Why So Cold?

Why So Cold?

A true crime podcast on a mission to keep these stories alive. Why So Cold? This podcast is a platform for the voices of the missing and murdered.Why So Cold? relies largely on police or news documents, eyewitness accounts, press conferences and interviews (some conducted by Why So Cold?). Larger and more-complex cold cases have multiple episodes, and case updates to previously aired episodes are also provided when available.Links to all source material used can be found for each episode in the show notes at www.whysocoldpodcast.com

Episodes

The Woodyland Show - trailer

November 29, 2023 • 1 min
It's another podcast.. listen & subscribe to The Woodyland Show for chats, interviews and some bts of the podcasts I do.. just a fun not for everyone show.

follow me on X: https://twitter.com/woodygwatts
subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@woodylandproductions
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Cryptid Tales of Terror Book Now Available

July 18, 2023 • 2 mins
Purchase your copy of "Cryptid Tales of Terror" by Bigfoot Classified host Woody G. Watts.. light a fire, settle into a comfortable spot, and prepare yourself for a journey into the unknown. Because when the wilderness whispers, you never know what terrors you might hear...

"Cryptid Tales of Terror" is a pulse-pounding anthology of fictional short horror stories, each one centering around the eerie encounters with cryptids, creatur...
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Christina Bennett, Rhonda Jones, and Megan Oxendine

August 2, 2022 • 22 mins
April 2017, Police were called to an abandoned home on 505 PeachTree Street. The caller reported a strong foul oder coming from the property.
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Fright Chasers // Subscribe Today

August 2, 2022 • 41 secs
Do you enjoy listening to conspiracy theories, Bigfoot stories, ghost tales and ufo sightings? then subscribe to Fright Chasers today where you get your podcasts or visit www.frightchasers.com Have a story you'd like to tell? call their Haunted Hotline at 701-HAUNTED (701-428-6833) or visit www.frightchasers.com
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Angela Whalen Hudson

July 11, 2022 • 23 mins
Angela Whalen Hudson walked her two children to the bus stop in Pelham, North Carolina, on September 20th, 2001. After this, she was never seen again. Angela's aunt showed up at the house for the dinner they had planned later that day but when she arrived, she discovered a half-cooked lunch and Angela had vanished. 
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Terry and Alan Westerfield

June 28, 2022 • 24 mins
On a hot Saturday afternoon in September 1964, a military police officer dropped off his two young stepsons outside the Broadway Theater on Hay Street in downtown Fayetteville. As storms from a waning hurricane rumbled over Fayetteville, the stepfather said he went to the theatre after dark and waited for the boys to emerge. The never came out. In fact, they were never seen again.
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Bigfoot Classified // Available Now

June 22, 2022 • 58 secs
Subscribe to BIGFOOT CLASSIFIED today.. ..as we explore what may be the biggest BIGFOOT cover-ups in history…. visit bigfootclassified.com and subscribe to BIGFOOT CLASSIFIED available where get your podcasts… 

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The Cold Case of Charlotte Powell

June 21, 2022 • 16 mins
On December 8, 1987, Leesburg Police Officers were notified of skeletal remains of a young woman found off Gant Lane near Sycolin Road. The discovery triggered a mystery that Loudoun County Sheriff's deputies continue to struggle with to this day.
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Bigfoot Classified // Coming June 21st

June 15, 2022 • 2 mins
What could be the biggest cover-up in history may involved Bigfoot. Subscribe to Bigfoot Classified and listen to a true crime style investigation into the Mount St Helens eruption and potential government cover-up.
Part One - Coming June 21st.
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Justice for Erica Heather Smith?

June 14, 2022 • 15 mins
A smiling 14-year-old girl from Ashburn leaves to a friend's house two days before starting her freshman year of high school and never returns home. Eleven days later her body was discovered near Redskins Park. The circumstances around her disappearance still remain unclear 20 years later.
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The Murder of Veronica Hepworth

June 7, 2022 • 15 mins
The partially-clothed body of 20-year-old Veronica Hepworth was discovered in the early hours of February 25, 1982, along a driveway in Loudoun County—50 miles from where she was last seen alive. Decades later, Veronica's case puzzles both law enforcement and the public with numerous questions which none have been answered.
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Season 2 // Coming Soon

May 12, 2022 • 1 min
New episodes, new interviews and new cases. Visit www.whysocoldpodcast.com for more information.
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BE-LO Grocery Store Massacre

March 8, 2022 • 19 mins
On Sunday, June 6, 1993, an unimaginable tragedy occurred in the small town of Windsor, North Carolina. Six employees of the local Be-Lo grocery store were closing up the place for the day when an unknown man appeared with a gun and ordered them to the butcher room in the back. When the man left the store, three of the six employees were dead, two severely injured and one completely unharmed. Still, despite half of the victims sur...
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The Bizarre Case of Debbie Wolfe

March 1, 2022 • 18 mins
In December of 1985, a 28-year-old nurse named Debbie Wolfe left her shift at the hospital and headed back to her home—a small isolated cabin in the woods just outside of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The next day, Debbie did not show up for work nor answered her phone, which was highly unusual for her. Soon after, a search for the missing woman was launched. The end result of that search still baffles the public almost 40 years la...
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The Murder of Olivia Thorndike

February 22, 2022 • 22 mins
More than 40 years ago, in 1981, 23-year-old Olivia Thorndike was found dead inside her own home. Straight away, the police had two suspects, and it seemed like the brutal murder was going to be an open-and-shut case.
For the extensive list of source material used in this episode visit www.whysocoldpodcast.com
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Local Criminal Investigator Interview

February 14, 2022 • 21 mins
This episode of Why So Cold? Will be different from the others.. Coming up in a few future episodes I will be covering several LOCAL cold cases.. Ones that took place where Watts Creative Studios are located in Bedford Virginia.. During the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with the Town of Bedford Police department and The Bedford County Sheriffs department on several video productions and live streams.. Duri...
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The Shenandoah National Park Murders

February 7, 2022 • 21 mins
In 1996, two young women and their dog set out on a hiking trip in the beautiful Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. But as they did not return home at the agreed time, a worried family member contacted the Park Rangers, who soon discovered the couple's bodies at a tranquil campsite. Straight away, it was clear the two had not died due to a freak accident or wild animal attack but in the hands of another human being.
For the s...
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The Murder of Cynthia Gastelle

January 31, 2022 • 14 mins
Skeletal remains of a young woman were discovered off Mountain Road in Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, on February 12th, 1982. Due to the advanced level of decomposition, for over 30 years, investigators were unable to tell who this person was or where she came from. Meanwhile, the family members of Cynthia Joan Gastelle hoped that their missing loved one would return home one day—unaware that she had already been foun...
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The Murder of Donna Hall and Michael Margaret

January 24, 2022 • 18 mins
Almost 40 years ago, on August 17th, 1984, a young couple was found brutally murdered in the Henrico County woods, just behind King's Crossing Apartments. Donna Hall and Michael Margaret had told their families they were going on a camping trip, but they were no further than .25 miles from Donna's home. Even though heavy rains had already washed away most of the evidence, police did discover something that is believed to be the k...
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Route 29 Stalker - Alicia Showalter Reynolds

January 17, 2022 • 29 mins
Between the years of 1996 - 2014, an unusually high number of women have fallen victim to disappearances and murders along the Route 29 corridor in Virginia calling the suspect the…Route 29 Stalker. This episode highlights Alicia Showalter Reynolds. For links to the source material used in this episode visit www.whysocold.com
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