Coldest Cases
From unsolved murders, to centuries-old disappearances that puzzle historians today; Coldest Cases is a podcast that delves into history's oldest mysteries.
Episodes
The final episode on Lord Darnley’s murder. Queen Elizabeth wrestles with what to do with her Scottish cousin. Mary has some ideas of her own. How her story ends, plus a look at all the theories surrounding the murder of Lord Darnley.
Hear feedback from listeners on the murder of Lord Darnley. Jack & Lar join Lauren in this episode to discuss the case & hear a preview of what’s next on Coldest Cases.
1892; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A young man named Frank Lenz pushes off from the only home he’s ever known, to begin his bike ride around the world. Two years later, he would vanish.
Heading into rough terrain and political unrest, Frank Lenz begins hiring escorts as he makes his way through China. Tragedy strikes the Lenz camp in Bhamo. Frank writes his mother for the last time.
After realizing Frank Lenz has disappeared, Outing Magazine sends another cyclist named William Sachtleben abroad to look for him. Several suspects are arrested for Frank’s murder, but the case falls apart. Part Three is the dramatic end to Frank’s mysterious disappearance - a case that remains unsolved.
Surprise episode! Jack joins Lauren on a special episode of Coldest Cases to discuss the recently released film Mary Queen of Scots.
20 years before Jamestown and John Smith became known as the first English settlement in the New World, a different group of English men, women and children tried to set roots in present-day North Carolina… twice. Both attempts ended in disaster, with one settlement disappearing completely.
June 13th, 1886. The King of Bavaria and his doctor are found floating face down in shallow water outside Berg Castle in present-day Germany. The government rules that King Ludwig II attacked his physician before drowning himself. But not everyone believes it, considering what happened in the days before the men’s deaths.
Ludwig’s brother Otto is declared insane by Dr. Bernard von Gudden. Years later, the same doctor would rule Ludwig was also mentally ill. But is the King of Bavaria truly “mad,” or is this a government cover-up? On Part II of the Bizarre Death of King Ludwig II, Lauren dives in to the evidence and the theories surrounding this mysterious case.
December 16, 1935. Hollywood actress Thelma Todd is found dead in her 1932 Lincoln Phaeton in a garage outside of Los Angeles. Although it seems to be a clear-cut case of carbon monoxide poisoning, some threatening letters sent to people who saw Thelma the day before her death opens the door to a fresh investigation. However, no clear answers would come, and today the actress’ cause of death is still...
And where in the world is his body!?! Join Lauren as she dives in to this 2,000+ year old mystery into the Macedonian King’s sudden and graphic demise.
Jack joins Lauren for this special episode of Coldest Cases! We discuss the mysteries surrounding Alexander the Great & the movie about him released in 2004 starring Colin Farrell & Angelina Jolie. In addition, Lauren announces the next mystery you’ll find in the next 5 episodes of Coldest Cases!
December 16, 1916. A self-proclaimed holy man.. & devoted, dear friend to Russia’s Tsar & Tsarina is lured to a palace cellar in St Petersburg. It was there Rasputin was murdered… but how he died has been up for debate for decades.
Rasputin met Russia’s Tsar & Tsarina in late 1905, after a tumultuous year for the country. Despite protests from the government, the church & the people, Nicholas & Alexandra continued to give this Siberian peasant more access to the Royal Palace & Court. Part Two looks into why & how Rasputin’s influence was able to stretch as far as it did… & why Nicholas & Alexandra continued to ignore the warnin...
Just weeks after Rasputin’s murder, Russia’s Tsar Nicholas abdicated and his family ended up under house arrest. 18 months later, the entire family was murdered in the basement of Ipatiev House in cold blood. So… is there any truth to Alexandra’s claims that Rasputin was a Holy Man sent to protect her family? Lauren explores fact and fiction in Part Three on Grigori Rasputin.
Felix Yusupov comes up with a plan to murder Rasputin and enlists the help of several others. However, even today we don’t know how exactly Rasputin’s death came about. Lauren dives into the dramatic finish to Rasputin’s story. The dramatic end to Rasputin’s story, plus why a mysterious situation in Berlin in 1920 led to decades of rumors about some of the Romanovs surviving their grisly demise.
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