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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Bonus Episode - Kay Hall

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

September 30, 1987. Northumberland County, Virginia. The body of 45-year old Kay Hall is discovered on a back road underneath her pick-up truck. She has been run over and her husband, Bob Hall, immediately becomes the prime suspect. Even though Bob stood to collect on an inheritance Kay had just received and there are issues with his alibi, there is some question about whether he would have been able to track down Kay and commit the crime during a very narrow timeframe. Years later, Bob is charged and convicted of Kay’s murder, but has his conviction overturned and after agreeing to enter an Alford plea, he is released from prison. Was Bob Hall really responsible for the murder of his wife, or was she simply the victim of a tragic accident? This special bonus episode chronicles an “Unsolved Mysteries” segment in which there is debate about the ultimate resolution. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone this is Robin Warner and I just wanted to provide this quick introduction

0:04.2

to mention that since I am currently moving to a new place I decided to take this week off

0:09.2

and the trail went cold will not be releasing a new episode.

0:12.1

However as a substitution we decided to drop this exclusive bonus episode which we released on our Patreon page three years ago

0:19.0

and make it available to the general public.

0:22.0

It covers the strange death of a woman named Kay Hall and if you're an unsolved mysteries fan you're probably familiar with it but you might not know the full story.

0:30.0

And we will be back to our usual schedule and dropping an all new episode next Wednesday, December the first,

0:35.8

but until then I hope you enjoy this little bonus.

0:38.8

September 30th, 1987.

0:44.0

Northumberland County, Virginia.

0:47.0

The body of 45-year-old Kay Hall is discovered on a back road underneath her pickup truck. She has been run over and her husband, Bob Hall,

0:56.2

immediately becomes the prime suspect. Even though Bob stood to collect on an inheritance

1:01.3

cage just received, and there are issues with his alibi,

1:05.0

there is some question about whether he would have been able to commit the crime during a very

1:08.8

narrow time frame. Bob is eventually charged and convicted of Kay's murder, but has his conviction overturned, and after

1:16.0

agreeing to enter an Alford plea, he is released from prison.

1:20.1

After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to this month's bonus Patreon episode of The Trail When Cold.

2:03.6

I'm your host Robin Warder, and today we're going to be chronicling another case which

2:07.7

was featured on Unsaw Mysteries, the 1987 death of Kay Hall.

2:13.1

Now I found that some of the ideal stories for these bonus episodes

2:17.0

are cases which are officially solved,

2:19.5

but also leave you asking the question,

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