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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 295 - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
The Trail Went Cold
09/21/22 • 58 min
May 26, 1986. Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories. After returning home from a trip, the sister of 15-year old Mary Ann Birmingham enters their residence and discovers that Mary Ann has been stabbed to death. Months later, a local resident named Jopie Atsiqtaq pops up on the radar as a potential suspect after he is charged with the similar stabbing deaths of two other victims. Even though Atsiqtaq is initially charged with killing Mary Ann, he denies any involvement and since the evidence is deemed insufficient for him to stand trial, the crime is never solved. Mary Ann Birmingham’s murder is just the first case we’ll be covering on this week’s special episode of “The Trail Went Cold” about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls from Northern Canada. In total, we’ll be exploring nine unsolved cold cases involving Indigenous female victims which took place in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The nine victims are 15-year old Ann Birmingham, 38-year old Tabitha Kalluk, 46-year old Della “Jochebed” Ootoova, 18-year old Leona Brule, 15-year old Charlene Catholique, 24-year old Mary Rose Keadjuk, 17-year old Mariella Lennie, 39-year old Dorothy Abel and 22-year old Angela Meyer.
If you have information about the murder of Mary Ann Birmingham, please contact the Iqaluit detachment of the RCMP at (867) 979-0123. If you have information about any of the other featured cases from the Northwest Territories, please contact their RCMP’s Historical Case Unit at (867) 669-1111. If you have information about any of the featured cases from Nunavut, please contact the Canadian Crime Stoppers Association at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
The Trail Went Cold has made donations to the following organizations in support of Indigenous women’s and girls’ issues in Canada.
The Native Women’s Association of Canada: https://nwac.ca
Amnesty International’s No More Stolen Sisters program: https://www.amnesty.ca/what-we-do/no-more-stolen-sisters/
Additional Reading:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mary-ann-birmingham-anniversary-mmiw-1.4131421
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/65674after_30_years_iqaluit_girls_murder_still_unsolved/
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/tabitha-niaqutiaq-kalluk
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/della-ootoova
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/leona-mae-brule
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/476716020/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/475559912/
https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/charlene-candice-catholique
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/aunt-remembers-charlene-catholique-1.5660623
https://www.nnsl.com/news/yk-cold-case-files-what-happened-to-charlene-catholique-part-1/
https://www.nnsl.com/news/yk-cold-case-files-what-happened-to-charlene-catholique-part-2/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mary-rose-keadjuk-remains-identified-1.4547174
https://www.nnsl.com/news/yk-cold-case-what-happened-to-mary-rose-keadjuk/
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 291 - Margie Dabney
The Trail Went Cold
08/24/22 • 38 min
December 5, 2001. Dallas, Texas. After boarding a flight from Indianapolis to Los Angeles, 70-year old Marjorie “Margie” Dabney and her husband stop for a layover at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Before they can make their connecting flight, Margie winds up disappearing and since she suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, there is fear that she might have become confused and wandered outside the airport. Nearly seven years later, skeletal remains found in a wooded area 15 miles away are positively identified as belonging to Margie. Since her cause of death is determined to be blunt force trauma, Margie’s case is ruled to be a homicide. But did how Margie go missing to begin with and what could the motive have been for her murder? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we chronicle an incredibly sad, but bizarre cold case in which a victim somehow managed to go missing from an airport. In addition, we’ll also be discussing the unsolved disappearance of 14-year old Charlotte Loomis, who vanished from Newark International Airport in September 1972.
If you have any information about the death of Margie Dabney, please contact the Lewisville Police Department at (972) 219-3640 or the Denton County Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800-388-TIPS (8477). If you have any information about the disappearance of Charlotte Loomis, please contact the Eatontown Police Department at (732) 389-7649.
Additional Reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/25/us/robbed-by-alzheimer-s-lost-by-an-airline.html
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mystery-of-vanished-Alzheimer-s-patient-deepens-3258599.php
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/missing-woman-was-murdered/287-338775216
https://www.nbcdfw.com/local/womans-disappearance-death-haunts-family/1846941/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/646214007/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/644773134/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/658441409/
https://investigationsforthemissing.org/blog/f/arrival-unknown-the-disappearance-of-charlotte-loomis
“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, Texas on August 27-28, 2022. To purchase tickets, please visit https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com/
“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 5 - Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos
The Trail Went Cold
04/13/16 • 34 min
October 1, 2003. Naples, Florida. A Mexican national named Felipe Santos gets into a minor traffic accident and mysteriously disappears after being taken into custody by the police. Three months later, another Naples man named Terrance Williams also vanishes without explanation after being pulled over for a routine traffic stop. What makes this story so unusual is that both men were last seen being taken into custody by the same police officer: Corporal Steve Calkins. Was this all just a very bizarre coincidence or was Calkins responsible for the disappearance of both men? Join me for a new episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, as I examine one of the most controversial missing persons cases of recent memory.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Terrance_Williams_and_Felipe_Santos
http://charleyproject.org/case/terrance-deon-williams
http://charleyproject.org/case/felipe-santos
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/11/tyler-perry-reward-missing-men/1826873/
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 296 - Morgan Nick
The Trail Went Cold
09/28/22 • 44 min
June 9, 1995. Alma, Arkansas. While attending a Little League baseball game with her mother, six-year old Morgan Nick goes off to play with some other kids before she vanishes without a trace. Morgan’s friends claim that she was spoken to by an unidentified man standing next to a red pick-up truck, so it is suspected that this man might have abducted her. Over two decades later, a deceased sex offender named Billy Jack Lincks is publicly named as a person of interest, but he has not been conclusively connected to the case and Morgan has still not been found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we will be exploring a tragic missing children’s case which has gone unsolved for over 27 years. In addition, we will also discuss the unsolved 2001 disappearance of three-month-old Jacqueline Vasquez, who was abducted from a swap meet in Avondale, Arizona. Special thanks to listener Chardonnay Brown for narrating the opening of this episode.
If you have any information on the disappearance of Morgan Nick, please contact the FBI, the Arkansas State Police at (501) 618-8000 or the Alma Police Department at (479) 632-3333. If you have any information about the disappearance of Jacqueline Vasquez, please contact the Avondale Police Department at (623) 333-7001.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Morgan_Nick
http://unsolved.com/gallery/morgan-nick/
http://charleyproject.org/case/morgan-chauntel-nick
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/18/grace.coldcase.morgan.nick/index.html
http://5newsonline.com/2017/12/19/no-evidence-found-in-spiro-relating-to-morgan-nick-case/
https://www.4029tv.com/article/billy-jack-lincks-morgan-nick/38199571#
https://www.stillmissingmorgan.com
https://unsolved.com/gallery/jacqueline-castaneda/
http://charleyproject.org/case/jacqueline-vasquez
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jacqueline_Vasquez
“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 292 - Jennifer Fairgate
The Trail Went Cold
08/31/22 • 59 min
June 3, 1995. Oslo, Norway. The body of a young woman is found inside Room 2805 of the Oslo Plaza hotel and since a pistol is in her hand, she appears to be the victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Three days earlier, she had checked into the hotel under the name, “Jennifer Fairgate”, but the name turns out to be fake and since she has no identification in her possession, the woman remains a Jane Doe. All attempts to identify “Jennifer” are unsuccessful, but there a number of strange details to suggest she may have been a spy or an intelligence student. In fact, there is even speculation that she may have been the victim of foul play and her suicide was staged. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the mysterious story of an unidentified decent known as only “Jennifer Fairgate.”
Additional Reading:
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/xRjoWp/mystery-at-the-oslo-plaza
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/1420ufnor.html
https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Jennifer_Fairgate
https://unsolved.com/gallery/death-in-oslo/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jennifer_Fairgate
https://screenrant.com/unsolved-mysteries-oslo-woman-murder-identity-jennifer-leaves-out/
https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-the-vanishing-of-camilla-steinaa-d0be8f814fab
“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 298 - John Harden
The Trail Went Cold
10/12/22 • 44 min
March 22, 1975. Clermont, Florida. After climbing out of the shower, 32-year old John Harden looks out the window and notices that his pick-up truck is on fire. When John runs outside to extinguish the flames, he is ambushed by a fatal shotgun blast to the chest and an extensive investigation fails to turn up any strong suspects or a motive for the crime. Over the next several years, multiple people move into John’s former residence and report unexplained paranormal events. This causes suspicion that the house might be haunted by John’s ghost because he never received justice for his murder, but the authorities are unable to solve the case. Join us for this month’s first Halloween-themed episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, as we explore a baffling cold case which has often been associated with paranormal activity.
Additional Reading:
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/John_Harden
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Harden_House
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-09-20-9109200534-story.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-xpm-1991-11-01-9111010555-story.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-xpm-1992-10-30-9210300508-story.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2007-02-08-lbriefs08-11-story.html
https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/226707089/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/226707099
“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 244 - Richard Lancelyn Green
The Trail Went Cold
09/22/21 • 45 min
March 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 wooden spoon. Prior to his death, Lancelyn Green told people his life was in danger over a dispute involving a collection of rare documents from author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but since there is no definitive evidence pointing towards homicide or suicide, the coroner returns an open verdict on his death. Was Richard Lancelyn Green the victim of foul play or did he intentionally stage a very unusual and elaborate suicide? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the unexplained death of a Sherlock Holmes expert which resembles a scene from a fictional murder mystery.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lancelyn_Green
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/12/13/mysterious-circumstances
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/may/23/books.booksnews
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3653645.stm
https://www.smh.com.au/world/hint-of-murder-in-suicide-of-expert-on-conan-doyle-20041213-gdkays.html
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“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 388 - Arnold Archambeau & Ruby Brugieur
The Trail Went Cold
07/16/24 • 46 min
December 12, 1992. Charles Mix County, South Dakota. After an all-night partying spree, 20-year old Arnold Archambeau, Arnold’s 18-year old spouse, Ruby Bruguier, and Ruby’s 17-year old cousin, Tracy Dion, get into a car accident and roll over into a frozen ditch. By the time help arrives at the scene, Tracy is still trapped inside the car, but Arnold and Ruby have disappeared. Three months later, Arnold and Ruby’s bodies are found submerged in water in the ditch over 75 feet away from the accident scene and their cause of death is determined to be exposure. However, the investigation turns up some odd discrepancies to suggest that Arnold and Ruby may have still been alive during the three-month window they were missing before their bodies were brought back to the ditch and placed there by an unknown party. Did the couple actually die of exposure on the same morning of the accident or did something else happen? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a bizarre unexplained death case which was featured on “Unsolved Mysteries”.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_of_Arnold_Archambeau_and_Ruby_Bruguier
https://unsolved.com/gallery/arnold-archambeau-ruby-bruguier/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Arnold_Archambeau_and_Ruby_Bruguier
https://www.newspapers.com/image/239872047/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/239936120/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/239873722/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/240264744/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/527815632/
https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/area-sheriff-leaves-office-after-28-years
“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at Crimecon UK” in London on September 21-22, 2024. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD24”, by visiting Crimecon.com or Crimecon.co.uk.
“The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the Berkshire Podcast Festival, taking place in North Adams, Massachusetts on October 18-20, 2024. To get a 30 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD2024”, by visiting https://www.berkshirepodcastfestival.com/.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 231 - Richard Colvin Cox
The Trail Went Cold
06/23/21 • 57 min
January 14, 1950. West Point, New York. 21-year old Richard Colvin Cox, a second-year cadet at the United States Military Academy, tells his roommate that he is planning to go out to dinner with a visitor, but he does not return and is eventually reported missing. During the preceding week, Cox was visited on multiple occasions by a man whose name may have been “George” and Cox is believed to have been with him when he vanished. George’s identity is never conclusively established and over the years, a number of different theories are presented about Cox’s disappearance. Did Cox have a secret relationship with the mysterious George? Did he become the victim of foul play? Or was Cox recruited to work for the CIA and given a new identity? We shall attempt to answer these questions on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, which chronicles one of the most baffling military-themed mysteries of all time. Special thanks to listener Charles Cage for narrating the opening of this episode.
Additional Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Richard_Colvin_Cox
“Oblivion: The Mystery of West Point Cadet Richard Cox” by Harry J. Maihafer
Life Magazine (April 14, 1952)
West Point Magazine (Summer 2016)
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/08/22/Shipboard-killing-suspect-arrested/9641493531200/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/635987330
https://www.newspapers.com/image/635987344
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295974590/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295974725/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295980094/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295980343/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295981998/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295983211/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295985840/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295987347/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295990105/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/295991028/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/296002329/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/296005338/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/296006520/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/296010425/
“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on September 25-26, 2021. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD21”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk.
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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 293 - Mario Amado
The Trail Went Cold
09/07/22 • 41 min
June 6, 1992. Rosarito, Mexico. While vacationing at a beachfront condo, 29-year old Los Angeles resident Mario Amado is arrested by the local police after an alleged altercation with his girlfriend. Shortly thereafter, Mario is found dead inside his jail cell and the police rule that his death was a suicide after he hanged himself with his own sweater. When Mario’s brother pushes for a new investigation, his death is eventually reclassified as a homicide and a police officer named Jose Antonio Verduzco Flores is charged and convicted of Mario’s murder. However, Verduzco’s conviction is soon overturned and he is released from prison and no other suspects are ever charged with the crime. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the controversial death of an American citizen in Mexico which caused diplomatic friction between the two countries.
Additional Reading:
https://unsolved.com/gallery/mario-amado/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mario_Amado
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-06-12-me-34-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-21-me-5640-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-07-me-1350-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-20-me-548-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-21-me-1889-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-03-mn-30634-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-11-mn-33803-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-14-mn-35195-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-12-me-23935-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-13-me-24244-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-14-mn-4045-story.html
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-23-me-7353-story.html
“The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content.
“The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website.
The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.
All music is composed by Vince Nitro.
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