The Trail Went Cold - Episode 19 - Artemus Ogletree

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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January 4, 1935. The nude body of a young man named Roland T. Owen is discovered inside Room 1046 of the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been tied up, beaten and stabbed and dies after being taken to the hospital. It turns out that “Roland T. Owen” is not the victim’s real name and after a mysterious anonymous benefactor sends money for his funeral, he is buried without anyone uncovering his true identity or the story behind his murder. Nearly two years later, a woman in Alabama recognizes the victim as her missing son, Artemus Ogletree, but then reveals that she was receiving letters from him months after he was murdered! In this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, I shall examine the “Mysa January 4, 1935. The nude body of a young man named Roland T. Owen is discovered inside Room 1046 of the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. He has been tied up, beaten and stabbed and dies after being taken to the hospital. It turns out that “Roland T. Owen” is not the victim’s real name and after a mysterious anonymous benefactor sends money for his funeral, he is buried without anyone uncovering his true identity or the story behind his murder. Nearly two years later, a woman in Alabama recognizes the victim as her missing son, Artemus Ogletree, but then reveals that she was receiving letters from him months after he was murdered! In this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, I shall examine the “Mystery of Room 1046”, one of the most bizarre stories we’ve ever featured on this podcast. Additional Reading: https://kchistory.org/blog/mystery-room-1046-pt-1-roland-t-owen https://kchistory.org/blog/mystery-room-1046-pt-2-love-forever-louise https://www.historicmysteries.com/roland-t-owen-murder-room-1046/ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133934437 The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro. tery of Room 1046”, one of the most bizarre stories we’ve ever featured on this podcast. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to listen to the podcast on Stitcher. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Music. 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	January 4th, 1935, Kansas City, Missouri.
0:06.0	The nude body of a young man named Roland T. Owen is discovered inside room 1046 of the hotel president. He has been tied up, beaten, and stabbed and dies
0:17.0	after being taken to the hospital. It turns out that Roland T Owen is not the victim's real name and after a mysterious anonymous benefactor sends money for his funeral
0:26.4	he is buried without anyone uncovering his true identity or the story behind his murder.
0:32.1	Nearly two years later, a woman in Alabama recognizes the victim
0:36.0	as her missing son, Artemis Ogletree, but it turns out she was receiving letters from him
0:41.9	months after he was murdered. After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh,
0:54.0	and uh,
0:55.0	uh, uh, uh, uh,
0:58.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh uh, yeah. Oh, uh, there's, uh,
1:04.0	there's uh,
1:05.0	uh, uh, uh, uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:27.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today I will be presenting our final-themed episode for the month of October.
1:34.0	As you probably know, I've spent the entire month covering cases which I've featured in the
1:38.8	Halloween-themed articles I've written for Crack.com during the past few years.
1:43.0	The first part of a mammoth Halloween-themed
1:46.0	tomb-part article I co-wrote titled
1:48.0	The 11 Creepiest Unsolved Crimes
1:50.0	No One Can Explain
1:52.0	Just Went Up on Cr crack the day before this
1:54.2	episode was released and it features today's case. So if you've just read that
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