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. After sharing all the details about each case, Robin offers his own personal analysis and theories about what happened. The podcast is produced and edited by Magill Foote and the music composed and performed by Vince Nitro.
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 364 – The Lane Bryant Shooting
February 2, 2008. Tinley Park, Illinois. Police are summoned to a Lane Bryant clothing store at the Brookside Marketplace Shopping Center and discover that five victims have been fatally shot in the back room: the 42-year old store manager Rhoda McFarland, and four customers, 37-year old Connie Wolfolk, 34-year old Jennifer Bishop, 33-year old Carrie […]
1/31/2024 • 53 minutes, 47 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 363 – Heidi Seeman and Erica Botello
August 4, 1990. San Antonio, Texas. While walking home from her friend’s house, eleven-year old Heidi Seeman goes missing after an apparent abduction. Nineteen days later, another San Antonio girl, seven-year old Erica Botello, is abducted from outside her apartment complex. The bodies of each victim are soon found at separate locations one day apart […]
1/24/2024 • 1 hour, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 362 – Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson
June 14, 1974. Clearwater, Florida. After borrowing her daughter’s car and leaving her home, 38-year old Margaret Dash never returns and the abandoned vehicle is discovered in St. Petersburg one month later. It turns out that Margaret had been involved in an extramarital affair with a man named Cleveland Hill, who supposedly threatened to kill […]
1/17/2024 • 47 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 361 – Jack Brown
January 11, 1984. Ypsilanti, Michigan. Two armed men enter a real estate and insurance office before one of them fires a shot into the neck of the 47-year old owner, Jack Brown. The assailants then lock the office’s other employees inside the bathroom before fleeing the scene and Jack dies in the hospital several hours […]
1/10/2024 • 51 minutes, 2 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 360 – Patrick Mullins
January 27, 2013. Bradenton, Florida. After taking his boat out onto the Braden River, 52-year old Patrick Mullins fails to return home and the abandoned boat is discovered several miles away in Egmont Channel the following day. Nine days after he vanished, Pat is found floating in Tampa Bay and it turns out he was […]
1/3/2024 • 52 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – New Year New Binge
The New Year’s holiday is a celebration of new beginnings. With that in mind, we know this collaboration will introduce you to several amazing new true-crime podcasts (including “The Trail Went Cold”) that will quickly become your newest true-crime binges as we enter 2024 because, let’s face it, we know that’s exactly what you needed! […]
1/1/2024 • 2 hours, 55 minutes, 37 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 359 – Update, Part 4
Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured over 400 cold cases and unsolved mysteries on the podcast. A number of these cases have wound up either being solved or having major developments, so things have reached the point where we have been able to release four special “update” episodes […]
12/27/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 358 – Amber Crum
December 26, 1983. Dallas, Texas. Two-year old Amber Crum is reported missing after James Britt Monroe, the live-in boyfriend of Amber’s mother, Stephanie Hughes, informs police that Amber was abducted from his parked pick-up truck while he was inside a grocery store. Weeks later, Britt is arrested on suspicion of murder after Stephanie implicates him […]
12/20/2023 • 48 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 357 – Paul Logan and Tracey Mertens
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 inform him that they never placed the order. When Paul attempts to leave, he is ambushed at the farm’s gate and bludgeoned to death […]
12/13/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 6 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 356 – Cathy Jo Bohlken
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 plastic bag over her head and was sexually assaulted and stabbed at least 54 times. Two years later, […]
12/6/2023 • 58 minutes, 9 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 355 – Amy Wroe Bechtel
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 National Forest. Even though he claims to have an alibi, Amy’s husband, Steve Bechtel, is looked at as a potential suspect by law […]
11/29/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 354 – Danielle LaRue
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 the death of a sex worker. While the victim’s name is not mentioned, investigators eventually suspect that she might be 24-year old Danielle LaRue, a sex worker from […]
11/22/2023 • 49 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 353 – The Chen Family Murders
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 Eddy – are found inside their bungalow and they have been stabbed and bludgeoned to death. While Jin Feng […]
11/15/2023 • 43 minutes, 24 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 352 – Rae Ann Mossor and Norman Ladner
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 trunk of a nearby parked car and according to her boyfriend, Rae Ann had implied she would kill herself if he […]
11/8/2023 • 58 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 351 – Martha Moxley (Part 2)
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 and bludgeoned with a golf club and pieces of the shattered club are traced to the residence of the Skakels, a prominent […]
11/1/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 45 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Maze of Secrets
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 chilling collaboration, you’ll encounter the hosts of nine acclaimed true crime podcasts (including Robin Warder of “The Trail Went Cold”), each offering a […]
10/29/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 350 – Martha Moxley (Part 1)
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 and bludgeoned with a golf club and pieces of the shattered club are traced to the residence of the Skakels, a prominent […]
10/25/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 43 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 349 – Ronald Sisman and Elizabeth Platzman
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 victims have been shot to death, execution-style, and since the apartment was ransacked, there is speculation that the crime might be drug-delated. However, notorious serial […]
10/18/2023 • 53 minutes, 19 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 348 – Tina Marie Janose
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 miles away on Interstate 4 and it turns out she was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered before the killer tossed her […]
10/11/2023 • 42 minutes, 29 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 347 – Michael Negrete
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 online video game on his computer with a friend. Mike is last seen at around 4:00 AM and when his roommate wakes […]
10/4/2023 • 42 minutes, 40 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Unsolved Mysteries Guilty Pleasures
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 for your patience. During its 15-year run on television, “Unsolved Mysteries” profiled a lot of memorable murders and missing persons cases, but […]
9/27/2023 • 50 minutes, 21 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 346 – Linda Kerr
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 look into the possibility that Linda may have left the area with a biker gang and become an exotic dancer in another city, but this […]
9/20/2023 • 43 minutes, 13 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 345 – Gary McCullough and Lena Chapin
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’s wife, Sandy, who was having an affair with another man named Kristopher Klemp and the couple immediately move in together before they […]
9/13/2023 • 58 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 344 – Jim Rice and Mark Groezinger
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 he never arrives and no one ever hears from him again. Jim’s common-law wife, Astarte Davis-Rice, initially claims that he took […]
9/6/2023 • 1 hour, 6 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 343 – The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders (Part 2)
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 employees Eliza Thomas and Jennifer Harbison; Jennifer’s 15-year old sister, Sarah Harbison; and Sarah’s 13-year old friend, Amy Ayers. Nearly […]
8/30/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 21 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 342 – The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders (Part 1)
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 employees Eliza Thomas and Jennifer Harbison; Jennifer’s 15-year old sister, Sarah Harbison; and Sarah’s 13-year old friend, Amy Ayers. Nearly […]
8/23/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 28 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 341 – Carol Ann Cole
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 cannot be identified, she becomes known as “Bossier Doe”. 34 years later, Bossier Doe is finally identified as 17-year old Carol […]
8/16/2023 • 51 minutes, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 340 – The Lost Boys of Hannibal
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. Even though a massive search effort is conducted of all the caves in the area, they fail to turn up any trace of […]
8/9/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 45 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 339 – Charles Horvath
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 trace. After not hearing from him for several months, Charles’ mother, Denise Allan, travels to Kelowna to perform a search and learns that Charles […]
8/2/2023 • 48 minutes, 58 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 338 – Jay Given
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 head while exiting through the building’s front doors. While a shell casing and a slug are collected from the crime scene and […]
7/26/2023 • 57 minutes, 49 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 337 – Carolyn Eaton
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 believed to be the victim of a homicide. Since all attempts to identify her are unsuccessful, she becomes a Jane Doe […]
7/19/2023 • 45 minutes, 29 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 336 – Omar Laparra
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. Three days later, Omar’s dismembered remains are found in multiple garbage bags on the shores of Biscayne Bay. Investigators look into a number […]
7/12/2023 • 52 minutes, 41 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 335 – Nancy Snow
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 apartment in Annapolis. Nancy soon vanishes without a trace, but Collins claims that she left on an impromptu trip to Florida with a man named […]
7/5/2023 • 40 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 334 – Chad Langford
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 investigating an abandoned vehicle. Shortly thereafter, Chad is found lying in the middle of the road with a gunshot wound to the head […]
6/28/2023 • 57 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 333 – Alonzo Brooks
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 forensic pathologist is unable to determine Alonzo’s exact cause of death, rumours start circulating that he was the victim […]
6/21/2023 • 57 minutes, 4 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 332 – Adam Hecht
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 vehicle is found abandoned weeks later. In the months prior to his disappearance, Adam had befriended a homeless man named […]
6/14/2023 • 41 minutes, 14 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 331 – Jean Bradley
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 eight times. A witness chases after the assailant for several blocks before losing him, but manages to provide a […]
6/7/2023 • 41 minutes, 9 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 330 – The Fowler Twins
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 named Patricia Fowler. The authorities soon realize that two of Patricia’s children, 17-year old twins Ivon and Inisha Fowler, are no longer in her […]
5/31/2023 • 50 minutes, 44 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 329 – Lola Celli
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 seeing a woman struggling with a man inside a moving vehicle before a red shoe is thrown out the window. Since Lola […]
5/24/2023 • 43 minutes, 41 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 328 – The Florence Salon Murders
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 employee named Brenda Patch, and a 71-year old customer named Cynthia Paulus. The victims have each had their throats cut and the customer […]
5/17/2023 • 54 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Deadly Devotion: Motherhood & Mayhem
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 is typically a time to honor the love and sacrifices of mothers, but today we’ll be exploring the twisted tales that lurk behind the shadows. […]
5/14/2023 • 2 hours, 21 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 327 – Lucia Kai Roberts
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 emerge about a black girl who was sexually assaulted by multiple police officers at a private club and since this incident supposedly […]
5/10/2023 • 45 minutes, 25 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 326 – John Cheek & Gordon Collins
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 parked car. John’s abandoned vehicle is soon discovered near the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge and there is fear that he took his […]
5/3/2023 • 48 minutes, 46 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 325 – Sarah Skiba, Paul Skiba, and Lorenzo Chivers
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 before they all vanish without a trace. When the company’s parking lot is searched, Paul’s moving truck is found, but there is ample physical […]
4/26/2023 • 58 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 324 – Eric Coy & Jeremy Stoner
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 in a nearby wooded area and he has been stabbed several times. Four weeks after Eric is killed, six-year old Jeremy Stoner goes missing […]
4/19/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 323 – Lisa Myers Neugent
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 planning to end the relationship and return home to North Carolina. After not hearing from her for nearly two weeks, Lisa’s […]
4/12/2023 • 39 minutes, 31 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Deceptions & Resurrections
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 into the magical world of the Enchanted Easterlands, where you’ll encounter peculiar characters and captivating true crime tales. Discover the history and origins […]
4/9/2023 • 2 hours, 16 minutes, 59 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 322 – Bobby Bizup
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 year later, some of Bobby’s skeletal remains are discovered on a mountainside three miles from the camp and it is initially believed that he got […]
4/5/2023 • 50 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 321 – The Bellingham John Doe
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 determined to be male, but since he has been burned so badly by the extreme heat and cannot be identified, he becomes known […]
3/29/2023 • 46 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Larry Race
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 archives, and we look forward to profiling a new case for you next week. Thanks for your patience. May 11, 1982. […]
3/22/2023 • 50 minutes, 31 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 320 – Verna Bjerky
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 destination, she never arrives. Five months later, some of Verna’s personal belongings are discovered in a remote area, but there […]
3/15/2023 • 45 minutes, 16 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 319 – Natasha Jennings
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 Natasha’s body, her hair is damp, and even though traces of cocaine and methamphetamine are inside Natasha’s nostrils, no drugs can […]
3/8/2023 • 44 minutes, 46 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 318 – The Eleven Who Went to Heaven (Part 2)
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, the girls’ bodies are found in a bayou and they are bound, nude from the waist down and have been shot to […]
3/1/2023 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 317 – The Eleven Who Went to Heaven (Part 1)
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 bayou months later. A suspect named Michael Lloyd Self is eventually taken into custody and confesses to the murders, but even […]
2/22/2023 • 57 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 316 – John & Shelly Markley
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 there is evidence to suggest that an intruder was in the house. The couple’s pick-up truck is also missing and it is soon found […]
2/15/2023 • 53 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – My Bloody Valentine
…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 Robin Warder of “The Trail Went Cold”. Each host brings a new “love gone wrong” true story to the mix. It’s an extra-special […]
2/12/2023 • 2 hours, 14 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 315 – Hugh & Dian Harlin, Larry Costine & Melissa Jo Sermons
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 to one of her dogs. It turns out that Dian’s eccentric 47-year old husband, Hugh Harlin, had failed to […]
2/8/2023 • 53 minutes, 17 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 314 – Lindsay Buziak
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 Lindsay’s boyfriend goes inside the residence to check on her, he discovers that she has been stabbed over 40 times and the mysterious couple have […]
2/1/2023 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 44 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 313 – The St. Louis Jane Doe
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 has her hands tied behind her back and it turns out she was sexually assaulted and strangled to death before she was beheaded. […]
1/25/2023 • 51 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 312 – Bryan Nisenfeld
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 his dorm room. Nearly seven months later, a severed foot and a shinbone are found washed up on a beach located a few miles from […]
1/18/2023 • 46 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 311 – Bernd Goericke & Andrea Scherpf
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 and had been hitchhiking through Canada and an unidentified man driving a pick-up truck is seen using Andrea’s travellers’ cheques in the […]
1/11/2023 • 55 minutes, 59 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 310 – Update, Part 3
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 solved or experiencing major developments, we have been able to release three special “update” episodes over the past three years. On this […]
1/4/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 309 – Q&A
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 episode like this and a received number of interesting new questions from listeners. How has producing a successful true crime podcast changed […]
12/28/2022 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 13 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 308 – Ricky Jean Bryant
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 remains cannot be found in the rubble, the authorities conclude that she died in the fire. As the years go by and Jeannie’s surviving siblings […]
12/21/2022 • 40 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 307 – David Spencer & Patrick Warren
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 never arrive and are subsequently reported missing. It turns out that the last confirmed sighting of the boys took place at a petrol station […]
12/14/2022 • 40 minutes, 57 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 306 – Steven Koecher
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 before he vanishes without a trace. Earlier that day, Steven had made a 135-mile trip to Henderson from his residence in St. George, Utah, but […]
12/7/2022 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 36 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 305 – Robert Dirscherl
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 investigators believe that Robert used his big toe to pull the trigger and shoot himself, they rule his […]
11/30/2022 • 45 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 304 – Karina Holmer
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 directly in half and the lower portion of her body is never recovered. Karina hails from Sweden and has spent the past three […]
11/23/2022 • 49 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 303 – Bob Harrod
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 to Fontelle Heeter, a former spouse whom he had not seen in six decades, and she was scheduled to move in […]
11/16/2022 • 45 minutes, 39 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 302 – Deborah Sanders
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, before Deborah was abducted. Nearly one year later, Odell is tracked down and arrested, but he no longer has Deborah with him and maintains that he […]
11/9/2022 • 40 minutes, 10 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 301 – Lynn Amos & Megan Curl
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 a hospital with burns on the majority of her body, but she passes away ten days later. While investigators […]
11/2/2022 • 43 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – A Nightmare Before Halloween (Part 2)
…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 Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Robin Warder of “The Trail Went Cold”. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to […]
10/28/2022 • 2 hours, 20 minutes, 36 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – A Nightmare Before Halloween (Part 1)
…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 Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including Robin Warder of “The Trail Went Cold”. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true story to […]
10/27/2022 • 2 hours, 23 minutes, 44 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 300 – The Bennington Triangle
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 extensive search effort fails to find him. Over the next five years, four other individuals – 18-year old Paula Jean Welden, 68-year old […]
10/26/2022 • 59 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 299 – Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?
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 least 18 months before she was found and her likely cause of death was suffocation. Over the next several decades, mysterious graffiti […]
10/19/2022 • 58 minutes, 11 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 298 – John Harden
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 the flames, he is ambushed by a fatal shotgun blast to the chest and an extensive investigation fails to turn up […]
10/12/2022 • 44 minutes, 6 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 297 – Leon Laureles
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 the head, execution-style. One hour earlier, Leon had left his residence to drive to work for his […]
10/5/2022 • 44 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 296 – Morgan Nick
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. Morgan’s friends claim that she was spoken to by an unidentified man standing next to a red pick-up truck, so it is […]
9/28/2022 • 44 minutes, 47 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 295 – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
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 stabbed to death. Months later, a local resident named Jopie Atsiqtaq pops up on the radar as a potential suspect after he is charged […]
9/21/2022 • 58 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 294 – Roger Ellison
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 day and vanishes without a trace. Months later, one of Roger’s teachers comes under suspicion when he allegedly makes some bizarre statements to […]
9/14/2022 • 51 minutes, 2 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 293 – Mario Amado
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 girlfriend. Shortly thereafter, Mario is found dead inside his jail cell and the police rule that his death was a suicide after he hanged himself […]
9/7/2022 • 41 minutes, 14 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 292 – Jennifer Fairgate
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 wound. Three days earlier, she had checked into the hotel under the name, “Jennifer Fairgate”, but […]
8/31/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 291 – Margie Dabney
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 Airport. Before they can make their connecting flight, Margie winds up disappearing and since she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, there is fear that she might […]
8/24/2022 • 38 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 290 – Chris Metallic & Dean Mortensen
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, but he never arrives. Nearly four hours later, an eyewitness spots Chris walking down a rural road located 15 kilometres away before he disappears into the woods. […]
8/17/2022 • 46 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 289 – Justin Burgwinkel
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, the post where he was stationed in Washington state, and kept hinting to his girlfriend that he was working on some sort of secret mission. […]
8/10/2022 • 43 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 288 – Dorothy Forstein
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, Dorothy’s nine-year old stepdaughter, Marcy, claims that an unidentified man entered Dorothy’s bedroom and carried her unconscious body out of the residence. There […]
8/3/2022 • 46 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 287 – Danny Casolaro
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 have been slashed multiple times, but since a suicide note is found and there is no evidence of foul play, the authorities conclude that Danny […]
7/27/2022 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 20 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 286 – Tracey Ann Patient
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 located sixteen kilometres from where she was last seen. She has been strangled to death with a pair of pantyhose which were tightened around […]
7/20/2022 • 43 minutes, 28 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 285 – Dana Bradley
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 climbing into a vehicle driven by an unidentified man. Four days later, Dana’s body is found in a remote wooded area and she has been killed […]
7/13/2022 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 284 – Earlene Barksdale
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 in an apparent robbery. Police soon focus on a suspect named Joseph Green Brown, who was involved in a […]
7/6/2022 • 57 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 283 – Gordon Page Jr. & Kristi Krebs
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 autism. Since a man matching Gordon’s description is seen hitchhiking on a nearby interstate, it is theorized that he escaped from the home […]
6/29/2022 • 53 minutes, 57 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 282 – Mark Himebaugh
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 up Mark’s left shoe on a nearby beach and while eyewitnesses place Mark in the company of multiple unidentified individuals on the afternoon he […]
6/22/2022 • 47 minutes, 29 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 281 – Byron Carr
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 been strangled with a towel and stabbed with a kitchen knife and the words, “I will kill again”, are scrawled on […]
6/15/2022 • 42 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 280 – Peter Watts
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, Peter’s unconscious body is discovered on the Euston Road underpass in London over 250 miles away and he […]
6/8/2022 • 45 minutes, 5 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 279 – Colonel Philip Shue
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 hours later, Colonel Shue’s car is seen driving erratically down the interstate before it crashes into some trees and Shue is found dead in […]
6/1/2022 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 43 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 278 – Alexis Patterson
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 school playground. Even though numerous students report seeing Alexis crying on the playground that day, she never attends any of her classes […]
5/25/2022 • 44 minutes, 44 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 277 – Wil Hendrick
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 soon discovered downtown. Three-and-a-half years later, Wil’s skull and jawbone are found in a rural wooded area and even though his exact cause of death […]
5/18/2022 • 41 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 276 – Paul Armstrong, Steven Lombard & Karen Wright
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 Lombard, another tow truck operator from the same company, goes to the towing yard to pick up his paycheque before he also disappears and his abandoned […]
5/11/2022 • 42 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 275 – Leonard Dirickson
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 outside and speaks to the driver, he tells Jared that the man is interested in looking at one of his stud horses and […]
5/4/2022 • 47 minutes, 12 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 274 – Cary Sayegh
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 later, the Sayegh family receives a phone call from a kidnapper demanding a sizable ransom for Cary’s safe return, but the caller never […]
4/27/2022 • 58 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 273 – Laurie Murninghan
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 later, Laurie’s decomposed body is discovered in a remote swampy pond and her cause of death is determined to be manual strangulation. Since […]
4/20/2022 • 39 minutes, 41 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 272 – Kimberly McAndrew
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. Over the years, investigators check out a number of different leads and even consult with a so-called “psychic detective”, but fail to find any […]
4/13/2022 • 44 minutes, 43 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 271 – The Feeney Family Murders
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 bedrooms at their residence. Cheryl and Tyler have been bludgeoned to death while Jennifer was strangled and the house is completely ransacked. Even though […]
4/6/2022 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 13 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 270 – Andre Jones
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 truck is determined to be stolen. Andre is transferred to the Simpson County Jail, but over 19 hours after his arrival, he is […]
3/30/2022 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 269 – Theodore Kampf & Patrick Rosner
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 Doe”. Thirty-eight years later, DNA testing identifies the victim as 46-year old Theodore Kampf, who had left his home […]
3/23/2022 • 43 minutes, 53 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 268 – Ray Gricar
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 missing. The following day, Ray’s abandoned car is discovered 60 miles away in the town of Lewisburg, parked across the street from an […]
3/16/2022 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 57 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 267 – Elizabeth Eisel & Katherine Lowery
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’s boyfriend takes the children and abruptly moves to Wyoming, but he winds up being arrested when Katherine’s daughter accuses him of sexual abuse. It turns out the […]
3/9/2022 • 39 minutes, 46 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 266 – Jocelyn Hickenlooper
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, Jocelyn’s decomposed body is discovered in a shallow grave located near Parley’s Canyon. After a two-year investigation, a suspect named Bernt Murphy, who also has developmental disabilities, […]
3/2/2022 • 54 minutes, 25 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 265 – The Alcatraz Escape (Part 2)
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 Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. After sneaking out of their cells during the night, the three convicts enter the water in order to cross San Francisco Bay […]
2/23/2022 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 31 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 264 – The Alcatraz Escape (Part 1)
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 Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island. After sneaking out of their cells during the night, the three convicts enter the water in order to cross San Francisco Bay […]
2/16/2022 • 59 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 263 – Cassandra Rundle, Detrick Sturm & Melanie Sturm
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 respective bedrooms at their residence. The two females were sexually assaulted and beaten and all three victims have been strangled to death. Since Cassandra had […]
2/9/2022 • 44 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 262 – Jack Wheeler
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 trauma. Days earlier, Jack had left his residence in New York City to travel to Delaware and numerous eyewitnesses would report […]
2/2/2022 • 54 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 261 – Gracie Nash & John Davis Jr.
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 over one month later, Gracie’s brother, 43-year old John Davis Jr., is fatally shot outside his residence. Suspicion falls upon a woman named […]
1/26/2022 • 38 minutes
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 260 – Kristen Modafferi
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 seeing Kristen with a blonde woman at the mall, this woman is never identified, and a police bloodhound tracks Kristen’s scent to the edge of […]
1/19/2022 • 50 minutes, 35 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 259 – Laurie Depies
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 though witnesses heard her vehicle pull into the lot, they do not report hearing or seeing anything unusual and the only evidence is a cup […]
1/12/2022 • 43 minutes, 45 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 258 – Shane Stewart & Sally McNelly
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 is found in a park the following morning. Four months later, the couple’s skeletal remains are discovered in a remote pasture and […]
1/5/2022 • 37 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 257 – Update, Part 2
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 solved or had significant developments take place. Two years ago, we released a special “update” episode which detailed a lot of […]
12/29/2021 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 58 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 256 – Mary Elizabeth Edens
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-year old Mary Elizabeth Edens, cannot be found and since Mary’s aunt recalls handing the child to an unknown person, her […]
12/22/2021 • 46 minutes, 17 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 255 – Colleen Wood
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 will attend, she never shows up and is not heard from again. At the time, Colleen and her boyfriend, John Paul, […]
12/15/2021 • 49 minutes
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 254 – Derrick Engebretson & Kurt Newton
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 becoming separated from them. An extensive search effort fails to find Derrick, though an eyewitness reports having seen a boy matching Derrick’s description struggling with […]
12/8/2021 • 50 minutes, 24 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 253 – Kathy Page
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 accident, the evidence shows that Kathy was actually strangled to death before the crash was staged. Since Kathy’s marriage to […]
12/1/2021 • 56 minutes, 9 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Kay Hall
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, immediately becomes the prime suspect. Even though Bob stood to collect on an inheritance Kay had just received and there are issues […]
11/24/2021 • 40 minutes, 43 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 252 – The Jamison Family
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 plot of land in a remote mountainous area, but never return. Eight days later, their abandoned pick-up truck is discovered on a dirt road […]
11/17/2021 • 57 minutes, 53 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 251 – Sandra Kay Baker
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 cannot return home, but she is never heard from again. Five years later, Billy is named as a suspect in Sandy’s […]
11/10/2021 • 39 minutes, 25 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 250 – Moses Lall & Lila Buerattan
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 exotic birds. They were last heard from eleven days earlier and one of their employees, Daljeet “Hari” Gobin, had reportedly shared a story […]
11/3/2021 • 44 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 249 – Sarah Saganitso
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 wooded area the following day. Her exact cause of death is asphyxiation via suffocation and there appear to be bite marks around her […]
10/27/2021 • 55 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 248 – Susan Walsh
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 apartment and is not heard from again. At the time, Susan had been working as a freelance […]
10/20/2021 • 56 minutes, 10 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 247 – Charles Walton
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, Charles’ body is discovered next to the hedgerow and he has been beaten with his walking stick, had his throat slashed with a […]
10/13/2021 • 54 minutes, 55 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 246 – Yasmin Acree
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 break-in on the exterior basement door. Over one year later, Jimmie Terrell Smith, who had previously lived in the […]
10/6/2021 • 43 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 245 – Crystal Champagne
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 following evening. When Crystal’s 22-year old step-cousin, Damon Thibodeaux, is interrogated by police, he confesses to her murder and is subsequently convicted and […]
9/29/2021 • 46 minutes, 41 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 244 – Richard Lancelyn Green
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 cause of death is determined to be asphyxiation, as he was garrotted with a shoelace which was tightened around his neck with a […]
9/22/2021 • 45 minutes, 59 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 243 – Jamie Santos & Rebecca Young
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 provides, they discover the unconscious body of 27-year old exotic dancer Jamie Santos on her bedroom floor and it turns out she […]
9/15/2021 • 44 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 242 – Michael Sullivan & Camden Sylvia
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 days later. Suspicion falls upon the couple’s landlord, Robert Rodriguez, who was involved in a dispute with them prior to their disappearances and refuses to […]
9/8/2021 • 40 minutes, 46 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 241 – Patti Adkins
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 boyfriend. When Patti fails to return after a week-and-a-half, she is reported missing, but her boyfriend denies this trip took […]
9/1/2021 • 43 minutes, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 240 – The Bishop Family Murders
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 Geoffrey – are all bludgeoned to death inside their home. The following day, the victims’ burning bodies are discovered in a shallow hole in a remote […]
8/25/2021 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 25 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 239 – Ted Loseff
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 search the residence, they find Ted’s body inside his car in the garage and he has seemingly taken his own life via […]
8/18/2021 • 44 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 238 – Harry & Megan Tooze
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 investigation eventually focuses on Jonathan Jones, the boyfriend of the Toozes’ daughter, and after his thumbprint is found on a saucer […]
8/11/2021 • 42 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 237 – Sister Roberta Elam
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 convent. Hours later, Sister Robin’s body is found on top of a nearby hill in a secluded mediation area and she […]
8/4/2021 • 42 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 236 – Jill & Julie Hansen
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 stomach and while Jill dies at the scene, Julie passes away at the hospital one month later. Since evidence implicates their […]
7/28/2021 • 43 minutes, 28 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 235 – Shannon Green & David Dewayne Bell
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 himself “Dewayne”, who claims that he and Shannon ran away together to get married. Shortly thereafter, an 18-year old acquaintance of Shannon’s named David Dewayne […]
7/21/2021 • 42 minutes, 12 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 234 – The Durham Family Murders
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 after an apparent home invasion. Months later, four suspects with a history of burglary are arrested for their alleged roles in the murders, […]
7/14/2021 • 44 minutes
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 233 – Wallace Guidroz & Lenoria Jones
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 company of an unidentified couple and a young girl. 28 years later, Stanley is charged with an unrelated murder and confesses that […]
7/7/2021 • 48 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 232 – Gary Simmons
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 for Dixon to cash a $30,000 cheque he paid him, but Gary is never heard from again and Dixon also disappears after collecting […]
6/30/2021 • 44 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 231 – Richard Colvin Cox
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 visitor, but he does not return and is eventually reported missing. During the preceding week, Cox was visited on multiple […]
6/23/2021 • 57 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 230 – Lynette Culver
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 his execution, notorious serial killer Ted Bundy confesses to being responsible for Lynette’s murder. While Bundy provides specific details to make many people […]
6/16/2021 • 47 minutes, 19 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 229 – Anthonette Cayedito
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 sister would later claim she was abducted by two men after answering the door in the middle of the night, though she does […]
6/9/2021 • 48 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – CrimeConVersations with Generation Why & The Trail Went Cold
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 out more about their fascination with true crime. Each episode will explore subjects such as how they got involved in true […]
6/7/2021 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 228 – Ben Charles Padilla & John Mikel Mutantu
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 boarding the plane alongside a Congolese mechanic named John Mikel Mutantu. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft takes off without clearance before it vanishes without a trac […]
6/2/2021 • 40 minutes, 59 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 227 – Gloria Ross & Candy Belt
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 their throats slashed. It turns out the business was a front for a brothel and suspicion is directed towards […]
5/26/2021 • 54 minutes, 5 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 226 – Peter Bergmann
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 arrest. Four days earlier, the man had arrived in the nearby town of Sligo and […]
5/19/2021 • 44 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 225 – Leila & Mary Rachel Bryan
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 never return. After they are reported missing, an extensive search fails to turn up any trace of them or their […]
5/12/2021 • 45 minutes, 2 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 224 – Leah Roberts
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 her home in North Carolina to take a cross-country road trip, but even though all of her personal possessions are left […]
5/5/2021 • 44 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 223 – Mistie Murray
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 placing Mistie at numerous locations in the weeks following her disappearance, police focus their attention on her adoptive father, Steve Murray. Over three months later, Steve […]
4/28/2021 • 48 minutes, 19 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 222 – Pamela June Ray
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 morning hours and parks in front of the office. Pamela’s children are sleeping in the back seat, but when they wake up […]
4/21/2021 • 45 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 221 – Jim & Lois Arrotta
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 couple’s children last saw them at their home when they went to bed the previous night, investigators theorize that Jim and […]
4/14/2021 • 52 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 220 – Ralph Sigler
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 himself. For the past decade, Ralph had been working as a counterintelligence agent who provided classified information to spies from the Soviet […]
4/7/2021 • 52 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 219 – Sneha Philip
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. Sneha does not return home that night and after the September 11 attacks take place the following morning, she is never heard from again. Since […]
3/31/2021 • 54 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 218 – John & Faye Whatley
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 perform a wellness check at their ranch. John and Faye are discovered to be missing, but there is a bullet hole in […]
3/24/2021 • 45 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 217 – Evelyn & Alex Hernandez
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 the time, Evelyn was only six days away from giving birth to her second child, but when she fails to resurface by her due […]
3/17/2021 • 43 minutes, 33 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 216 – Wilma June Nissen
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 the next 27 years. The victim is eventually identified as 23-year old Wilma June Nissen, who originally hailed from […]
3/10/2021 • 41 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 215 – Ann Gotlib
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 searching for her, she discovers Ann’s abandoned bicycle outside a department store, but no trace of her can be found. 25 years later, […]
3/3/2021 • 44 minutes, 11 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 214 – The Boys On The Track (Part 2)
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 lying on some railroad tracks before they are run over by a cargo train and the medical examiner concludes they had […]
2/24/2021 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 213 – The Boys On The Track (Part 1)
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 lying on some railroad tracks before they are run over by a cargo train and the medical examiner concludes they had […]
2/17/2021 • 52 minutes, 44 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 212 – Marie Lilienberg & Maria Wahlen
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 friend’s residence in order to hitchhike to Los Angeles. When they fail to make their scheduled flight and do not return home to […]
2/10/2021 • 38 minutes, 35 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 211 – Tina McMenamin
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 has been sexually assaulted and stabbed seven times and the apartment is ransacked. Nearly one year later, DNA testing links a suspect […]
2/3/2021 • 48 minutes, 37 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 210 – Carol Woolsoncroft
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 vacation and discover her car parked outside their residence, as well as a note from Carol’s boyfriend, Eugene LaFaye Jr., who […]
1/27/2021 • 40 minutes, 17 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 209 – Ralph Probst & Michael O’Mara
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 into the kitchen. Moments later, Ralph is fatally shot in back of the head after an unknown assailant fires a bullet through the kitchen […]
1/20/2021 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 57 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 208 – Celina Mays
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 the time, Celina was living with her father and a number of other relatives, who were all members of Gospel of Christ Ministries Inc., […]
1/13/2021 • 44 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 207 – Jack Davis Jr.
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 never returns to his apartment. Five days later, Jack’s body is found at the bottom of an exterior stairwell on the university’s campus and the […]
1/6/2021 • 51 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 206 – Q&A
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 more interesting questions. Of all the cases you’ve covered, which ones have the best chance of being solved in the near-future? […]
12/30/2020 • 2 hours, 3 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 205 – Larry Griffin
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 following morning. Once a missing persons investigation is launched, rumours start circulating that Larry was killed after an incident at a local pub and […]
12/16/2020 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 204 – Mari Ann Fowler
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 food from a Subway sandwich shop. When she walks back into the parking lot, Mari Ann vanishes without a […]
12/9/2020 • 41 minutes, 40 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 203 – The Freedon & The Casie Nicole
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 German national named Florian Meyer Bourch. When they do not arrive at their destination and Lisa does not contact her family, […]
12/2/2020 • 53 minutes, 21 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 202 – The Blount Family Bombing
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 convenience store later that night, they return home to discover a briefcase on their front doorstep. When the briefcase is opened, a […]
11/25/2020 • 56 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 201 – Erica Baker
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 without a trace and the dog is found unattended. Six years later, a suspect named Christian Gabriel is indicted on the […]
11/18/2020 • 43 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 200 – Melanie Flynn
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, Melanie’s abandoned car is discovered in an apartment complex parking lot and her purse is found washed up next to the Kentucky […]
11/11/2020 • 55 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 199 – Patrice Endres
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 two eyewitnesses report having seen her in the parking lot next to an unidentified individual and a blue vehicle shortly before she […]
11/4/2020 • 48 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 198 – Bill & Dorothy Wacker
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 wife, Dorothy Wacker, is attacked inside the house by an unidentified man who had asked to use the phone after claiming his […]
10/28/2020 • 49 minutes, 40 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 197 – William & Margaret Patterson
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 the couple soon claims to have received a phone call from Pat, who allegedly said that he and Margaret were leaving town for awhile. Ten […]
10/21/2020 • 52 minutes, 39 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 196 – Zigmund Adamski
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, which is located 25 miles away, but his whereabouts during that time period are unknown. Zigmund’s official cause of […]
10/14/2020 • 53 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 195 – Curtis Pishon
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 suddenly catches fire. The fire department shows up to handle the situation, but less than two hours after they leave, Curtis inexplicably vanishes from […]
10/11/2020 • 39 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 194 – Mary Jane Van Gilder
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 her husband and five children, but after the couple separated, Mary Jane went off on her own to live in […]
9/30/2020 • 45 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 193 – Noreen Greenley
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 sisters is nearly struck by a car and hears a female scream from inside, and it turns out the car matches the description of a vehicle […]
9/23/2020 • 38 minutes, 28 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 192 – Rodney Marks
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 death is initially assumed to be natural causes, but when his body is transported to New Zealand months later, an autopsy reveals that he died from acute […]
9/16/2020 • 50 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 191 – Martha Jean Lambert
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 mobile home, but Martha never returns and is eventually reported missing. Suspicion starts to fall upon on Martha’s 14-year old brother, David Lambert, after […]
9/9/2020 • 42 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 190 – Ed Baker
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. The charred remains of what is believed to be Baker’s body are in the passenger’s seat and since he had been suffering from serious financial […]
9/2/2020 • 46 minutes, 6 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 189 – Bethany Decker
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’s friends and family do not hear from her for three weeks, she is officially reported missing. At the time, Bethany was […]
8/26/2020 • 40 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 188 – Geetha Angara
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, Geetha’s body is discovered inside one of the facility’s water tanks and her cause of death is determined to be drowning. A number […]
8/19/2020 • 45 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 187 – Rey Rivera
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 decomposed body is discovered inside a locked conference room at the Belvedere Hotel. Since there is a hole in the ceiling, […]
8/12/2020 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 9 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 186 – Marcia King
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 since she carries no identification, she remains a Jane Doe and is given the nickname, “Buckskin Girl”. 37 years later, […]
8/5/2020 • 43 minutes, 59 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 185 – Keith Warren
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 as suspicious behaviour from the authorities, Keith’s death is ruled to be a suicide. Nearly six years later, Keith’s mother […]
7/29/2020 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 184 – George Owens & Walter Dunson
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, George’s abandoned vehicle is found on a hilltop in a rural wooded area over 100 miles away and piles of kindling […]
7/22/2020 • 48 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 183 – Dimitric Moore
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 following afternoon, Dimitric’s nude body is discovered inside the trunk of his mother’s car and his cause of death is […]
7/15/2020 • 46 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 182 – Cherita Thomas
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. Witnesses see Cherita climbing into a blue pick-up truck driven by a white male, but she is never heard from again. Jimmie Allen […]
7/8/2020 • 49 minutes, 53 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 181 – Tamra Keepness
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 eventually returns home, but when she wakes up later that morning, she discovers that Tamra is missing. Since Tamra lives in a dysfunctional home […]
7/1/2020 • 50 minutes, 47 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 180 – Joseph Edwards
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 over by the side of the highway and three white males and what appears to be an unmarked police car are also at the scene. Joe-Ed is […]
6/24/2020 • 56 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 179 – The Diggs Family Murders
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 murdered. Wesley’s 39-year old wife, Jean, and their four children – 17-year old Audrey, 16-year old Allison, 12-year old Wesley Jr. and […]
6/17/2020 • 46 minutes, 25 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 178 – The 3X Murders
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 Joseph’s female companion alive and gives her a cryptic note. Five days later, 26-year old Noel Sowley is fatally shot inside […]
6/10/2020 • 53 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 177 – David Lewis
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 ring behind. David’s abandoned car is soon discovered in the downtown area with his identification and many other personal […]
6/3/2020 • 52 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 176 – Heather Uffelman & Jennifer Lynn Stone
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 man calling himself “Tom Johnson”. After meeting Johnson in a motel room, he bludgeons the couple with a hammer before stealing the equipment. While […]
5/27/2020 • 45 minutes, 20 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 175 – Mary Agnes Gross
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. Mary Agnes is given a funeral and buried in a grave, but months later, Marlys is mailed a photograph of an […]
5/20/2020 • 47 minutes, 49 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 174 – The Mills Family Murders
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. Jeannie’s 17-year old son, Eddie, is left unharmed inside his bedroom, but claims he did not hear the murders take place. Years earlier, the Mills family […]
5/13/2020 • 57 minutes, 14 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 173 – Chad Maurer
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 workplace, but he soon turns up missing. Two days later, Chad’s body is found in his car inside […]
5/6/2020 • 47 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 172 – Claudia Kirschhoch
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 flight back home to New York. After last being seen walking along a beach, Claudia vanishes without a trace and […]
4/29/2020 • 41 minutes, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 171 – Claudia Lawrence
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 up for work the next morning and misses her meet-up with her friend, she is subsequently reported missing. The investigation would uncover […]
4/22/2020 • 51 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 170 – Sharon Davis
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 days later, Sharon’s abandoned minivan is discovered in the parking lot of a local fitness club. Suspicion turns towards Sharon’s […]
4/15/2020 • 40 minutes, 45 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 169 – Julie Williams & Lollie Winans
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 reported missing when they fail to return home. Nearly two weeks later, Julie and Lollie are found dead at a campsite inside the park and have been […]
4/8/2020 • 53 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 168 – Don “Rainboy” Decker
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 house. It isn’t long before Don appears to go into a trance and water starts materializing from the house’s walls, ceiling and floor. Over the course […]
4/1/2020 • 54 minutes, 44 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – The Career of Robert Stack
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 turned into a full-time series and this actor becomes the permanent host. Three decades later, after this TV show and the host have become […]
3/28/2020 • 47 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 167 – Janice Wessinger
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 wooded area near her house and she has been raped and stabbed to death. It is theorized that Janice was attacked after going […]
3/25/2020 • 29 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 162 – The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
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. When morning hits, the murdered bodies of the three girls are discovered 150 yards away in the woods. Michelle and Lori have been […]
2/19/2020 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 57 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 160 – Marilu Geri
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 prepare for a party. When Marilu’s mother arrives, she discovers that her daughter has been shot four times. Since there were […]
2/5/2020 • 40 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 159 – Charles Southern
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, Charles’ parents check his house and discover he is missing, but they find what appears to be a Last Will and Testament […]
1/29/2020 • 52 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 158 – Ezzat Aboul-Hosn
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 identified as Ezzat and after it is determined that a leaky fuel line caused the fire, his death is ruled […]
1/22/2020 • 46 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 157 – Jamie Stickle
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. Shortly thereafter, Jamie’s Jeep Wrangler is found engulfed in flames near her front door and her badly burned body is in the driver’s seat. […]
1/15/2020 • 46 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 156 – Don Smith & Philip Fraser
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 a local motel under the name “Larry Monroe” and the truck is registered to a 55-year old California resident named Don Smith. Five […]
1/8/2020 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 155 – Update!
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 or had some significant developments take place. Examples include the disappearance of Pamela Butler, the murder of Jodine Serrin, the disappearance […]
1/1/2020 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 154 – The Walker Family Murders
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 old Jimmie and 23-month old Debbie, head back to their rural home in separate vehicles. The following morning, the family’s bodies are discovered inside their […]
12/18/2019 • 54 minutes, 2 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 153 – Katrina Ploy
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 possessions are found next to an oceanside cliff known as “The Gap”, but Katrina herself is missing. Katrina’s body is found floating in Sydney […]
12/11/2019 • 47 minutes, 38 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 152 – Melvin Horst
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. Over the course of the next two years, a number of different suspects would be arrested after allegations surface […]
12/4/2019 • 55 minutes, 12 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 151 – The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre
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 safe, the assailants fire several bullets into seven people before fleeing the scene. Three of the victims – 33-year old Ida […]
11/27/2019 • 38 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 150 – Amy Billig
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 last seen hitchhiking next to a highway, but she never shows up to meet her father or her friends […]
11/20/2019 • 54 minutes, 29 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 149 – Robert Hoagland
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 fails to pick her up at the airport as scheduled. When Lori returns home, she discovers that her husband is missing and […]
11/13/2019 • 38 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 148 – Joan Gay Croft
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 mother. While Joan Gay and her half-sister are recovering from injuries in the basement, two men show up and take her away. […]
11/6/2019 • 48 minutes, 40 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 147 – The Lewis Clark Valley Murders
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-year old Steven Pearsall vanishes after being dropped off at his workplace, the Lewiston Civic Theatre, where Kristina had previously held Steven’s job as a janitor. The disappearances […]
10/30/2019 • 56 minutes, 10 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 146 – Janett Christman
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 that Janett has been raped and strangled to death by an intruder, and the local sheriff’s department would report having received a phone call from […]
10/23/2019 • 48 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 145 – David Stone & Devin Williams
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, David’s abandoned car is discovered next to the highway, but David himself is nowhere to be found. Search efforts uncover a number of cryptic clues […]
10/16/2019 • 48 minutes, 9 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 144 – Sydney Land & Neo Kaufmann
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 alleged pimp named Shane Valentine, who had threatened the couple and fired a bullet into the home of Neo’s mother weeks earlier. Allegations eventually […]
10/9/2019 • 55 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 143 – Charlie Anderson and Carol Montecalvo
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 shot to death after entering the house in what appears to be a burglary gone wrong. Over one year later, 43-year old Carol Montecalvo […]
10/2/2019 • 49 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 142 – Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle
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 Annie is allegedly seen in a pub that night with an unidentified man, no trace of her is ever found. Over the course of the next […]
9/25/2019 • 54 minutes, 19 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 141 – David Bocks
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 vanishes before his shift ends and evidence soon emerges that he fell into some molten liquid inside one of the plant’s furnaces. The […]
9/18/2019 • 45 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 140 – Michele Harris
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 discovered on a road next to the driveway of her family’s rural property. Suspicion turns towards Michele’s estranged husband, Cal Harris, as the couple are in […]
9/11/2019 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Kent Heitholt
“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 year covering the case of Kent Heitholt. Robin covered this same case at the Ottawa Podcast Festival in August 2019. November […]
9/4/2019 • 50 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 139 – The Short Family Murders
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 missing. Over one month later, Jennifer’s remains are discovered over 30 miles away in a rural area of North Carolina and it turns out […]
8/28/2019 • 40 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 138 – Doyle Wheeler
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 Wheeler to write a suicide note at gunpoint, hog-tie him, and fire a shot which grazes the side of his head, but he […]
8/21/2019 • 58 minutes, 24 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 137 – Clifford Sherwood & George Gumbly
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 are subsequently reported missing. Clifford’s mother, Frances Sherwood, believes that her abusive ex-husband, Nephi “Tex” Sherwood, abducted Clifford and took him across […]
8/14/2019 • 51 minutes, 58 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 136 – Deanna Cremin & Melanie Melanson
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 behind a senior housing complex and she has been sexually assaulted and strangled to death. According to Tommy, he had walked Deanna halfway to her house […]
8/7/2019 • 46 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 135 – Paul Whipkey
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 declared a “deserter” 30 days later. Five weeks after he went missing, Whipkey’s abandoned car is discovered nearly 500 miles away in […]
7/31/2019 • 42 minutes, 31 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 134 – Louise and Charmian Faulkner
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 she was planning to visit her boyfriend at his farm, but she does not return and both Louise and her daughter are […]
7/24/2019 • 45 minutes, 5 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 133 – Dick Hansen
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 Dick and Jean leave the city in their respective vehicles, they are followed by this man for over ten […]
7/17/2019 • 42 minutes, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 132 – Adele Born Williams
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 suddenly emerges from the bathroom and fires a shot into Adele’s head before fleeing the scene and Adele dies the following day. To everyone’s surprise, one […]
7/10/2019 • 46 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 131 – Toni Lee Sharpless
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, both she and Crystal are asked to leave. While driving away, the two friends get into an argument which leads to Crystal being kicked out of the […]
7/3/2019 • 41 minutes, 16 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 130 – Tara Breckenridge
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 to return to her apartment by morning, Tara’s boyfriend, Wayne Hecker, goes searching for her. Wayne soon discovers Tara’s abandoned […]
6/26/2019 • 39 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 129 – Little Miss Panasoffkee and the Sumter County Does
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 intriguing clues, the victim cannot be identified and is named “Little Miss Panasoffkee”. Four decades later, investigators explore the possibly […]
6/19/2019 • 56 minutes, 43 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 128 – Roger Dean
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 money, the gunman fatally shoots Roger and flees the scene, but investigators find evidence to suggest that Roger may have hired the […]
6/12/2019 • 42 minutes, 39 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 127 – Shareef Cousin
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 old Shareef Cousin is implicated in the crime and charged with first-degree murder. Even though Shareef seems to have an airtight alibi, […]
6/5/2019 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 126 – Sherri Holland
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 days later, Sherri’s abandoned BMW is discovered on the northbound shoulder of Interstate 75 with a nail in one of the tires and […]
5/29/2019 • 41 minutes, 10 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 125 – A.J. Breaux
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 found in a park across the street from the club and many of his possessions are still inside. That very same day, multiple […]
5/22/2019 • 41 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 124 – Ashley Estell
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 found strangled to death next to an isolated dirt road six miles away. The investigation soon leads to a paroled sex offender named Michael […]
5/15/2019 • 43 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 123 – Marie Blee
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 receive an anonymous phone call demanding a $5,000 ransom for her return. The caller is soon revealed to be 18-year old […]
5/8/2019 • 39 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 122 – Linda Sherman
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 Linda had recently filed for divorce from her controlling husband, Don Sherman, he is suspected of being responsible for her […]
5/1/2019 • 39 minutes, 35 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 121 – Glen & Bessie Hyde
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 the rapids of the Colorado River and hope to attain a new speed record. Shortly after stopping at the home of a […]
4/24/2019 • 46 minutes, 41 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 120 – Amber Tuccaro & Jolene Cote
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 reported missing. Two years later, police release audio of a recording from Amber’s cell phone in which she can be heard conversing […]
4/17/2019 • 52 minutes, 49 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 119 – Lindsey Baum
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 and is soon reported missing, but a massive search effort fails to turn up any trace of her. Eight years later, skeletal remains […]
4/10/2019 • 45 minutes, 19 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 118 – Tom Roche
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 that the front door is unlocked and Tom is missing. Six days later, Barbara receives an envelope containing some of Tom’s personal items, along […]
4/3/2019 • 38 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 117 – Ricky Hochstetler
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 of a county highway in a hit-and-run. The Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department soon announce that parts from a Chevrolet truck or van were found […]
3/27/2019 • 53 minutes, 40 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 116 – The Sarah Joe
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 the island of Maui on a fishing trip in a boat named the “Sarah Joe”. When a violent storm hits the area, the Sarah […]
3/20/2019 • 40 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 115 – Joey Lynn Offutt
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 the bathtub, but Joey herself is nowhere to be found. Three days later, Joey’s abandoned car is discovered over 60 miles […]
3/13/2019 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 114 – Henry Baltimore Jr. and Oliver Munson
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 missing. Nearly three months earlier, a pair of attackers had broken into Henry’s apartment to assault and rob him and police arrested […]
3/6/2019 • 40 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 113 – The Cowden Family Murders
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 of a camping trip when they inexplicably vanish from their campsite near Carberry Creek, leaving all their possessions behind. Seven months later, the entire […]
2/27/2019 • 39 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 112 – The Springfield Three
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 night at Suzie’s house alongside Suzie’s 47-year old mother, Sherrill Levitt. They are last seen shortly after 2:00 AM, but later that day, Suzie, Stacy, […]
2/20/2019 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 111 – Tracey Kirkpatrick
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 closed, a security guard discovers Tracey’s body in the rear storage room and she has been stabbed seven times. Three months later, a man […]
2/13/2019 • 44 minutes, 57 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 110 – The Mary Morris Murders
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 that afternoon. Four days later, another Houston woman, 39-year old Mary McGinnis Morris, is discovered shot to death inside her car […]
2/6/2019 • 53 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 109 – Connie Smith
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 road and attempting to hitchhike, but before she reaches the nearest town, she vanishes without a trace. Since Connie’s grandfather is the former Governor of Wyoming, […]
1/30/2019 • 42 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 108 – Lester Garnier
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. Eyewitnesses recall seeing at least two unidentified blonde women in the parking lot the previous night and speculation mounts that Lester’s murder […]
1/23/2019 • 44 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 107 – Jessica Baggen
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, where she has been sexually assaulted and asphyxiated to death. Eleven days later, a suspect named Richard Bingham turns himself in […]
1/16/2019 • 34 minutes, 15 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 106 – Karen Denise Wells
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 Jersey. After checking into a motel, Denise phones Melissa and asks her to come meet her there, but when Melissa arrives, Denise has […]
1/9/2019 • 45 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 105 – Judith Hyams
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 become pregnant and was seeking an illegal abortion from a shady doctor, but after he is arrested, he jumps bail and disappears. 24 […]
1/2/2019 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 104 – Q&A
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? What is the biggest challenge of producing a weekly podcast? Have you ever been contacted by any of the people […]
12/26/2018 • 1 hour, 56 minutes, 36 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 103 – The Great Mull Air Mystery
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 to go for an evening flight. After taking off from an adjacent airfield in a Cessna, Gibbs never returns. Four months […]
12/19/2018 • 41 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 102 – Patty Vaughan
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 her estranged husband, J.R. Vaughan, Patty had stormed out of their house following a heated argument. Traces of Patty’s blood […]
12/12/2018 • 39 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 101 – Debbie Wolfe
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 following morning. When Debbie’s mother checks her cabin, she discovers that Debbie is missing. Six days later, one of Debbie’s friends finds her […]
12/5/2018 • 39 minutes, 6 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 100 – Trenny Gibson
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 day hiking through the park, but after Trenny is last seen turning off the trail at around 3:00 PM, she vanishes without explanation. During […]
11/28/2018 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 99 – Mona Blades
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 reported missing, witnesses would recall seeing her inside an orange Datsun station wagon with an unidentified man. Over the years, investigators examine a number […]
11/21/2018 • 38 minutes, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 98 – Kanika Powell & Sean Nicholas Green
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 hallway. In the preceding days, Kanika claimed that separate men impersonating an FBI agent and a deliveryman had knocked on her apartment door, but she refused […]
11/14/2018 • 41 minutes, 35 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 97 – Jeremy Bright
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 heard from again. After Jeremy is reported missing, it isn’t long before rumours start circulating throughout the community and […]
11/7/2018 • 40 minutes, 59 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 96 – The Keddie Cabin Murders
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 Resort. Sue’s 12-year old daughter, Tina Sharp, is missing and her skeletal remains would be discovered in a remote area three years later. […]
10/31/2018 • 55 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Introducing Blackwood
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 control, as they discover that, not only are the legends seemingly true, many people in Blackwood have turned up dead or disappeared without […]
10/25/2018 • 11 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 95 – Chris Jenkins
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 vanishes without a trace and his body is found in the Mississippi River four months later. While police initially believe that Chris’ death was an accidental […]
10/24/2018 • 57 minutes, 57 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 94 – Evelyn Hartley
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 travelling there to check on her, he discovers that Evelyn has disappeared and the evidence suggests she was the victim of a […]
10/17/2018 • 54 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 93- Orange Socks & The Walker County Jane Doe
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 orange socks, but since she cannot be identified, “Orange Socks” becomes her nickname. Notorious serial killer Henry Lee […]
10/10/2018 • 47 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Introducing Legal Wars
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 and court transcripts, Wondery’s new podcast LEGAL WARS puts you inside the jury box of some of the most famous court cases in […]
10/9/2018 • 10 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 92 – Cindy Song
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 4:00 AM. She is never heard from again, but some of her personal items and a piece of her Halloween costume are found inside […]
10/3/2018 • 37 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 91 – Amanda Tusing & Dana Stidham
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 of the highway, but there is no sign of Amanda. Days later, her body is found in a waterlogged ditch over 12 miles […]
9/26/2018 • 39 minutes, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 90 – Marlena Childress
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 months later, Pam confesses that she accidentally killed Marlena and tossed her body into the Obion River. Pam soon recants her confession and […]
9/19/2018 • 48 minutes, 45 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 89 – Beth Miller, Tiffany Sessions, and Tracy Kroh
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 a man in a red pick-up truck who was seen flirting with Beth in the days prior to her disappearance. Ten years later, the former girlfriend […]
9/12/2018 • 45 minutes, 41 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 88 – The Salomon Family
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 explanation from their home. Evidence suggests they were victims of foul play and pieces of their identification are found scattered alongside a freeway. The investigation leads […]
9/5/2018 • 45 minutes
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 87 – Stanley Gryziec
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. Even though the original autopsy report states that Stanley was stabbed to death, his son finds a shell casing inside the house […]
8/29/2018 • 38 minutes, 1 second
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 86 – Michael Dunahee & Casey Bohun
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 can go to a nearby playground. Within minutes, Michael’s parents notice that he is not at the playground and has vanished without a […]
8/22/2018 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 85 – Mimi Boomhower
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 house, they discover that her lights are still on, an uneaten salad is sitting on the table, and her car is still parked in […]
8/15/2018 • 44 minutes, 12 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 84 – Audrey Moate & Thomas Hotard
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 on for years. The following day, Thomas’ body is discovered inside his vehicle at a remote swamp area with a shotgun blast to the […]
8/8/2018 • 43 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 83 – Crystal Spencer
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 ever hears from Crystal and one week later, her decomposing body is discovered in a corner of her apartment. She is nude […]
8/1/2018 • 42 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 82 – Jonathan Luna
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 following morning, Luna’s vehicle is discovered over 90 miles away in a rural creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and his body is lying in the water. […]
7/25/2018 • 50 minutes, 29 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 81 – Philip Cairns
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 school bag appears in a laneway which had previously been searched, leading to speculation that it was planted there by the person […]
7/18/2018 • 45 minutes, 35 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 80 – Eric Tamiyasu
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 the night, Eric is not heard from for five days. His decomposing body is eventually discovered in his bed and it turns out […]
7/11/2018 • 40 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 79 – Harold & Thelma Swain
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 soon shot to death and when his 63-year old wife, Thelma Swain, goes to check on him, she is fatally shot as well. […]
7/4/2018 • 48 minutes, 33 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 78 – Rena Paquette
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 substances at the scene, investigators believe that Rena set herself on fire and rule her death to be a suicide. However, many people suspect […]
6/27/2018 • 39 minutes, 24 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 77 – Paulette Gebara Farah
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 her. Nine days later, Paulette’s decomposing body is discovered wedged between her mattress and the footboard of her bed, and a police inquiry rules that […]
6/20/2018 • 48 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 76 – Michael Johnston, Rochelle Robinson, and Kurt McFall
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 outside Rochelle’s vehicle with his throat slashed. Rochelle is soon found stabbed to death on a remote road with her own throat slashed. Even though […]
6/13/2018 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 75 – Amanda Gallion and Patrick Ghering
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, Patrick Ghering, who denies any knowledge of her disappearance. Six days later, Patrick goes missing himself after his abandoned vehicle is discovered by the side of the […]
6/6/2018 • 35 minutes, 5 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 74 – John Iverson
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 Munro, Weber had robbed her at gunpoint before kidnapping Iverson. After being a wanted fugitive for three months, Weber turns himself in, but there […]
5/30/2018 • 47 minutes, 13 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 73 – Dexter Stefonek
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 and his burning car is discovered at an isolated rest area. Only a half hour earlier, a witness had seen an unidentified […]
5/23/2018 • 29 minutes, 37 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 72 – Blair Adams
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 scattered around his body, and the cause of death is determined to be a violent blow which ruptured his stomach. Blair […]
5/16/2018 • 48 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 71 – Lulu Courchesne
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 gone out on a date the previous night with a man named Rick McCue. Rick is eventually charged with Lulu’s murder and […]
5/9/2018 • 43 minutes, 19 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 70 – Tabitha Tuders & Heaven LaShae Ross
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 arrives at school and when she fails to return home that evening, she is reported missing. Less than four months later, another young […]
5/2/2018 • 45 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 69 – Jacqueline Levitz
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 violent struggle are discovered inside her bedroom, creating the impression that Jacqueline met with foul play. Over the years, numerous suspects would be investigated, including […]
4/25/2018 • 37 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 68 – Ambrose Small
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 lawyer at his office at the Grand Opera House, Small vanishes without a trace. Over the years, suspicion would be directed at […]
4/18/2018 • 49 minutes, 46 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 67 – Steve Sandlin
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 pushes forward the theory that Steve’s death was either suicide or an accident, it is officially classified as “undetermined”. However, […]
4/11/2018 • 48 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Special Announcement – Patreon
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 could say… thank you for supporting our show! That’s right, “The Trail Went Cold” is finally available on Patreon and […]
4/5/2018 • 7 minutes, 24 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 66 – Valerie Percy
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 intruder who has broken into her family’s affluent home. Valerie’s stepmother enters the room and catches a brief glimpse of the perpetrator, but he manages to […]
4/4/2018 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 65 – Kristen Tomlin
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 freighter crashed into them. John’s 30-year old wife, Suzanne Russell, and their 20-year old friend, Kristen Tomlin, were also on the boat and […]
3/28/2018 • 40 minutes, 37 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 64 – Reet Jurvetson
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 be identified, the victim simply becomes known as “Jane Doe 59”. 46 years later, DNA testing officially identifies her as 19-year old Reet […]
3/21/2018 • 37 minutes, 11 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 63 – Andre Bryant, Christopher Dansby, and Shane Walker
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 return. The following day, Monique’s murdered body is discovered in a wooded area, but Andre is nowhere to be found. Within the next […]
3/14/2018 • 36 minutes, 38 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 62 – Dottie Caylor
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 she leaves on a trip. The following day, Jule finds Dottie’s car in another train station’s parking lot with her purse inside, but […]
3/7/2018 • 52 minutes, 40 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 61 – Trevor Deely
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 Management headquarters. Trevor chats with a co-worker and grabs an umbrella, but after leaving the building to walk home and passing by […]
2/28/2018 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 60 – The Circleville Letters Case
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’s wife, Mary Gillispie, had been receiving anonymous threatening letters expressing anger about her alleged affair with another man. In total, over a […]
2/21/2018 • 57 minutes, 42 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 59 – Maureen Fields and Jodine Serrin
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 show up for work and her husband, Paul Fields, claims he last saw her when she left the house that morning. Maureen’s abandoned […]
2/14/2018 • 36 minutes, 28 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 58 – The Mathis Family Murders
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 police arrive, they discover that John’s wife, LaDonna Mathis, and their two children, four-year old Brian and two-year old Patrick, […]
2/7/2018 • 45 minutes, 33 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 57 – Patrick Sean Kelly
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 Kelly, a 22-year old Canadian film student who had gone missing from the University of Southern California. There are a […]
1/31/2018 • 43 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 56 – Mary Marrs Cawein
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 bedroom chair and an autopsy would reveal she was murdered after ingesting carbolic acid. Suspicion immediately falls upon Mary’s husband, Dr. Madison […]
1/24/2018 • 44 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 55 – Gary Grant Jr.
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. Two days later, Gary’s body is discovered in a vacant lot after he has been bludgeoned to death with a pipe. A […]
1/17/2018 • 46 minutes, 49 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 54 – Kelly Dae Wilson
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 its tires slashed. Two years later, eight suspects, one of them a police officer investigating the case, are indicted for […]
1/10/2018 • 46 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 53 – Ronald Hughes
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 never returns and his decomposed body is found wedged between two boulders in a gorge four months later. While the actual cause of death cannot […]
1/3/2018 • 41 minutes, 38 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 52 – Patricia Meehan & Morris Davis
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 driver, Patricia walks out onto the prairie and disappears. During the next few months, there would be numerous sightings of a disoriented-woman resembling […]
12/27/2017 • 40 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 51 – The Hatbox Baby
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 newborn baby girl inside a hatbox and turn her over to the authorities. While the story of the “Hatbox Baby” becomes a […]
12/20/2017 • 35 minutes, 37 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 50 – Kevin Showalter
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 investigation and make no effort to solve the case, Kevin’s mother is forced to fight for answers on her own. Years later, a grand […]
12/13/2017 • 40 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 49 – Donna Branion
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 home to discover that his wife, Donna Branion, has been shot to death. Police become suspicious of Dr. Branion’s behaviour and eventually charge him with the […]
12/6/2017 • 59 minutes, 29 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 48 – The Yuba County Five
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 Jack Madruga, 32-year old Ted Weiher, and 25-year old Gary Mathias – begin the 50-mile drive back to their homes in Yuba County, […]
11/29/2017 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 47 – Karyn Kupcinet
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 death is initially suspected of being a drug overdose, but when the coroner discovers a broken hyoid bone in Karyn’s throat, he rules […]
11/22/2017 • 43 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 32 – Sarah Fox
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. Her nude body is posed in a ritualistic fashion and surrounded by two dozen tulip petals. A suspect named […]
11/15/2017 • 27 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 46 – Tommy Burkett
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 authorities arrive, Tommy’s parents are immediately taken aback by their suspicious behaviour and notice strange discrepancies to make them believe their son did not […]
11/8/2017 • 53 minutes, 9 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Interview With Scott Reeder: Suspect Convictions Season 2
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 Christina’s father, Barton McNeil, who is eventually convicted of his daughter’s murder and receives a life sentence. However, Barton continually maintains his innocence and points […]
11/6/2017 • 29 minutes, 4 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 31 – Henry McCabe
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 thereafter, Henry’s wife receives a phone call in which he sounds like he’s moaning in pain and claiming he’s been shot, and she winds […]
11/1/2017 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Enormous Stories 2017 Halloween Special
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 own scary Halloween-themed story. Hosted by Tyler from The Minds of Madness, the end result is the spookiest Halloween podcast episode […]
10/31/2017 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 43 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 45 – Frederick Valentich
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 Strait. During a radio transmission, Valentich describes seeing an unidentified flying object and his final words are: “It’s hovering and it’s not an aircraft”. When eyewitnesses […]
10/25/2017 • 50 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 30 – Brandon Swanson
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 nowhere. The Swansons leave to go pick Brandon up, but have trouble finding him. At one point, Brandon’s father hears […]
10/18/2017 • 36 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 44 – Joel Lovelien
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 the parking lot. The investigation leads to a suspect named Travis Stay, who was so intoxicated that night that […]
10/11/2017 • 36 minutes, 36 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 29 – Chaim Weiss
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 following morning, Chaim’s body is found on his dorm room floor. At some point during the night, an unknown individual entered his room and brutally […]
10/4/2017 • 28 minutes, 7 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 43 – Joan Risch
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 bloody, disoriented woman matching Joan’s description walking down the road that day, but this woman is never found. Over one year later, evidence is uncovered […]
9/27/2017 • 40 minutes, 53 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 28 – Michael and Chucky Palmer
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 without a trace, but his bicycle and sneakers are soon discovered at separate locations. In April 2010, Michael’s older brother, Chucky, disappears while riding […]
9/20/2017 • 23 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 42 – Su Taraskiewicz
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 her shift to purchase food for her crew. She never returns and is not reported missing by her co-workers before she is found murdered inside the trunk […]
9/13/2017 • 37 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 27 – Permon Gilbert
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 following day. Investigators fail to turn up any strong leads, but numerous theories surround Permon’s murder. Was his death connected to drug […]
9/6/2017 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 41 – Mary Agnes Moroney
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 to help. She offers to take Mary Agnes shopping to buy her new clothes, but they never return. 22 years later, a woman […]
8/30/2017 • 38 minutes, 4 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 26 – Elaine Johnson
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 dryer, and is officially reported missing three days later. A series of strange cryptic notes are found in Elaine’s apartment, leading to much speculation about […]
8/23/2017 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 40 – William L. Toomey
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 this turns out to be a false name and the man is never identified. Years later, investigators explore a theory that Toomey’s […]
8/16/2017 • 45 minutes, 56 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 25 – Angela Hammond
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 the parking lot. Rob suddenly hears Angela scream and drives into town to check on her. He passes by a pick-up truck […]
8/9/2017 • 27 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 39 – Latricia White, Dub Wackerhagen, and Chance Wackerhagen
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 vanished from their home, alongside his nine-year son, Chance. Three days later, Dub’s abandoned pick-up truck is discovered, containing many of his personal items and […]
8/2/2017 • 36 minutes, 29 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 24 – The Truth Fellowship
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. Chantelle tells her parents that they are all taking a trip to Brazil together, but the group never returns and no paper trail can be found […]
7/26/2017 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 38 – Mary Shotwell Little
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 discovered with traces of blood and Mary’s neatly folded undergarments inside. Mary’s gasoline card is also used at two separate service stations in North Carolina by a […]
7/19/2017 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 23 – Alan Jeal
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 in place by headphones. He is soon identified as Alan Jeal, a 64-year old loner from the town of Wadebridge. Investigators use […]
7/12/2017 • 25 minutes, 5 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 37 – L’Enfant
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 years later, after Bashir has moved to Washington, D.C. and become a successful restaurateur, he finds himself being tormented by a non-stop series of […]
7/5/2017 • 41 minutes, 33 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 22 – Paige Renkoski and Danielle Stislicki
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. That evening, her abandoned vehicle is discovered with the engine running on the shoulder of Interstate 96, but Paige has vanished without a trace. Before she […]
6/28/2017 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 36 – Clarence and Geneva Roberts
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 body is him, but since he was experiencing serious financial problems at the time, the authorities suspect that Clarence faked his own […]
6/21/2017 • 38 minutes, 54 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 21 – Maoma Ridings
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 evening, Corporal Ridings is found murdered on her bed. She has been beaten and slashed with a whiskey bottle and is nude […]
6/14/2017 • 23 minutes, 53 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 35 – Cindy Anderson
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 surprised to discover that she has vanished. A romance novel is lying on Cindy’s desk and is open to a page […]
6/7/2017 • 39 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 20 – Leigh Occhi
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 daughter from work, she rushes home to discover that Leigh is missing and the presence of blood in the house suggests […]
5/31/2017 • 27 minutes, 18 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 34 – Dickie Hovey and Eric Jones
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 unidentified male is discovered in a field near the village of Schomberg, and the similarities between the two scenes suggest that both victims were murdered by […]
5/24/2017 • 35 minutes, 59 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Pamela Butler Update
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 security cameras, none of the surveillance footage showed her leaving, but her boyfriend, Jose Rodriguez-Cruz, was seen entering and exiting the home on […]
5/20/2017 • 12 minutes, 51 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 19 – Penny Bell
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 discovered dead inside her vehicle after being brutally stabbed 50 times. Three days before her death, Penny had withdrawn £8,500 from her bank […]
5/17/2017 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 33 – The Orange Sock Murders
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 home and is found shot to death the following day. Strangely, an orange sock which does not belong to Bobbie is found at the […]
5/10/2017 • 43 minutes, 55 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 18 – Cleashindra Hall
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 never phones back and does not return home. Cleashindra’s boss, Dr. Larry Amos, tells police that an unknown individual picked her up […]
5/3/2017 • 27 minutes, 49 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 32 – Terri McClure
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 return home. Three days later, she is found shot to death inside her vehicle in the parking lot of a Carson […]
4/26/2017 • 43 minutes, 48 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 17 – Elizabeth Campbell
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 phoning her boyfriend and making an unsuccessful attempt to convince him to pick her up, Elizabeth vanishes without a trace. Over the next […]
4/19/2017 • 20 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 31 – Holly Staker
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 Juan Rivera is brought in for questioning and confesses to the murder after four straight days of interrogation. He is subsequently convicted and receives a life sentence, […]
4/12/2017 • 48 minutes, 17 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 16 – Ylenia Carrisi
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 around the world. Shortly after arriving in New Orleans, Ylenia vanishes without explanation. Her disappearance would generate a few leads, including […]
4/5/2017 • 26 minutes, 17 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 30 – Kurt Sova
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 vanished after getting drunk at a party. Five days after his disappearance, Kurt’s body is discovered in a ravine, but the […]
3/29/2017 • 40 minutes, 14 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 15 – Matt Flores
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 at their headquarters in Silicon Valley, but after parking his car, an unknown assailant shoots him in the back of the head. […]
3/22/2017 • 22 minutes, 19 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 29 – Virginia Carpenter
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 her dorm by a cab driver, who claims he last saw her speaking with two unidentified males. Virginia is never seen […]
3/15/2017 • 36 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 14 – The Patanela
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-long voyage to Airlie Beach, and Ken Jones’ wife, Noreen, and two crew members, John Blissett and Michael Calvin, are also on […]
3/8/2017 • 28 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 28 – Mike Riemer and Diana Robertson
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 woods to get a Christmas tree. That afternoon, Crystal is discovered wandering alone outside a Kmart, but is unable to tell anyone […]
3/1/2017 • 38 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 13 – Brooke Henson
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 nearby store to buy cigarettes, but she does not return home and is never heard from again. Years […]
2/22/2017 • 20 minutes, 34 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 27 – David Bacon
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 swimming and leaves their home. Later that afternoon, Bacon’s car is seen driving erratically before it jumps a curb and crashes […]
2/15/2017 • 41 minutes, 52 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 12 – Dale Kerstetter
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 discovered to be missing and he is never heard from again. A check of the security tape uncovers footage of Dale walking through the plant […]
2/8/2017 • 22 minutes, 55 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 26 – Jean Moore
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 they were planning to return home, Al claims he dropped Jean off at a casino before she vanished without explanation. However, Jean does […]
2/1/2017 • 35 minutes, 13 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Interview With Scott Reeder
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 Stanley Liggins is soon convicted of the crime, but this would only be the beginning of a very controversial case in […]
1/30/2017 • 53 minutes, 10 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 11 – Jonelle Matthews
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 returns home later that evening, he is horrified to discover that Jonelle is missing and the evidence suggests she was abducted by an intruder. […]
1/25/2017 • 19 minutes, 50 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 25 – Hugues de la Plaza
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. When morning hits, Hugues is found stabbed to death. Since a security camera shows no one else heading in the direction of Hugues’ […]
1/18/2017 • 30 minutes, 30 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 10 – Pamela Butler
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 for several days, her family checks her house and discovers that she has vanished without explanation. Curiously, even though her […]
1/11/2017 • 21 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 24 – Patsy Wright
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 the call and soon passes away. An autopsy eventually reveals that Patsy was poisoned after strychnine was put in her NyQuil. The […]
1/4/2017 • 29 minutes, 47 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 9 – Russell Evans
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 succumbs to his injuries and the official ruling by police is that he was the victim of a random hit-and-run accident. However, the nature […]
12/28/2016 • 21 minutes, 31 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 23 – The Sodder Children
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 completely to the ground. When the smoke clears, five of the Sodder children – whose ages range from five to fourteen years old – […]
12/21/2016 • 42 minutes, 28 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 8 – Helen Dymond
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 his wife and Helen decides to walk from the club to her son’s house in order to spend the night. […]
12/14/2016 • 22 minutes, 3 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 22 – Doreen Picard and Susan Laferte
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 with a pipe. Doreen is killed and Susan remains in a coma for a month, but when she wakes up, she has no memory […]
12/7/2016 • 41 minutes, 23 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 7 – Deborah Poe
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 is reported missing. Less than an hour beforehand, a customer had frequented the store, but for unknown reasons, an unidentified […]
11/30/2016 • 17 minutes, 22 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 21 – Renee & Andrew MacRae
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 is discovered at an isolated lay-by next to the A9, but Renee and Andrew have disappeared. In a shocking twist, it turns out that […]
11/23/2016 • 33 minutes, 24 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 6 – Eva Kay Wenal
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 sighting of a suspicious man in the neighbourhood around the time of Kay’s death. A newspaper soon receives an angry anonymous letter from […]
11/16/2016 • 18 minutes, 21 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 20 – Chuck Morgan and Doug Johnston
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 shot in the back of the head and is carrying a two-dollar bill which appears to have a coded message written on […]
11/9/2016 • 40 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 5 – Asha Degree
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 to report having seen Asha walk down the highway earlier that morning. This seems to indicate that she voluntarily left her home in […]
11/2/2016 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 19 – Artemus Ogletree
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 after being taken to the hospital. It turns out that “Roland T. Owen” is not the victim’s real name […]
10/26/2016 • 40 minutes, 31 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 4 – Donna Lass
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 and boss soon receive phone calls from an unidentified man, who claims that Donna will be absent for awhile because of a family emergency. […]
10/19/2016 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 18 – Cindy James
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 her back and her cause of death is determined to be an overdose. Cindy’s death brings an end to six-and-a-half-years […]
10/12/2016 • 44 minutes, 25 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 3 – Albert Dekker
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 his Hollywood apartment. She is horrified to discover him hanging dead inside the bathroom. The bizarre manner in which Dekker […]
10/5/2016 • 19 minutes, 55 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 17 – The Lady of the Dunes
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, but carries no identification. In spite of an extensive investigation, police are unable to uncover the identity of the victim or […]
9/28/2016 • 33 minutes, 6 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 2 – Lynne Schulze
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 that she has forgotten her pen and returns to her dorm room to retrieve it. Lynne never shows up for the exam and vanishes […]
9/21/2016 • 16 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 16 – Tommy Zeigler (Part 2)
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 gunshot wound to the abdomen. Inside, they discover that four people have been murdered: Tommy’s wife, Eunice Zeigler; her parents, Perry and Virginia […]
9/14/2016 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 46 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Minisode 1 – The Blind River Rest Stop Murders
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 armed man, who robs them before shooting Jackie to death and wounding Gord. When a motorist named Brian Major pulls […]
9/7/2016 • 16 minutes, 4 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 15 – Tommy Zeigler (Part 1)
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 gunshot wound to the abdomen. Inside, they discover that four people have been murdered: Tommy’s wife, Eunice Zeigler; her parents, Perry and Virginia […]
8/31/2016 • 56 minutes, 37 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 14 – Edward Maps
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 daughter, Julie Louise, has died of smoke inhalation. Edward Maps himself has disappeared and a warrant is issued for his arrest. Maps is soon placed on […]
8/17/2016 • 39 minutes, 8 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 13 – Father Rivera and Father Kerrigan
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 this man at a rest stop, Father Rivera disappears and is soon found murdered. Two years later, another Catholic priest […]
8/3/2016 • 31 minutes, 11 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 12 – The Millbrook Twins
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 some food. After leaving the store, the twins never return home and vanish without a trace. Over the next two decades, the twins’ […]
7/20/2016 • 27 minutes, 58 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 11 – Michael Rosenblum
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 soon found abandoned by the Baldwin Borough Police Department, but even though Michael’s family reports him missing, the police inexplicably keep the car impounded for […]
7/7/2016 • 40 minutes, 27 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 10 – Eloise Worledge
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 the flyscreen window inside Eloise’s bedroom. Eyewitnesses report a lot of strange activity in the neighbourhood throughout the night, which seems to suggest […]
6/22/2016 • 43 minutes, 6 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 9 – Don Kemp
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 New York City ad executive who has left his old life behind and vanished without a trace. In spite of an extensive […]
6/8/2016 • 35 minutes, 13 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 8 – The El Dorado Jane Doe
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 under a stolen identity and no one in her life – not even the man who murdered her – knows […]
5/25/2016 • 0
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 7 – Judy Smith
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 to do some sightseeing in the city while her husband attended a conference. When Jeff returned to their hotel that night, Judy […]
5/11/2016 • 33 minutes, 32 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 6 – Laureen Rahn
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 that one of Laureen’s friends is sleeping in her bed, but Laureen herself is missing without explanation. Over the next few years, there would […]
4/27/2016 • 29 minutes, 26 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 5 – Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos
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 later, another Naples man named Terrance Williams also vanishes without explanation after being pulled over for a routine traffic stop. What makes this story so […]
4/13/2016 • 34 minutes, 47 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 4 – Rhonda Hinson
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 from a high-powered rifle, killing her instantly and causing her car to crash into the ditch. Incredibly, the bullet manages to travel through […]
3/30/2016 • 25 minutes, 11 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 3 – David Cox
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 “Code Red” hazing incident while stationed at Guantanamo Bay, which would inspire the hit movie, “A Few Good Men”. When Cox […]
3/16/2016 • 28 minutes, 5 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 2 – The Fort Worth Three
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, Texas. The three girls never return home and their abandoned car is found in the mall parking lot. The next […]
3/2/2016 • 29 minutes, 36 seconds
The Trail Went Cold – Episode 1 – Aeileen Conway
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 that her death might be something far more sinister. After that, the trail went cold… Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/aileen-conway/ Click here to subscribe to the podcast on […]
