The Trail Went Cold - Episode 21 - Renee & Andrew MacRae

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

November 12, 1976. Inverness, Scotland. 36-year old Renee MacRae and her 3-year old son Andrew leave on a weekend trip, supposedly to visit Renee’s sister. Later that night, their flaming vehicle is discovered at an isolated lay-by next to the A9, but Renee and Andrew have disappeared. In a shocking twist, it turns out that Renee was actually planning to visit Bill MacDowell, a man she’d secretly been having an affair with for years and who also happens to be Andrew’s biological father. While the evidence suggests Renee and Andrew were murdered, their bodies have never been found. Join me for this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold” as I examine one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in the history of Scotland. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renee_MacRae http://www.scotsman.com/news/renee-macrae-are-police-nearing-the-truth-1-543570 http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/659663/A9-roadworks-uncover-bodies-Renee-MacRaeson-forensic-expert http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-37936116 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	November 12th, 1976, Inverness, Scotland.
0:06.0	36 year old Reney McCray and her three year old son Andrew leave on a weekend trip,
0:11.0	supposedly to visit Rene's sister.
0:14.0	Later that night, their flaming vehicles discovered at an isolated lay-by next to the A-9,
0:19.6	but Reney and Andrew have disappeared.
0:22.8	It turns out that Reney was actually planning to visit her secret lover,
0:26.6	who also happens to be Andrew's biological father.
0:30.2	Even though this revelation creates a lot of suspicion,
0:33.0	Rene and Andrew are never found.
0:36.0	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah.
0:45.0	uh, and uh, and uh, and uh, uh, and uh, uh,
0:48.0	uh, uh, oh, uh, uh,
0:54.0	uh,
0:55.0	there's uh, uh, uh, uh,
0:58.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to the latest episode of the Trail
1:17.0	when cold. I'm your host Robin Warder and today our podcast is going
1:21.8	international again as we will be featuring our very first
1:25.3	mystery from the United Kingdom, the disappearance of Reney and Andrew McCray, which took place
1:31.6	in Scotland in 1976. This one is actually a request from a Scottish
1:36.5	listener named Michelle, so thanks for this great suggestion, Michelle. Up until this point,
1:42.4	the only case we've covered from outside North America
1:45.0	has been the Australian disappearance of Eloise Warledge, so I think it's about time
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