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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 379 - Vera Anderson

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

August 24, 1991. Widnes, England. After receiving a phone call from an unknown person, 42-year old Vera Anderson asks a neighbour to watch over her son while she steps out, but even though Vera says she will only be gone for ten minutes, she never returns. Hours later, Vera’s body is discovered inside her parked car at the Old Tannery Complex in Penketh over four miles away and she has been strangled and had her throat slashed. Since witnesses recall seeing Vera at a pub with a man that night, investigators look into the possibility that he might be her killer, but this man is never identified. In 2022, an unnamed man and woman are arrested on suspicion of Vera’s murder, but released without charge without any further details being released to the public. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we travel back to the United Kingdom to explore the unsolved murder of Vera Anderson, a truly perplexing cold case in which the motive for the crime remains unknown. Additional Reading: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/vera-anderson-unsolved-murder-warrington-28645677 https://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/24027454.cheshire-police-latest-vera-anderson-murder-investigation/ https://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/23741849.vera-anderson-murder-probe-latest-32nd-anniversary-death/ https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2024/02/27/detectives-release-new-cctv-image-in-investigation-into-the-murder-of-vera-anderson-32-years-ago/ https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/24147608.police-launch-cctv-appeal-32-years-murder-vera-anderson/ https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/suspect-still-under-investigation-18-27637063 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-60848263 https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/suspects-vera-anderson-murder-case-23498674 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/thirty-one-years-ago-today-24854452 “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” in Nashville on May 31-June 2, 2024 and “Crimecon UK” in London on September 21-22, 2024. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD24”, by visiting Crimecon.com or Crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Denver Marriott Westminster in Colorado on July 12-14, 2024. To get a 15 % discount on tickets, please use 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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August 24th

0:02.0

1991

0:04.0

Witness England

0:06.0

After receiving a phone call from an unknown person

0:09.0

42-year-old Vera Anderson asks a neighbor to watch over her son while she steps out, but even though Vera says

0:15.2

she will only be gone 10 minutes, she never returns.

0:19.2

Hours later, Vera's body is discovered inside her parked car over four miles away and she has been strangled and had her throat slashed.

0:27.0

Since witnesses recall seeing Vera at a pub with a man that night,

0:31.0

investigators look into the possibility that he might be her killer, but this man

0:35.5

is never identified and the motive for Vera's murder remains unknown.

0:40.4

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

1:04.0

uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

1:05.0

uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

1:08.0

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

1:23.2

I'm your host Robin Warder and for the first time in several months

1:27.3

we're going to be traveling back to the United Kingdom to explore a very bizarre crime.

1:32.1

The 1991 Murder of Vera Anderson.

1:35.7

Out of all the unsolved cold cases I cover on this podcast,

1:39.2

the ones which truly terrify me are those in which a seemingly ordinary victim living a seemingly

1:44.9

ordinary life wind up being murdered in a crime which almost seems to resemble a

1:49.7

professional hit. This case was originally suggested to me just over two years ago by a listener named Julia

1:56.3

and even though I had never heard of it before, it has recently got quite a bit of coverage in the British

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