The Trail Went Cold - Episode 440 - John & Geraldine Magee

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

December 14, 2011. Andover, Massachusetts. 69-year old John “Jack” Magee and his 67-year old wife, Geraldine “Jeri” Magee, are found shot to death inside their mansion in what appears to be a professional hit. There are no signs of robbery or forced entry at the scene, though it turns out that the couple’s SUV was stolen and driven 20 miles to the North End of Boston before it was set on fire. Even though the Magees are wealthy and Jack owned a successful construction company, they do not appear to have any known enemies and investigators are unable to find anything in the couple’s backgrounds to shed any light on potential motives for their murders. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a perplexing double homicide from New England which has remained unsolved for nearly 14 years. Additional Reading: https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/essex-county/new-englands-unsolved-new-information-murder-john-geraldine-magee/GNYSELA4PZAGLFMUKGZAWUUZCI/ https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/essex-county/new-englands-unsolved-new-information-murder-john-geraldine-magee/GNYSELA4PZAGLFMUKGZAWUUZCI/ https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/andover-double-murder-remains-unsolved-10-years-later-story-disappeared/2581519/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/20/metro/andover-couple-found-murdered-2011/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/09/metro/people-who-committed-this-act-are-still-large-family-andover-couple-slain-ten-years-ago-home-implores-tipsters-come-forward/ https://www.masslive.com/boston/2021/12/ten-years-after-killings-of-john-and-geraldine-magee-in-andover-family-hopes-someone-will-come-forward-our-family-has-lost-ten-years-of-love.html https://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-mansion-murders-couple-gunned-home/story?id=15159796 https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/12/09/they-need-to-be-brought-to-justice-andover-slay-victims-children-seek-answers-10-years-later/ https://www.wcvb.com/article/da-renews-appeal-for-information-into-murders-of-andover-couple/25583792 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/massachusetts-married-couple-killed-in-mansion-murder/ https://www.mass.gov/news/magee-family-statement-on-10th-anniversary-of-andover-murders https://coldcasene.org/f/john-and-geraldine-magee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiGkC10tlI4 https://www.truecrimeconsult.com/62-the-mansion-murders/ "The Trail Went Cold" will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Boston, Massachusetts on July 18-20, 2025. To get a 20 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “ROBIN20”, by visiting https://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/. “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 14th, 2011.
0:04.0	Andover, Massachusetts.
0:06.0	69-year-old John McGee and his 67-year-old wife, Geraldine McGee, are found shot to death inside their mansion in what appears to be a professional hit.
0:16.0	There are no signs of robbery or forced entry, though the couple's SUV is stolen and sat on fire in the
0:21.7	north end of Boston 20 miles away. Even though the McGee's are wealthy and John owned a successful
0:27.7	construction business, investigators are unable to find anything in his business dealings or
0:32.6	the couple's backgrounds to shed any light on potential motives for the murders, so the crime remains unsolved.
0:39.3	After that, the trail went cold.
0:42.3	The trail went cold. and I'm not I'm and I'm and I'm and and and and I'm and I'm our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
1:24.0	I'm your host Robin Werder, and this week we're going to be covering the double homicide of an elderly
1:29.3	couple, the 2011 murders of John and Geraldine McGee. As you probably know, this coming weekend I'm
1:37.0	going to be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival in Boston, and per tradition,
1:42.1	whenever I attend one of these podcasting events, I always like to cover
1:45.7	a cold case which took place in the events host city. Well, today's crime, which is sometimes
1:51.5	referred to as the mansion murders, occurred in the town of Andover, Massachusetts, which is located
1:57.0	20 miles north of Boston, though the victim's burnt-out vehicle would be discovered in the
2:01.8	city's North End neighborhood. John and Geraldine McGee, who went by the names Jack and Jerry,
2:08.1	were both in their late 60s and had been married for nearly 40 years, and they had two adult
2:12.7	children and two grandchildren. On the surface, the McGee seemed to be living the idea life, as Jack ran a
2:19.6	very successful construction company, the couple lived in a mansion in an affluent neighborhood,
2:24.5	and no one had a bad word to say about them, as they were described as being two of the nicest
2:29.0	people you'd ever want to meet. Yet for reasons unknown, someone entered the couple's home and fatally shot them before
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