The Susan Powell Case Files | Scouring the Desert | 7

Cold

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4.8 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Josh Powell told a group of his wife's friends and coworkers a year before she disappeared that if he were ever to commit murder, he'd dispose of the body by dropping it down an abandoned mine. That and other clues led West Valley City police to launch an exhaustive search abandoned mines in Utah's West Desert, beginning just days after Susan Powell's disappearance. They kept that effort secret, even as frustrated volunteers launched their own searches for Susan's body across the Great Basin. Now, the full story of the secret mine search comes to light for the first time.

For the past three years, investigative reporter Dave Cawley has been studying thousands of police documents, journals, videos and diary entries. He has tracked down new sources, followed new leads and traced Josh Powell's trail from West Valley City, Utah, through Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and on to Washington State, where Powell killed himself and his two sons. Cold is the most complete retelling of the Susan Powell story ever. Join Dave Cawley in his search for truth.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to cold, ad-free on Amazon music.
0:04.4	Download the app today.
0:06.4	This podcast discusses domestic violence, criminal behavior, murder, and adult themes.
0:12.8	While not explicit, listener discretion is advised.
0:20.8	A crowd milled around tables in the banquet hall of a downtown Salt Lake City Hotel.
0:26.5	They munched on food and chatted about the latest workplace gossip.
0:30.5	Susan loved it.
0:32.8	She rarely had the opportunity anymore to rub shoulders with people outside of work and church.
0:39.0	This fancy Christmas party with her co-workers felt like a big event.
0:45.1	It was December of 2008, one year before her disappearance.
0:51.6	Most people there were dressed up. Susan had shown up in jeans. It was her day off.
0:58.1	Still, she was having a good time.
1:01.2	Josh seemed to be as well to her surprise.
1:05.0	He was engrossed in a conversation about programming, HTML,.NET, all that nerd stuff that went over Susan's head.
1:14.3	Her interest in computers only reached as far as her MySpace page or maybe Facebook.
1:20.6	Josh, though, lived with his nose buried in a laptop.
1:24.6	He didn't read much except for technical manuals and how two books about programming.
1:29.9	He was pestering the Wells Fargo Investments IT guy at the table, bragging about his websites.
1:36.6	Amber Hardman, one of Susan's best work friends, sat with her husband Scott at the same end of the table.
1:42.6	Prior companies that we had worked for didn't have work parties or spouses were invited.
1:48.6	So it was nice to be able to bring our spouses and hang out and get to know each other.
1:53.6	The conversation turned to television.
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