The Campfire Mint Murderer
Cold Case Files
A&E / PodcastOne
3.8 • 8.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
When nine-year-old Candy Rogers, turns up dead after selling mints door-to-door, Spokane detectives launch a dogged campaign to find her killer. What follows is one of the longest Cold Case investigations in the State history.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Cold Case listeners. I'm Marissa Pinson. And if you're enjoying this show, I just want to remind you that episodes of Cold Case files as well as the A&E Classic Podcasts, I Survived, American Justice, and City Confidential are all available ad-free on the new A&E Crime and Investigation Channel on Apple Podcasts and Apple Plus for just $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. And now onto the show. |
| 0:25.0 | The following episode contains disturbing accounts of physical and sexual violence. Listener |
| 0:30.4 | discretion is advised. Candy Rogers was my cousin. 60 years is an awful long time. |
| 0:39.3 | He had done some terrible things to her. |
| 0:42.1 | She wouldn't have gone willingly. |
| 0:44.1 | She would have fought. |
| 0:45.6 | People turned out in droves to come look for candy, |
| 0:48.8 | but the helicopter plunged into the water. |
| 0:51.4 | We're dealing with a monster here. I took a hammer and started smashing the tooth. |
| 0:58.0 | I can't imagine having to cover up for somebody, |
| 1:02.0 | no matter how much I love them. |
| 1:04.0 | Who could have done it? Where is he? Who else is he hurt? |
| 1:09.0 | Candy has never been out of my mind. |
| 1:11.6 | There are over 100,000 cold cases in America. Only about 1% are ever solved. This is one of those rare stories. |
| 1:25.6 | It's March 6, 1956 in Spokane, Washington. |
| 1:33.5 | It's an exciting day in the Evergreen State for nine-year-old Candy Rogers and all the kids |
| 1:38.0 | who take part in Camp Fire Girls. |
| 1:40.5 | Joanne Posse is Candy's cousin. |
| 1:43.2 | We had a campfire mint sale. |
| 1:46.0 | Every year it was a big thing. |
| 1:48.0 | That's what kept campfire going. |
| 1:50.0 | Zach Stormant is a sergeant with the Spokane Police Department. |
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