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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
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 5
Elizabeth Smart captured the attention of the nation when she was kidnapped at knife-point from her Salt Lake City home in June of 2002. She was 14 years old…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Garden Variety | 5
Doug Lovell's conviction for the rape of Joyce Yost carries a heavy penalty: 15 years-to-life in prison. With Doug safely in custody, South Ogden police turn…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episodes 3 & 4
Joyce Yost went to police. She pressed charges, but it wasn't an easy process. The criminal justice system aspires to ensure justice is served while protecting…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | She's Gone, Buddy | 4
Joyce Yost has disappeared. Her daughter begs South Ogden police to begin a search, but help is slow in coming. Detectives find nothing out of place in Joyce's…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 2
Joyce Yost was followed home, threatened and raped by someone she didn't know, the rarest type of sexual assault. Despite being terrified, Joyce reluctantly…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Nightmare on Top of a Nightmare | 3
Doug Lovell turns to some old friends in the hopes of silencing Joyce Yost before she can testify. Joyce takes the stand at a preliminary hearing and tells the…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | A Case of Rape | 2
Content advisory: This episode includes discussion of rape and sexual assault. A confrontation in the carport followed by an assault from a stranger. Joyce…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Talking Cold | Discussion of Episode 1
Talking Cold is honest and frank conversations about the issues brought forward in the latest episode of the Cold podcast. We begin with Cold season 2: Justice…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | The Type that Sends Roses | 1
Our story begins with a barrage of bouquets, dozens of unsolicited yellow roses sent by a mysterious male admirer. We then meet a young Joyce Yost in Minnesota…
COLDJustice for Joyce Yost | Prelude: Corpus Delicti | 2
Josh Powell became a murder suspect when his wife Susan Powell disappeared from their home in West Valley City, Utah on December 7, 2009. Police have never…
COLDCold Season 2: Justice for Joyce Yost | 1
Introducing Cold season 2: Justice for Joyce Yost. Joyce Yost had never met the man who followed her home on an April night in 1985, who kidnapped and raped…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Justice Delayed | Bonus Episode 9
Secret police wiretap records in the Susan Powell case come to light for the first time, even as Susan Powell's parents fight for change in the state of…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Ten Years | Bonus Episode 8
Ten years have passed since the last day that Susan Powell was seen alive: December 6, 2009. In the decade since, her parents Chuck and Judy Cox have fought…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Cold Live | Bonus Episode 7
On May 16, 2019, Cold host Dave Cawley stepped onto the stage at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah for Cold Live. A crowd of more than 2,000 spent the…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Project Sunlight | Bonus Episode 6
Cold returns at the 10-year anniversary of Susan Powell's disappearance with new episodes focused on previously undiscovered evidence in the case. For this…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Car Crash Con | Bonus Episode 5
Cold returns at the 10-year anniversary of Susan Powell's disappearance with new episodes focused on previously undiscovered evidence in the case. For this…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Dumpster Drops | Bonus Episode 4
Cold returns at the 10-year anniversary of Susan Powell's disappearance with new episodes focused on previously undiscovered evidence in the case. For this…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Nutty Putty Cave | Bonus Episode 3
A persistent theory surfaced in the days immediately after Susan Powell disappeared: perhaps Josh Powell had hidden her body in Nutty Putty Cave. The narrow…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Marshal Misdirection | Bonus Episode 2
West Valley City police did not act alone in their investigation of Susan Powell's disappearance. This bonus episode of Cold focuses on the work of U.S…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Anatomy of an Audio Journal | Bonus Episode 1
Josh Powell's audio journals provide unique insight into his mindset during a formative time of his life: the period when he first met and married Susan Cox…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Angel of Hope | 18
Nearly 10 years have elapsed since Susan Powell's disappearance. Her body has still not been found. The investigation remains a cold case. In recent years…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Cold Case | 17
West Valley City police made one final push before declaring the Susan Powell case cold in 2013, interrogating Josh Powell's uncle Maurice Leach in Oregon…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Chasing Leads | 16
A jailhouse informant calling himself "Cowboy" provided police with a promising tip early in the search for Susan Powell. He said Josh Powell had spent time…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Fall of the House of Powell | 15
After the deaths of Josh, Charlie and Braden, West Valley police refocused their investigation on Josh Powell's youngest brother. The mercurial Michael Powell…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Killing Susan's Sons | 14
Josh Powell carries out his final act, killing his sons Charlie and Braden by setting fire to his rented home in Graham, Wash. during a court-authorized visit…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | 4theKidzz | 13
Josh Powell went to court in Washington in a bid to get his sons, Charlie and Braden, returned to him. West Valley City police warned the social workers they'd…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Topaz Mountain | 12
With the wiretap winding down, West Valley police returned to Utah's West Desert with cadaver dogs. They found what at first appeared to be a grave site, but…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Operation Tsunami | 11
West Valley City police were running out of options. Every traditional approach to the Susan Powell case had failed. So, during the summer of 2011, detectives…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Charlie | 10
Josh and Susan Powell's oldest son, Charlie, started to open up about his missing mommy in 2010 as he attended the Mel Korum YMCA and started kindergarten at…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | The Light of Seattle | 9
Steve Powell sang to the FBI just months into the search for his missing daughter-in-law Susan Powell. Agents tried to warn him that his son, Josh Powell, was…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Wearing a Wire | 8
Josh Powell abandoned his home on Sarah Circle less than two weeks after the disappearance of his wife, Susan. He retreated to Puyallup, Washington and the…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Scouring the Desert | 7
Josh Powell told a group of his wife's friends and coworkers a year before she disappeared that if he were ever to commit murder, he'd dispose of the body by…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Josh in the Wind | 6
Josh Powell went off the grid for 18 hours after avoiding arrest on Dec. 8, 2009. He popped up the next afternoon in Tremonton, Utah. Police soon learned he'd…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | 10 Minutes | 5
The criminal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance kicked into high gear on Dec. 8, 2009. Josh Powell frantically cleaned his house and minivan…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Find Susan | 4
Josh and Susan Powell's daycare provider, Debbie Caldwell, sounded an alarm when the couple's boys, Charlie and Braden Powell, failed to arrive at her home on…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Faith and Finances | 3
Susan Powell feared for her life. She braced for divorce as her marriage to Josh Powell reached its lowest point in 2008, but worried how he would react. She…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Wake Up, Little Susie | 2
Susan Cox married Josh Powell after only 6 months of courtship. She immediately found herself under the lens of her father-in-law Steven Powell's video camera…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | To All the Girls I've Loved Before | 1
Josh Powell believed in his own greatness from at least age 5. So why wouldn't any girls date him? Why did his only other serious girlfriend before Susan Cox…
COLDThe Susan Powell Case Files | Prelude
Susan Powell vanished from her home in West Valley City, Utah on a cold December day in 2009. Her husband, Josh Powell had taken the couple's two sons out…