Christmas Day, 1929. Stradd Valley, Ireland. After completing his holiday route,

49-year-old Postman, Larry Griffin, fails to return home and his bicycle is found on a road

outside the village the following morning. Rumors start circulating that Larry was killed after

an incident at a local pub and the massive cover-up took place, so 10 people are eventually charged

for their alleged roles in Larry's death. However, since Larry's body cannot be found and the key

eyewitness changes his story, the charges against the 10 defendants are dropped, and the case of

the missing Postman of Stradd Valley is never solved. After that, the trail went cold.

Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the trail went cold. I'm your host Robin

Warner, and today we're going to be traveling back over 90 years to cover a very unique Christmas

mystery. The 1929 disappearance of Larry Griffin, aka the missing Postman of Stradd Valley.

That voice you just heard narrating our intro was Bailey Meeker, the latest winner of our most

recent trail went cold listener voiceover contest, so thank you very much, Bailey. This is a popular

recurring monthly contest, which we've been holding for over three years now, and if you'd like

to enter and haven't already done so, I will be providing instructions at the end of this episode.

Anyway, it's become a yearly tradition for the trail went cold to cover holiday themed mysteries

throughout the month of December, and for our final mystery of this year, we're traveling all

the way to Ireland for a truly bizarre disappearance, which took place on Christmas Day in 1929.

It involves a Postman named Larry Griffin, who vanished without a trace while making deliveries to

a small Irish village, and is abandoned bicycle would be discovered on the road. This would eventually

become quite a sensational story, as there were allegations that Larry's disappearance was a

massive cover-up orchestrated by a number of people, including the village's police force,

which in case you didn't know, is referred to in Ireland as the Gardee. No less than 10 suspects,

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