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COLD
COLD is a narrative podcast series focused on missing persons cases. Investigative journalist and host Dave Cawley takes on a single story with each season.
Season 1: Susan Powell Case Files, the Cold journey begins with Dave’s investigation into the unsolved disappearance of Susan Powell… and the man with the most to gain from her death.
Season 2: Justice for Joyce Yost delves into the details of a murder-for-hire plot and attempts to find justice for Joyce – a woman who…
Episodes
COLDDeceived | Hawaii | 2
An anonymous tip sends Nate Eaton to the beaches of Kauai in search of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell to confront them with the question at the heart of the…
COLDDeceived | Warning Signs | 1
A promising first date. Troubling stories of an estranged wife. Then, silence. Nancy Jo Hancock recalls her evening with Charles Vallow – and a discovery…
COLDAnnouncing Deceived: The Daybell Story
COLD host Dave Cawley provides a status update as the latest season draws to a close. Up next in the feed, we'll be sharing episodes of a new true crime show…
COLDBlamed on Bundy | Reckoning | 6
Heidi Holmberg and Tori Riddle face their father in court, taking their power back decades after suffering abuse at Tom Jackson’s hands. But even as Tom…
COLDBlamed on Bundy | Reputation Damage | 5
The waiting game begins as former East Layton police officer Tom Jackson faces new criminal charges over allegations of child sex abuse against his daughters…
COLDBlamed on Bundy | Kicking the Hornet's Nest | 4
The Nancy Baird case file, kept away from prying eyes for decades, is at last released to COLD in 2023. Contained within are surprise revelations about the…
COLDBlamed on Bundy | The Book of Regrets | 3
Days before his execution, serial killer Ted Bundy denied knowing anything about the disappearance of Nancy Baird. That didn’t stop police and the press…
COLDBlamed on Bundy | Birds of a Feather | 2
A young man who demonstrated astonishing “powers” arrived in Utah five years following the disappearance of Nancy Baird. James Hydrick wowed…
COLDBlamed on Bundy | Everyone Knew Everyone | 1
Impatient customers lined up at the cash register late on the afternoon of Friday, July 4th, 1975. The gas station clerk, Nancy Perry Baird, was nowhere to be…
COLDIntroducing COLD: Blamed on Bundy - The Disappearance of Nancy Baird
A serial killer was on the prowl during the summer of 1975, when Nancy Perry Baird vanished from the gas station where she worked. Police pinned Nancy's…
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The Susan Powell Case Files | Ambiguous Grief | Bonus Episode 12
About a year after Susan Cox Powell disappeared from her home in West Valley City, Utah, a man entered a mom-and-pop bookstore one town over and stabbed the…
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The Disappearance of Lynn Simmons
Late in the summer of 1940, a government surveyor named Lynn Simmons vanished near Lamotte Peak in the High Uintas. Crowds of searchers scoured the mountain…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 9
New Podcast from the COLD Team: Marilyn Koolstra embarks on an unexpected pilgrimage to the place where her husband, Eric Robinson, lost his life in the Uinta…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 8
New Podcast from the COLD Team: Eric Robinson took 77 photographs on his last hike. Those images, recovered with Eric’s remains in 2016, tell the story…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 7
New Podcast from the COLD Team: Marilyn Koolstra returns home to Australia without any answers about what happened to her missing husband, Eric Robinson. As…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 6
New Podcast from the COLD Team: The last glimmers of hope fade as the search for Eric Robinson enters its final stage. The Duchesne County sheriff, running out…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 5
New Podcast from the COLD Team: As news coverage of the search for Eric Robinson spreads, a Boy Scout leader tells of spotting Eric far off the Uinta Highline…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 4
New Podcast from the COLD Team: The wife of missing trekker Eric Robinson flies halfway around the world, from Australia to Utah, in search of her husband. A…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 3
New podcast from the COLD team: Eric Robinson doesn’t show up at the end of the Uinta Highline Trail. Eric’s friend reports him missing, kicking…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 1
New podcast from the COLD team: Eric Robinson wanted to hike the world’s greatest trails. He was happiest when spending weeks in the wild, and he often…
COLDUinta Triangle | Episode 2
New podcast from the COLD team: Eric Robinson forges a new friendship on the John Muir Trail, while an old friendship frays under stresses of the trail. From…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Beaches & Airplanes | Bonus Episode 11
Susan Cox Powell disappeared 15 years ago. The day after she turned up missing, her four-year-old son Charlie Powell spoke to a detective from the West Valley…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Mystery Metal | Bonus Episode 10
Police in West Valley City, Utah found a charred clump of metal hidden in the back of Josh Powell’s minivan on the day after Susan Powell first came up…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Twice Overturned | Bonus Episode 3
The man who killed Joyce Yost wins a major victory in court, seeing his death sentence overturned for a second time. It all boils down to one line of…
COLDThe Search For Sheree | Bonus: The Causey Search | 15
COLD discovers an odd rock pile in the mountains. It looks like a possible grave. Detectives head into the hills, believing the rock pile could hold evidence…
COLDThe Search For Sheree | Bonus: The Convenient Alternative | 14
Ten years before Sheree Warren disappeared, another young mother vanished from her workplace in the suburbs of Ogden, Utah. Nancy Perry Baird’s case…
COLDThe Search For Sheree | Talking Cold: Burning Questions with Dave Cawley | 13
Amy and Sheryl sit down with Cold host and investigative reporter Dave Cawley to ask him your burning questions about Cold season 3, The Search for Sheree…
COLDThe Search For Sheree | Talking Cold: When Obscene Calls Escalate | 12
If you get an unsolicited sexual call or nude picture sent to you, is that a crime? You may be surprised by the answer. One of the suspects in the…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Talking Cold: Who Owns Your Case? | 11
Who handles your case if you go missing or are murdered? Talking Cold is the after-show podcast that dives into the key issues raised in COLD. Season 3 of COLD…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Last Man Standing | 10
Cary Hartmann returns to Ogden after leaving prison, only to face fresh suspicion. Charles Warren’s health declines, leaving him unable to clear up…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | A Picture in the Lobby | 9
A human skull is discovered on a hillside next to a busy Utah highway. Roy City police detective John Frawley digs into an abandoned box of Sheree Warren case…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Fool Me Once | 8
Two pivotal recordings are revealed: Cary Hartmann's police interview about Sheree Warren and a secret interrogation of Cary’s brother, Jack Hartmann…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Purgatory | 7
Investigator Shane Minor heads up the mountain behind Causey Reservoir in search of Sheree Warren’s remains. Cary Hartmann begins to accept…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Lying Liars | 6
A jailhouse snitch tells the FBI that Cary Hartmann killed Sheree Warren. Cary tries to convince the parole board he's innocent. Sheree’s family members…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Nighthawk | 5
Cary Hartmann brings look-alikes to a police lineup in the Ogden City Rapist case. His TV reporter friend Larry Lewis tests the boundaries of journalistic…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | The Supper Club | 4
An anonymous caller reports finding a body in the mountains, near Causey Reservoir. Police search, thinking they might find the remains of Sheree Warren. Ogden…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Cherish the Love | 3
A serial rapist is stalking the streets of Ogden, Utah. Police are on the hunt for both the rapist and the source of a string of lingerie survey phone calls…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Go Ask Alice | 2
The last person known to see Sheree Warren alive describes her final day. Sheree plans to meet her estranged husband Charles “Chuck” Warren after…
COLDThe Search for Sheree | Everything Escalates | 1
It all starts with a phone call. A woman receives a late-night lingerie survey call that turns obscene. The man on the line says he wants to meet her. With the…
COLDIntroducing: The Search for Sheree Warren
Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on an October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Location, Location, Location | Bonus Episode 2
Breaking down the evidence in the search for the remains of Joyce Yost. Cold takes you to three locations where our investigation suggests Doug Lovell might…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Satanic Panic | Bonus Episode 1
Stories of satanic cults, human sacrifice and horrifying child abuse: the satanic panic that gripped the United States during the 1980s and early '90s came…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 13
Doug Lovell sent a letter to a journalist, sparking her curiosity. Candice Madsen started looking into the murder of Joyce Yost as a result of Doug's letter…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Last Chance | 13
A KSL employee receives a letter after talking about suicide prevention on the radio. It's from a man living on death row, who tells the story of how a little…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 12
Life on death row is something we don't hear much about. Our guest is former Utah State prison warden Ken Shulsen. He worked almost every job at the prison…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Dancing with the Devil | 12
The disappearance of Joyce Yost has had a multi-generational impact, leaving her children and grandchildren trapped in a repeating nightmare of court hearings…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 11
A man who defended Doug Lovell in court has a few things to say about what went down. Hosts Ann Dent and Sheryl Worsley spoke with defense attorney Mike…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Rising Star | 11
A turn to religion for Douglas Lovell as he heads toward trial, 30 long years after the crime. He finds sympathy and support among several people of faith…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 10
Investigators conducted five official searches for Joyce Yost's body, but came up empty. Cadaver dogs were used multiple times. Amy Donaldson and Sheryl…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Buyer's Remorse | 10
The promise of returning Joyce Yost's body has fallen through, leaving Doug Lovell with a death sentence. Joyce's children continue pressing for answers about…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 9
When a criminal defendant gets the death penalty it can feel like a life sentence to the families of the victims. Amy and Sheryl speak with Matt Hunsaker…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | High Fidelity | 9
The stakes are set for Doug Lovell as he heads toward trial for the murder of Joyce Yost. The capital murder charge carries a potential sentence of death. His…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 8
What is it like to work as a detective investigating Cold cases? Amy Donaldson and Sheryl Worsley sat down with Special Agent Brian Davis of the Utah State…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Help Me, Rhonda | 8
A reckoning comes for Doug Lovell, in the form of a capital murder charge. In a never-before-public audio recording, Sgt. Terry Carpenter confronts Doug about…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 7
A prison snitch can sometimes provide vital leads about a case, but is it always reliable information? Amy Donaldson and Ann Dent talk with former Salt Lake…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Shameless | 7
More than five years have passed since Joyce Yost disappeared. A judge declares her deceased in the eyes of the law, even without her body as evidence of a…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 6
An immunity deal becomes a major development in the disappearance of Joyce Yost. Hosts Amy Donaldson and Sheryl Worsley talk with Davis County Attorney Troy…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Here We Are | 6
A long shot lead claiming Joyce Yost had died at the hands of a satanic coven took an unexpected turn when South Ogden police Sgt. Terry Carpenter confronted…