The Trail Went Cold - Episode 27 - David Bacon

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

September 12, 1943. Los Angeles, California. David Bacon, a 29-year old actor who has just played the title character in the serial drama “The Masked Marvel”, tells his wife he is planning to go swimming and leaves their home. Later that afternoon, Bacon’s car is seen driving erratically before it jumps a curb and crashes into a bean field. After Bacon stumbles out of the car and dies, a fatal knife wound is discovered in his back. The investigation would uncover numerous clues to suggest Bacon was leading a secret double life, such as a coded diary, a rented apartment and unexplained trips to Venice Beach. However, there would be no answers about who actually murdered him. For our special one-year anniversary show of “The Trail Went Cold”, we shall be examining one of Hollywood`s most baffling unsolved mysteries. A special thanks to one of our listeners, Esther Gamez, for providing the cover art for this episode. Be sure to check out Esther’s Facebook and Tumblr pages to see more of her artwork. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bacon_(actor) http://www.tomchristopher.com/miscellaneous2/who-killed-the-masked-marvel/ 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	September 12th, 1943, Los Angeles, California.
0:07.0	29-year-old actor David Bacon tells his wife he is planning to go swimming and leaves their
0:11.9	home. Later that afternoon, Bacon's car is seen
0:15.5	driving erratically before it jumps a curb and crashes into a bean field.
0:21.1	After Bacon stumbles out of the car and dies, a fatal knife wound is discovered in his back.
0:26.0	The investigation and covers numerous secrets in Bacon's life, including a coded diary and a rented apartment, but no answers about who actually murdered him.
0:36.0	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh, and uh, and uh, and uh, and uh,
0:46.0	uh, uh, uh,
0:48.0	uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh, there's uh, there's, uh, there's, uh, uh,
0:55.0	uh, uh, uh, uh,
0:58.0	uh, uh, uh, yeah. Ah, uh, uh, uh,
1:04.0	uh, care. Oh, uh, Meg's.
1:17.0	Can't hear you, Sejkima.
1:21.0	Meg's can't hear you, Sakima.
1:30.0	The mask marvel, you are too clever to be working for a stupid democracy.
1:36.1	Perhaps you would consider... You talk like your ambassador did just before Pearl Harbor you're finished schema your organization is smashed the last act of your little drama
1:41.7	you expect to take me alive?
1:45.0	Alive or dead. You're coming with me.
1:48.0	I have the advantage of a gun.
1:50.0	That is no advantage in the dark.
1:55.0	Hello everyone and welcome to our official one-year anniversary episode of The Trail went cold.
2:01.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and I can hardly believe that it's already
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