Episodes

  • Mystery Case Statement Analysis Pt. One

    Mystery Case Statement Analysis Pt. One
    Jan 9 2025
    Here is the statement and part two the case will be revealed. This is a departure from our usual formula with Robin and I, Ash was busy with Christmas stuff. We hope you enjoy:)

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    Okay, um, basically… the truth of the matter is… me and ****** went to the old college and we got in a big argument and fight… and it was over money that she wouldn't give back to me. It was some change of a $20 bill. She hauled off and punched me. I then… not thinking… pushed her. She fell backwards and her head… when she fell backwards, her head impaled on something sharp sticking out of the ground. I then said: “Are you alright?”. I run over to her and she just mimed a little bit and… there was nothing else. I hollered out for help too cause Holmes Boulevard is right there. Nobody came, nobody yelled back or anything. I didn't want to leave her… I freaked out… I didn’t… I said I don’t know what to tell you all. I couldn’t tell you all. I just freaked. Uh, so I… not thinking… I freaked… I tripped… I just didn't know what to do… I buried her. I didn’t know what to do. It was the wrong thing to do, I agree. But I was 14 years old. I wasn’t thinking. I then… I came home after that, but she was dead. Definitely dead before I buried her. That I know because I checked her stomach and all that. Then after that, I sit therefor about 30 minutes… 30 to 45 minutes… just didn’t know what to do. I went home, I got cleaned up. I regret it, I'm sorry it did happen. I regret pushing her. I wish I could go back in time and not have done that. I wish I could turn time, if I could turn time back, I wouldn’t just… you know. It was all over money… and you know what money will do to you when you’re a kid. I don't know… you were a kid… you had a certain amount of money… the money was valuable to you then, you know. But that's the way it was with me when I was a kid. Every dime I got, I depend on. Because most stuff like that I had to work for.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Roger Dean Pt. Two

    Roger Dean Pt. Two
    Jan 3 2025
    November 21, 1985. Littleton, Colorado. A masked gunman enters the home of 51-year old businessman Roger Dean and forces him to tie up and blindfold his wife, D.J.. After an apparent dispute over money, the gunman fatally shoots Roger and flees the scene, but investigators find evidence to suggest that Roger may have hired the intruder himself in a failed attempt at a kidnapping-robbery scheme. Nearly five years later, D.J. receives an anonymous letter from a man claiming to be Roger’s killer, who threatens to murder her daughter unless she pays him $100,000. Even after he instructs D.J. to drop off the money at a specified location, he does not show up and breaks off all contact. Were the extortionist and Roger Dean’s killer actually the same person? If so, what was his motive for the crime? Did Roger have some dark secrets in his background which led to his death? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we examine a very bizarre and complex case of murder and extortion.

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    Additional Reading:

    https://unsolved.com/gallery/roger-dean/

    https://coloradocommunitymedia.com/stories/cold-case-files-who-killed-roger-dean,75259

    http://blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2010/12/05/family-of-murdered-businessman-extorted-years-later/1830/
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    34 mins
  • Boxing Day Patreon Sampler: Tim Molnar

    Boxing Day Patreon Sampler: Tim Molnar
    Dec 26 2024
    Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays here is a bonus Patreon episode to help you fill any spare time as you may have noticed we are doing a weekly sampler for the month of December only, to show you what you get monthly over on Patreon:)

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    In this episode Robin and I (Jules)discuss the case of Tim Molnar, one that was never discussed in full on the Trail Went Cold since there wasn't enough material. This case is baffling and we go round and round (and dive down a Reddit rabbit hole) as to what we think happened.
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    50 mins
  • Roger Dean Pt. One

    Roger Dean Pt. One
    Dec 26 2024
    November 21, 1985. Littleton, Colorado. A masked gunman enters the home of 51-year old businessman Roger Dean and forces him to tie up and blindfold his wife, D.J.. After an apparent dispute over money, the gunman fatally shoots Roger and flees the scene, but investigators find evidence to suggest that Roger may have hired the intruder himself in a failed attempt at a kidnapping-robbery scheme. Nearly five years later, D.J. receives an anonymous letter from a man claiming to be Roger’s killer, who threatens to murder her daughter unless she pays him $100,000. Even after he instructs D.J. to drop off the money at a specified location, he does not show up and breaks off all contact. Were the extortionist and Roger Dean’s killer actually the same person? If so, what was his motive for the crime? Did Roger have some dark secrets in his background which led to his death? On this week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly”, we examine a very bizarre and complex case of murder and extortion.

    Support the show:

    Patreon.com/julesandashley

    Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold

    Additional Reading:

    https://unsolved.com/gallery/roger-dean/https://coloradocommunitymedia.com/stories/cold-case-files-who-killed-roger-dean,75259

    http://blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2010/12/05/family-of-murdered-businessman-extorted-years-later/1830/
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    36 mins
  • Kevin Showalter Pt. Two

    Kevin Showalter Pt. Two
    Dec 19 2024
    Christmas Eve, 1973. New London, Connecticut. While changing a tire, 20-year old Kevin Showalter is struck by a passing vehicle and killed in a hit-and-run. When the local police botch the investigation and make no effort to solve the case, Kevin’s mother is forced to fight for answers on her own. Years later, a grand jury investigation is launched and the town’s former mayor is named as the probable driver of the vehicle. However, further complications ensue when another man comes forward and confesses to the crime, creating debate about who was actually responsible for Kevin’s death. This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” will be examining what is perhaps the most extensive and controversial hit-and-run case in the history of the United States, which has still not found a conclusive resolution after four decades.

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    Additional Reading:

    http://people.com/archive/a-mothers-anguish-kept-alive-a-sons-memory-and-her-lonely-search-for-his-hit-and-run-killer-vol-10-no-3/

    http://articles.courant.com/2005-12-12/news/0512120514_1_grand-jury-mr-hansen-case

    http://cooljustice.blogspot.ca/2013/02/this-is-what-grand-jury-report-looks.html
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    http://cooljustice.blogspot.ca/2016/09/hit-and-run-chronology-grand-jury.html
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    43 mins
  • Patreon December Sampler: Patricia Meehan

    Patreon December Sampler: Patricia Meehan
    Dec 18 2024
    April 20, 1989. Circle, Montana. While driving on the wrong side of a rural highway, 37-year old Patricia Meehan gets into a collision with another car. After staring blankly at the vehicle’s driver, Patricia walks out onto the prairie and disappears. During the next few months, there would be numerous sightings of a disoriented-woman resembling Patricia. This leads to speculation that the trauma of the car crash caused Patricia to develop amnesia and forget who she was, but she is ultimately never found.

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    44 mins
  • Kevin Showalter Pt. One

    Kevin Showalter Pt. One
    Dec 12 2024
    Christmas Eve, 1973. New London, Connecticut. While changing a tire, 20-year old Kevin Showalter is struck by a passing vehicle and killed in a hit-and-run. When the local police botch the investigation and make no effort to solve the case, Kevin’s mother is forced to fight for answers on her own. Years later, a grand jury investigation is launched and the town’s former mayor is named as the probable driver of the vehicle. However, further complications ensue when another man comes forward and confesses to the crime, creating debate about who was actually responsible for Kevin’s death. This week’s episode of “The Path Went Chilly” will be examining what is perhaps the most extensive and controversial hit-and-run case in the history of the United States, which has still not found a conclusive resolution after four decades.

    Patreon.com/julesandashley

    Patreon.com/thetrailwentcold

    Additional Reading:

    http://people.com/archive/a-mothers-anguish-kept-alive-a-sons-memory-and-her-lonely-search-for-his-hit-and-run-killer-vol-10-no-3/

    http://articles.courant.com/2005-12-12/news/0512120514_1_grand-jury-mr-hansen-case

    http://cooljustice.blogspot.ca/2013/02/this-is-what-grand-jury-report-looks.html
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    http://cooljustice.blogspot.ca/2016/09/hit-and-run-chronology-grand-jury.html
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    40 mins
  • Devin Williams December Patreon Sampler

    Devin Williams December Patreon Sampler
    Dec 10 2024
    May 28, 1995. Coconino County, Arizona. 28-year old Devin Williams, a long-haul truck driver from Kansas, recklessly drives semi-trailer truck into Tonto National Forest before it becomes stuck in some mud. After Devin exits the truck, witnesses see him displaying bizarre behaviour before he takes off into the woods and disappears. Devin had been in the midst of transporting a shipment from California to Kansas until he drove over 60 miles off-course for unknown reasons. Two years later, Devin’s skull is discovered near the bottom of a cliff, but no one can figure out his cause of death or why he wound up in the forest to begin with.

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    https://unsolved.com/gallery/devin-williams/https://web.archive.org/web/20140817081532/

    http://cjonline.com/stories/051697/skull.htmlhttps://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-157772.html
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    51 mins