Podcasts by The Trail Went Cold
The Trail Went Cold is a weekly true crime podcast which explores baffling unsolved mysteries and cold cases. On each episode, host Robin Warder examines a new murder or missing persons case, tackling a wide variety of mysteries from different countries and time periods.
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 357–Paul Logan and Tracey Mertens from 2023-12-13T06:00
December 23, 1993. Consett, England. 25-year old delivery driver Paul Logan brings a food order from a Chinese takeaway restaurant to a remote farm, but when he arrives, the property’s owners infor...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 356–Cathy Jo Bohlken from 2023-12-06T06:00
December 26, 1993. Monticello, Iowa. After she fails to show up for work, 22-year old Cathy Jo Bohlken is found dead inside the bedroom of her apartment. She has been bound with duct tape and has a...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 355–Amy Wroe Bechtel from 2023-11-29T06:00
July 24, 1997. Fremont County, Wyoming. After spending the day running errands, 24-year old Amy Wroe Bechtel never returns home and her abandoned car is discovered on a remote road in Shoshone Nati...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 354–Danielle LaRue from 2023-11-22T06:00
December 31, 2002. Vancouver, British Columbia. The Vancouver Police Department receive an anonymous letter containing a remorseful confession from someone who claims to have been responsible for t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 353–The Chen Family Murders from 2023-11-15T06:00
October 8, 2014. Guilderland, New York. The bodies of a Chinese immigrant family – 39-year old Jin Feng Chen, his 38-year old wife Hai Yan Li, and their two sons, 10-year old Anthony and 7-year old...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 352–Rae Ann Mossor and Norman Ladner from 2023-11-08T06:00
February 4, 1986. Roanoke, Virginia. 21-year old Rae Ann Mossor is found dead on the street outside her estranged boyfriend’s house with a shotgun wound to the chest. The shotgun is lying on the tr...
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 351 – Martha Moxley (Part 2) from 2023-11-01T06:00
October 31, 1975. Greenwich, Connecticut. After she fails to return home the previous night, the body of 15-year old Martha Moxley is discovered in her backyard. She has been stabbed in the neck an...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Maze of Secrets from 2023-10-29T18:00
1 eerie corn maze…9 haunting figures…9 spine-tingling tales… Will YOU find your way out This Halloween, step into a labyrinth of shadows and suspense with Shane Waters as your guide. In this chilli...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 350–Martha Moxley (Part 1) from 2023-10-25T06:00
October 31, 1975. Greenwich, Connecticut. After she fails to return home the previous night, the body of 15-year old Martha Moxley is discovered in her backyard. She has been stabbed in the neck an...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 349–Ronald Sisman and Elizabeth Platzman from 2023-10-18T06:00
October 31, 1981. New York City. The bodies of 39-year old Ronald Sisman and 20-year old Elizabeth Platzman are discovered inside Ron’s apartment in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan. Both vic...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 348–Tina Marie Janose from 2023-10-11T06:00
October 31, 1981. Wahneta, Florida. The mother of 13-year old Tina Marie Janose wakes up to discover that she is missing from their mobile home. That same morning, Tina Marie’s body is found twelve...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 347–Michael Negrete from 2023-10-04T06:00
December 10, 1999. Los Angeles, California. After attending a party at the Dykstra Hall dormitory at UCLA, 18-year old freshman Michael Negrete returns to his room and spends a few hours playing an...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Unsolved Mysteries Guilty Pleasures from 2023-09-27T06:00
Since we are currently on vacation, “The Trail Went Cold” will not be releasing a new episode this week. Instead, please enjoy one of our exclusive bonus Patreon episodes from our archives. Thanks ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 346–Linda Kerr from 2023-09-20T06:00
February 18, 1976. Orlando, Florida. 15-year old Linda Kerr leaves her home in order to walk to her boyfriend’s residence, but she never arrives and is subsequently reported missing. Investigators ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 345–Gary McCullough and Lena Chapin from 2023-09-13T06:00
May 11, 1999. Barry County, Missouri. 34-year old Gary McCullough vanishes from his farm and his abandoned pick-up truck is found on a rural road five days later. Suspicion is directed towards Gary...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 344–Jim Rice and Mark Groezinger from 2023-09-06T06:00
July 20, 1986. Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. 66-year old Jim Rice phones his daughter to let her know that he will be traveling to California to undergo shoulder surgery the following week, but...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 343–The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders (Part 2) from 2023-08-30T06:00
December 6, 1991. Austin, Texas. After responding to a fire at a local yogurt shop, the authorities discover the burned nude bodies of four victims who have all been shot in the head: 17-year old e...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 342–The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders (Part 1) from 2023-08-23T06:00
December 6, 1991. Austin, Texas. After responding to a fire at a local yogurt shop, the authorities discover the burned nude bodies of four victims who have all been shot in the head: 17-year old e...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 341–Carol Ann Cole from 2023-08-16T06:00
January 28, 1981. Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The decomposed body of a young woman is discovered in the woods next to a remote logging road. The victim has been stabbed nine times, but since she can...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 340–The Lost Boys of Hannibal from 2023-08-09T06:00
May 10, 1967. Hannibal, Missouri. 13-year old Joey Hoag, his 11-year old brother Billy Hoag, and their 14-year old friend Craig Dowell leave their homes to explore some caves, but never return. Eve...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 339–Charles Horvath from 2023-08-02T06:00
May 26, 1989. Kelowna, British Columbia. While taking a lengthy backpacking trip through Canada, 20-year old British national Charles Horvath cashes a cheque at a bank, but soon vanishes without a ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 338–Jay Given from 2023-07-26T06:00
May 15, 1981. East Chicago, Indiana. Jay Given, a 51-year old attorney and political operative, attends a political fundraiser at the local Elks Club, but is fatally shot through the back of the he...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 337–Carolyn Eaton from 2023-07-19T06:00
February 14, 1982. Coconino County, Arizona. The decomposing body of a young woman is found in a remote area alongside Interstate 40 and while her exact cause of death cannot be determined, she is ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 336–Omar Laparra from 2023-07-12T06:00
May 30, 2009. Miami, Florida. While spending the evening partying at a nightclub, 21-year old Omar Laparra becomes very intoxicated and after leaving the club at closing time, he never returns home...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 335–Nancy Snow from 2023-07-05T06:00
November 6, 1980. Baltimore, Maryland. Nancy Snow, a 44-year old congressional fundraiser with the Republican National Committee, is picked up from a hotel by Paul Collins, the house-sitter at her ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 334–Chad Langford from 2023-06-28T06:00
March 12, 1992. Huntsville, Alabama. SPC Chad Langford, an Army military policeman stationed at the Redstone Arsenal, performs a patrol of the base and sends in a radio call that he is investigatin...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 333–Alonzo Brooks from 2023-06-21T06:00
April 3, 2004. La Cygne, Kansas. 23-year old Alonzo Brooks vanishes while attending a party at a farmhouse and his body is discovered on the banks of a nearby creek nearly one month later. While a ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 332–Adam Hecht from 2023-06-14T06:00
June 7, 1989. Beverly Hills, California. 23-year old Adam Hecht, the son of a famous Hollywood film producer, is seen driving away from his apartment in a rental car, but he never returns and the v...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 331–Jean Bradley from 2023-06-07T06:00
March 25, 1993. London, England. After getting off a train at the Acton Town tube station, 47-year old Jean Bradley heads towards her parked car, but is attacked and murdered by a man who stabs her...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 330–The Fowler Twins from 2023-05-31T06:00
June 20, 2016. Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families order the Penn Hills Police Department to remove multiple children from the home of a woman name...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 329–Lola Celli from 2023-05-24T06:00
February 23, 1946. Grandview Heights, Ohio. 24-year old Lola Celli leaves her parents’ residence in order to walk to the bus stop, but she soon vanishes without a trace. An eyewitness later reports...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 328–The Florence Salon Murders from 2023-05-17T06:00
November 6, 2001. Florence, Montana. A customer enters a salon called the Hair Gallery and discovers the bodies of three murdered women: the salon’s 62-year old owner, Dorothy Harris, a 44-year old...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Deadly Devotion: Motherhood&Mayhem from 2023-05-14T06:00
This Mother’s Day, join Shane Waters on a chilling adventure featuring 14 podcasters (including Robin Warder from “The Trail Went Cold”) as they share sinister stories of motherhood. Mother’s Day i...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 327–Lucia Kai Roberts from 2023-05-10T06:00
August 15, 1982. Boston, Massachusetts. The body of 16-year old Lucia Kai Roberts is found in Franklin Park and her cause of death is ruled to be strangulation. Over one year later, allegations eme...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 326–John Cheek&Gordon Collins from 2023-05-03T10:25:36
December 2, 1993. Memphis, Tennessee. John Cheek, the 28-year old financial officer of a real estate firm, spends the evening having a dinner at a restaurant and is last seen heading towards his pa...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 325–Sarah Skiba, Paul Skiba, and Lorenzo Chivers from 2023-04-26T06:00
February 7, 1999. Westminster, Colorado. 38-year old Paul Skiba, his nine-year old daughter Sarah Skiba, and 36-year old Lorenzo Chivers spend the day performing moving jobs for a company Paul owns...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 324–Eric Coy&Jeremy Stoner from 2023-04-19T06:00
January 24, 1987. Martinez, California. Nine-year old Eric Coy leaves his home on his bicycle in order to visit his aunt’s residence. Fifteen minutes later, Eric’s body and bicycle are discovered i...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 323–Lisa Myers Neugent from 2023-04-12T06:00
September 8, 1999. Horry County, South Carolina. 22-year old Lisa Myers Neugent phones her mother to let her know that she is staying at a resort with her estranged spouse, Frank Isley, but is plan...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Deceptions&Resurrections from 2023-04-09T06:00
This Easter, join Shane Waters on a whimsical adventure featuring 13 podcasters (including Robin Warder of “The Trail Went Cold”) as they share true stories of con artists and fake deaths. Delve in...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 322–Bobby Bizup from 2023-04-05T06:00
August 15, 1958. Boulder County, Colorado. While attending Camp St. Malo, a Catholic boys’ summer camp, a ten-year old hearing-impaired boy named Bobby Bizup vanishes without a trace. Nearly one ye...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 321–The Bellingham John Doe from 2023-03-29T06:00
September 20, 1987. Bellingham, Washington. A worker at the Georgia-Pacific pulp mill discovers some skeletal remains inside a chimney on one of the boilers at the mill’s steam plant. The victim is...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Larry Race from 2023-03-22T06:00
For personal reasons, the latest episode of The Trail Went Cold has been delayed until March 29, 2023. In its place this week, please enjoy one of our exclusive bonus Patreon episodes from our arch...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 320–Verna Bjerky from 2023-03-15T06:00
May 2, 1981. Hope, British Columbia. After spending the night at a friend’s house, 16-year old Verna Bjerky leaves on a trip to visit her boyfriend, but even though she plans on hitchhiking to her ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 319–Natasha Jennings from 2023-03-08T06:00
July 8, 1997. Carson City, Nevada. While visiting her father on a trip from California, 16-year old Natasha Jennings is found dead inside a bedroom at his apartment. An electric fan is lying over N...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 318–The Eleven Who Went to Heaven (Part 2) from 2023-03-01T06:00
November 15, 1971. Galveston, Texas. 15-year old Debbie Ackerman and 15-year old Maria Johnson are seen climbing into a white van outside an ice cream shop, but they never return home. Days later, ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 317–The Eleven Who Went to Heaven (Part 1) from 2023-02-22T06:00
August 4, 1971. Galveston, Texas. After spending the day at the beach, 14-year old Rhonda Renee Johnson and 13-year old Sharon Shaw fail to return home and their skeletal remains are found in a bay...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 316–John&Shelly Markley from 2023-02-15T06:00
December 15, 1995. Bristolville, Ohio. The children of 36-year old John Markley and his 32-year old wife, Shelly Markley, return home from school and discover that their parents are gone, though th...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–My Bloody Valentine from 2023-02-12T16:43:16
…12 dates … …14 love gone wrong stories… …Will YOU be my Valentine? This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 14 true crime podcast hosts, including...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 315–Hugh&Dian Harlin, Larry Costine&Melissa Jo Sermons from 2023-02-08T06:00
October 13, 1982. Morro Bay, California. The decomposed body of 43-year old Dian Harlin is discovered in a stand of trees next to a beach and she has been strangled to death with a leash belonging ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 314–Lindsay Buziak from 2023-02-01T06:00
February 2, 2008. Saanich, British Columbia. 24-year old real estate agent Lindsay Buziak arrives for an appointment to show an expensive suburban house to an unidentified man and woman. When Linds...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 313–The St. Louis Jane Doe from 2023-01-25T06:00
February 28, 1983. St. Louis, Missouri. The body of an African-American girl is found in the basement of an abandoned apartment building. She is believed to be between eight-to-eleven years old and...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 312–Bryan Nisenfeld from 2023-01-18T06:00
February 6, 1997. Bristol, Rhode Island. Bryan Nisenfeld, an 18-year old freshman at Roger Williams University, vanishes after leaving an afternoon class and most of his possessions are found in hi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 311–Bernd Goericke&Andrea Scherpf from 2023-01-11T06:00
October 6, 1983. British Columbia, Canada. 27-year old Bernd Goericke and his 22-year old fiancée, Andrea Scherpf, are found shot to death next to a remote road. The couple hailed from West Germany...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 310–Update, Part 3 from 2023-01-04T06:00
Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured nearly 400 cold cases and unsolved mysteries on the podcast. Since a number of these cases have wound up being sol...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 309–Q&A from 2022-12-28T06:00
Over the past four years, “The Trail Went Cold” has released two special Q&A episodes in which Robin Warder answered a number of questions from listeners. We have decided to put together another ep...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 308–Ricky Jean Bryant from 2022-12-21T06:00
December 19, 1949. Juneau County, Wisconsin. A fire breaks out at the residence of four-year old Ricky Jean “Jeannie” Bryant, which burns her family’s farmhouse to the ground. While Jeannie’s remai...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 307–David Spencer&Patrick Warren from 2022-12-14T06:00
December 26, 1996. Chelmsley Wood, England. 13-year old David Spencer and 11-year old Patrick Warren tell their families that they are planning to spend the night with Patrick’s brother, but they n...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 306–Steven Koecher from 2022-12-07T06:00
December 13, 2009. Henderson, Nevada. A security camera captures 30-year old Steven Koecher arriving in a residential neighbourhood, where he parks his car and is seen walking down the sidewalk bef...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 305–Robert Dirscherl from 2022-11-30T06:00
March 13, 1977. Dunedin, Florida. The body of 54-year old Robert Dirscherl is found on the floor of his bedroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. A shotgun is resting on the bed and since in...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 304–Karina Holmer from 2022-11-23T06:00
June 23, 1996. Boston, Massachusetts. The dismembered upper body of 20-year old Karina Holmer is found inside a plastic trash bag in a dumpster. She was strangled to death before being sliced direc...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 303–Bob Harrod from 2022-11-16T06:00
July 27, 2009. Placentia, California. 81-year old Bob Harrod is discovered to be missing from his home and he has left his car and his eyeglasses behind. One month earlier, Bob had gotten married t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 302–Deborah Sanders from 2022-11-09T06:00
September 29, 1984. Chicago, Illinois. 23-month old Deborah Sanders is taken from her mother, Norell Sanders, who claims she was violently attacked by the child’s estranged father, Odell Sheppard, ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 301–Lynn Amos&Megan Curl from 2022-11-02T06:00
December 11, 1995. Washington, D.C.. The fire department is summoned to a townhouse and discovers the burning body of 38-year old Lynn Amos on her bed. Lynn is still alive at the time and taken to ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–A Nightmare Before Halloween (Part 2) from 2022-10-28T06:00
…1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–A Nightmare Before Halloween (Part 1) from 2022-10-27T06:00
…1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 300–The Bennington Triangle from 2022-10-26T06:00
November 12, 1945. Bennington County, Vermont. While on a hunting trip on Glastenbury Mountain, 74-year old Middie Rivers splits off from his son-in-law, but he is never heard from again and an ext...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 299–Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? from 2022-10-19T06:00
April 18, 1943. Hagley, England. A group of teenage boys discover an unidentified female skeleton inside a hollow wych elm tree near Wychbury Hill. It is determined that the victim was killed at le...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 298–John Harden from 2022-10-12T06:00
March 22, 1975. Clermont, Florida. After climbing out of the shower, 32-year old John Harden looks out the window and notices that his pick-up truck is on fire. When John runs outside to extinguish...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 297–Leon Laureles from 2022-10-05T06:00
May 10, 1996. Brown County, Texas. A burning car belonging to 30-year old Leon Laureles is found next to a remote road. Leon’s body is lying near the vehicle and he has been shot though the back of...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 296–Morgan Nick from 2022-09-28T06:00
June 9, 1995. Alma, Arkansas. While attending a Little League baseball game with her mother, six-year old Morgan Nick goes off to play with some other kids before she vanishes without a trace. Morg...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 295–Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women from 2022-09-21T06:00
May 26, 1986. Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories. After returning home from a trip, the sister of 15-year old Mary Ann Birmingham enters their residence and discovers that Mary Ann has been stabb...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 294–Roger Ellison from 2022-09-14T06:00
February 10, 1981. Cedaredge, Colorado. After showing up at Cedaredge High School, 17-year old senior Roger Ellison places his books inside his locker, but he never attends any of his classes that ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 293–Mario Amado from 2022-09-07T06:00
June 6, 1992. Rosarito, Mexico. While vacationing at a beachfront condo, 29-year old Los Angeles resident Mario Amado is arrested by the local police after an alleged altercation with his girlfrien...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 292–Jennifer Fairgate from 2022-08-31T06:00
June 3, 1995. Oslo, Norway. The body of a young woman is found inside Room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza hotel and since a pistol is in her hand, she appears to be the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot w...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 291–Margie Dabney from 2022-08-24T06:00
December 5, 2001. Dallas, Texas. After boarding a flight from Indianapolis to Los Angeles, 70-year old Marjorie “Margie” Dabney and her husband stop for a layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 290–Chris Metallic&Dean Mortensen from 2022-08-17T06:00
November 25, 2012. Sackville, New Brunswick. While attending a house party, 20-year old Mount Allison University student Chris Metallic becomes intoxicated and starts walking back to his residence,...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 289–Justin Burgwinkel from 2022-08-10T06:00
June 12, 1993. Santa Clara, California. 21-year old U.S. Army Private Justin Burgwinkel leaves his girlfriend’s apartment and never returns. One week earlier, Justin had gone AWOL from Fort Lewis, ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 288–Dorothy Forstein from 2022-08-03T06:00
October 18, 1949. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dorothy Forstein, the 40-year old wife of a local magistrate, is discovered to be missing from her home. Even though there are no signs of forced entry...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 287–Danny Casolaro from 2022-07-27T06:00
August 10, 1991. Martinsburg, West Virginia. The nude body of 44-year old freelance investigative journalist Danny Casolaro is discovered inside the bathtub of his hotel room. Each of his wrists ha...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 286–Tracey Ann Patient from 2022-07-20T06:00
January 29, 1976. Auckland, New Zealand. 13-year old Tracey Ann Patient leaves her friend’s house to walk home, but never arrives. The following day, Tracey’s body is discovered in some bushes loca...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 285–Dana Bradley from 2022-07-13T06:00
December 14, 1981. St. John’s, Newfoundland. 14-year old Dana Bradley leaves her friend’s residence to head back home, but she never arrives and eyewitnesses report seeing her hitchhiking and climb...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 284–Earlene Barksdale from 2022-07-06T06:00
July 7, 1973. Tampa, Florida. The nude body of 34-year old Earlene Barksdale is discovered in the back office of the children’s clothing store she owns and she has been raped and shot in the head i...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 283–Gordon Page Jr.&Kristi Krebs from 2022-06-29T06:00
May 26, 1991. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 28-year old Gordon Page Jr. is discovered to be missing from his room at the Cascade Foster Care Home, a residential treatment centre for individuals with auti...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 282–Mark Himebaugh from 2022-06-22T06:00
November 25, 1991. Middle Township, New Jersey. 11-year old Mark Himebaugh leaves his residence in order to watch firefighters extinguishing a brush fire, but he never returns home. A search turns ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 281–Byron Carr from 2022-06-15T06:00
November 12, 1988. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. After he is not heard from in over 24 hours, the body of 36-year old Byron Carr is discovered inside the bedroom of his residence. He has bee...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 280–Peter Watts from 2022-06-08T06:00
January 18, 1976. Colwyn Bay, Wales. The family of 15-year old Peter Watts returns to their residence and discovers he has left behind a note to say that he went to see a friend. Ten hours later, P...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 279–Colonel Philip Shue from 2022-06-01T06:00
April 16, 2003. Kendall County, Texas. 54-year old Colonel Philip Shue, who works as a staff psychiatrist for the United States Air Force, leaves his residence to drive to work. Two-and-a-half hour...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 278–Alexis Patterson from 2022-05-25T06:00
May 3, 2002. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Seven-year old Alexis Patterson is walked to school by her stepfather, who claims that he last sees her crossing the street and heading in the direction of the sc...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 277–Wil Hendrick from 2022-05-18T06:00
January 10, 1999. Moscow, Idaho. While attending a party at an apartment complex, 25-year old University of Idaho theatre student Wil Hendrick vanishes without explanation and his abandoned car is ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 276–Paul Armstrong, Steven Lombard&Karen Wright from 2022-05-11T06:00
December 17, 1993. Merced, California. 27-year old Paul Armstrong, a tow truck operator employed by RTS Towing, vanishes without explanation from his home. Later that day, 34-year old Steven Lombar...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 275–Leonard Dirickson from 2022-05-04T06:00
March 14, 1998. Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. 39-year old Leonard Dirickson prepares breakfast for his son, Jared, before a man driving a pick-up truck shows up at their ranch. After Leonard goes o...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 274–Cary Sayegh from 2022-04-27T06:00
October 25, 1978. Las Vegas, Nevada. Six-year old Cary Sayegh disappears from his schoolyard during lunchtime recess and a student reports seeing Cary being forced into a vehicle by a man. Hours la...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 273–Laurie Murninghan from 2022-04-20T06:00
July 9, 1970. Lansing, Michigan. 16-year old Laurie Murninghan, the daughter of the city’s former mayor, is abducted from her workplace by a black male during a robbery gone wrong. Eleven days late...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 272–Kimberly McAndrew from 2022-04-13T06:00
August 12, 1989. Halifax, Nova Scotia. After her shift ends 40 minutes earlier than scheduled, 19-year old Kimberly McAndrew clocks out and leaves her workplace before she vanishes without a trace....
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 271–The Feeney Family Murders from 2022-04-06T06:00
February 27, 1995. Springfield, Missouri. The bodies of 35-year old Cheryl Feeney and her two children – six-year old Tyler and 19-month old Jennifer – are all discovered inside their separate bedr...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 270–Andre Jones from 2022-03-30T06:00
August 22, 1992. Brandon, Mississippi. While driving his girlfriend home, 18-year old Andre Jones is stopped at a police sobriety checkpoint and is arrested on a number of charges after his pick-up...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 269–Theodore Kampf&Patrick Rosner from 2022-03-23T06:00
May 21, 1983. Yukon, Canada. The remains of a male homicide victim are discovered in a shallow grave in a remote area and since he cannot be identified, he becomes known as the “Dawson City John Do...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 268–Ray Gricar from 2022-03-16T06:00
April 15, 2005. Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. After taking the day off work and leaving on a road trip, 59-year old Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar fails to return home and is reported missi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 267–Elizabeth Eisel&Katherine Lowery from 2022-03-09T06:00
February 1, 1999. DeSoto County, Mississippi. While living in a farmhouse with her two children and her boyfriend, 27-year old Katherine Lowery vanishes without explanation. Months later, Katherine...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 266–Jocelyn Hickenlooper from 2022-03-02T06:00
June 11, 1955. Salt Lake City, Utah. 22-year old Jocelyn Hickenlooper, who suffers from developmental disabilities and scoliosis, vanishes without explanation from her home. Over two weeks later, J...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 265–The Alcatraz Escape (Part 2) from 2022-02-23T06:00
June 11, 1962. San Francisco, California. 35-year old Frank Morris, 32-year old John Anglin and his 31-year old brother, Clarence Anglin, attempt an elaborate escape from the Alcatraz Federal Penit...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 264–The Alcatraz Escape (Part 1) from 2022-02-16T06:00
June 11, 1962. San Francisco, California. 35-year old Frank Morris, 32-year old John Anglin and his 31-year old brother, Clarence Anglin, attempt an elaborate escape from the Alcatraz Federal Penit...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 263–Cassandra Rundle, Detrick Sturm&Melanie Sturm from 2022-02-09T06:00
February 14, 1985. Colorado Springs, Colorado. The bodies of 37-year old Cassandra Rundle and her two children, 12-year old Detrick Sturm and 10-year old Melanie Sturm, are discovered inside their ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 262–Jack Wheeler from 2022-02-02T06:00
December 31, 2010. Wilmington, Delaware. The body of 66-year old Jack Wheeler is discovered in a trash heap at the Cherry Island Landfill and his cause of death is determined to be blunt force trau...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 261–Gracie Nash&John Davis Jr. from 2022-01-26T06:00
December 26, 1983. Austin, Texas. After leaving her workplace, 39-year old Gracie Nash vanishes without a trace and her abandoned car is soon discovered with a large amount of blood inside. Just ov...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 260–Kristen Modafferi from 2022-01-19T06:00
June 23, 1997. San Francisco, California. After completing her shift at a coffee shop at the Crocker Galleria, 18-year old Kristen Modafferi vanishes without a trace. Even though co-workers report ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 259–Laurie Depies from 2022-01-12T06:00
August 19, 1992. Menasha, Wisconsin. After leaving her workplace, 20-year old Laurie Depies drives to her boyfriend’s apartment complex and parks her car before she vanishes without a trace. Even t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 258–Shane Stewart&Sally McNelly from 2022-01-05T06:00
July 4, 1988. San Angelo, Texas. 16-year old Shane Stewart and his 18-year old girlfriend, Sally McNelly, go out to watch a fireworks show together, but never return home and Shane’s abandoned car ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 257–Update, Part 2 from 2021-12-29T06:00
Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured over 300 cold cases and unsolved mysteries on the podcast and a decent amount of them have either wound up being s...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 256–Mary Elizabeth Edens from 2021-12-22T06:00
Christmas Eve 1924. Babbs Switch, Oklahoma. A fire breaks out at a Christmas party taking place at a schoolhouse and claims the lives of 36 people. The remains of one of the presumed victims, three...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 255–Colleen Wood from 2021-12-15T06:00
December 15, 2000. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The former boss of 53-year old Colleen Wood calls her on her cell phone to invite her to an upcoming Christmas party, but even though Colleen says she w...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 254–Derrick Engebretson&Kurt Newton from 2021-12-08T06:00
December 5, 1998. Klamath County, Oregon. Eight-year old Derrick Engebretson travels to Winema National Forest with his father and grandfather in order to get a Christmas tree, but winds up becomin...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 253–Kathy Page from 2021-12-01T06:01
May 14, 1991. Vidor, Texas. 34-year old Kathy Page is found dead inside her car after an apparent crash into a drainage ditch just over 100 yards from her residence. While the scene resembles an ac...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Kay Hall from 2021-11-24T06:00
September 30, 1987. Northumberland County, Virginia. The body of 45-year old Kay Hall is discovered on a back road underneath her pick-up truck. She has been run over and her husband, Bob Hall, imm...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 252–The Jamison Family from 2021-11-17T06:00
October 8, 2009. Latimer County, Oklahoma. 44-year old Bobby Jamison, his 40-year old wife, Sherilynn Jamison, and their six-year old daughter, Madyson Jamison, leave their home to go look at a plo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 251–Sandra Kay Baker from 2021-11-10T06:00
May 25, 2000. Mercer County, Pennsylvania. After last being seen at a convenience store, 46-year old Sandra Kay Baker supposedly phones her fiancée, Billy Crea Jr., to say that she is in danger and...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 250–Moses Lall&Lila Buerattan from 2021-11-03T06:00
June 15, 1994. Loxahatchee, Florida. 31-year old Moses Lall and his 36-year old aunt, Lila Buerattan, are discovered to be missing from their ranch, where they run a business breeding and selling e...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 249–Sarah Saganitso from 2021-10-27T06:00
June 12, 1987. Flagstaff, Arizona. After finishing her shift at the Flagstaff Medical Center, 40-year old Navajo woman Sarah Saganitso never returns home and her nude body is found in a nearby wood...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 248–Susan Walsh from 2021-10-20T06:00
July 16, 1996. Nutley, New Jersey. 36-year old Susan Walsh leaves her son in the care of her estranged husband and says she needs to step out to make some phone calls, but she never returns to her ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 247–Charles Walton from 2021-10-13T06:00
February 14, 1945. Lower Quinton, England. 74-year old farm labourer Charles Walton leaves his home in order to spending the day slashing hedges on the slopes of Meon Hill. Later that evening, Char...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 246–Yasmin Acree from 2021-10-06T06:00
January 15, 2008. Chicago, Illinois. 15-year old Yasmin Acree is seen going to bed in the basement of her residence, but she is discovered to be missing the following day and there are signs of a b...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 245–Crystal Champagne from 2021-09-29T06:00
July 19, 1996. Westwego, Louisiana. After leaving her apartment to walk to a supermarket, 14-year old Crystal Champagne fails to return and is found strangled to death in a wooded area the followin...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 244–Richard Lancelyn Green from 2021-09-22T06:00
March 27, 2004. London, England. 50-year old Richard Lancelyn Green, considered to be the world’s foremost scholar on Sherlock Holmes, is discovered dead on top of his bed inside his flat. His caus...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 243–Jamie Santos&Rebecca Young from 2021-09-15T06:00
October 28, 1991. Wheeling, Illinois. A 911 dispatcher receives an anonymous call from a payphone by a man asking for medical attention for a woman. When paramedics arrive at the address the caller...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 242–Michael Sullivan&Camden Sylvia from 2021-09-08T06:00
November 7, 1997. New York City. 54-year old Michael Sullivan and his 36-year old girlfriend, Camden Sylvia, vanish without explanation from their loft in Manhattan and are reported missing six day...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 241–Patti Adkins from 2021-09-01T06:00
June 29, 2001. Marysville, Ohio. After completing her shift at the Honda automotive plant, 29-year old Patti Adkins clocks out in order to leave on what she claims is a vacation to Canada with her ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 240–The Bishop Family Murders from 2021-08-25T06:00
March 1, 1976. Bethesda, Maryland. 37-year old Annette Bishop, her 68-year old mother-in-law Lobelia Bishop, and Annette’s three sons – 14-year old Brad, 10-year old Brent and five-year old Geoffre...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 239–Ted Loseff from 2021-08-18T06:00
February 23, 1974. Los Angeles, California. Police are summoned to the home of 41-year old orthopedic surgeon Ted Loseff after his wife, Wilda, claims that he threatened her with a gun. When police...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 238–Harry&Megan Tooze from 2021-08-11T06:00
July 26, 1993. Llanharry, Wales. 65-year old Harry Tooze and his 67-year old wife, Megan Tooze, are both shot to death at their remote farm before their bodies are hidden inside the cowshed. The in...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 237–Sister Roberta Elam from 2021-08-04T06:00
June 13, 1977. Ohio County, West Virginia. Roberta Elam, a 26-year old postulant known as “Sister Robin” who is planning to become a nun, is seen living the motherhouse of the Mount St. Joseph conv...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 236–Jill&Julie Hansen from 2021-07-28T06:00
November 15, 1986. Willow Creek, California. A fire breaks out at a mobile home belonging to the family of 16-year old twin sisters, Jill and Julie Hansen. Both girls receive shotgun blasts to the ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 235–Shannon Green&David Dewayne Bell from 2021-07-21T06:00
July 6, 1986. Owensboro, Kentucky. 16-year old Shannon Green disappears after leaving her residence to visit a family friend. Days later, Shannon’s mother receives a phone call from someone calling...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 234–The Durham Family Murders from 2021-07-14T05:00
February 3, 1972. Boone, North Carolina. 51-year old Bryce Durham, his 44-year old wife Virginia, and their 18-year old son Bobby Joe are found strangled to death and drowned inside their bathroom ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 233–Wallace Guidroz&Lenoria Jones from 2021-07-07T06:00
January 10, 1983. Tacoma, Washington. Two-year old Wallace Guidroz is reported missing by his father, Stanley Guidroz, who claims that he brought Wallace to a local park and last saw him in the com...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 232–Gary Simmons from 2021-06-30T06:00
October 15, 1974. Overland Park, Kansas. 32-year old businessman Gary Simmons leaves his office in order to purchase a horse from a man named Tom Dixon. Later that day, Gary provides authorization ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 231–Richard Colvin Cox from 2021-06-23T06:00
January 14, 1950. West Point, New York. 21-year old Richard Colvin Cox, a second-year cadet at the United States Military Academy, tells his roommate that he is planning to go out to dinner with a ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 230–Lynette Culver from 2021-06-16T06:00
May 6, 1975. Pocatello, Idaho. After leaving her school on her lunch break, 12-year old Lynette Culver vanishes without a trace and is subsequently reported missing. Nearly 14 years later, prior to...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 229–Anthonette Cayedito from 2021-06-09T06:00
April 6, 1986. Gallup, New Mexico. The mother of nine-year old Anthonette Cayedito wakes up to discover that her daughter is missing from their home and she cannot be found anywhere. Anthonette’s s...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–CrimeConVersations with Generation Why&The Trail Went Cold from 2021-06-07T06:00
CrimeConVersations is a brand-new true crime podcast brought to you by CrimeCon UK. As part of the lead-up to CrimeCon UK in London, Crimecon UK is bringing two true crime podcasts together to find...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 228–Ben Charles Padilla&John Mikel Mutantu from 2021-06-02T06:00
May 25, 2003. Luanda, Angola. 50-year old Ben Charles Padilla, an American citizen overseeing a rebuilding project on a Boeing 727 at Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport, is reportedly seen b...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 227–Gloria Ross&Candy Belt from 2021-05-26T06:00
September 20, 1994. Oak Grove, Kentucky. 22-year old Candy Belt and 18-year old Gloria Ross are found dead at the massage parlour where they work, as they have both been shot in the head and had th...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 226–Peter Bergmann from 2021-05-19T06:00
June 16, 2009. Rosses Point, Ireland. The body of a man who appears to be in his late fifties or early sixties is found washed up on a beach and his cause of death is believed to be acute cardiac a...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 225–Leila&Mary Rachel Bryan from 2021-05-12T06:00
May 10, 1941. Carolina Beach, North Carolina. 36-year old Leila Bryan and her three-year old daughter, Mary Rachel Bryan, leave their home in the family car in order to drive to a nearby store, but...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 224–Leah Roberts from 2021-05-05T08:00
March 18, 2000. Whatcom County, Washington. A damaged Jeep belonging to 23-year old Leah Roberts is found at the bottom of an embankment next to a remote highway. Nine days earlier, Leah had left h...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 223–Mistie Murray from 2021-04-28T06:00
May 31, 1995. Goderich, Ontario. After leaving her school, 16-year old Mistie Murray fails to return home and is subsequently reported missing. Even though there are several eyewitness sightings pl...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 222–Pamela June Ray from 2021-04-21T06:00
August 12, 1992. Panama City Beach, Florida. After leaving her home in Georgia on a vacation with her two children, 36-year old Pamela June Ray arrives at a beachfront motel during the early mornin...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 221–Jim&Lois Arrotta from 2021-04-14T06:00
September 4, 1964. Great Falls, Montana. 43-year old Jim Arrotta and his 35-year old wife, Lois Arrotta, are found stabbed to death inside a grocery store where Jim works as the manager. Since the ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 220–Ralph Sigler from 2021-04-07T09:00
April 13, 1976. Jessup, Maryland. Ralph Sigler, a 47-year old Chief Warrant Officer with the United States Army, is found dead inside a motel room after an apparent suicide in which he electrocuted...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 219–Sneha Philip from 2021-03-31T06:00
September 10, 2001. New York City. 31-year old Sneha Philip leaves her Lower Manhattan apartment and is last seen purchasing items at a nearby department store alongside an unidentified woman. Sneh...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 218–John&Faye Whatley from 2021-03-24T06:00
January 31, 1976. Bastrop County, Texas. After 73-year old John Whatley and his 68-year old wife, Faye Whatley, fail to show up at the wedding for Faye’s granddaughter, the police are asked to perf...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 217–Evelyn&Alex Hernandez from 2021-03-17T09:00
May 1, 2002. San Francisco, California. After finishing a phone call with one of her sisters, 24-year old Evelyn Hernandez and her five-year old son, Alex Hernandez, vanish without explanation. At ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 216–Wilma June Nissen from 2021-03-10T07:00
October 4, 1978. Lyon County, Iowa. The decomposed body of a murdered young woman is discovered in a ditch next to a rural road, but since she carries no identification, she remains a Jane Doe for ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 215–Ann Gotlib from 2021-03-03T06:00
June 1, 1983. Louisville, Kentucky. 12-year old Ann Gotlib leaves her friend’s residence in order to ride her bicycle back to her family’s apartment, but she never arrives. When Ann’s mother goes s...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 214–The Boys On The Track (Part 2) from 2021-02-24T06:00
August 23, 1987. Saline County Arkansas. 16-year old Don Henry and 17-year old Kevin Ives head into the woods to do some late-night hunting, but never return. Hours later, the two boys are seen lyi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 213–The Boys On The Track (Part 1) from 2021-02-17T09:00
August 23, 1987. Saline County Arkansas. 16-year old Don Henry and 17-year old Kevin Ives head into the woods to do some late-night hunting, but never return. Hours later, the two boys are seen lyi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 212–Marie Lilienberg&Maria Wahlen from 2021-02-10T08:00
July 22, 1983. Redwood City, California. After spending the month travelling through the state, a pair of Swedish nationals – 23-year old Marie Lilienberg and 25-year old Maria Wahlen – leave their...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 211–Tina McMenamin from 2021-02-03T08:00
July 25, 1995. Lincoln, Nebraska. 18-year old university student Tina McMenamin fails to show up for her shift at work and her body is found inside her apartment bedroom later that night. Tina hasb...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 210–Carol Woolsoncroft from 2021-01-27T03:00
August 4, 1984. Fort Myers, Florida. 20-year old Carol Woolsoncroft fails to show up for her shift at her workplace and is never heard from again. Three days later, Carol’s parents return home from...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 209–Ralph Probst&Michael O’Mara from 2021-01-20T03:00
April 10, 1967. Hometown, Illinois. Ralph Probst, a 30-year old officer with the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department, spends the night at home watching television with his wife before he heads ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 208–Celina Mays from 2021-01-13T03:00
December 15, 1996. Willingboro Township, New Jersey. After saying goodnight to her family, 12-year old Celina Mays heads for her bedroom, but is discovered to be missing the following morning. At t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 207–Jack Davis Jr. from 2021-01-06T03:00
October 16, 1987. Indiana, Pennsylvania. Jack Davis Jr., a 20-year old sophomore at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, spends the night partying and drinking with members of his fraternity, but he...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 206–Q&A from 2020-12-30T03:00
In 2018, “The Trail Went Cold” released a special Q&A episode in which Robin Warder answered a number of questions from listeners. This year, we decided to do a follow-up episode and received some ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 205–Larry Griffin from 2020-12-16T03:00
Christmas Day 1929. Stradbally, Ireland. After completing his holiday route, 49-year old postman Larry Griffin fails to return home and his bicycle is found on a road outside the village the follow...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 204–Mari Ann Fowler from 2020-12-09T03:00
Christmas Eve 2002. Port Allen, Louisiana. After leaving her home on a road trip to visit her husband in prison for the holidays, 65-year old Mari Ann Fowler stops at a strip mall to purchase some ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 203–The Freedon&The Casie Nicole from 2020-12-02T03:00
December 17, 1988. Miami, Florida. Lisa Bishop, a 23-year old journalism student from Georgia State University, leaves on a trip to Haiti on a boat called the Freedon, which is being captained by a...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 202–The Blount Family Bombing from 2020-11-25T08:50
November 28, 1985. Tarrant County, Texas. The family of 44-year old Joe Blount gathers together for Thanksgiving dinner in their trailer at the Hilltop Mobile Home Park. After making a trip to a co...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 201–Erica Baker from 2020-11-18T03:00
February 7, 1999. Kettering, Ohio. Nine-year old Erica Baker leaves her family’s home to take their dog for a walk. While a pair of eyewitnesses see Erica in a nearby park, she soon vanishes withou...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 200–Melanie Flynn from 2020-11-11T03:00
January 25, 1977. Lexington, Kentucky. 24-year old Melanie Flynn leaves her workplace, but fails to show up for an appointment and does not return home for dinner with her family. Two weeks later, ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 199–Patrice Endres from 2020-11-04T03:00
April 15, 2004. Forsyth County, Georgia. After finishing a phone call with a customer, 38-year old Patrice Endres vanishes from the hair salon she owns. Patrice’s purse and SUV are left behind and ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 198–Bill&Dorothy Wacker from 2020-10-28T03:00
January 16, 1985. Massillon, Ohio. 64-year old Bill Wacker informs the local sheriff that his home has been ransacked and this is the third time such an incident has occurred. Months later, Bill’s ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 197–William&Margaret Patterson from 2020-10-21T03:00
March 5, 1957. El Paso, Texas. 52-year old William “Pat” Patterson and his 42-year old wife, Margaret Patterson, vanish without explanation from their home, leaving everything behind. A friend of t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 196–Zigmund Adamski from 2020-10-14T03:00
June 11, 1980. Todmorden, England. The body of 56-year old Zigmund Adamski is found on top of a large pile of coal inside a coal yard. Five days earlier, Zigmund had vanished after leaving his home...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 195–Curtis Pishon from 2020-10-11T01:58:38
July 5, 2000. Seabrook, New Hampshire. Curtis Pishon, a 40-year old former police officer suffering from multiple sclerosis, is working the graveyard shift as a factory security guard when his car ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 194–Mary Jane Van Gilder from 2020-09-30T03:00
March 8, 1945. Shelby, Ohio. 34-year old Mary Jane Vangilder quits her job at the Shelby Army Air Force Depot after working there for a year. Mary Jane had previously lived in West Virginia with he...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 193–Noreen Greenley from 2020-09-23T07:01
September 14, 1963. Bowmanville, Ontario. 13-year old Noreen Greenley leaves her best friend’s house and heads towards the bus stop, but never returns home. Shortly thereafter, one of Noreen’s sist...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 192–Rodney Marks from 2020-09-16T07:00
May 12, 2000. The South Pole, Antarctica. While working at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, 32-year old Australian astrophysicist Rodney Marks becomes seriously ill before he dies. Rodney’s d...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 191–Martha Jean Lambert from 2020-09-09T07:00
November 27, 1985. St. Augustine, Florida. While attending a neighbourhood social gathering, 12-year old Martha Jean Lambert tells her mother that she will be taking a brief trip back to their mobi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 190–Ed Baker from 2020-09-02T07:02
November 8, 1985. Harris County, Texas. A burned-out Jaguar belonging to 52-year old Ed Baker, the millionaire chairman of a Houston-based oil investment business, is discovered in a remote field. ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 189–Bethany Decker from 2020-08-26T07:00
January 29, 2011. Loudoun County, Virginia. 21-year old Bethany Decker calls her place of employment to find out her work schedule, but does not show up for her shift later that night. When Bethany...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 188–Geetha Angara from 2020-08-19T07:00
February 8, 2005. Totowa, New Jersey. 43-year old chemist Geetha Angara shows up to work her shift at the Passaic Valley Water Commission treatment facility, but turns up missing. The following day...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 187–Rey Rivera from 2020-08-12T07:00
May 16, 2006. Baltimore, Maryland. 32-year old Rey Rivera receives a phone call which compels him to race out of his house and drive away before he goes missing. Eight days later, Rey’s partially d...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 186–Marcia King from 2020-08-05T07:00
April 24, 1981. Miami County, Ohio. The body of a young woman wearing a buckskin poncho is discovered in a ditch alongside a remote road. She has been severely beaten and strangled to death, but si...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 185–Keith Warren from 2020-07-29T07:00
July 31, 1986. Silver Spring, Maryland. The body of 19-year old Keith Warren is found in a wooded area, hanging from a tree in a noose. Even though there are some unexplained discrepancies, as well...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 184–George Owens&Walter Dunson from 2020-07-22T07:00
July 22, 1985. Nolensville, Tennessee. After failing to pick up his wife from the bus station, 79-year old George Owens and his car are discovered to be missing from his home. One week later, Georg...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 183–Dimitric Moore from 2020-07-15T07:00
April 23, 1995. New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Eight-year old Dimitric Moore tells his mother, Ora Lee Moore, that is he going out to visit a friend, but he fails to return home that night. The followi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 182–Cherita Thomas from 2020-07-08T07:00
August 3, 1980. AuSable Township, Michigan. 20-year old Cherita Thomas borrows her friend’s car in order to pick up her daughter from a babysitter, but the vehicle breaks down before she arrives. W...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 181–Tamra Keepness from 2020-07-01T07:01
July 5, 2004. Regina, Saskatchewan. Five-year old Tamra Keepness heads for bed while her mother, Lorena Keepness, goes out drinking, leaving Tamra and her five siblings alone at their house. Lorena...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 180–Joseph Edwards from 2020-06-24T07:00
July 12, 1964. Vidalia, Louisiana. 25-year old Joseph “Joe-Ed” Edwards is seen leaving his place of employment, the Shamrock Motel. Shortly thereafter, an eyewitness sees Joe-Ed’s vehicle pulled ov...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 179–The Diggs Family Murders from 2020-06-17T07:00
December 6, 1975. Teaneck, New Jersey. After spending the night in New York City, 40-year old bar owner Wesley Diggs returns to his suburban home and discovers that his entire family has been murde...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 178–The 3X Murders from 2020-06-10T07:00
June 11, 1930. New York City. While parked inside his car with his mistress at a secluded lover’s lane area, 39-year old Joseph Mozynski is shot to death by an unidentified assailant, who leaves Jo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 177–David Lewis from 2020-06-03T07:00
January 31, 1993. Amarillo, Texas. The wife and daughter of 39-year old David Lewis return home from a weekend trip and discover that David is not at the house and has left his watch and wedding ri...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 176–Heather Uffelman&Jennifer Lynn Stone from 2020-05-27T07:00
October 24, 1992. Marietta, Georgia. 22-year old Heather Uffelman and her 22-year old fiancée, Jeremy Rolfs, make a lengthy drive from Tennessee in order to sell expensive computer equipment to a m...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 175–Mary Agnes Gross from 2020-05-20T07:06
June 12, 1962. Worthington, Minnesota. 20-year old Marlys Gross gives birth to a baby daughter named Mary Agnes, but is told by the hospital staff that the child died shortly after she was born. Ma...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 174–The Mills Family Murders from 2020-05-13T07:00
February 26, 1980. Berkeley, California. 51-year old Al Mills, his 40-year old wife, Jeannie, and Jeannie’s 16-year old daughter, Daphene, are all shot to death, execution-style, in their home. Jea...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 173–Chad Maurer from 2020-05-06T07:00
May 19, 1990. Madison, Wisconsin. After coming home from his job at a bicycle shop to grab food during his lunch break, 19-year old Chad Maurer tells his parents that he is going to return to his w...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 172–Claudia Kirschhoch from 2020-04-29T07:00
May 27, 2000. Negril, Jamaica. After she is denied entry into Cuba for a junket, 29-year old travel writer Claudia Kirschhoch is rerouted to a Sandals beach resort in Jamaica while she waits for a ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 171–Claudia Lawrence from 2020-04-22T07:00
March 18, 2009. York, England. 35-year old Claudia Lawrence speaks on the phone with her parents and texts her best friend about meeting for drinks the following evening. When Claudia fails to show...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 170–Sharon Davis from 2020-04-15T08:00
June 13, 2001. Dallas, Texas. 51-year old teacher Sharon Davis drops her daughter off at a bus depot, but fails to show up for a scheduled training session at her school later that morning. Five da...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 169–Julie Williams&Lollie Winans from 2020-04-08T08:00
May 19, 1996. Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. 24-year old Julianne “Julie” Williams and her 26-year old girlfriend, Laura “Lollie” Winans, leave on a backpacking trip, but are eventually report...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 168–Don“Rainboy”Decker from 2020-04-01T08:00
February 24, 1983. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. After receiving a temporary furlough from the county jail, 21-year old Don Decker attends his grandfather’s funeral and goes to stay at a friend’s hous...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–The Career of Robert Stack from 2020-03-28T08:00
November 29, 1987. Millions of people tune in to NBC to watch a television special about unsolved mysteries which is hosted by a legendary, well-respected Hollywood actor. The special is eventually...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 167–Janice Wessinger from 2020-03-25T08:00
November 22, 1997. Aiken County, South Carolina. The daughter of 47-year old Janice Wessinger returns home to discover that her mother is missing. The following morning, Janice’s body is found in a...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 166–The Indiana Dunes Women from 2020-03-18T08:00
July 2, 1966. Porter County, Indiana. 21-year old Ann Miller, 19-year old Patricia Blough and 19-year old Renee Bruhl leave their homes in Illinois in order to travel to the Indiana Dunes State Par...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 165–Todd McAfee from 2020-03-11T08:00
August 18, 1987. Manatee County, Florida. Todd McAfee, the 27-year old manager of a tomato farm, is discovered to be missing from his trailer after his employees arrive for work. Todd’s body is soo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 164–Jean Spangler from 2020-03-04T08:00
October 7, 1949. Los Angeles, California. 26-year old actress Jean Spangler leaves her home and asks her sister-in-law to watch over her daughter. Jean says she is planning to meet with her ex-husb...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 163–Su-Ya Kim&Quin-Rong Wu from 2020-02-26T08:00
June 29, 1991. New York City. Su-Ya Kim leaves her children with their grandmother to go shopping, but never returns. Ten hours later, Su-Ya’s nude body is discovered in a dumpster after she has be...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 162–The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders from 2020-02-19T08:00
June 13, 1977. Mayes County, Oklahoma. While attending a summer camp for Girl Scouts, 10-year Denise Milner, 9-year Michelle Guse, and 8-year old Lori Farmer spend the night together in a tent. Whe...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 161–The Martin Family from 2020-02-12T08:00
December 7, 1958. Portland, Oregon. 54-year old Kenneth Martin, his 48-year old wife Barbara and their three daughters – 14-year old Barbie, 12-year old Virginia and 10-year old Susan – leave their...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 160–Marilu Geri from 2020-02-05T08:00
February 14, 1986. Sugar Land, Texas. 43-year old insurance agent Stephen Geri phones the mother of his 33-year old wife, Marilu Geri, and asks her to visit Marilu at their house to help her prepar...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 159–Charles Southern from 2020-01-29T08:00
December 1, 1987. Chicago, Illinois. While speaking with his mother on the phone, 39-year old Charles Southern shares his plans about taking a trip to India. After not hearing from him for weeks, C...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 158–Ezzat Aboul-Hosn from 2020-01-22T08:00
May 20, 1982. Kendall, Florida. A fire breaks out at the home of 30-year old Ezzat Aboul-Hosn and a badly burned body is found pinned underneath a car inside his garage. The body is tentatively ide...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 157–Jamie Stickle from 2020-01-15T08:00
February 8, 2002. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After closing up the bar she manages and drinking at various clubs in the downtown area, 33-year old Jamie Stickle drives back home to her apartment. Sho...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 156–Don Smith&Philip Fraser from 2020-01-08T08:00
May 16, 1987. Denver, Colorado. After a collision with another vehicle, the unidentified driver of a pick-up truck runs away from the accident scene. Police discover that the man was registered at ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 155–Update! from 2020-01-01T08:00
Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured over 200 unsolved cold cases on the podcast, but a decent number of these cases have either wound up being solved ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 154–The Walker Family Murders from 2019-12-18T08:00
December 19, 1959. Osprey, Florida. After spending the day running errands and visiting a family friend, 25-year old Cliff Walker, his 24-year old wife Christine, and their two children, three-year...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 153–Katrina Ploy from 2019-12-11T08:00
December 17, 2006. Sydney, Australia. After spending the day with her family, 25-year old Katrina Ploy drives away from her parents’ house. Hours later, Katrina’s abandoned car and some of her poss...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 152–Melvin Horst from 2019-12-04T08:00
December 27, 1928. Orrville, Ohio. Four-year old Melvin Horst leaves his home to play in the neighbourhood with friends, but never returns and a search of the area fails to turn up any trace of him...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 151–The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre from 2019-11-27T08:00
February 10, 1990. Las Cruces, New Mexico. A pair of armed gunmen enter a bowling alley called the Las Cruces Bowl and bring everyone inside into the manager’s office. After stealing money from the...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 150–Amy Billig from 2019-11-20T08:00
March 5, 1974. Coconut Grove, Florida. 17-year old Amy Billig phones her father from her home and arranges to meet him at his workplace in order to borrow money to have lunch with friends. Amy is l...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 149–Robert Hoagland from 2019-11-13T08:00:03
July 28, 2013. Newtown, Connecticut. 50-year old Robert “Hoagy” Hoagland is last seen mowing the lawn outside his house. The following day, his wife, Lori, returns from a trip to Turkey, but Hoagy ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 148–Joan Gay Croft from 2019-11-06T08:00:56
April 9, 1947. Woodward, Oklahoma. Four-year old Joan Gay Croft is taken to the local hospital after an F5 tornado devastates her hometown and takes the lives of over 100 people, including her moth...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 147–The Lewis Clark Valley Murders from 2019-10-30T07:00:10
September 12, 1982. Lewiston, Idaho. 21-year old Kristina Nelson and her 18-year old stepsister, Jacqueline “Brandy” Miller, leave Kristina’s apartment, but never return. That very same night, 35-y...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 146–Janett Christman from 2019-10-23T07:00:51
March 18, 1950. Columbia, Missouri. 13-year old Janett Christman shows up at a married couple’s residence to spend the evening babysitting their child. When the couple returns home, they discover t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 145–David Stone&Devin Williams from 2019-10-16T07:00:35
October 31, 1988. Hidalgo County, New Mexico. 29-year old David Stone, a stock market analyst from California, is seen wandering through the desert and exhibiting strange behaviour. Two days later,...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 144–Sydney Land&Neo Kaufmann from 2019-10-09T07:00:31
October 27, 2016. Las Vegas, Nevada. 21-year old Sydney Land and her 20-year old boyfriend, Nehemiah “Neo” Kaufmann, are found shot to death inside Sydney’s apartment. The prime suspect is an alleg...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 143–Charlie Anderson and Carol Montecalvo from 2019-10-02T07:00:46
January 24, 1987. Burbank, California. 35-year old Charlie Anderson, a deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, returns to his suburban home with his wife and two children. He is sh...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 142–Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle from 2019-09-25T07:00:48
March 26, 1993. Dublin, Ireland. 26-year old Annie McCarrick, an American-born citizen living in Ireland, leaves her apartment to travel to the Wicklow Mountains, but never returns. Even though Ann...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 141–David Bocks from 2019-09-18T07:00:38
June 19, 1984. Fernald, Ohio. 39-year old Dave Bocks shows up to work the graveyard shift at the Fernald Feed Materials Production Center, a plant which processes uranium for nuclear weapons. Dave ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 140–Michele Harris from 2019-09-11T07:00
September 11, 2001. Tioga County, New York. 35-year old Michele Harris finishes her evening shift at her workplace, but never returns home. The following morning, Michele’s abandoned minivan is dis...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Kent Heitholt from 2019-09-04T07:00:03
“The Trail Went Cold” is taking a break this week after a busy summer of live shows and conventions! In place of a brand new episode, please enjoy this Patreon-exclusive bonus episode from last yea...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 139–The Short Family Murders from 2019-08-28T07:00:55
August 15, 2002. Bassett, Virginia. 50-year old Michael Short and his 36-year old wife, Mary, are found shot to death inside their home, but the couple’s nine-year old daughter, Jennifer, is missin...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 138–Doyle Wheeler from 2019-08-21T07:00:18
April 19, 1988. Suncrest, Washington. 36-year old Doyle Wheeler, a former police officer from the San Diego Police Department, is attacked inside his home by a group of armed intruders. They force ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 137–Clifford Sherwood&George Gumbly from 2019-08-14T07:00:47
October 21, 1954. Verdun, Quebec. Nine-year old Clifford Sherwood leaves for school and meets up with his 12-year old friend, George Gumbly. The two boys never arrive at school or return home and a...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 136–Deanna Cremin&Melanie Melanson from 2019-08-07T07:00:43
March 29, 1995. Somerville, Massachusetts. 17-year old Deanna Cremin spends the evening with her boyfriend, Tommy LeBlanc, but fails to return home. The following morning, Deanna’s body is found be...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 135–Paul Whipkey from 2019-07-31T07:00:58
July 10, 1958. Monterey County, California. 26-year old First Lieutenant Paul Whipkey leaves Fort Ord, the Army base where he is stationed. When he fails to return, he is declared AWOL before being...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 134–Louise and Charmian Faulkner from 2019-07-24T07:00
April 26, 1980. St. Kilda, Australia. 43-year old Louise Faulkner and her two-year old daughter, Charmian Faulkner, are seen climbing into a car driven by an older man. Louise had told a neighbour ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 133–Dick Hansen from 2019-07-17T07:00:48
April 30, 1991. Santa Clara County, California. After spending the night in downtown San Jose with his friend, Jean, 36-year old Dick Hansen notices that he is being watched by a man in a car. When...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 132–Adele Born Williams from 2019-07-10T07:00:44
January 19, 1944. Chicago, Illinois. 54-year old Adele Born Williams returns to her eighth-floor suite at the Drake Hotel alongside her daughter, Patricia Goodbody. A woman dressed in black suddenl...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 131–Toni Lee Sharpless from 2019-07-03T07:00:05
August 23, 2009. Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. 29-year old Toni Lee Sharpless attends a party with her friend, Crystal Johns, but when Toni becomes intoxicated and starts displaying erratic behaviour, bo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 130–Tara Breckenridge from 2019-06-26T07:00:44
August 4, 1992. Houston, Texas. While working her shift as a waitress at a strip club, 23-year old Tara Breckenridge volunteers to go home early. Tara leaves at around 12:30 AM, but when she fails ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 129–Little Miss Panasoffkee and the Sumter County Does from 2019-06-19T07:00:08
February 19, 1971. Sumter County, Florida. The body of a young woman is found floating beneath a bridge in Lake Panasoffkee. She has been strangled to death with a belt, but in spite of some intrig...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 128–Roger Dean from 2019-06-12T07:00:28
November 21, 1985. Littleton, Colorado. A masked gunman enters the home of 51-year old businessman Roger Dean and forces him to tie up and blindfold his wife, D.J.. After an apparent dispute over m...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 127–Shareef Cousin from 2019-06-05T07:00:35
March 2, 1995. New Orleans, Louisiana. After leaving a restaurant with his date in the French Quarter, 25-year old Michael Gerardi is fatally gunned down by a trio of robbers. Weeks later, 16-year ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 126–Sherri Holland from 2019-05-29T07:00:42
August 16, 1996. Clayton County, Georgia. 34-year old Sherri Holland leaves her vacation home in Flagler Beach, Florida in order to drive back to her residence in Atlanta, but never arrives. Eight ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 125–A.J. Breaux from 2019-05-22T07:00:25
August 28, 1991. Houma, Louisiana. 50-year old A.J. Breaux leaves an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at the local Easy Does It Club, but never returns home. Two days later, A.J.’s abandoned car is fou...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 124–Ashley Estell from 2019-05-15T07:00:20
September 4, 1993. Plano, Texas. While attending a soccer game at Carpenter Park with her family, seven-year old Ashley Estell goes missing after an apparent abduction. The following day, Ashley is...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 123–Marie Blee from 2019-05-08T07:00:45
November 21, 1979. Craig, Colorado. After spending the evening at a dance, 15-year old Marie Blee heads to a party at a mobile home park, but never returns home. Two days later, Marie’s parents rec...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 122–Linda Sherman from 2019-05-01T07:00:59
April 22, 1985. Vinita Park, Missouri. 27-year old wife and mother Linda Sherman does not show up for her shift at work and her abandoned car is soon discovered in an airport parking garage. Since ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 121–Glen&Bessie Hyde from 2019-04-24T07:00:51
November 15, 1928. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. 29-year old Glen Hyde and his 22- year old wife, Bessie, decide to spend their honeymoon taking a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon down ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 120–Amber Tuccaro&Jolene Cote from 2019-04-17T07:00:17
August 18, 2010. Leduc County, Alberta. While staying with her infant son and a friend at a motel, 20-year old Amber Tuccaro decides to hitchhike to Edmonton. She never returns and is subsequently ...
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 119 – Lindsey Baum from 2019-04-10T07:00:25
June 26, 2009. McCleary, Washington. After stopping by a friend’s house, 10-year old Lindsey Baum leaves to walk home. Even though her trip should have only taken ten minutes, Lindsey never arrives...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 119–Lindsey Baum from 2019-04-10T07:00:25
June 26, 2009. McCleary, Washington. After stopping by a friend’s house, 10-year old Lindsey Baum leaves to walk home. Even though her trip should have only taken ten minutes, Lindsey never arrives...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 118–Tom Roche from 2019-04-03T07:00:51
September 13, 1991. Burbank, California. 37-year old Tom Roche makes plans to meet his spouse, Barbara Rondeau, for lunch, but never shows up. When Barbara returns to their apartment, she discovers...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 117–Ricky Hochstetler from 2019-03-27T07:00:33
January 10, 1999. Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. While walking home from a friend’s house during the early morning hours, 17-year old Ricky Hochstetler is fatally struck by a vehicle on the shoulder ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 116–The Sarah Joe from 2019-03-20T07:00:54
February 11, 1979. Hana, Hawaii. Five men – 27-year old Scott Moorman, 31-year old Peter Hanchett, 38-year old Benjamin Kalama, 26-year old Patrick Woesner and 27-year old Ralph Malaiakini – leave ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 115–Joey Lynn Offutt from 2019-03-13T08:00:44
July 12, 2007. Sykesville, Pennsylvania. The fire department shows up at the burning home of 33-year old Joey Lynn Offutt. The body of her six-week old infant son, Alexis Alfred Borden III, is in t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 114–Henry Baltimore Jr. and Oliver Munson from 2019-03-06T08:00:01
May 30, 1973. East Lansing, Michigan. The sister of 21-year old university student Henry Baltimore Jr. goes to meet him at his apartment, but discovers he is not there and eventually reports him mi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 113–The Cowden Family Murders from 2019-02-27T08:00:14
September 1, 1974. Jackson County, Oregon. 28-year old Richard Cowden, his 22-year old wife Belinda Cowden, and their two children, five-year old David and five-month old Melissa, are in the midst ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 112–The Springfield Three from 2019-02-20T08:00:41
June 7, 1992. Springfield, Missouri. After an evening of partying following their high school graduation, 19-year old Suzie Streeter and her 18-year old friend, Stacy McCall, decide to spend the ni...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 111–Tracey Kirkpatrick from 2019-02-13T08:00:24
March 15, 1989. Frederick, Maryland. 17-year old Tracey Kirkpatrick spends the evening working alone at a shopping center clothing store. Nearly two hours after the store was supposed to have been ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 110–The Mary Morris Murders from 2019-02-06T08:00:03
October 12, 2000. Houston, Texas. After leaving her home, 48-year old Mary Henderson Morris does not show up for work and her body is discovered inside her burned-out car on a remote road later tha...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 109–Connie Smith from 2019-01-30T08:00:38
July 16, 1952. Salisbury, Connecticut. While spending the summer at Camp Sloane, ten-year old Connie Smith skips breakfast and leaves the campground. Numerous witnesses see Connie walking down the ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 108–Lester Garnier from 2019-01-23T08:00:56
July 11, 1988. Walnut Creek, California. Lester Garnier, a 30-year old vice officer with the San Francisco Police Department, is found shot to death inside his car in a shopping center parking lot....
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 107–Jessica Baggen from 2019-01-16T08:00:01
May 4, 1996. Sitka, Alaska. While walking home from her sister’s place after celebrating her 17th birthday, Jessica Baggen is attacked on a bicycle path. Her body is soon found in a wooded area, wh...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 106–Karen Denise Wells from 2019-01-09T08:00:08
April 12, 1994. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 23-year old Karen Denise Wells has left on a cross-county road trip from her hometown in Oklahoma in order to visit her friend, Melissa Shepard, in New Jerse...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 105–Judith Hyams from 2019-01-02T08:00:34
September 14, 1965. Coral Gables, Florida. After leaving work, 22-year old Judith Hyams vanishes without a trace and her rental car is found abandoned in Atlanta. It turns out that Judith had becom...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 104–Q&A from 2018-12-26T08:00:02
Listeners of “The Trail Went Cold” have always had a number of questions about the podcast and its host, Robin Warder. What unsolved cold case have you covered which you’d most like an answer to? W...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 103–The Great Mull Air Mystery from 2018-12-19T08:00:45
Christmas Eve 1975. The Isle of Mull, Scotland. 54-year old Peter Gibbs, a former Royal Air Force pilot and World War II veteran, has dinner with his girlfriend at the Glenforsa Hotel, but decides ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 102–Patty Vaughan from 2018-12-12T08:00:19
Christmas Day 1996. La Vernia, Texas. Patty Vaughan, a 32-year old mother of three, vanishes without a trace and her van is found abandoned by the side of the road the following day. According to h...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 101–Debbie Wolfe from 2018-12-05T08:00:30
December 26, 1985. Fayetteville, North Carolina. 28-year old nurse Debbie Wolfe leaves at the end of her shift at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, but does not show up for work the follo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 100–Trenny Gibson from 2018-11-28T08:00:25
October 8, 1976. Knoxville, Tennessee. 16-year old Trenny Gibson leaves on a high school field trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park alongside nearly 40 classmates. The students spend the...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 99–Mona Blades from 2018-11-21T08:00:57
May 31, 1975. Hamilton, New Zealand. 18-year old Mona Blades leaves to hitchhike hundreds of kilometres in order to attend her nephew’s birthday in Hastings, but never arrives. After Mona is report...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 98–Kanika Powell&Sean Nicholas Green from 2018-11-14T08:00:34
August 28, 2008. Laurel, Maryland. While returning to her apartment after running errands, 28-year old Army veteran and government employee Kanika Powell is shot to death inside the building’s hall...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 97–Jeremy Bright from 2018-11-07T07:00:51
August 14, 1986. Myrtle Point, Oregon. 14-year old Jeremy Bright attends a county fair with his younger sister, but after promising to meet her at a scheduled time, he does not show up and is never...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 96–The Keddie Cabin Murders from 2018-10-31T07:00:19
April 12, 1981. Keddie, California. 36-year old Sue Sharp, her 15-year old son John Sharp, and John’s 17-year old friend, Dana Wingate, are found brutally murdered inside Cabin 28 at the Keddie Res...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Introducing Blackwood from 2018-10-25T07:00
Five years ago, Molly Weaver, Bryan Anderson, and Nathan Howell started a podcast focused on the local legend of a monster called The Blackwood Bugman. Quickly, the investigation grows out of their...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 95–Chris Jenkins from 2018-10-24T07:00:22
October 31, 2002. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 21-year old university student Chris Jenkins celebrates Halloween by going to a local bar with friends. After he is ejected from the establishment, Chris v...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 94–Evelyn Hartley from 2018-10-17T07:00:32
October 24, 1953. La Crosse, Wisconsin. The father of 15-year old Evelyn Hartley attempts to phone her while she is babysitting an infant child, but there is no answer at the house. After travellin...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 93- Orange Socks&The Walker County Jane Doe from 2018-10-10T07:00:09
October 31, 1979. Williamson County, Texas. The nude body of a young woman is discovered in a concrete culvert next to Interstate 35. She has been strangled to death and is only clad in a pair of o...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Introducing Legal Wars from 2018-10-09T07:00:46
The courtroom can be a battlefield over money, people’s rights, and even their lives. For some cases, the consequences can affect us long after the verdict is read. Based on extensive interviews an...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 92–Cindy Song from 2018-10-03T07:00:35
November 1, 2001. State College, Pennsylvania. After spending Halloween night partying at a club with friends, 21-year old Penn State student Cindy Song is dropped off at her apartment complex at 4...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 91–Amanda Tusing&Dana Stidham from 2018-09-26T07:00:52
June 14, 2000. Jonesboro, Arkansas. 20-year old Amanda Tusing leaves her fiancee’s apartment to drive home to her parents’ house, but never arrives. Her abandoned car is soon discovered by the side...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 90–Marlena Childress from 2018-09-19T07:00:56
April 16, 1987. Union City, Tennessee. Four-year old Marlena Childress vanishes from her front yard after her mother, Pamela Bailey, claims she saw a red car driving away from their house. Two mont...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 89–Beth Miller, Tiffany Sessions, and Tracy Kroh from 2018-09-12T07:00:10
August 16, 1983. Idaho Springs, Colorado. 14-year old Beth Miller leaves her home to go jogging, but never returns. The investigation uncovers some promising leads, including eyewitness accounts of...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 88–The Salomon Family from 2018-09-05T07:00:35
October 12, 1982. Los Angeles, California. 35-year old Sol Salomon, his 39-year old wife Elaine, his 15-year old stepdaughter Michelle, and their 9-year old son Mitchell all vanish without explanat...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 87–Stanley Gryziec from 2018-08-29T07:00:17
November 6, 1976. Rome, New York. 59-year old Stanley Gryziec and his wife, Esther, are attacked in their home by two masked intruders, who tie up Esther, ransack the place, and murder Stanley. Eve...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 86–Michael Dunahee&Casey Bohun from 2018-08-22T07:00:27
March 24, 1991. Victoria, British Columbia. Four-year old Michael Dunahee accompanies his family to a football game at a local elementary school and after they park their car, Michael asks if he ca...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 85–Mimi Boomhower from 2018-08-15T07:00:28
August 18, 1949. Los Angeles, California. After finishing a phone call with a friend, 48-year old widowed socialite Mimi Boomhower is not heard from for days. When police eventually check Mimi’s ho...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 84–Audrey Moate&Thomas Hotard from 2018-08-08T07:00:38
November 24, 1956. LaPlace, Louisiana. 46-year old married family man Thomas Hotard and 31-year old single mother Audrey Moate meet up to continue their secret affair, which they have been carrying...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 83–Crystal Spencer from 2018-08-01T07:00:27
May 6, 1988. Burbank, California. Crystal Spencer, a 28-year old aspiring actress working as a topless dancer, phones her sister and mentions that she is feeling ill. This is the last time anyone e...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 82–Jonathan Luna from 2018-07-25T07:00:38
December 3, 2003. Baltimore, Maryland. While working on a plea agreement, 38-year old prosecutor Jonathan Luna leaves his office at the Federal District Court Building shortly before midnight. The ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 81–Philip Cairns from 2018-07-18T07:00:58
October 23, 1986. Dublin, Ireland. After going home for lunch, 13-year old Philip Cairns leaves in order to return to school. He never arrives and vanishes without a trace. Six days later, Philip’s...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 80–Eric Tamiyasu from 2018-07-11T07:00:43
June 25, 2001. Hood River, Oregon. During a date with a friend, 41-year old Eric Tamiyasu hears strange noises outside his home and discovers an unidentified shoeprint. After his friend leaves for ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 79–Harold&Thelma Swain from 2018-07-04T07:00:02
March 11, 1985. Waverly, Georgia. While holding a Bible class at the Rising Daughters Baptist Church, 66-year old deacon Harold Swain is summoned to the vestibule by an unidentified man. Harold is ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 78–Rena Paquette from 2018-06-27T07:00:42
February 3, 1964. Manchester, New Hampshire. The burned body of 54-year old Rena Paquette is discovered inside a pigsty on her family’s farm. Even though there are no containers for flammable subst...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 77–Paulette Gebara Farah from 2018-06-20T07:00:56
March 22, 2010. Huixquilucan, Mexico. Paulette Gebara Farah, a four-year girl with developmental disabilities, vanishes from her bedroom and a massive search campaign fails to turn up any trace of ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 76–Michael Johnston, Rochelle Robinson, and Kurt McFall from 2018-06-13T07:00:34
June 27, 1994. Tacoma, Washington. 25-year old Michael Johnston and 19-year old Rochelle Robinson leave a get-together at a friend’s house. Later that morning, Michael is found shot to death outsid...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 75–Amanda Gallion and Patrick Ghering from 2018-06-06T07:00:36
October 13, 1997. Gillette, Wyoming. 14-year old Amanda Gallion leaves her home for school, but never arrives and is reported missing. Suspicion turns towards Amanda’s 20-year old boyfriend, Patric...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 74–John Iverson from 2018-05-30T07:00:33
January 4, 1991. Lake Havasu City, Arizona. 42-year old audio designer John Iverson disappears from his home after a meeting with a machinist named Jack Weber. According to Iverson’s spouse, Kathy ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 73–Dexter Stefonek from 2018-05-23T07:00:46
November 19, 1985. Dawson County, Montana. After leaving his son’s farm in Oregon the previous day to take a lengthy road trip back to his home in Wisconsin, 67-year old Dexter Stefonek disappears ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 72–Blair Adams from 2018-05-16T07:00:47
July 11, 1996. Knoxville, Tennessee. The body of 31-year old Blair Adams is discovered in a parking lot. He is nude from the waist down with $4,000 worth of American, Canadian and German currency s...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 71–Lulu Courchesne from 2018-05-09T07:00:40
October 18, 1987. Rochester, New Hampshire. 34-year old Alene “Lulu” Courchesne is found strangled to death next to a turnpike outside of town. Even though Lulu is engaged to someone else, she had ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 70–Tabitha Tuders&Heaven LaShae Ross from 2018-05-02T07:00:19
April 29, 2003. Nashville, Tennessee. 13-year old Tabitha Tuders leaves her house for school and is last seen walking through her neighbourhood towards her bus stop. Tabitha never boards the bus or...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 69–Jacqueline Levitz from 2018-04-25T07:00:02
November 18, 1995. Vicksburg, Mississippi. 62-year old Jacqueline Levitz, the wealthy widowed heiress to a furniture empire, vanishes from her home. Two days later, blood stains and evidence of a v...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 68–Ambrose Small from 2018-04-18T07:00:48
December 2, 1919. Toronto, Ontario. Ambrose Small, a wealthy 56-year old theater tycoon, has just completed a deal to sell off all his holdings for $1.7 million. After having a meeting with his law...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 67–Steve Sandlin from 2018-04-11T07:00:54
May 7, 1988. Mountainair, New Mexico. Steve Sandlin, a 21-year old rookie with the local police department, is found dead inside the station. He has been shot in the head and since the police chief...
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The Trail Went Cold–Special Announcement–Patreon from 2018-04-05T16:00:45
April 5, 2018. Listeners of the “The Trail Went Cold” wake up to discover that after producing content for over two years, the podcast has suddenly made an appearance on Patreon. So I guess you cou...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 66–Valerie Percy from 2018-04-04T07:00:46
September 18, 1966. Kenilworth, Illinois. 21-year old Valerie Percy, the daughter of Illinois Senatorial candidate Charles Percy, is bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her bedroom by an unknown int...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 65–Kristen Tomlin from 2018-03-28T07:00:47
November 13, 1981. Stinson Beach, California. 44-year old John Paul Russell and 34-year old Bob Dozier emerge from the Pacific Ocean, claiming that their yacht, the Freedom II, sank after a large f...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 64–Reet Jurvetson from 2018-03-21T07:00:50
November 16, 1969. Los Angeles, California. The murdered body of a young white female is discovered on a ravine overlooking Mulholland Canyon. She has been stabbed 157 times, but since she cannot b...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 63–Andre Bryant, Christopher Dansby, and Shane Walker from 2018-03-14T08:00:17
March 29, 1989. Brooklyn, New York. A 22-year old African-American woman named Monique Rivera and her six-week old son, Andre Bryant, leave on a shopping trip with two unidentified women, but never...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 62–Dottie Caylor from 2018-03-07T08:00:48
June 12, 1985. Concord, California. Dottie Caylor, a 41-year old woman with a history of struggles with agoraphobia, is allegedly dropped off at a train station by her husband, Jule Caylor, before ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 61–Trevor Deely from 2018-02-28T08:00:27
December 8, 2000. Dublin, Ireland. After spending a rainy evening at a staff Christmas party, 22-year old Trevor Deely walks from a nightclub to his place of employment, the Bank of Ireland Asset M...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 60–The Circleville Letters Case from 2018-02-21T08:00:40
August 19, 1977. Circleville, Ohio. After receiving a phone call, an angry Ron Gillispie frantically drives away from his home and dies after crashing into a tree. For the past several months, Ron’...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 59–Maureen Fields and Jodine Serrin from 2018-02-14T08:00:46
February 14, 2006. Pahrump, Nevada. While working her shift at a bank, 41-year old Maureen Fields expresses concern that something is going to happen to her. The following day, Maureen fails to sho...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 58–The Mathis Family Murders from 2018-02-07T08:00:16
September 8, 1981. Mount Vernon, South Dakota. 30-year old John Mathis contacts police to inform them that he has been shot in the arm after a struggle with a masked attacker on his farm. When poli...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 57–Patrick Sean Kelly from 2018-01-31T08:00:23
May 5, 1996. Tijuana, Mexico. A young man is struck by a motorcycle while running across the highway and dies in hospital six days later. Three weeks pass before he is identified as Patrick Sean Ke...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 56–Mary Marrs Cawein from 2018-01-24T08:00:32
July 5, 1965. Lexington, Kentucky. After a night of heavy drinking with her husband and another couple, 39-year old Mary Marrs Cawein returns home. When morning hits, Mary is found dead in her bedr...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 55–Gary Grant Jr. from 2018-01-17T08:00:18
January 12, 1984. Atlantic City, New Jersey. Seven-year old Gary Grant Jr., the son of a local police detective, leaves his home after telling his mother he is meeting someone for an appointment. T...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 54–Kelly Dae Wilson from 2018-01-10T08:00:16
January 5, 1992. Gilmer, Texas. After finishing the night shift at a local video store, 17-year old Kelly Dae Wilson vanishes without explanation and her car is found in the parking lot with one of...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 53–Ronald Hughes from 2018-01-03T08:00:52
November 27, 1970. Ventura County, California. While representing Leslie Van Houten during the Manson Family’s murder trial, 35-year old attorney Ronald Hughes leaves to go on a camping trip. He ne...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 52–Patricia Meehan&Morris Davis from 2017-12-27T08:00:33
April 20, 1989. Circle, Montana. While driving on the wrong side of a rural highway, 37-year old Patricia Meehan gets into a collision with another car. After staring blankly at the vehicle’s drive...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 51–The Hatbox Baby from 2017-12-20T08:00:57
Christmas Eve 1931. Superior, Arizona. While driving through the desert, a couple named Ed and Julia Stewart experience a flat tire and pull over to a remote spot. They soon discover an abandoned n...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 50–Kevin Showalter from 2017-12-13T08:00:29
Christmas Eve, 1973. New London, Connecticut. While changing a tire, 20-year old Kevin Showalter is struck by a passing vehicle and killed in a hit-and-run. When the local police botch the investig...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 49–Donna Branion from 2017-12-06T08:00:11
December 22, 1967. Chicago, Illinois. After leaving work and picking up his son from school, Dr. John Branion, a prominent African-American physician who treated Martin Luther King Jr., returns hom...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 48–The Yuba County Five from 2017-11-29T08:00:51
February 24, 1978. Chico, California. After embarking on a road trip to attend a basketball game, five mentally disabled young men – 24-year old Jackie Huett, 29-year old Bill Sterling, 30-year old...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 47–Karyn Kupcinet from 2017-11-22T08:00:47
November 30, 1963. West Hollywood, California. After not being heard from for over two days, the nude body of 22-year actress Karyn Kupcinet is discovered on the couch inside her apartment. Her dea...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 32–Sarah Fox from 2017-11-15T08:00:08
May 19, 2004. New York City. After leaving her apartment, 21-year old Julliard student Sarah Fox does not return and is found strangled to death in a wooded area at Inwood Hill Park six days later....
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 46–Tommy Burkett from 2017-11-08T07:00:30
December 1, 1991. Herndon, Virginia. The parents of 21-year old Tommy Burkett return home to find him dead in his bedroom, the apparent victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. When the authoritie...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Interview With Scott Reeder: Suspect Convictions Season 2 from 2017-11-06T07:00:52
June 15, 1998. Bloomington, Illinois. Three-year old Christina McNeil is discovered dead inside her bedroom and small cuts can be found in her window screen. The investigation soon focuses on Chris...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 31–Henry McCabe from 2017-11-01T07:00:46
September 7, 2015. Fridley, Minnesota. After spending the evening at a nightclub, 32-year old Henry McCabe is dropped off at a gas station by an acquaintance sometime after 2:00 AM. Shortly thereaf...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Enormous Stories 2017 Halloween Special from 2017-10-31T04:00:46
Happy Halloween, everyone! As a special piece of bonus content this month, “The Trail Went Cold” has participated in a joint collaboration with over a dozen podcasters in which each of us share our...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 45–Frederick Valentich from 2017-10-25T07:00:18
October 21, 1978. Cape Otway, Australia. After leaving on a seemingly routine training flight in a Cessna 182 aircraft, 20-year old pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes without explanation over Bass ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 30–Brandon Swanson from 2017-10-18T07:00:05
May 14, 2008. Marshall, Minnesota. The parents of 19-year old Brandon Swanson receive a late-night phone call from their son, who claims that his car has become stuck in a ditch in the middle of no...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 44–Joel Lovelien from 2017-10-11T07:00:16
October 27, 2007. Grand Forks, North Dakota. 38-year old Joel Lovelien and his fiancée attend a Halloween party at a local bar. When Joel takes a moment to step outside, he is beaten to death in th...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 29–Chaim Weiss from 2017-10-04T07:00:53
October 31, 1986. Long Beach, New York. Chaim Weiss, a 15-year old Orthodox Jewish rabbinical student, returns to his dormitory after attending Shabbat services at his yeshiva high school. The foll...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 43–Joan Risch from 2017-09-27T07:00:04
October 24, 1961. Lincoln, Massachusetts. 30-year old housewife and mother Joan Risch vanishes from her home and the evidence at the scene suggests a violent abduction. Witnesses report seeing a bl...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 28–Michael and Chucky Palmer from 2017-09-20T07:00:01
June 4, 1999. Wasilla, Alaska. While spending the night at a friend’s house, 15-year old Michael Palmer slips out to attend a graduation party. While biking home with friends, Michael vanishes with...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 42–Su Taraskiewicz from 2017-09-13T07:00:56
September 13, 1992. Boston, Massachusetts. While working as the ramp supervisor for Northwest Airlines at Logan International Airport, 27-year old Susan “Su” Taraskiewicz leaves in the middle of he...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 27–Permon Gilbert from 2017-09-06T07:00:56
May 22, 1982. Hamersville, Ohio. 46-year old appliance repairman Permon Gilbert leaves his family’s home to perform some service calls. He never returns and his nude body is found in a ditch the fo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 41–Mary Agnes Moroney from 2017-08-30T07:00:22
May 15, 1930. Chicago, Illinois. After a newspaper ad seeks assistance for the poverty-stricken family of two-year old Mary Agnes Moroney, a woman calling herself Julia Otis shows up at their home ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 26–Elaine Johnson from 2017-08-23T07:00:46
November 30, 1990. Parma, Ohio. 41-year old Elaine Johnson vanishes without explanation from her apartment complex. She leaves behind her car and wallet, along with clothes in the laundry room drye...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 40–William L. Toomey from 2017-08-16T07:00:05
December 4, 1982. Boise, Idaho. A stranger enters the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and takes his own life by swallowing a cyanide capsule. He carries a suicide note signed “William L. Toomey”, but ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 25–Angela Hammond from 2017-08-09T07:00:32
April 4, 1991. Clinton, Missouri. While driving home, 20-year old Angela Hammond stops at a phone booth to call her fiancee, Rob Shafer, and describes a suspicious-looking man in a pickup truck in ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 39–Latricia White, Dub Wackerhagen, and Chance Wackerhagen from 2017-08-02T07:00:15
December 27, 1993. Lockhart, Texas. The body of 38-year old Latricia White is discovered in her bed after having been shot six times. Latricia’s live-in boyfriend, Lee “Dub” Wackerhagen, has vanish...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 24–The Truth Fellowship from 2017-07-26T07:00:46
July 13, 2007. Nannup, Australia. 27-year old Chantelle McDougall lives with her six-year old daughter, Leela, Leela’s 45-year old father, Simon Kadwell, and their 40-year old friend, Tony Popic. C...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 38–Mary Shotwell Little from 2017-07-19T07:00:49
October 14, 1965. Atlanta, Georgia. After having dinner with a friend, 25-year old bank secretary Mary Shotwell Little vanishes without explanation. The following day, her abandoned vehicle is disc...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 23–Alan Jeal from 2017-07-12T07:00:55
February 25, 2014. Perranporth, England. The nude body of an unidentified male is discovered after washing up on Perranporth Beach. The victim has a sock stuffed in his mouth, which has been tied i...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 37–L’Enfant from 2017-07-05T07:00:05
July 1, 1974. Beirut, Lebanon. Bashir Kouchacji is kidnapped by a group of unidentified men who spend the next five days interrogating and torturing him for reasons he doesn’t understand. Nine year...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 22–Paige Renkoski and Danielle Stislicki from 2017-06-28T07:00:39
May 24, 1990. Livingston County, Michigan. After dropping her mother off at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and spending the afternoon with a friend, 30-year old Paige Renkoski starts driving home. Th...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 36–Clarence and Geneva Roberts from 2017-06-21T07:00:52
November 18, 1970. Nashville, Indiana. A barn located on the property of 52-year old Clarence Roberts burns to the ground and a charred body is found in the rubble. Clarence’s family assume the bod...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 21–Maoma Ridings from 2017-06-14T07:00:29
August 29, 1943. Indianapolis, Indiana. 33-year old Maoma Ridings is serving as a corporal in the Women’s Army Corps at Camp Atterbury and checks into a room at the Claypool Hotel. Later that eveni...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 35–Cindy Anderson from 2017-06-07T07:00:06
August 4, 1981. Toledo, Ohio. 20-year old Cindy Anderson shows up for her job as a legal secretary at a law firm. Later that morning, Cindy’s co-workers arrive at the locked office and are surprise...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 20–Leigh Occhi from 2017-05-31T07:00:46
August 27, 1992. Tupelo, Mississippi. While Hurricane Andrew moves over the area, 13-year old Leigh Occhi is left home alone for the day by her mother, Vickie Felton. When Vickie fails to reach her...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 34–Dickie Hovey and Eric Jones from 2017-05-24T07:00:05
December 17, 1967. The skeletal remains of an unidentified male are found in Balsam Lake Provincial Park near Coboconk, Ontario, Canada. Five months later, the decomposing body of another unidentif...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Pamela Butler Update from 2017-05-20T07:00:03
Back in January, we released a minisode about the disappearance of 47-year old Pamela Butler, who vanished from her Washington, D.C. home in February 2009. Even though Pam’s house was covered by se...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 19–Penny Bell from 2017-05-17T07:00:01
June 6, 1991. Greenford, England. While leaving her family’s home, 43-year old Penny Bell tells a group of builders that she is running late for an appointment. Later that morning, Penny is discove...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 33–The Orange Sock Murders from 2017-05-10T07:00:01
January 6, 1982. Breckenridge, Colorado. After finishing her shift at work, 29-year old Bobbie Oberholtzer phones her husband to say she is going out for drinks with friends. Bobbie never returns h...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 18–Cleashindra Hall from 2017-05-03T07:00:21
May 9, 1994. Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 18-year old Cleashindra Hall phones her mother from her workplace to say she will be working late and might be calling again once her shift ends. Cleashindra neve...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 32–Terri McClure from 2017-04-26T07:00:22
January 14, 1983. 62-year old Terri McClure travels from her hometown of Reno, Nevada to attend the wedding of her son, Tim, in Lake Tahoe. After leaving the reception that night, Terri does not re...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 17–Elizabeth Campbell from 2017-04-19T07:00:37
April 25, 1988. Copperas Cove, Texas. After an argument with her boyfriend, 20-year old college student Elizabeth Campbell storms out of his house and receives a ride to a convenience store. After ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 31–Holly Staker from 2017-04-12T07:00:25
August 17, 1992. Waukegan, Illinois. While babysitting two children, 11-year old Holly Staker is sexually assaulted and brutally murdered inside their apartment. Two months later, a suspect named J...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 16–Ylenia Carrisi from 2017-04-05T07:00:56
January 6, 1994. Ylenia Carrisi, the 23-year old daughter of the famous Italian singing duo, Al Bano and Romina Power, and a minor celebrity in her native country, has embarked on a solo trip aroun...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 30–Kurt Sova from 2017-03-29T07:00:19
October 23, 1981. Newburgh Heights, Ohio. 17-year old Kurt Sova goes out to spend the evening with friends, but does not return home. When Kurt’s parents go searching for him, they learn that he va...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 15–Matt Flores from 2017-03-22T11:00:44
March 24, 1994. After being honorably discharged from the Army, Matt Flores begins a new job at a computer company called Applied Materials, Inc.. One morning, Matt shows up for a training session ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 29–Virginia Carpenter from 2017-03-15T11:00:48
June 1, 1948. Denton, Texas. 21-year old Virginia Carpenter takes a train trip from her hometown of Texarkana to enrol at the Texas State College for Women. That evening, Virginia is dropped off at...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 14–The Patanela from 2017-03-08T11:00:05
November 8, 1988. Botany Bay, Australia. A radio operator receives three calls from Ken Jones, the skipper of a steel schooner called the Patanela. The yacht is currently in the midst of a month-lo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 28–Mike Riemer and Diana Robertson from 2017-03-01T11:00:27
December 12, 1985. 36-year old Mike Riemer and his 21-year old girlfriend Diana Robertson leave their home in Puyallup, Washington to take their two-year old daughter, Crystal, out for a day in the...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 13–Brooke Henson from 2017-02-22T11:00:40
July 4, 1999. Travelers Rest, South Carolina. The parents of 20-year old Brooke Henson return home to find her sitting on the front porch at 2:00 AM. Brooke tells them she is going to walk to a nea...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 27–David Bacon from 2017-02-15T11:00:05
September 12, 1943. Los Angeles, California. David Bacon, a 29-year old actor who has just played the title character in the serial drama “The Masked Marvel”, tells his wife he is planning to go sw...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 12–Dale Kerstetter from 2017-02-08T11:00:04
September 12, 1987. Bradford, Pennsylvania. 50-year old Dale Kerstetter shows up to work the overnight shift as a security guard at the Corning Glassworks plant. The following morning, Dale is disc...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 26–Jean Moore from 2017-02-01T11:00:35
April 9, 1992. 59-year old Jean Moore and her 70-year old fiancee, Al Henderson, have traveled from their hometown of Apple Valley, California for a vacation in Laughlin, Nevada. On the morning the...
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The Trail Went Cold–Bonus Episode–Interview With Scott Reeder from 2017-01-30T11:00:48
September 17, 1990. Davenport, Iowa. Jennifer Lewis, a nine-year old girl from nearby Rock Island, Illinois, is found murdered on a school playground and her body has been set on fire. A man named ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 11–Jonelle Matthews from 2017-01-25T11:00:11
December 20, 1984. Greeley, Colorado. After singing in a choir at a Christmas performance, 12-year old Jonelle Matthews is dropped off at her family’s house by a friend. When Jonelle’s father retur...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 25–Hugues de la Plaza from 2017-01-18T11:00:54
June 2, 2007. San Francisco, California. Hugues de la Plaza, a 36-year old sound engineer with dual French and American citizenship, returns to his apartment after spending the evening at a club. W...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 10–Pamela Butler from 2017-01-11T11:00:14
February 12, 2009. Washington, D.C.. 47-year old Pamela Butler phones her mother to say that she is planning to take her out on Valentine’s Day. Pam never shows up and after not hearing from her fo...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 24–Patsy Wright from 2017-01-04T11:00:34
October 23, 1987. Arlington, Texas. 43-year old Patsy Wright phones up her sister in the middle of the night to complain that she has become nauseous after taking some NyQuil, but collapses during ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 9–Russell Evans from 2016-12-28T11:00:37
June 4, 1989. Spokane, Washington. 13-year old Russell Evans heads home after spending the evening with friends, but is soon found seriously injured in the middle of the road. Russell eventually su...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 23–The Sodder Children from 2016-12-21T11:00:50
Christmas Eve 1945. Fayetteville, West Virginia. George and Jenny Sodder are preparing to celebrate the holidays with nine of their children, but shortly after they go to bed, their home burns comp...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 8–Helen Dymond from 2016-12-14T11:00:21
June 28, 1981. Tilden Township, Michigan. After a night of drinking at a local club, 48-year old Helen Dymond and her husband Roy get into an argument in the parking lot. Roy drives home without hi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 22–Doreen Picard and Susan Laferte from 2016-12-07T11:00:58
February 19, 1982. Woonsocket, Rhode Island. 27-year old Susan Laferte and 22-year old Doreen Picard are both attacked in the basement of their apartment house by an assailant who bludgeons them wi...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 7–Deborah Poe from 2016-11-30T11:00:59
February 4, 1990. Orlando, Florida. 26-year old Deborah Poe shows up to work the graveyard shift at a Circle K convenience store. At around 4:00 AM, the store is discovered to be empty and Deborah ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 21–Renee&Andrew MacRae from 2016-11-23T11:00:44
November 12, 1976. Inverness, Scotland. 36-year old Renee MacRae and her 3-year old son Andrew leave on a weekend trip, supposedly to visit Renee’s sister. Later that night, their flaming vehicle i...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 6–Eva Kay Wenal from 2016-11-16T11:00:54
May 1, 2008. Lawrenceville, Georgia. Millionaire real estate developer Hal Wenal returns home to discover that his 60-year old wife, Eva Kay Wenal, has been murdered. The only lead is an eyewitness...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 20–Chuck Morgan and Doug Johnston from 2016-11-09T10:00:53
June 18, 1977. Tucson, Arizona. After disappearing from his family for eleven days, the body of escrow company owner Charles “Chuck” Morgan is found outside his vehicle in the desert. He has been s...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 5–Asha Degree from 2016-11-02T11:00:39
February 14, 2000. Shelby, North Carolina. The parents of nine-year old Asha Degree wake up to discover that she has vanished from her bedroom. After she is reported missing, witnesses come forward...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 19–Artemus Ogletree from 2016-10-26T10:00:32
January 4, 1935. The nude body of a young man named Roland T. Owen is discovered inside Room 1046 of the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been tied up, beaten and stabbed and dies a...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 4–Donna Lass from 2016-10-19T11:00:22
September 6, 1970. South Lake Tahoe, California. 25-year old nurse Donna Lass is nearing the end of her shift at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel-Casino when she vanishes without explanation. Her landlord an...
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 18 – Cindy James from 2016-10-12T10:00:42
June 8, 1989. Richmond, British Columbia. Two weeks after she disappeared, the body of 44-year old Cindy James is found in the yard of an abandoned house. Her hands and feet have been tied behind h...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 3–Albert Dekker from 2016-10-05T11:00:44
May 5, 1968. After not hearing from him for three days, the fiancee of 62-year old character actor Albert Dekker (star of such films as “Dr. Cyclops”, “Kiss Me Deadly” and “The Wild Bunch”) enters ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 17–The Lady of the Dunes from 2016-09-28T10:00:36
July 26, 1974. The nude decomposed body of a young woman is discovered at the Race Point Dunes outside of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The woman has been murdered via blunt force trauma to the head...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 2–Lynne Schulze from 2016-09-21T11:00:36
December 10, 1971. Middlebury, Vermont. 18-year old Middlebury College student Lynne Schulze is scheduled to take one of her final exams. While walking to the exam with her friends, Lynne remembers...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 16–Tommy Zeigler (Part 2) from 2016-09-14T12:00:20
Christmas Eve 1975. Winter Garden, Florida. Police respond to call for help at the W.T. Zeigler Furniture Store and find one of the store’s owners, 30-year old Tommy Zeigler, bleeding from a gunsho...
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The Trail Went Cold–Minisode 1–The Blind River Rest Stop Murders from 2016-09-07T17:00:36
June 28, 1991. An elderly couple named Gord and Jackie McAllister drive their motor home into an isolated rest stop near Blind River, Ontario, in order to spend the night. They are awakened by an a...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 15–Tommy Zeigler (Part 1) from 2016-08-31T12:00:11
Christmas Eve 1975. Winter Garden, Florida. Police respond to call for help at the W.T. Zeigler Furniture Store and find one of the store’s owners, 30-year old Tommy Zeigler, bleeding from a gunsho...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 14–Edward Maps from 2016-08-17T12:00:34
January 21, 1962. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Authorities arrive at the burning home of Edward Maps to discover that his wife, Christine, has been bludgeoned to death and their four-month old daught...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 13–Father Rivera and Father Kerrigan from 2016-08-03T12:00:58
August 7, 1982. Santa Fe, New Mexico. A Catholic priest named Father Reynaldo Rivera receives a phone call from a man asking him to administer last rites to a dying relative. After leaving to meet ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 12–The Millbrook Twins from 2016-07-20T16:00:13
March 18, 1990. Augusta, Georgia. Fifteen-year old twin sisters, Jeannette and Dannette Millbrook, are heading back to their family’s apartment when they decide to stop off at a gas station to buy ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 11–Michael Rosenblum from 2016-07-07T04:14:06
February 14, 1980. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While recovering from a bad drug hangover, 25-year old Michael Rosenblum drives off in his girlfriend’s car and vanishes without a trace. The vehicle is...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 10–Eloise Worledge from 2016-06-22T12:00:21
January 13, 1976. Beaumaris, Australia. The family of eight-year old Eloise Worledge wake up to discover she has mysteriously vanished from their suburban home and that an opening has been cut in t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 9–Don Kemp from 2016-06-08T12:00:04
November 16, 1982. An abandoned SUV is discovered in the middle of a desolate Wyoming prairie and numerous possessions are scattered all over the highway. The vehicle belongs to Don Kemp, a former ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 8–The El Dorado Jane Doe from 2016-05-25T12:00:29
July 10, 1991. El Dorado, Arkansas. A young blonde woman known to her friends as “Mercedes” is shot to death by her estranged ex-boyfriend at a seedy motel. It turns out Mercedes has been living un...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 7–Judy Smith from 2016-05-11T12:01:21
On April 9, 1997, Judy Smith, a 50-year old wife and mother from Newton, Massachusetts, decided to accompany her husband, Jeff, on a business trip to Philadelphia. The following day, Judy set out t...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 6–Laureen Rahn from 2016-04-27T12:00:49
April 26, 1980. Manchester, New Hampshire. Judith Rahn goes out of town, leaving her 14-year old daughter, Laureen, alone at their apartment. When Judith returns home late that night, she discovers...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 5–Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos from 2016-04-13T12:00:08
October 1, 2003. Naples, Florida. A Mexican national named Felipe Santos gets into a minor traffic accident and mysteriously disappears after being taken into custody by the police. Three months la...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 4–Rhonda Hinson from 2016-03-30T12:00:11
December 22, 1981. 19-year old Rhonda Hinson attends an office Christmas party in Hickory, North Carolina. Sometime after midnight, Rhonda is driving back home when she is struck by a bullet fired ...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 3–David Cox from 2016-03-16T12:00:28
January 5, 1994. A former Marine named David Cox vanishes from his home in Medfield, Massachusetts and is found shot to death three months later. In 1986, Cox had been involved in a controversial “...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 2–The Fort Worth Three from 2016-03-02T12:00:09
December 23, 1974. 17-year old Mary Rachel Trlica, 14-year old Lisa Renee Wilson and 9-year old Julie Ann Moseley, a.k.a. the “Fort Worth Three”, head on a shopping trip to a mall in Fort Worth, Te...
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The Trail Went Cold–Episode 1–Aeileen Conway from 2016-02-12T20:00:20
April 29, 1986. Lawton Oklahoma. A fifty-year-old housewife is killed in a flaming car crash, which is initially ruled to be accident. However, her husband uncovers strange evidence, suggesting tha...
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