Synopsis
A true crime podcast hosted by Robin Warder
Episodes
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 262 – Jack Wheeler
02/02/2022 Duration: 54minDecember 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 261 – Gracie Nash & John Davis Jr.
26/01/2022 Duration: 38minDecember 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 260 – Kristen Modafferi
19/01/2022 Duration: 50minJune 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 259 – Laurie Depies
12/01/2022 Duration: 43minAugust 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 258 – Shane Stewart & Sally McNelly
05/01/2022 Duration: 37minJuly 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 257 – Update, Part 2
29/12/2021 Duration: 01h05minSince “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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 256 – Mary Elizabeth Edens
22/12/2021 Duration: 46minChristmas 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 255 – Colleen Wood
15/12/2021 Duration: 49minDecember 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, […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 254 – Derrick Engebretson & Kurt Newton
08/12/2021 Duration: 50minDecember 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 253 – Kathy Page
01/12/2021 Duration: 56minMay 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Kay Hall
24/11/2021 Duration: 40minSeptember 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 252 – The Jamison Family
17/11/2021 Duration: 57minOctober 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 251 – Sandra Kay Baker
10/11/2021 Duration: 39minMay 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 250 – Moses Lall & Lila Buerattan
03/11/2021 Duration: 44minJune 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 249 – Sarah Saganitso
27/10/2021 Duration: 55minJune 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 248 – Susan Walsh
20/10/2021 Duration: 56minJuly 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 247 – Charles Walton
13/10/2021 Duration: 54minFebruary 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 246 – Yasmin Acree
06/10/2021 Duration: 43minJanuary 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 245 – Crystal Champagne
29/09/2021 Duration: 46minJuly 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 […]
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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 244 – Richard Lancelyn Green
22/09/2021 Duration: 45minMarch 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 […]