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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold – Episode 24 – Patsy Wright

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 β€’ 3.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 4 January 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

October 23, 1987. Arlington, Texas. 43-year old Patsy Wright phones up her sister in the middle of the night to complain that she has become nauseous after taking some NyQuil, but collapses during the call and soon passes away. An autopsy eventually reveals that Patsy was poisoned after strychnine was put in her NyQuil. The […]

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0:00.0

October 23rd, 1987.

0:03.8

Arlington, Texas.

0:06.3

43-year-old Patsy Wright phones up her sister

0:09.0

in the middle of the night to complain

0:10.6

that she has become nauseous after taking some nightkwill,

0:13.8

but collapses during the call.

0:16.1

Even when her sister and brother-in-law rush over

0:18.1

to help her, Patsy dies in her bed,

0:20.7

and an autopsy reveals that she was poisoned

0:22.9

after strict nine was put in her nightkwill.

0:25.6

Evidence suggests that someone else may have had dinner

0:28.0

at Patsy's house on the night of her death,

0:30.4

but this person was never identified,

0:32.7

and Patsy's killer and the motive for her poisoning

0:35.7

remained unknown.

0:37.3

After that, the trail went cold.

1:10.1

Happy New Year, everyone, and welcome to the first trail

1:18.6

went cold episode of 2017.

1:21.7

I'm your host, Robin Warder, and I can tell you

1:24.1

that this is going to be a very exciting and memorable

1:26.5

year for our podcast.

1:28.4

So I've decided to start off 2017 with a mystery

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