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Cold Case Files

The Barrel

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A Long Island man is preparing to sell his house when he discovers a 55-gallon barrel hidden in his crawlspace. It has seemingly been there for decades - at least for as long as he's owned the home. But when he pries off the lid, he quickly realizes that it isn't just a barrel... it's a tomb. Go to Audible.com/coldcase or text “coldcase” to 500-500 to get started.

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.4

Hi friends, it's Brooke. I am so glad to be talking with you again.

0:12.4

I'm going to take a short second to go off script a little bit to let you know there's a Facebook group

0:17.2

called Podcast for Justice. And I do my best to keep that group updated with timetables

0:22.9

and information about upcoming cases. I highly recommend you check it out. I also have Twitter,

0:28.8

app book getings, or app pods for justice. Okay, since we're talking now, better go back to the

0:36.0

script. Cold case files will be back next week with an all-new episode about the 40-year hunt

0:43.1

for one of the most terrifying serial killers in American history, the Golden State Killer.

0:48.5

This week, while I'm finishing up my research, the Cold Case File team will be replaying one of

0:53.7

their favorite classic episodes. It's called The Barrel. It's about basically the worst thing you

0:59.5

can possibly imagine when you go to clean out your cellar. Be sure to subscribe and tune in next week

1:05.2

and average use day going forward for a new season of Cold Case Files.

1:14.2

This was an upper middle class long island neighborhood where the homes were luxury homes.

1:19.6

There's no crime. That's why everybody wants to come and believe about here.

1:29.2

Toward the rear, there is a 22 by 24-foot crawl space.

1:35.7

It crawled all the way to the back of the crawl space. He saw the barrel.

1:42.8

I saw what appeared to be a human hand and a foot.

1:50.2

When you purchase an old house, you never really know exactly what's coming with it.

1:59.8

Maybe it's a leaky pipe, some hidden mold, or perhaps it's an old note stashed beneath a floor

2:05.3

board. For one long island man in 1999 though, his house came along with an entirely different

2:12.2

kind of mystery. A large, sealed metal barrel left in the crawl space for what seemed like decades.

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