime podcast episode about the disappearance of four young men in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and the ongoing investigation.
Jan 11, 2018·38m - 42
Episode 3: Fred
A true crime podcast exploring unsolved murder cases in Philadelphia, with this episode focusing on the 1993 murder of Fred Winter.
Nov 21, 2017·26m - 43
Episode 2: Carol
A true crime podcast exploring the unsolved death of Carol Reif in Philadelphia, featuring interviews with family and detectives.
Oct 8, 2017·35m - 44
Episode 1: Jason
A mother recounts the night her son Jason was stabbed to death outside a bar in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, in 2004, as the hosts introduce the cold case.
Aug 31, 2017·28m