Cold

About 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 bravely reported her kidnapping and rape only to vanish without a trace. Season 3: The Search for Sheree follows two suspects in the 1985 disappearance of Sheree Warren while examining the dangerous escalation of domestic abuse and sexual violence. The Cold team seeks to answer the question: what really happened to Sheree Warren? Season 4: Blamed on Bundy - The Disappearance of Nancy Baird Brant Baird can barely remember his mom, Nancy Perry Baird. She vanished in 1975, when Brant was just 4. For nearly 50 years, Brant lived under the belief serial killer Ted Bundy abducted and murdered Nancy. That changed when COLD picked up Nancy’s case. Now, the daughters of a former cop are confronting a dark shadow from their past. And Brant is left to ask, “if Ted Bundy didn’t kill Nancy Baird, then who?” Created and Produced by KSL Podcasts

Publisher

KSL Podcasts

Category

society & culture · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Nov 2018

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

21 of 99 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Blamed on Bundy | Kicking the Hornet's Nest | 4

   Host Dave Cawley investigates the Nancy Baird case, uncovering potential links between a former police officer and Ted Bundy, in this gripping interview.

2. 

   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Blamed on Bundy | The Book of Regrets | 3

   Host Dave Cawley investigates lingering doubts about Ted Bundy's guilt in Nancy Baird's disappearance, revealing new evidence and a detective's dark secrets.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Blamed on Bundy | Birds of a Feather | 2

   Dave Cawley interviews Tom Jackson's daughters as they reveal the truth about their father's alleged involvement in Nancy Baird's disappearance and his own crimes.

Inside a recent episode

Blamed on Bundy | Kicking the Hornet's Nest | 4

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And in reading the case file, I learned no witnesses reported seeing a tan Volkswagen Beetle like the one Bundy drove at the FINA station that afternoon. Digging through some old archive TV news footage, I came across a clip of Bundy talking to a reporter in Florida. He complained police tried to pin unsolved murders on him rather than following the evidence. The irony is Bundy was guilty of many of these murders, but the evidence just wasn't there to connect him to Nancy Baird. If the evidence doesn't point that way, then you should keep working the case. You should go where the evidence leads you. […]

Who has been a guest on Cold

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Brant Baird
• Heidi Miller
• Larry Cesspooch
• Aaron Mason
• Marilyn Koolstra

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

40,365 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

1,817 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 52 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

100

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Books guests

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