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 to suggest Joan might have decided to stage her own disappearance. Was Joan Risch abducted, did she disappear voluntarily, or is there an altogether different explanation for what happened? We shall explore all the different angles of one of our most baffling and requested cases on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”.

Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Joan_Risch

http://charleyproject.org/case/joan-carolyn-risch

http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/1996/08/28/8_28_96_spatterd_blood_and_speculation/

“The Search for Joan Risch: Presented by New England’s Untold Stories”

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.