The Trail Went Cold

December 14, 2000. Callahan, Florida. After picking up a prescription from a pharmacy, 51-year old Jackie Markham returns home from work, but she soon vanishes without a trace and the prescription is found on the front seat of her car inside the garage. Jackie’s boyfriend, Archie Carroll, claims she phoned him to say that a drunk man named “Richard” had unexpectedly shown up at her house, but by the time Archie drove over there to check on her, Jackie was gone. Investigators explore a number of different leads, including the possibility that Jackie was harmed by a suspected serial killer or that Archie himself could have been responsible for her disappearance, but there is no evidence of what happened. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the disappearance of Jackie Markham, which has gone unsolved for 25 years. Special thanks to listener Ryan Sheesley for narrating the opening of this episode.

Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/jacquelyn-lorraine-markham

https://disappearedblog.com/jackie-markham/

https://nassauso.com/cold-cases/jacquelyn-markham-jackie/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1267470336/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1267497059/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1266249844/

https://www.news4jax.com/news/2001/10/03/suspected-serial-killer-found-hanging-in-cell/#:~:text=%E2%80%93%20Police%20say%20a%20man%20suspected,%22apologetic%22%20was%20found%20nearby

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/special-reports/cold-case-investigators-seeking-new-clues-in-13-1/288730538/

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/nassau-release-video-of-man-believed-disappearance/77-feaf8661-ec46-408d-8565-32ee47ee80ad

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/12/03/nassau-county-detectives-release-video-in-22-year-cold-case-investigation-of-missing-woman/

“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 produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

March 16, 1990. San Francisco County, California. 17-year old Toni Clark, who happens to be two months pregnant, leaves her cousin’s residence in Oakland to drive back to her apartment in San Bruno in her boyfriend’s Chevrolet Camaro. Shortly thereafter, the stalled Camaro is discovered on the Bay Bridge and after another motorist crashes into it, investigators conclude that Toni was likely propelled off the bridge into San Francisco Bay. However, Toni’s body is never recovered and there are a number of odd discrepancies, such as reported sightings of a black male next to the Camaro shortly before the accident and a bizarre anonymous phone call to Toni’s mother, which cause speculation that Toni was abducted. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we will explore whether Toni Clark was actually the victim of a tragic accident or if something much more sinister happened. In addition, we’ll also discuss the unsolved disappearances of 28-year old Diego Garcia, 41-year old Carmen Burhans Garcia and eight-year old Barbara Burhans, who all vanished after leaving their home in Los Angeles in March 1982 before their abandoned car was discovered 250 miles away at the bottom of a gorge in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Join us on Saturday, March 21 at 8:00pm ET for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link.

Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/toni-danieelle-clark

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1225351368/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/779247127/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/779247141/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/461548309/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/758981652/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/696741911/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/696741925/

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/The-Other-Missing-Kids-They-quickly-faded-from-2975456.php

https://abcnews.com/Primetime/story?id=131955

https://www.newspapers.com/image/633633829/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/633633861/

https://charleyproject.org/case/diego-garcia

https://charleyproject.org/case/carmen-maria-burhans-garcia

https://charleyproject.org/case/barbara-aurora-burhans

“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 produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

March 1, 1932. East Amwell Township, New Jersey. 20-month old Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh, is abducted from his crib in the nursery of his home and a note is left behind demanding a $50,000 ransom for the baby’s safe return. Even though the ransom is eventually paid out to an unidentified man at a cemetery in the Bronx, the child is not returned and his body is found in a wooded area located just over four miles from the Lindbergh residence. His cause of death is a fractured skull and it is believed that he was killed on the very same night he was kidnapped. Over two years later, a suspect named Bruno Richard Hauptmann is charged, convicted and executed for the child’s murder. However, some people believe that Hauptmann was railroaded and even though nearly a century has passed, there is still a lot of controversy and debate surrounding one of the most famous cases of all time. To commemorate the milestone of our ten-year anniversary as a podcast, “The Trail Went Cold” will be presenting our very first special four-part episode and exploring the crime known as the “Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping”. During our first three episodes, we shared all the relevant facts and numerous theories surrounding the case and in our final chapter this week, Part Four, we will be providing our own personal analysis to determine where we believe Bruno Richard Hauptmann was actually guilty of this crime or if the real perpetrator got away with it or if the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping

"Kidnap: The Story of the Lindbergh Case" by George Waller

"Scapegoat: The Lonesome Death of Richard Hauptmann" by Anthony Scaduto

"The Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann" by Ludovic Kennedy

"The Ghosts of Hopewell: Setting the Record Straight in the Lindbergh Case" by Jim Fisher

"Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax" by Gregory Ahlgren & Stephen Monier

"The Case That Never Dies: The Lindbergh Kidnapping" by Lloyd Gardner

"Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping" by Richard Cahill

"Master Detective: The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, America's Sherlock Holmes" by John Reisinger

"Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind Behind the LIndbergh Kidnapping" by Robert Zorn

“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 produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

March 1, 1932. East Amwell Township, New Jersey. 20-month old Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh, is abducted from his crib in the nursery of his home and a note is left behind demanding a $50,000 ransom for the baby’s safe return. Even though the ransom is eventually paid out to an unidentified man at a cemetery in the Bronx, the child is not returned and his body is found in a wooded area located just over four miles from the Lindbergh residence. His cause of death is a fractured skull and it is believed that he was killed on the very same night he was kidnapped. Over two years later, a suspect named Bruno Richard Hauptmann is charged, convicted and executed for the child’s murder. However, some people believe that Hauptmann was railroaded and even though nearly a century has passed, there is still a lot of controversy and debate surrounding one of the most famous cases of all time. To commemorate the milestone of our ten-year anniversary as a podcast, “The Trail Went Cold” will be presenting our very first special four-part episode and exploring the crime known as the “Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping”. This week, on Part Three, we explore a number of theories about the case which have been pushed forward over the years, including the possibility that Hauptmann committed the crime alongside some accomplices who got away with it, or that Charles Lindbergh himself staged the kidnapping in order to cover up his own complicity in his son’s death. Our final chapter in the series, Part Four, will be released next week.

Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping

"Kidnap: The Story of the Lindbergh Case" by George Waller

"Scapegoat: The Lonesome Death of Richard Hauptmann" by Anthony Scaduto

"The Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann" by Ludovic Kennedy

"The Ghosts of Hopewell: Setting the Record Straight in the Lindbergh Case" by Jim Fisher

"Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax" by Gregory Ahlgren & Stephen Monier

"The Case That Never Dies: The Lindbergh Kidnapping" by Lloyd Gardner

"Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping" by Richard Cahill

"Master Detective: The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, America's Sherlock Holmes" by John Reisinger

"Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind Behind the LIndbergh Kidnapping" by Robert Zorn

“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 produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

March 1, 1932. East Amwell Township, New Jersey. 20-month old Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh, is abducted from his crib in the nursery of his home and a note is left behind demanding a $50,000 ransom for the baby’s safe return. Even though the ransom is eventually paid out to an unidentified man at a cemetery in the Bronx, the child is not returned and his body is found in a wooded area located just over four miles from the Lindbergh residence. His cause of death is a fractured skull and it is believed that he was killed on the very same night he was kidnapped. Over two years later, a suspect named Bruno Richard Hauptmann is charged, convicted and executed for the child’s murder. However, some people believe that Hauptmann was railroaded and even though nearly a century has passed, there is still a lot of controversy and debate surrounding one of the most famous cases of all time. To commemorate the milestone of our ten-year anniversary as a podcast, “The Trail Went Cold” will be presenting our very first special four-part episode and exploring the crime known as the “Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping”. This week, on Part Two, we will be chronicling the trial and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, as well as the evidence against him, and Parts Three and Four will be released over the course of the next two weeks.

Additional Reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindbergh_kidnapping

"Kidnap: The Story of the Lindbergh Case" by George Waller

"Scapegoat: The Lonesome Death of Richard Hauptmann" by Anthony Scaduto

"The Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann" by Ludovic Kennedy

"The Ghosts of Hopewell: Setting the Record Straight in the Lindbergh Case" by Jim Fisher

"Crime of the Century: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax" by Gregory Ahlgren & Stephen Monier

"The Case That Never Dies: The Lindbergh Kidnapping" by Lloyd Gardner

"Hauptmann's Ladder: A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping" by Richard Cahill

"Master Detective: The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, America's Sherlock Holmes" by John Reisinger

"Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind Behind the LIndbergh Kidnapping" by Robert Zorn

“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 produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.