November 6, 1976. Rome, New York. 59-year-old Stanley Greasek and his wife Esther are attacked in

their home by two master intruders, who tie up Esther, ransack the place, and murder Stanley.

Even though the original autopsy report claims that Stanley was stabbed to death, his son finds

a shell casing inside the house, and an ex-imation of Stanley's body reveals that he was shot.

Over a decade later, a new investigation uncovers evidence that the two perpetrators

were hired to break into Stanley's house, and that his death may have been connected to

illegal activities involving his deceased brother, but no one has ever brought to justice for the crime.

After that, the trail went cold.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.

I'm your host Robyn Warder, and today we will be profiling a very odd case which was

featured on Unsolved Mysteries, the 1976 murder of Stanley Greasek. I actually consider this to be

one of the more underrated segments from Unsolved Mysteries, as the case has never really gotten a

lot of discussion, but it's definitely a strange story. It involves the death of a man named Stanley

Greasek, who was murdered by two mass men during a home invasion. They spent a great deal of time

ransacking the place, but no one knows what they were looking for or if they found it.

This is a pretty convoluted case involving allegations of a police cover-up,

an illegal activity at a local bar, and the biggest mystery is the motive for why this crime took place.

By all accounts, Stanley was a very honest, law-abiding individual who seemed like the last person

you'd expect to be caught up in something like this, but it's possible he was targeted because

his recently deceased brother had been involved in something shady. So we're going to explore

this entire story and try and figure out the most logical explanation for what might have happened

here. However, before we get started, just a quick reminder that the trail went cold as a weekly

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