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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 35 - Cindy Anderson

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

August 4, 1981. Toledo, Ohio. 20-year old Cindy Anderson shows up for her job as a legal secretary at a law firm. Later that morning, Cindy’s co-workers arrive at the locked office and are surprised to discover that she has vanished. A romance novel is lying on Cindy’s desk and is open to a page describing a scene where a woman is abducted. This would only be one of many bizarre clues in a missing persons case which includes some haunting graffiti, a pair of chilling anonymous phone calls describing Cindy’s abduction, and a drug trafficking ring involving one of the lawyers at the firm. In this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we chronicle the baffling unsolved disappearance of Cindy Anderson. Thanks to HelloFresh for supporting our podcast. Go to www.HelloFresh.com and use the code cold30 to get $30 off your first week of deliveries. Additional Reading: http://www.unsolved.com/gallery/cynthia-anderson/ http://charleyproject.org/case/cynthia-jane-anderson http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2011/08/04/Woman-s-disappearance-a-mystery-after-30-years.html The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

Transcript

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We would like to send out a special thanks to hello fresh.com for supporting the trail went cold.

0:06.0

And we would like to thank you, the listeners, by giving you the chance to receive $30 off your first week of deliveries when you go to hello fresh.com and use the offer code

0:16.5

cold 30. That's cold 30.

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Enjoy the show.

0:22.3

August 4th, 1981.

0:27.0

Toledo, Ohio

0:30.0

20 year old Cindy Anderson shows up for her job as a legal secretary at a law firm.

0:35.0

Later that morning, Cindy's co-workers arrive at the locked office and are surprised to discover that she has vanished. A romance novel is lying on Cindy's desk and is open to a page describing a scene where a young woman is abducted.

0:51.2

The case would contain many bizarre leads, including some haunting graffiti, chilling anonymous phone calls, and drug activity involving an attorney from Cindy's firm.

1:01.0

But Cindy Anderson is never found. After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah.

1:13.0

Oh, uh, and uh,

1:15.0

and uh, and uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

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uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

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uh,

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there's uh, uh, uh, uh,

1:28.0

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

1:48.0

I'm your host Robin Warder and today I will be covering a classic Unsaw Mysteries case, the 1981 disappearance of

1:56.8

Cindy Anderson.

1:59.4

This is considered to be one of the more baffling missing persons cases ever featured on the show.

2:04.7

It's funny but when the segment originally aired, Unsaw Mysteries hyped it up as the story of a young

2:09.7

woman who had a frightening premonition about her own abduction.

2:13.0

Apparently, in the year leading up to her disappearance,

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