The Trail Went Cold - Episode 152 - Melvin Horst

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

Tv & Film, True Crime

4.5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

December 27, 1928. Orrville, Ohio. Four-year old Melvin Horst leaves his home to play in the neighbourhood with friends, but never returns and a search of the area fails to turn up any trace of him. Over the course of the next two years, a number of different suspects would be arrested after allegations surface that Melvin’s disappearance was a revenge scheme orchestrated by local bootleggers because his uncle was the town marshal and rigidly enforced Prohibition. Two suspects are convicted of Melvin’s presumed abduction before their sentences are overturned while two other men make questionable confessions which cannot be backed up by evidence. Was Melvin Horst actually abducted by criminals who were involving in bootlegging? If so, could he have been passed around and raised under a new identity somewhere? On this week’s episode of the “The Trail Went Cold”, we cover the oldest unsolved missing children’s case in the history of Ohio, a crazy story which captured the entire nation’s attention when it happened. This episode of “The Trail Went Cold” is sponsored by Native. For 20% off your first purchase, please visit nativedeodorant.com and enter the promo code “cold” during checkout. Additional Reading: http://charleyproject.org/case/melvin-charles-horst https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/07/a-missing-child-can-never-be-forgotten-police-surviving-sister-seek-answers-in-1928-disappearance-of-orrville-boy.html http://strangec.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-lost-boy-mystery-of-melvin-horst.html “Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio” by Jane Ann Turzillo “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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0:00.0	We would like to send a special thanks to Native for supporting the trail on cold.
0:04.3	Native makes safe, simple, effective products that people use in the bathroom every day with
0:09.2	trusted ingredients and trusted performance. For 20% off your first purchase,
0:14.1	please visit nativedeodorants.com and enter the promo code cold during checkout.
0:20.0	That's nativedeodorant.com and the promo code is cold. Thank you and enjoy the show.
0:25.7	December 27th, 1928. Orville, Ohio.
0:32.8	Four-year-old Melvin horse leaves his house to play in the neighborhood with friends,
0:36.8	but never returns home, and a search of the area fails to turn up any trace of them.
0:41.7	Over the course of the next two years, a number of different suspects would be arrested
0:46.4	after allegation surface that Melvin's disappearance was orchestrated by bootlegers
0:51.5	as revenge against his uncle for enforcing prohibition.
0:55.2	While two suspects are convicted of Melvin's presumed abduction, their senses are overturned,
1:00.8	and even though there are a number of reported sightings of Melvin to suggest he might still be alive,
1:05.8	the truth about what happened to him remains unknown. After that, the trail went cold.
1:21.4	Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the trail went cold.
1:51.4	I'm your host Robin Warder, and today we're going to kick off the month of December
1:55.9	with an unsolved missing children's case which took place over 90 years ago,
2:00.3	the 1928 disappearance of four-year-old Melvin horse. As you probably know, it's pretty much an
2:06.4	annual tradition for the trail went cold to spend December, covering holiday-themed mysteries which
2:11.7	occurred around Christmas time. This particular story took place two days after Christmas,
2:17.1	and in a cruel twist of fate, the victim was playing with a new toy he had received as a gift
2:22.0	when he disappeared. This is considered to be the oldest act of missing persons case in the state
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