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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 431 - The Bolney Torso

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October 11, 1991. Bolney, England. The dismembered torso of a male homicide victim which has been rolled up in some carpet is discovered in a wooded area next to a bridle path. His head and both of his hands have been removed and since the victim cannot be identified, he is buried under the name “Unknown Male”. Investigators explore a number of different leads, including a wanted German fraudster who was living in the area at the time the torso was discovered, as well as the possibility that the victim’s death was a gangland killing, but the crime is never solved. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we travel back to the United Kingdom to explore the bizarre story of an unidentified decedent known only as “The Bolney Torso”.

Additional Reading:

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

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4735827.Sussex_Police_still_trying_to_solve_riddle_of_headless_body/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-15256742

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8403522.stm

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9298428.New_clues_in_Bolney_Torso_mystery/

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6712688._Bolney_torso__riddle_still_baffles_police/

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8151356.Three_men_ruled_out_of_Bolney_torso_case/

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/crime/why-the-bolney-torso-killing-is-still-unsolved-27-years-later-122359

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-58862567

https://news.sky.com/story/west-sussex-unidentified-headless-torso-murder-remains-unsolved-30-years-on-12431156

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14220947/Unsolved-execution-couple-1989-linked-headless-man-mystery.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/751468511/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1048097033/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1048444168/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1048446233/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/826135299/

"The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/.

“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.

  continue reading

507 episodes

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October 11, 1991. Bolney, England. The dismembered torso of a male homicide victim which has been rolled up in some carpet is discovered in a wooded area next to a bridle path. His head and both of his hands have been removed and since the victim cannot be identified, he is buried under the name “Unknown Male”. Investigators explore a number of different leads, including a wanted German fraudster who was living in the area at the time the torso was discovered, as well as the possibility that the victim’s death was a gangland killing, but the crime is never solved. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we travel back to the United Kingdom to explore the bizarre story of an unidentified decedent known only as “The Bolney Torso”.

Additional Reading:

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

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4735827.Sussex_Police_still_trying_to_solve_riddle_of_headless_body/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-15256742

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8403522.stm

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9298428.New_clues_in_Bolney_Torso_mystery/

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6712688._Bolney_torso__riddle_still_baffles_police/

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8151356.Three_men_ruled_out_of_Bolney_torso_case/

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/crime/why-the-bolney-torso-killing-is-still-unsolved-27-years-later-122359

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-58862567

https://news.sky.com/story/west-sussex-unidentified-headless-torso-murder-remains-unsolved-30-years-on-12431156

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14220947/Unsolved-execution-couple-1989-linked-headless-man-mystery.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/751468511/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1048097033/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1048444168/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1048446233/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/826135299/

"The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/.

“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.

  continue reading

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