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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.
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1July 17, 1966. Hendersonville, North Carolina. A pair of close friends, 43-year old Vernon Shipman and 36-year old Charles Glass, both go missing and Vernon’s abandoned car is soon found on a dirt road near his residence. Five days later, Vernon and Charles’ bodies are discovered in an isolated area alongside the body of a […]
May 15, 1988. Greenwood, South Carolina. After spending the evening at a basketball court, eight-year old Malakia “Kia” Logan heads back towards her apartment on her bicycle. Even though she only has to travel 300 yards, Kia never arrives and her abandoned bicycle is found. Two years later, a skull is discovered in a wooded […]
March 18, 1991. Azalea, Oregon. Two-year old Tommy Gibson goes missing from the front yard of his rural home. Tommy’s father, Larry Gibson, who happens to be a deputy with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, claims that his son vanished while he was out jogging and later tells the authorities that his daughter witnessed Tommy […]
December 30, 1995. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 31-year old Anne Barber Dunlap disappears after her husband, Brad Dunlap, claims that she went on a shopping trip. Two days later, Anne’s car is discovered in a K-Mart parking lot with her body inside the trunk and she has been repeatedly stabbed in the head and neck. Since Brad […]
March 10, 2007. Chocowinity, North Carolina. The mother of 19-year old university student Ginni Wood calls her up on her cell phone, but after their brief conversation ends, Ginni is never heard from again. Ginni told her mother she had travelled to Brownsville, Texas for spring break in order to visit her 19-year old best […]
January 22, 1989. Temecula, California. The housemate of 30-year old Marine Captain Jeffrey Digman returns to their residence and discovers that Jeffrey has been shot to death inside his bedroom. Since a gun Jeffrey owns is lying next to him, his death is ruled to be a suicide and investigators theorize that he had become […]
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Since “The Trail Went Cold” originally launched in February 2016, we have featured over 400 cold cases on the podcast, a number of which have wound up being solved or experiencing major developments. As a result, we have released a total of five special “update” episodes, but even though our last one came out just […]
June 9, 1959. Clinton, Ontario. After failing to return home, 12-year old Lynne Harper is reported missing and her body is discovered in a woodlot two days later. She has been sexually assaulted and strangled to death with her own blouse and suspicion turns towards her 14-year old classmate, Steven Truscott, who claims that he […]
June 9, 1959. Clinton, Ontario. After failing to return home, 12-year old Lynne Harper is reported missing and her body is discovered in a woodlot two days later. She has been sexually assaulted and strangled to death with her own blouse and suspicion turns towards her 14-year old classmate, Steven Truscott, who claims that he […]
February 13, 2001. Bogota, New Jersey. The husband of 42-year old Patricia Viola returns home to discover that she has vanished and left all of her personal belongings behind. Prior to her disappearance, Patricia had been experiencing a lot of stress in her life and hinted to her best friend that she had something very […]
February 11, 2004. Lake Township, Pennsylvania. After returning home from work, 22-year old Phylicia Thomas goes missing and her boyfriend’s best friend, Steven Allen Martin, soon becomes a person of interest. Two-and-a-half years earlier, an 18-year old friend of Phylicia’s named Jennifer Barziloski had also disappeared and since Steve was the last known person to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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There is so much incompetence and just plain bad decision making in this case that I am suspicious and skeptical. No one is this incompetent. The lost evidence, the mis-burial, the sending of evidence to another state to a non-law enforcement party..... Also, far too many kids are being killed, dismembered and scattered in pieces during this time period.
oh man, i’ve been waiting for robin to cover this for a long time!! such a fascinating case
awful story because the dad obviously murdered his daughter and the mum died early but the sentencing by the judges all throughout this case was fucking great
30:35 patrick star
robin practically roasting this guy in this breakdown is the best part of this episode 😂
already done between the voice and the annoying music
glad the possibility that more than one person could be involved in this disappearance has been considered.
I think "Robert" did witness something, and that he has misrememembered quite a lot. I believe he witnessed a different crime, with a different victim, that was never reported, where the victim was assaulted and hurt, but not killed - and the crime was never reported. I think he and his brother were used as bait to lure a different female hitch hiker to her fate. Maybe the perp used his own car too. I don't want to discount him completely because some of these "impossibly vivid" childhood recollections of terrible things have turned out to be true and have led to other horrible crimes being solved.
Idk how anyone doesn’t love this guys voice.
Stuff like this makes me hate people! He's just kid. IF it was an accident why not call for help instead of moving him and leaving him somewhere alone??? People are just gross. I hope this is solved and soon. The truth needs to come out. Accountability needs to be taken. May he rest in peace 🕊️
any credibility john varney may have had is lost since he left it literally 40 years before saying anything - this happens in too many cases!
Nez Perce = Nay perSAY
demayo needs to stick to the hellmann's factory tbh. what a load of rubbish actually thinking that shue bound himself, stabbed himself in the stomach, cut his own nipples and a finger off and then got into his car to commit suicide via crashing
its not that she deserved to die but no one feels bad for her because she was unfaithful
her husband could have hired someone since he had an alibi
Everything about this episode is disgusting....
these intros are really awful maan, adjust the levels, do it better!
Thank you for covering this case. I have lived in FL all my adult life and can tell you there are more of these cases that you can possibly imagine. The Southern States seem to have many of these stories buried in the mud. I would suggest looking into a possible White Supremacist/KKK connection. there are many places in the State of FL where it's a known fact that no person of color shall pass thru and come out alive. Could it be possible that the Starlight Tour given to these men ended in such a place?. The Corporal would still be responsible for their death if he knowingly dropped these men off there, with full knowledge of what was going to happen to them. That he could be a willing participant who may have done this is not as implausible as one may think. on.
there are literally hundreds of podcasts covering this case and they all call it the yuba County 5
this dude sounds pretty great