The Trail Went Cold - Episode 135 - Paul Whipkey

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

July 10, 1958. Monterey County, California. 26-year old First Lieutenant Paul Whipkey leaves Fort Ord, the Army base where he is stationed. When he fails to return, he is declared AWOL before being declared a “deserter” 30 days later. Five weeks after he went missing, Whipkey’s abandoned car is discovered nearly 500 miles away in a remote section of Death Valley. Since Whipkey’s body cannot be found, the Army believes he suffered a mental breakdown and wandered into the desert and died. However, Whipkey’s family discovers troubling discrepancies to make them suspect the Army staged his disappearance. In 1982, Whipkey’s status is officially changed to “died in the line of duty”, but he is never found and the full truth about what happened to him is not revealed. Could Whipkey have been recruited by the CIA and sent on a secret mission? Or was his disappearance connected to a previous assignment involving atomic testing? We shall explore all the different potential scenarios as we cover a bizarre military-themed mystery on this week’s edition on “The Trail Went Cold”. Join us on August 3 at 8:00pm Eastern Time for an online streaming Unsolved Mysteries marathon where we will be watching segments covered on episodes of "The Trail Went Cold." For more details, please visit our Facebook or Twitter pages. Additional Reading: https://unsolved.com/gallery/paul-whipkey/ https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/us/brother-still-pursues-mystery-of-army-pilot-who-vanished-on-coast-in-1958.html “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the Ottawa Podcast Festival, being held at the “LIVE! on Elgin” venue in Ottawa, Ontario on Saturday, August 24. For more information and to purchase tickets to the event, please visit their website (https://www.ottawapodcastfestival.com). 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.

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1:09.6	Thank you and enjoy the show.
1:11.6	July 10th, 1958.
1:15.8	Monary County, California.
1:18.4	26-year-old First Lieutenant Paul Wipke leaves Ford Ord,
1:22.2	the Army Base is stationed, but fails to return, and is declared
1:26.1	a deserter 30 days later.
1:28.5	Five weeks after he went missing, Wipke's abandoned car is discovered nearly 500 miles away in a remote section of Death Valley.
1:36.0	Since Wipke's body cannot be found, the Army believes he suffered a mental breakdown and wandered into the desert and died. However,
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