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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 133 - Dick Hansen

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

April 30, 1991. Santa Clara County, California. After spending the night in downtown San Jose with his friend, Jean, 36-year old Dick Hansen notices that he is being watched by a man in a car. When Dick and Jean leave the city in their respective vehicles, they are followed by this man for over ten miles, prompting Dick to leave the freeway and pull over. When Dick walks over to the man’s vehicle to confront him, he is shot twice before the driver flees the scene. Jean is left alive as a witness and the only theory investigators can formulate is that the murder might be connected to Jean’s personalized licence plate for the San Francisco 49ers football team. Was Dick shot because he was mistaken for a 49ers player? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we examine a truly baffling and senseless murder. In addition, will also briefly discuss another senseless crime committed by a motorist, where a woman known only as “Carol” is shot in the face by a man driving a black pick-up truck on a rural Connecticut highway in August 1988. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/dick-hansen/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dick_Hansen The Trail Went Cold will be appearing at the event, “True Crime Podcasts: Live in Toronto”, being held at the Royal Cinema in Toronto on Sunday, August 18. For more information and to purchase tickets to the event, please visit this website. “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. 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

Hi everyone, before I begin the episode, I would like to provide another plug for a huge event I'll be appearing at only one month from now.

0:07.5

On Sunday, August the 18th, I will be participating in a true crime podcasting event at the Royal Cinema in downtown Toronto.

0:15.2

The event will run from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. and in addition to myself, other podcasters

0:21.0

participating will include Christie from Canadian True Crime, Jordan from the Nighttime

0:25.3

Podcast, Nina from Already Gone, and Aaron from Generation Y. I'm also excited to announce that Canadian

0:32.3

criminologist and author Lee Meller from the Murder Was the Case Podcast will now be joining us as well for a chat, along with true crime author, Nate Henley.

0:42.0

The main focus of our show will be presenting the case of the Donnellies, the well-known historic Canadian story of a gritty and brutal pioneer feud. The story is surrounded by myth and legend. It was chronicled in Nate Henley's book Black Donnelly's, but join us to find out what really happened.

0:58.5

In addition, there will also be a meet and greet and a Q&A on the show.

1:03.3

And while I'm here, I also want to send out a big thank you to the Royal Cinema

1:07.8

who are partnering with us for this event

1:10.1

and have been so nice and helpful.

1:12.2

I used to go see movies at the Royal all the time while I was attending university in Toronto,

1:17.0

so you cannot imagine how excited I am to be participating in an actual show there.

1:22.0

If you're in the Toronto area and love Indian art house cinema, you have to check out the royal.

1:28.0

It's an historic cinema in the heart of Toronto's Little Italy with the best of both worlds. It's gone through extensive renovations

1:35.5

and upgrades to state-of-the-art audio visual equipment, but it still boasts gorgeous architecture.

1:41.4

The Royal is also known for excellent programming. Their monthly signature series delivers shows which suit all tastes. Some examples include cinema-cob movie nights, which showcase classic and contemporary horror, Eastern Promises, which

1:56.1

displays the highs and lows of Asian cinema, and Retropath, a showcase of truly bizarre cinema. Those are just a few examples as there are at least eight different signature series celebrating cinema

2:07.9

so you'll be sure to find something that you like.

2:10.4

To check it out and see what's coming up, just go to the Royal dot T.O or Google the Royal

2:17.0

cinema to follow them on social media.

2:20.0

And if you would like to attend our true crime podcasting event, tickets are only $25, and you can purchase them at nighttime.com slash Toronto.

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