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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 335 - Nancy Snow

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

November 6, 1980. Baltimore, Maryland. Nancy Snow, a 44-year old congressional fundraiser with the Republican National Committee, is picked up from a hotel by Paul Collins, the house-sitter at her apartment in Annapolis. Nancy soon vanishes without a trace, but Collins claims that she left on an impromptu trip to Florida with a man named “Captain Jay”, so she could spend several weeks crewing his yacht during a sailing trip through the Caribbean. However, Nancy’s family has a hard time believing this, particularly after discovering that Collins used her chequebook after she disappeared, but there is no conclusive evidence to prove he was responsible for her disappearance. Did Nancy Snow come to harm after leaving on a trip with the mysterious Captain Jay? Or did Paul Snow completely fabricate this entire story? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a frustrating missing persons case which has remained unsolved for over four decades. If you have any information about this case, please contact the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office at (410) 222-1740. Additional Reading: https://charleyproject.org/case/nancy-marleine-snow https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-06-23-0506230018-story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/07/AR2005050700934.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/376917549/ https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1157dfmd.html https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/police-looking-for-yacht-in-1980-disappearance https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/annapolis-woman-missing-for-nearly-32-years “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” at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida on September 22-24, 2023. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD23”, by visiting https://www.crimecon.com. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas on August 25-27, 2023. To get a 15 % discount on the purchase of tickets, please our specialized promo code, “TRAIL”, by visiting https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Transcript

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November 6th, 1980.

0:03.6

Baltimore, Maryland.

0:06.0

Nancy Snow, a 44-year-old political fundraiser for the Republican National Committee is picked

0:11.7

up from a hotel by Paul Collins, the house sit or at

0:14.7

her apartment in Annapolis, but she soon vanishes without a trace. Collins claims

0:19.9

that Nancy left on an impromptu trip to Florida with a man named Captain Jay so she could spend several

0:25.6

weeks sailing on a yacht through the Caribbean, but her family has a hard time believing the story.

0:31.1

Nearly one year later, after being questioned by police, Collins flees to the Bahamas,

0:36.1

but there is no evidence to implicate him in Nancy's disappearance, and she continues to remain a missing person.

0:42.1

After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, and uh, and uh,

0:54.0

uh, for the uh, uh, yeah.

1:03.0

Oh, uh, and uh,

1:05.0

uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

1:08.0

uh, uh, uh, uh,

1:10.0

uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail went cold.

1:25.0

I'm your host Robin Warner and we've got a unique missing person's case to cover

1:30.0

the 1980 disappearance of Nancy Snow.

1:33.0

And if that wasn't enough, the trail went cold is going political this week.

1:38.0

Okay, not really.

1:40.0

But the victim in today's story was a congressional fundraiser for the Republican National

1:44.0

Committee who just happened to go missing two days after Ronald Reagan was elected president

1:49.3

of the United States.

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