The Trail Went Cold - Episode 238 - Harry & Megan Tooze

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

July 26, 1993. Llanharry, Wales. 65-year old Harry Tooze and his 67-year old wife, Megan Tooze, are both shot to death at their remote farm before their bodies are hidden inside the cowshed. The investigation eventually focuses on Jonathan Jones, the boyfriend of the Toozes’ daughter, and after his thumbprint is found on a saucer inside the farmhouse, he is charged with the murders. While Jonathan is found guilty of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment, the Court of Appeal deems his conviction to be unsafe and he is released from prison one year later. If Jonathan Jones was not responsible for the murders of Harry and Megan Tooze, then who was? And what could their motive have been? For the first time, “The Trail Went Cold” explores an unsolved cold case from Wales, which is considered to be one of their baffling crimes ever. Additional Reading: https://www.herald.wales/crime/potatoes-cabbages-and-teacups-the-murder-of-harry-and-megan-tooze/ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/shocking-execution-style-shootings-elderly-15513527 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/murder-conviction-quashed-1.43324 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-23459713 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/man-who-killed-inheritance-jailed-life-man-given-life-murders-remote-farm-life-sentences-farmhouse-double-murder-sentenced-life-given-life-killing-fiancee-s-parents-1614522.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/260766047/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/260785986/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/725105017/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/260910851/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cooper_(serial_killer) Listen to the latest episode of This Is Actually Happening on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. “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 going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on September 25-26, 2021. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD21”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” is now doing a weekly livestream show on GetVokl every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 PM ET as part of their “True Crime Thursday” line-up. For more information, please visit their website. 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	This is Actually Happening. A weekly podcast from Wundery that features extraordinary true stories of moments that changed absolutely everything for ordinary people.
0:11.0	Listen to the latest episode of This is Actually Happening on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music,
0:16.1	or listen ad free by joining Wundry Plus in the Wundry app.
0:19.8	Thank you and enjoy the episode.
0:22.1	July 26th, 1993. L'Anhari, Wales. 65-year-old
0:28.8	Harry IIs and a 67-year-old wife Megan Toes are both shot to death at the remote farm, but for their bodies are hidden inside the cow shed.
0:37.0	The investigation eventually focuses on Jonathan Jones, the boyfriend of the Tous's daughter, and after his thumbprint is found on a saucer inside the residence, he is charged with the murders.
0:48.0	Even though Jonathan is found guilty of the crime and sentenced to life imprisonment, his conviction is overturned one year later,
0:54.9	and there are no conclusive answers about who actually killed Harry and Megan.
0:59.2	After that, the trail went cold. I'm going to Oh, uh, uh, and uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, okay, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:40.8	I'm your host Robin Water and for the first time the trail went cold is going to be exploring an unsolved cold case which took place in Wales the 1993 murders of Harry and Megan twos. And before you make the obvious jokes,
1:54.0	yes, this is a couple from the United Kingdom
1:57.0	named Harry and Megan,
1:58.0	but they're considerably older than that other
2:00.0	Harry and Megan who are always in the news
2:02.0	because of their affiliation with the Royal Family.
2:05.0	Harry and Megan twos were an elderly married couple who lived on a remote farm and didn't seem to have any known enemies until they were both shot to death on their property, execution style.
2:16.2	The twosas had a daughter named Cheryl and investigators began to suspect her boyfriend Jonathan Jones
2:21.6	committed the crime so that he could collect on a 150,000 pound estate
2:26.2	Cheryl inherited from her parents. While Jonathan was eventually charged and convicted of the murders,
2:31.9	the evidence against him was so weak that his conviction was overturned just one year after his trial.
2:38.0	But of course that begs the question, if Jonathan did not kill the twoses, then who did?
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