The Trail Went Cold

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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 ...

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06.03.2020 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 ...
05.27.2020 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 ...
05.20.2020 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 ...
05.13.2020 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, ...
05.06.2020 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 ...
04.29.2020 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 ...
04.22.2020 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 ...
04.15.2020 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 ...
04.08.2020 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, ...
04.01.2020 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 ...
03.28.2020 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 ...
03.25.2020 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 ...
03.18.2020 The Trail Went Cold – Episode 166 – The Indiana Dunes Women July 2, 1966. Porter County, Indiana. 21-year old Ann Miller, 19-year old Patricia Blough and 19-year old Renee Bruhl leave their homes in Illinois in order to travel to the Indiana Dunes State Park. After taking a spot on the ...
03.11.2020 The Trail Went Cold – Episode 165 – Todd McAfee August 18, 1987. Manatee County, Florida. Todd McAfee, the 27-year old manager of a tomato farm, is discovered to be missing from his trailer after his employees arrive for work. Todd’s body is soon found in a nearby drainage ditch ...
03.04.2020 The Trail Went Cold – Episode 164 – Jean Spangler October 7, 1949. Los Angeles, California. 26-year old actress Jean Spangler leaves her home and asks her sister-in-law to watch over her daughter. Jean says she is planning to meet with her ex-husband and spend the night working on a ...
02.26.2020 The Trail Went Cold – Episode 163 – Su-Ya Kim & Quin-Rong Wu June 29, 1991. New York City. Su-Ya Kim leaves her children with their grandmother to go shopping, but never returns. Ten hours later, Su-Ya’s nude body is discovered in a dumpster after she has been stabbed nine times. A security ...
02.19.2020 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 ...
02.12.2020 The Trail Went Cold – Episode 161 – The Martin Family December 7, 1958. Portland, Oregon. 54-year old Kenneth Martin, his 48-year old wife Barbara and their three daughters – 14-year old Barbie, 12-year old Virginia and 10-year old Susan – leave their home in their station wagon to take a ...
02.05.2020 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 ...
01.29.2020 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 ...
01.22.2020 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 ...
01.15.2020 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 ...
01.08.2020 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” ...
01.01.2020 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 ...
12.18.2019 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 ...
12.11.2019 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 ...
12.04.2019 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 ...
11.27.2019 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 ...
11.20.2019 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 ...
11.13.2019 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 ...
11.06.2019 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 ...
10.30.2019 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 ...
10.23.2019 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 ...
10.16.2019 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 ...
10.09.2019 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 ...
10.02.2019 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 ...
09.25.2019 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 ...
09.18.2019 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 ...
09.11.2019 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 ...
09.04.2019 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 ...
08.28.2019 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 ...
08.21.2019 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, ...
08.14.2019 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 ...
08.07.2019 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 ...
07.31.2019 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 ...
07.24.2019 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 ...
07.17.2019 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 ...
07.10.2019 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 ...
07.03.2019 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 ...
06.26.2019 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 ...

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The Trail Went Cold episodes:

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 177 – David Lewis

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 176 – Heather Uffelman & Jennifer Lynn Stone

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 175 – Mary Agnes Gross

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 174 – The Mills Family Murders

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 173 – Chad Maurer

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 172 – Claudia Kirschhoch

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 171 – Claudia Lawrence

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 170 – Sharon Davis

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 169 – Julie Williams & Lollie Winans

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 168 – Don “Rainboy” Decker

The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – The Career of Robert Stack

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 167 – Janice Wessinger

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 166 – The Indiana Dunes Women

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 165 – Todd McAfee

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 164 – Jean Spangler

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 163 – Su-Ya Kim & Quin-Rong Wu

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 162 – The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 161 – The Martin Family

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 160 – Marilu Geri

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 159 – Charles Southern

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 158 – Ezzat Aboul-Hosn

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 157 – Jamie Stickle

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 156 – Don Smith & Philip Fraser

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 155 – Update!

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 154 – The Walker Family Murders

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 153 – Katrina Ploy

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 152 – Melvin Horst

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 151 – The Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 150 – Amy Billig

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 149 – Robert Hoagland

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 148 – Joan Gay Croft

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 147 – The Lewis Clark Valley Murders

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 146 – Janett Christman

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 145 – David Stone & Devin Williams

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 144 – Sydney Land & Neo Kaufmann

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 143 – Charlie Anderson and Carol Montecalvo

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 142 – Ireland’s Vanishing Triangle

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 141 – David Bocks

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 140 – Michele Harris

The Trail Went Cold – Bonus Episode – Kent Heitholt

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 139 – The Short Family Murders

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 138 – Doyle Wheeler

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 137 – Clifford Sherwood & George Gumbly

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 136 – Deanna Cremin & Melanie Melanson

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 135 – Paul Whipkey

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 134 – Louise and Charmian Faulkner

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 133 – Dick Hansen

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 132 – Adele Born Williams

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 131 – Toni Lee Sharpless

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 130 – Tara Breckenridge

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