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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: A Deadly Affair

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When a bank cashier is brutally murdered in his own bed, initial evidence points to a bank robbery plot. But as investigators follow the trail, they discover that the perpetrator might be much closer to home.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey cold case fans, we have something special for you.

0:03.3

We're bringing you double the episodes every week.

0:06.0

We know you dedicated fans need your fix in between new episodes.

0:09.9

So every Thursday, we are back bringing some of our best episodes from previous seasons.

0:15.2

Let us know which classic episodes you'd like to hear again in the comments.

0:18.8

And don't worry, we'll see you back here every Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Vials too.

0:23.8

Now onto the episode.

0:25.6

This episode contains descriptions of violence.

0:28.2

Use your best judgment.

0:35.3

David and Melinda Harmon lived in a duplex in Olathe, Kansas in 1982.

0:40.8

He was 25 and she was 24.

0:44.4

David worked as a cashier at a local bank.

0:47.3

His co-workers described him as easygoing.

0:50.3

His friends said he was active in church.

0:52.0

Gail Berkstren lived with her husband on the other side of the Harmon's duplex.

0:57.7

The two families shared a wall.

0:59.6

On February 27th, Gail heard loud noises coming from the Harmon's home around 2.30 a.m.

1:06.5

This is Gail Berkstren.

1:08.4

I mean this was the kind of a loud noise that just wakes you from a deep sleep.

1:14.0

You sit up in the bed, just hold upright and you just look at each other and say, what was that?

1:19.6

I told my husband I said I'm going to call the police and he said, well what are you going to tell him

1:25.3

that you heard thumping in our neighbors duplex and I said, oh you're right.

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