The Trail Went Cold - Episode 402 - The Beaver County Jane Doe

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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December 12, 2014. Beaver County, Pennsylvania. A severed head belonging to an elderly woman is discovered in a rural wooded area about thirty feet from the nearest road, but the rest of her remains cannot be found. The head has rubber balls inside its eye sockets and since it has been embalmed, investigators are unable to extract any DNA to make an identification, so the victim becomes known as “The Beaver County Jane Doe”. While the authorities do not believe that foul play took place, a local resident named Jay Grabner starts displaying suspicious behaviour to indicate he might have some knowledge about the head. However, all attempts to determine the Beaver County Jane Doe’s identity and the circumstances of her death are unsuccessful. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore an incredibly bizarre mystery about the discovery of a severed head. Join us on Saturday, October 26 at 8:00pm ET for an online streaming marathon where we will be watching classic segments from “Unsolved Mysteries”. You can enter our screening room by clicking on this link. Additional Reading: https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Beaver_County_Jane_Doe https://unsolved.com/gallery/the-severed-head/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/12/15/the-strange-sad-quest-to-match-a-severed-embalmed-head-with-its-body/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bb82266a0128 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-bodies-head-specialreport/special-report-a-womans-severed-head-was-found-in-the-woods-who-is-she-idUSKBN1D21B4/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pennsylvania-head-idUSKBN0TX2F120151214/ https://www.goerie.com/story/news/education/2015/12/12/edinboro-university-artist-creates-new/25015300007/ https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/local/2015/12/06/mysterious-case-embalmed-head-found/989358007/ https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/local/2022/12/08/increased-reward-offered-for-information-on-embalmed-head-found-in-economy-beaver-county/69708414007/ https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Beaver_County_Jane_Doe https://www.distractify.com/p/beaver-county-severed-head “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 produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	December 12th, 2014.
0:04.0	Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
0:07.0	A severed head belonging to an elderly woman is discovered in a rural wooded area, but the rest of
0:11.8	her remains cannot be found.
0:14.6	The head has rubber balls inside its eye sockets, and since it has been embalmed, investigators
0:19.6	are unable to extract any DNA for an identification, the victim becomes known as the Beaver County, Jane Doe.
0:27.0	A local resident named Jay Grabner starts displaying suspicious behavior to indicate he might have some knowledge of the head,
0:34.4	but the Beaver County Jane Doe's identity, as well as the circumstances of her death, remain a mystery.
0:40.7	After that, the trail went cold. Oh, uh, I'm not.
0:55.0	I'm, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
0:58.0	uh, uh, yeah.
1:03.0	Oh, uh, and uh, uh, and uh, and uh,
1:06.0	and uh, uh,
1:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of the Trail Went Cold.
1:25.0	I'm your host Robin Water and for the rest of the month of October we're going to be
1:30.0	releasing Halloween-themed episodes about mysteries which have a
1:33.1	creepy slant to them and this particular case involves an unidentified
1:37.3	decedent the unexplained 2014 death of the Beaver County Jane Doe.
1:44.1	Of course I've already done a number of episodes about John and Jane Doe's, but this is the first
1:48.9	story I've covered where the only part of the victim that was found was their head.
1:54.0	And of course, many of you probably already know that this was recently featured on a new
1:58.4	episode from the Unsaw Mysteries reboot on Netflix, titled The Severed Head, so it was only a matter of time before I covered it.
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