Cold

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What's Cold about?

Susan Powell vanished on Dec. 7, 2009. Her body has never been found. From the beginning, West Valley City, Utah police suspected Susan's husband, Josh Powell, had murdered her. They never arrested him. COLD dives deep into the case files, uncovering never-before-heard details. You'll learn why Susan stayed with an abusive husband, why Josh did what he did and how the justice system failed Susan and her two boys.

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Talking Cold: Discussion of...

09.24.2021

Doug Lovell sent a letter to a journalist, sparking her curiosity. Candice Madsen started looking into the murder of Joyce Yost as a result of Doug's letter, which ultimately led to Cold season 2. Candice joins Amy, Sheryl and Dave ...

Cold episodes:

09.24.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 13 Doug Lovell sent a letter to a journalist, sparking her curiosity. Candice Madsen started looking into the murder of Joyce Yost as a result of Doug's letter, which ultimately led to Cold season 2. Candice joins Amy, Sheryl and Dave ...
09.22.2021 S2E13 Last Chance A KSL employee receives a letter after talking about suicide prevention on the radio. It's from a man living on death row, who tells the story of how a little mouse helped him endure a period of darkness and despair. ...
09.17.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 12 Life on death row is something we don't hear much about. Our guest is former Utah State prison warden Ken Shulsen. He worked almost every job at the prison including overseeing several high-profile executions. He was once taken hostage in ...
09.15.2021 S2E12 Dancing with the Devil The disappearance of Joyce Yost has had a multi-generational impact, leaving her children and grandchildren trapped in a repeating nightmare of court hearings and appeals. Following Doug Lovell's 2015 conviction for Joyce's murder, the jury faces the question of whether ...
09.10.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 11 A man who defended Doug Lovell in court has a few things to say about what went down. Hosts Ann Dent and Sheryl Worsley spoke with defense attorney Mike Bouwhuis. Cold Host Dave Cawley joins the show for big moments. ...
09.08.2021 S2E11 Rising Star A turn to religion for Douglas Lovell as he heads toward trial, 30 long years after the crime. He finds sympathy and support among several people of faith, particularly bishops for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Just ...
09.03.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 10 Investigators conducted five official searches for Joyce Yost's body, but came up empty. Cadaver dogs were used multiple times. Amy Donaldson and Sheryl Worsley talk with cadaver dog trainer Jayson Harames with Utah Search Dogs about the abilities and limitations ...
09.01.2021 S2E10 Buyer's Remorse The promise of returning Joyce Yost's body has fallen through, leaving Doug Lovell with a death sentence. Joyce's children continue pressing for answers about their missing mother's final resting place, while Doug embarks on a more than decade-long series of ...
08.27.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 9 When a criminal defendant gets the death penalty it can feel like a life sentence to the families of the victims. Amy and Sheryl speak with Matt Hunsaker, whose mother, Maurine Hunsaker, was murdered when he was 10 years old ...
08.25.2021 S2E9 High Fidelity The stakes are set for Doug Lovell as he heads toward trial for the murder of Joyce Yost. The capital murder charge carries a potential sentence of death. His only leverage: returning Joyce's body to her family. Doug makes a ...
08.18.2021 S2E8 Help Me, Rhonda A reckoning comes for Doug Lovell, in the form of a capital murder charge. In a never-before-public audio recording, Sgt. Terry Carpenter confronts Doug about the murder of Joyce Yost. The walls close in and Doug turns to his confidant ...
08.11.2021 S2E7 Shameless More than five years have passed since Joyce Yost disappeared. A judge declares her deceased in the eyes of the law, even without her body as evidence of a murder. South Ogden police Sgt. Terry Carpenter receives a surprise tip ...
08.04.2021 S2E6 Here We Are A long shot lead claiming Joyce Yost had died at the hands of a satanic coven took an unexpected turn when South Ogden police Sgt. Terry Carpenter confronted Doug Lovell's ex-wife in April of 1991. Rhonda Buttars came clean to ...
07.28.2021 S2E5 Garden Variety Doug Lovell's conviction for the rape of Joyce Yost carries a heavy penalty: 15 years-to-life in prison. With Doug safely in custody, South Ogden police turn their attention on his wife, Rhonda. The investigation stalls however, leaving the newly assigned ...
07.23.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episodes 3 & 4 Joyce Yost went to police. She pressed charges, but it wasn't an easy process. The criminal justice system aspires to ensure justice is served while protecting the rights of the accused. But for victims, it sometimes feels as though they ...
07.21.2021 S2E4 She's Gone, Buddy Joyce Yost has disappeared. Her daughter begs South Ogden police to begin a search, but help is slow in coming. Detectives find nothing out of place in Joyce's apartment, but they miss a major clue suggesting an act of violence ...
07.21.2021 S2E3 Nightmare on Top of a Nightmare Doug Lovell turns to some old friends in the hopes of silencing Joyce Yost before she can testify. Joyce takes the stand at a preliminary hearing and tells the story of her sexual assault. Through a series of missteps and ...
06.25.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 13 Doug Lovell sent a letter to a journalist, sparking her curiosity. Candice Madsen started looking into the murder of Joyce Yost as a result of Doug's letter, which ultimately led to Cold season 2. Candice joins Amy, Sheryl and Dave ...
06.11.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 11 A man who defended Doug Lovell in court has a few things to say about what went down. Hosts Ann Dent and Sheryl Worsley spoke with defense attorney Mike Bouwhuis. Cold Host Dave Cawley joins the show for big moments. ...
06.04.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 10 Investigators conducted five official searches for Joyce Yost's body, but came up empty. Cadaver dogs were used multiple times. Amy Donaldson and Sheryl Worsley talk with cadaver dog trainer Jayson Harames with Utah Search Dogs about the abilities and limitations ...
05.28.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 9 When a criminal defendant gets the death penalty it can feel like a life sentence to the families of the victims. Amy and Sheryl speak with Matt Hunsaker, whose mother, Maurine Hunsaker, was murdered when he was 10 years old ...
04.16.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 2 Joyce Yost was followed home, threatened and raped by someone she didn't know, the rarest type of sexual assault. Despite being terrified, Joyce reluctantly reported to police. Hosts Amy Donaldson and Sheryl Worsley speak with Sonya Martinez-Ortiz, Executive Director of ...
04.14.2021 S2E2 A Case of Rape Content advisory: This episode includes discussion of rape and sexual assault. A confrontation in the carport followed by an assault from a stranger. Joyce Yost survives a terrifying attack. Then, with some reluctance, she reports what had happened to the ...
04.09.2021 Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 1 Talking Cold is honest and frank conversations about the issues brought forward in the latest episode of the Cold podcast. We begin with Cold season 2: Justice for Joyce. Join hosts Amy Donaldson, Ann Dent and Sheryl Worsley as they ...
04.07.2021 S2E1 The Type that Sends Roses Our story begins with a barrage of bouquets, dozens of unsolicited yellow roses sent by a mysterious male admirer. We then meet a young Joyce Yost in Minnesota and follow her path to Utah. At the same time, a young ...
04.07.2021 S2E0 Prelude: Corpus Delicti Josh Powell became a murder suspect when his wife Susan Powell disappeared from their home in West Valley City, Utah on December 7, 2009. Police have never located Susan's body. Prosecutors never charged Josh with a crime, in spite of ...
03.24.2021 Cold season 2: Justice for Joyce Yost Introducing Cold season 2: Justice for Joyce Yost. Joyce Yost had never met the man who followed her home on an April night in 1985, who kidnapped and raped her. He threatened to kill her, but she went to police ...
12.05.2018 S1E4 Find Susan Josh and Susan Powell's daycare provider, Debbie Caldwell, sounded an alarm when the couple's boys, Charlie and Braden Powell, failed to arrive at her home on the morning of Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. West Valley City police detective Ellis Maxwell ...
11.28.2018 S1E3 Faith and Finances Susan Powell feared for her life. She braced for divorce as her marriage to Josh Powell reached its lowest point in 2008, but worried how he would react. She even wrote a secret last will and testament that said, "If ...
11.21.2018 S1E2 Wake Up, Little Susie Susan Cox married Josh Powell after only 6 months of courtship. She immediately found herself under the lens of her father-in-law Steven Powell's video camera. The camcorder even captured Steve's confession of love for his daughter-in-law Susan Powell in July ...
11.14.2018 S1E1 To All the Girls I've Loved Before Josh Powell believed in his own greatness from at least age 5. So why wouldn't any girls date him? Why did his only other serious girlfriend before Susan Cox run away in fear? Perhaps because he inherited some of his ...
11.08.2018 S1E0 Prelude Susan Powell vanished from her home in West Valley City, Utah on a cold December day in 2009. Her husband, Josh Powell had taken the couple's two sons out camping in a blizzard. He claimed to have no idea where ...

Cold

What's Cold about?

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Cold episodes:

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 13

S2E13 Last Chance

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 12

S2E12 Dancing with the Devil

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 11

S2E11 Rising Star

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 10

S2E10 Buyer's Remorse

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 9

S2E9 High Fidelity

S2E8 Help Me, Rhonda

S2E7 Shameless

S2E6 Here We Are

S2E5 Garden Variety

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episodes 3 & 4

S2E4 She's Gone, Buddy

S2E3 Nightmare on Top of a Nightmare

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 13

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 11

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 10

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 9

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 2

S2E2 A Case of Rape

Talking Cold: Discussion of Episode 1

S2E1 The Type that Sends Roses

S2E0 Prelude: Corpus Delicti

Cold season 2: Justice for Joyce Yost

S1E4 Find Susan

S1E3 Faith and Finances

S1E2 Wake Up, Little Susie

S1E1 To All the Girls I've Loved Before

S1E0 Prelude

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