Episode
Cold Case Files: Crimes of the KKK
Overview
Klan leader Sam Bowers goes on trial for ordering the murder of an African-American storeowner 32 years prior, and investigators reopen the unsolved case of an African-American truck driver who was forced to leap to his death from a bridge by Klan members.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case Files
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2000-03-05
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Crimes of the KKK is Episode 10 in Season 2 of Cold Case Files. It aired on 2000-03-05. The runtime is 60 min.
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