076 - The Abduction of Danny Goldman

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Seventeen year old Danny Goldman was a senior at Miami Beach High School approaching both graduation and his eighteenth birthday. A smart young man from a well to do family who split his days between repairing electronics and spending time with his girlfriend. The future offered so many possibilities.

Sadly, Danny wouldn't see that future. On March 28th, the day before his eighteenth birthday, an unknown gunman entered the family home and demanded $10,000. When they didn't have that cash in the house, the man took Danny with him and said he'd call later to arrange a ransom. The man never called and Danny was never seen again.

The initial investigation didn't discover much and soon the case began growing cold and fading from the spotlight. It wouldn't be until 46 years later than a team of volunteer investigators would break open incredible information suggesting that Danny's abduction may had connections to the mafia under Santo Trafficante, a corrupt Sheriff's department and even Danny's own girlfriend's father.

Was this a case of a random crime or one which involved mafia associates, corrupt law enforcement officers and even the head of the mafia in South Florida?

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0:00.0	17-year-old Danny Goldman was on the precipice of adulthood. He had a girlfriend, was set to graduate
0:15.1	high school, and was making plans for his 18th birthday. Unfortunately, he wouldn't get the chance to
0:21.7	celebrate. On March 28th, the day before Danny's birthday, an unidentified man entered the Goldman
0:28.9	family home in Surfside, Florida, and demanded a large sum of money. When the man discovered that
0:35.2	the money wasn't present in the home, he abducted Danny at gunpoint to exchange for ransom.
0:41.5	The assailant told the goldmins he'd call that night to make arrangements, but bizarrely,
0:46.9	they never heard from the man or their son again. Over the course of the next 50 years,
0:53.4	the case would grow cold until a group of locals and the former mayor of Surfside came together and
0:59.8	made a shocking discovery. Danny's case may not have been solved not so much due to a lack of
1:05.2	information, but perhaps corrupt investigators. 50-year-old court documents, indictments, and the
1:13.3	word of informants pointed towards a massive cover-up, which may have involved not only the man who abducted
1:19.2	Danny, but connections to the mafia under Santo Trafacante, sheriff's deputies on the take,
1:25.3	and even the family of Danny's girlfriend. This is Trace Evidence, Episode 76, the abduction of Danny
1:33.4	Goldman. Welcome to Trace Evidence, Amir Host, Stephen Piceco. Today, we examine the 1966
1:48.3	abduction of 17-year-old Danny Goldman. Before getting into the case, just a few notes about the show.
1:55.2	Trace Evidence is a weekly true crime podcast focused on unsolved murders and disappearances,
2:01.5	examining a different case each Monday. If you have questions, comments, or case suggestions,
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