The Trail Went Cold - Episode 361 - Jack Brown

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

January 11, 1984. Ypsilanti, Michigan. Two armed men enter a real estate and insurance office before one of them fires a shot into the neck of the 47-year old owner, Jack Brown. The assailants then lock the office’s other employees inside the bathroom before fleeing the scene and Jack dies in the hospital several hours later. Prior to his death, Jack had hinted that he might be involved in something which led to him being murdered, but the two perpetrators are not identified and the motive for the crime remains unclear. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a baffling murder which resembled a professional hit and has remained unsolved for 40 years. In addition, we will also be discussing the unsolved murders of 54-year old Elizabeth Shumate, 60-year old Frances Ivey and 46-year old JoAnn Brown, a trio of real estate agents who were shot to death inside their office in Houston, Texas in August 1983. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Brown https://unsolved.com/gallery/jack-brown/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/99060743/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/99426108/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/99810146/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/08/30/Priest-denied-access-to-crime-scene-for-last-rites/4372431064000/ https://www.click2houston.com/news/2019/05/29/questions-remain-in-1983-triple-homicide-police-ask-for-publics-help/ https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/slideshow/Houston-s-infamous-crimes-in-August-194965.php https://www.khou.com/article/news/investigations/missing-pieces/murders-of-3-realtors-still-unsolved-37-years-later/285-3d493018-69d6-447f-bb43-2fc49163dcd9 https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-hurricane-and-homicide-a-deadly-cocktail If you have any information about the murder of Jack Brown, please contact the Ypsilanti Police Department at (734) 483-9510. If you have any information on the murders of Elizabeth Shumate, Frances Ivey & JoAnn Brown please contact the Houston Police Cold Case Unit at (713) 308-3618 or the Crime Stoppers of Houston tip line at (713) 222-TIPS (8477). “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 going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon UK” in London on September 21-22, 2024. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to the event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD24”, by visiting their website. 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	January 11th, 1984.
0:03.6	Ipslante, Michigan.
0:06.4	Two armed men enter a real estate and insurance office before one of them fires a shot into the
0:11.2	neck of the 47-year 47 year old owner Jack Brown. The
0:14.9	assailants then locked the office as other employees in the bathroom before
0:18.2	fleeing the scene and Jack dies in the hospital several hours later. Prior to his death, Jack had hinted that he might be involved
0:26.0	in something which led to his murder, but the perpetrators are not identified and the crime is never
0:31.5	solved. After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, I'm not.
0:43.0	Oh, uh, for, uh, for, uh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh, uh,
0:55.0	uh, and uh, and uh,
0:56.0	uh,
0:55.0	uh,
0:58.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:16.0	I'm your host Robin Warder and today we're going to be exploring a baffling cold case which was featured on unsolved mysteries, the 1984 murder of Jack Brown.
1:27.3	This isn't the bizarre story of a businessman who ran a real estate and insurance office
1:31.8	before two armed men showed up at his workplace in the middle
1:34.6	of the day and killed him.
1:36.9	In fact, one of the men said, quote, you think you're pretty smart, don't you, before firing
1:41.9	the fatal shot into Jack's neck.
1:44.0	Even though there were three other employees in the office at that time who could identify the two perpetrators,
1:50.0	they were all left unharmed, so it seemed clear that Jack was deliberately targeted
1:54.6	and the crime resembled a professional hit. However, a search of Jack's background turned up
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