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{{quote|"The case that makes you and the case that breaks you… The one you never solve, the one that keeps you awake at night. The case that gnaws at your guts and ruins your marriage. The case that keeps you propping up a bar as you relive the what-ifs, the might-have-beens, the half-leads and half-truths. The case that other cops murmur about whenever you walk past. The case you never… ever... discuss."|'''Herschel Biggs''', ''[[LA Noire]]''}}
A veteran detective is haunted by that case they could never solve (or perhaps it was solved officially, but the guy thinks something isn't right) and it haunts them to this day. Nearly always a serial killer (or at least a very gruesome murder) and/or [[It's Personal|personal]]. Even when they are officially off the clock, they will still work the case on their "free" time, because it is that important to them. If they are told to leave the case alone [[Turn in Your Badge|they may get fired over it]], but still continue even when they are not a cop anymore. [[Sub
[[Truth in Television]]: A number of homicide detectives have solved cold cases that were haunting them or are haunted by the still unsolved ones. Generally murdered children cases.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Case Closed]]'' has quite a few of these haunting the police department:
** Kogoro's That One Case ended with a [[Shoot the Hostage]]; he quit and separated from his wife soon after this. The [[Non
** Sato has ''two'' That One Cases, both of them "inherited": in one, her father perished chasing the suspect from a bank robbery, and in another, she lost her former partner to a serial [[Mad Bomber]] (who himself had an earlier That One Case that lost ''his'' prior partner).
** Subverted with Megure's That One Case, where a serial hit-and-run driver critically injured both himself and the girl who offered herself up as bait--turns out that was how he met his wife and he's embarrassed to tell the tale.
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* The fourth season of ''[[Dexter]]'' revolves around ex-Agent Lundy trying to track down the "Trinity Killer" who has murdered three people a year for the last fifteen years ( {{spoiler|later revealed to be four people a year for the past ''thirty'' years}}), who he was never able to convince his colleagues actually existed. {{spoiler|After he is killed for getting too close, Debra resolves to solve the case in his honor}}.
* The ''[[NCIS]]'' episode ''Lt. Jane Doe'' has Ducky cancelling a trip to a conference in Britain to stay and investigate when a murder victim turns out to have a trident mark on her neck (and be a civilian dressed in naval uniform), just like the victim of a 10-year-old unsolved case he worked on. {{spoiler|it turns out that new murder was a crime of passion by the daughter of the original case's lead investigator, and she planted the evidence to link to the older case. The original killer (but not the original victim) is finally identified as a result of the new investigation.}}
* Cary of ''Unforgettable'' is forever haunted by the one case she couldn't solve from her detective work from her home city - the murder of her older sister Rachel. What makes it harder on her is that she ''saw'' the killer, but due to [[Trauma
== Video Games ==
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