The Trail Went Cold - Episode 388 - Arnold Archambeau & Ruby Brugieur

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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December 12, 1992. Charles Mix County, South Dakota. After an all-night partying spree, 20-year old Arnold Archambeau, Arnold’s 18-year old spouse, Ruby Bruguier, and Ruby’s 17-year old cousin, Tracy Dion, get into a car accident and roll over into a frozen ditch. By the time help arrives at the scene, Tracy is still trapped inside the car, but Arnold and Ruby have disappeared. Three months later, Arnold and Ruby’s bodies are found submerged in water in the ditch over 75 feet away from the accident scene and their cause of death is determined to be exposure. However, the investigation turns up some odd discrepancies to suggest that Arnold and Ruby may have still been alive during the three-month window they were missing before their bodies were brought back to the ditch and placed there by an unknown party. Did the couple actually die of exposure on the same morning of the accident or did something else happen? On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a bizarre unexplained death case which was featured on “Unsolved Mysteries”. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_of_Arnold_Archambeau_and_Ruby_Bruguier https://unsolved.com/gallery/arnold-archambeau-ruby-bruguier/ https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Arnold_Archambeau_and_Ruby_Bruguier https://www.newspapers.com/image/239872047/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/239936120/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/239873722/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/240264744/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/527815632/ https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/area-sheriff-leaves-office-after-28-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 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 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 Berkshire Podcast Festival, taking place in North Adams, Massachusetts on October 18-20, 2024. To get a 30 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD2024”, by visiting https://www.berkshirepodcastfestival.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	December 12th, 1992, Charles McCounty, South Dakota.
0:06.2	After an all-night partying spree, 20-year-old Arnold Arshambo,
0:11.4	Arnold's 18-year-old spouse Ruby Bruier, and Ruby's 17-year-old cousin, Tracy Dion,
0:18.0	get into a car accident and crash into a frozen ditch.
0:22.0	By the time help arrives at the scene, Tracy is still in the car, but Arnold and Ruby have disappeared.
0:28.0	Three months later, Arnold and Ruby's bodies are found in the ditch just over 75 feet away from the accident scene
0:35.2	and their cause of death is determined to be exposure.
0:38.6	However, the investigation turns up some odd discrepancies to suggest the bodies may have been placed there and that Arnold and Ruby were alive during the three month window they were missing
0:48.9	But the circumstances of how they died remained shrouded in mystery.
0:53.0	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh, uh,
1:05.0	uh, uh, for, uh,
1:06.0	uh,
1:05.0	uh, uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:37.0	I'm your host Robin Warder.
1:38.8	And today we're going to be exploring a highly requested case which I have not yet covered.
1:44.0	The unexplained 1992 deaths of Arnold Arshambo and Ruby Bruier.
1:49.7	This is the story of a young couple who had spent the night drinking and partying alongside Ruby's cousin Tracy Dion, but on a very cold morning, their vehicle crashed and rolled over into a remote ditch.
2:01.0	According to Tracy, Arnold and Ruby took off and left her trapped inside the car, and by the time
2:07.2	help arrived in daylight hit, the couple had completely vanished.
2:12.1	It would not be until after the spring thaw hit three months later,
2:15.0	when Arnold and Ruby's bodies were found in different spots
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