The Trail Went Cold - Episode 312 - Bryan Nisenfeld

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

February 6, 1997. Bristol, Rhode Island. Bryan Nisenfeld, an 18-year old freshman at Roger Williams University, vanishes after leaving an afternoon class and most of his possessions are found in his dorm room. Nearly seven months later, a severed foot and a shinbone are found washed up on a beach located a few miles from campus and while they are positively identified as belonging to Bryan, the rest of his remains are never recovered. Suspicion is placed on a former student and friend of Bryan’s who supposedly made a threatening phone call to him prior to his disappearance, but there is no evidence to prove that foul play took place. Was Bryan Nisenfield’s death a homicide, a suicide or an accidental fall into the water? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a cold case involving a university student which still does not a definitive resolution after nearly 26 years. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Bristol Police Department at (401) 253-6900. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Bryan_Nisenfeld https://web.archive.org/web/20170513101325/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/news/97/06/26/ROGER_WILLIAMS.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150923203934/http://articles.philly.com/1997-09-05/news/25551062_1_bristol-police-body-parts-audubon The Hawk’s Eye – Roger Williams University (Oct. 17, 1997) The Hawk’s Eye – Rogers Williams University (Nov. 7, 1997) https://web.archive.org/web/20170507110032/https://providencephoenix.com/archive/features/98/01/08/BRYAN.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170429213423/http://www.providencephoenix.com/archive/features/00/03/16/BRYAN.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-bryan/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/183755689/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/183755727/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/184322415/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/184275062/ https://www.wpri.com/news/crime/cold-cases/detectives-determined-to-conquer-decades-old-quest-for-answers-in-college-students-death/ “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 doing a weekly livestream show on Vokl 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 going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” at the Tower Bridge, Leonardo Royal Hotel & Spa in London on June 10-11, 2023, as well as “Crimecon” at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida on September 22-24, 2023. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD23”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.co.uk or https://www.crimecon.com. 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	February 6th, 1997.
0:03.4	Bristol, Rhode Island.
0:05.6	Brian Niesenfeld, an 18-year-old freshman at Roger Williams University, vanishes after
0:10.8	leaving an afternoon class and most of his possessions are found in his dorm room.
0:15.2	Healy seven months later, a severed foot and a shinbone are found washed up on a beach located a few miles from campus
0:22.2	and while they are positively identified as belonging to Brian,
0:25.6	the rest of his remains are never recovered.
0:28.6	Suspicion is placed on a former student and friend of Brian's who supposedly made a
0:32.4	threatening phone call to him prior to his
0:34.4	disappearance but there is no evidence to prove foul play and the actual circumstances
0:39.7	of how Brian died remain a mystery. After that the trail went cold. Oh, uh, uh, and uh,
0:54.0	uh, for a, uh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh, and uh,
1:05.0	uh, and uh, and uh,
1:07.0	uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:25.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be covering a sad case involving
1:30.1	a university student, the unexplained
1:32.5	1997 death of Brian Nisenfeld. As you probably know,
1:36.7	the most recent season of the Unsaw Mysteries reboot was released on Netflix
1:41.2	a few months ago and one of their most heavily discussed episodes
1:44.7	covered the disappearance of Joshua Gimon, a 20-year-old student at St. John's University in Minnesota,
1:51.4	who mysteriously vanished after leaving an on-campus party in November of 2002.
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