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The Trail Went Cold

The Trail Went Cold - Episode 74 - John Iverson

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.53.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

January 4, 1991. Lake Havasu City, Arizona. 42-year old audio designer John Iverson disappears from his home after a meeting with a machinist named Jack Weber. According to Iverson’s spouse, Kathy Munro, Weber had robbed her at gunpoint before kidnapping Iverson. After being a wanted fugitive for three months, Weber turns himself in, but there is no sign of Iverson. Weber claims Munro’s story isn’t true and that Iverson left with him voluntarily before staging his own disappearance and framing him for kidnapping. Since there is no evidence of foul play, the charges against Weber are dropped, but Iverson is never found. Did Jack Weber kidnap and murder John Iverson? Or was his disappearance actually an elaborate set-up? We explore both scenarios on this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, which chronicles what might be the oddest missing persons case we’ve ever covered. Additional Reading: http://charleyproject.org/case/john-gordon-iverson “The Strange Life and the Bizarre Disappearance of John Iverson” (The Absolute Sound – The High End Journal, June-July 1994) “The Trail Went Cold” is now on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing alongside other true crime podcasts at a “A Canadian Crime Podcast Event” on July 22 at The Hideout in Toronto. For more information on the event and to purchase tickets for only $10, please visit here. “The Trail Went Cold” will be in attendance at PodernLove, a podcasting convention being held at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans from August 10-12. In order to receive a 10 % discount on tickets to the event, please visit their website and use our personalized promo code, “Robert Stack”. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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January 4th, 1991, Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

0:07.0

42-year-old audio designer John Iverson disappears after leaving his home with a machinist named Jack Weber.

0:14.6

According to Iverson's spouse, Kathy Monroe,

0:17.7

Weber had robbed her at gunpoint before kidnapping Iverson.

0:21.4

Three months later, Weber turns himself in, claiming that Monroe's story isn't true,

0:27.1

and that Iverson left with them voluntarily before staging his own disappearance and framing

0:31.8

him for kidnapping.

0:33.6

Since there is no evidence of foul play, the charges against Weber are dropped, but John

0:38.8

Iverson is never found.

0:41.8

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

0:54.0

uh, and uh, uh, yeah. Oh, uh, uh,

1:04.0

uh,

1:05.0

and uh, and uh,

1:06.0

uh,

1:08.0

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

1:24.0

I'm your host Robin Warder and today I will be covering what might possibly be the weirdest

1:29.2

missing person's case ever featured on this podcast, the 1991 disappearance of John Iverson.

1:36.6

And I got to tell you, I have never seen a story quite like this one.

1:40.9

In most of the missing person's cases I've covered, I roll my eyes at the suggestion that the victim staged their own disappearance and went off somewhere to start a new life, but in this particular case, I might be willing to make an exception.

1:53.8

The subject of today's story is an audio designer named John Iverson, who was considered one

1:58.7

of the top figures in his field.

2:01.0

I first learned about this case when I came across Iverson's profile page on the Charlie Project,

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