Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

A charismatic Russian woman arrives in the US on a mission to improve relations between the two countries, and she soon makes some powerful friends. But who is Maria Butina? And who is she working for? As Maria gets closer to the rich and connected she also attracts the attention of the FBI. In the politically charged world of US-Russia relations, everyone has secrets and almost nothing is what it seems. From Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and Dr. Death comes SPY AFFAIR a story about deception, appearances and betrayal. Hosted by Celia Aniskovich.Listen today at wondery.fm/SAGoneCold

John Godfrey had everything going for him. He was fresh out of high school, enrolled in college, and pursuing his passion as the newest and youngest member of local Victoria, Texas rock-n-roll band Southern Wind. But days before his 19th birthday, on December 4th, 1976, John headed to the south of town, a place known as “Under the Hill,” and disappeared. John’s family, bandmates, and many friends found his abandoned station wagon just south of that area the following day, but the 18-year-old was nowhere to be found. At least not yet. Part 1 of 2.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Victory Advocate was used as a source for this episode.#JusticeForJohnGodfrey #Victoria #VictoriaTX #VictoriaCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Disappearance #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder

MAN-Slaughter tells intertwining stories about how one gunshot on a cold Wisconsin night in 1970 dramatically changed multiple lives. A bullet brutally tore through decorated law enforcement veteran LaVerne Stordock. Decades later, his niece, Dorothy Marcic, transformed herself into an amateur detective in a quest for truth and closure about that night. At the center of Dorothy’s investigation is Suzanne Brandon, LaVerne’s second wife, who confessed to the shooting -- and who Dorothy believes completely escaped justice. As it follows Dorothy’s discoveries, MAN-Slaughter explores questions around the psychology of crime, the ways women are made responsible in families, and the lasting impact of trauma.A final encounter between Suzanne and Dorothy reveals a complex connection that even that gunshot cannot shatter. Listen today at wondery.fm/MS_GoneColdPodcast

We’d like to introduce you to a new documentary podcast series from Ugly Duckling Films and the San Francisco Chronicle. Join Pulitzer Prize-nominated San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan, along with veteran reporter Mike Taylor, through their investigation into the Doodler. Follow this new hunt for a forgotten serial killer who targeted gay men in San Francisco between 1974 and 1975 and subscribe to The Doodler on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you listen to podcasts.

After the discovery of the burnt car that belonged to millionaire Houston oilman Ed Baker, speculation was abound. Though the medical examiner finally ruled that the body found inside was indeed Edward Gerald Baker’s, some folks didn’t buy the ruling. They insisted the oilman had faked his own death and skipped country to avoid the lawsuits against his company or worse – jail time. Harris County Sheriff’s Investigators, however, didn’t really buy that. Though they seemed to believe that Ed’s death was the result of an elaborately planned suicide, they couldn’t prove it and still had to leave their minds open to the theory that the man was killed as the result of a mob hit. To this day, exactly what happened to Ed Baker remains a mystery. Part 2 of 2.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastInc. Magazine, The Miami Herald, The Houston Chronicle, and the television series Unsolved Mysteries were used as sources for this episode.#WhatHappenedToEdBaker #Houston #HoustonTX #HarrisCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Disappearance #Mystery #UnsolvedMystery

In November of 1985, rice farmers harvesting crops just north of the Texas small town Katy found the smoldering remains of a car in one of the fields. Inside the vehicle, Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies found a badly charred and disfigured body. Later that day, it was discovered that the burnt car belonged to millionaire Houston oilman Ed Baker. As the investigation progressed, the murky waters only muddied further. To this day, precisely what happened to Ed Baker remains a mystery. Part 1 of 2.Special thanks to Steve Owens of Fascination Street podcast for lending us his voice in the episode. You can listen to his amazing -and fascinating – podcast here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/fascination-street Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database, dnasolves.com. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastInc. Magazine, The Miami Herald, The Houston Chronicle, and the television series Unsolved Mysteries were used as sources for this episode.#WhatHappenedToEdBaker #Houston #HoustonTX #HarrisCountyTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Disappearance #Mystery #UnsolvedMystery

After leaving her Grandmother’s house to attend her best friend’s wake on a Friday in March of 2014, 24-year-old mother D’Lisa Kelley, who was expecting another child, vanished. Even considering the circumstances that made it crystal clear she was in incredible danger, Dallas’s 911 dispatch failed to act. It wasn’t until the next day police created a missing person’s report. The following Monday , Detectives with the Dallas Police Department’s missing persons unit finally began investigating. It was, perhaps, too late, however. On Friday, March 14th, 2014, a week after she disappeared, D’Lisa’s body was found in Oak Cliff.If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic abuse or violence, please get help before it’s too late by calling the National Domestic Abuse Hotline at 800 799 SAFE or 800 799 7233.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Dallas Morning News, the New York Daily News, nbcdfw.com, cbsnews.com, wfaa.com, fox4news.com, fox7austin.com, mysanantonio.com, and the study “Reasons for Increased Substance Use in Psychosis” by Lynsey Gregg, Christine Barrowclough, Gillian Haddock were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForDLisaKelley #TheKelleyAlert #TheClearAlert #StopTheViolence #OakCliff #Dallas #DallasTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder

On March 7th, 2014, 24-year-old mother D’Lisa Kelley, who was expecting another child, left her Grandmother’s home on foot to attend her best friend’s wake. She didn’t have a ride but knew the Oak Cliff neighborhood well, so D’Lisa figured she’d run into someone willing to drive her. D’Lisa inadvertently called her sister about 40 minutes after leaving, and what her sister heard was disturbing. She could hear a male’s voice yelling at D’Lisa, her sister screaming, and what sounded like her being beaten. After a short text exchange, D’Lisa’s end went silent and she vanished.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Dallas Morning News, the New York Daily News, nbcdfw.com, cbsnews.com, wfaa.com, fox4news.com, fox7austin.com, and mysanantonio.com were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForDLisaKelley #TheKelleyAlert #TheClearAlert #StopTheViolence #OakCliff #Dallas #DallasTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder

Beginning in 1967, a series of murders in Fort Worth that had at least a few similarities began. Their obvious similarity: they all took place in the month of February. We’ve covered four of them on gone cold: Mildred May in 1967, Becky Martin in 1973, Carla Walker in 1974, and June Ward in 1977. The murders became known by some members of law enforcement, and certainly to the press, as the February Slayings. This episode is about the fifth in this series, the 1983 murder of Christy Tower...and another that was never mentioned alongside the others, the 1986 murder of Hillside Jane Doe. Could the man who raped and murdered Carla Walker be responsible for others? Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Lethbridge herald, and Clark prosecutor dot org were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForChristyTower #JusticeForHillsideJaneDoe #JusticeForMIldredMay #JusticeForBeckyMartin #JusticeForCarlaWalker #JusticeForJuneWard #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #JaneDoe #TheFebruarySlayings

By 1959, Vernon and Hattie Stanley were long settled into their empty nest in a quiet, middle class neighborhood in Fort Worth’s northside. Vernon, a veteran of World War I, had retired from working at the used car lot he owned, and the couple was enjoying their golden years. On June 10th of that year, however, Hattie and Vernon were brutally slain in their home, which had been meticulously ransacked. A couple suspects emerged, but none had the Fort Worth Police’s attention more than Lebert Everett Swaim, a War Veteran and pharmacist whose off-time activities included prowling and breaking and entering among other depraved acts. No matter how hard they tried, however, the cops couldn’t build a strong case against him. Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastWBAP-TV/NBC news scripts, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Stanley family tree, and The Abilene reporter News were used as sources for this episode.#JusticeForHattieAndStanley #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #FortWorthMissingTrio #Murder #DoubleMurder #UnsolvedMurder

The Story of Jolaine Hemmy and Pecos Jane DoeBack in August 2019, we released an episode telling the story of the death of a Jane Doe at the Roper’s Motel in Pecos, Texas in July of 1966. Not long before that, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) contacted the new police chief there, Lisa Tarango, and asked her to work with them to identify the unknown drowned girl. Chief Tarango began looking into the case, but police files had since gone missing. Upon discovering a different type of file, a new likeness of Pecos Jane Doe was made, which kicked off a series of events that led to the discovery of her identity, officially announced on January 19th, 2021. The effort was a collaborative one, consisting of help from the Pecos Police, NCMEC, Innovative Forensic Labs, Othram Incorporated, and crowd funding.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcast#JusticeForJolaineHemmy #JolaineHemmy #PecosJaneDoe #JaneDoe #Pecos #PecosTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #TrueCrime #GEDMatch #DNAgenealogy #othram #dnasolves

If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as “Mr. Apology.” As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn’t just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, comes a story about empathy, deception and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six episode series.Listen today at wondery.fm/Gonecld

Two more semi-well-known criminals have been woven into the fabric of this story, the story of the disappearances of Rachel Trlica, Renee Wilson, and Julie Moseley. In this final part of our series on The Fort Worth Missing Trio: The “Mall Passer,” aka James Mitchell DeBardeleben, and the confessor of “The Eleven That Went To Heaven,” Edward Harold Bell. Though there is no evidence at all that either of these criminals were involved in the disappearance of the Trio, they have been forever written into the mythology of the case.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, and Steven Michaud’s book Beyond Cruel were used as sources for this episode.#MissingTrio #FortWorthMissingTrio #JusticeForReneeJulieAndRachel #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Missing #MissingPerson #Unsolved

When Private Investigator Dan James came on the case in the mid-1990s, he was continuing work he’d already been doing in his spare time since Rachel Trlica, Renee Wilson, and Julie Moseley disappeared on December 23rd, 1974. When reviewing the report he sent to the Fort Worth Police, it’s sometimes difficult to know exactly what the PI was reporting. Perhaps some of it was information only the cops would comprehend. However, a few of the leads James dug up are interesting, particularly the individual whose house Renee’s father, Richard Wilson, headed to almost immediately upon discovering the girls were nowhere to be found. Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastPrivate Investigator Findings, Family Notes, and the Orange County Register were used as sources for this episode.#MissingTrio #FortWorthMissingTrio #JusticeForReneeJulieAndRachel #RodneyAlcala #DatingGameKiller #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Missing #MissingPerson #Unsolved

Whether officially or as the result of citizen sleuthing, there have been many persons of interest in the disappearances of Julie Moseley, Renee Wilson, and Rachel Trlica. On this episode: a suspect in the eyes of a retired Fort Worth burglary detective, a Cowtown Speedway stock car driver and convicted pedophile, a recently convicted abductor and killer of two young girls more than 1300 miles from Fort Worth, and a depraved Fort Worth man who is not only suspected in other area disappearances but who also likely forged letters in one of his likely victim’s names.Submit your DNA data from a consumer testing company to Othram’s database. It’s only used for law enforcement investigations: https://dnasolves.com/user/registerYou can support gone cold – texas true crime at https://www.patreon.com/gonecoldpodcastFind us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram by using @gonecoldpodcastThe Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, The Fort Worth Weekly, The Washington Post, Private Investigator Findings, and Family Notes were used as sources for this episode.#MissingTrio #FortWorthMissingTrio #JusticeForReneeJulieAndRachel #LyonSisters #FortWorth #FortWorthTX #Texas #TX #TexasTrueCrime #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #Missing #MissingPerson #Unsolved