September 4, 1977. Ewing Township, New Jersey. The nude body of 25-year old graduate student Sigrid Stevenson is discovered beneath a piano cover inside the Main Stage Theater of Kendall Hall on the campus of Trenton State College. She has been bludgeoned to death with a blunt object and since Sigrid had been staying in Kendall Hall that weekend, she was likely attacked while practicing the piano on stage. A number of people are looked at as potential suspects, including campus police officers, campus staff and members of a theatre group, but there is no conclusive evidence to implicate any of them and Sigrid’s murder remains unsolved. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a cold case that was recently featured on the Netflix reboot of “Unsolved Mysteries”.

Additional Reading:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sigrid_Stevenson

https://unsolved.com/gallery/murder-center-stage/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-millville-daily-stevenson-body-fou/134036786/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-millville-daily-stevenson-no-leads/134036431/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/493806481/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/490192538/

https://www.nj.com/mercer/2014/09/unsolved_mystery_37-year-old_tcnj_cold_case_intrigues_filmmaker_who_wants_answers.html

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/weird-nj/2016/10/30/weird-nj-murdered-student-haunt-tcnj/92929174/

https://www.tcnjsignalnews.com/article/2011/10/grad-student-killed-in-kendall-in-e2-80-9977-the-unsolved-story

https://news.tcnj.edu/2024/09/10/sigrid-stevenson-tribute/

https://www.nj.com/mercer/2024/09/cold-case-squad-investigating-perplexing-1977-murder-of-nj-grad-student-sources-say.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126678301/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1126678338/

"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.

“The Lost Boys of Wineville” is produced by the creators of the award-winning podcast “They Walk Among Us”, and the extended limited series spans 30 in-depth episodes.

This gripping true-crime saga unravels a chilling story that unfolded nearly a century ago, in the shadow of the recently erected Hollywoodland sign, and reached its harrowing conclusion on a remote poultry ranch.

For this feed drop, we will be presenting the trailer for “The Lost Boys of Wineville”, but if you want to learn more about the podcast, please visit their website at https://www.thelostboysofwineville.com/

September 2, 1959. Seattle, Washington. 62-year old Pearl Kongsle discovers a paper sack on the walkway outside her residence and when she bends over to pick it up, a bomb goes off and kills her. Even though a car containing three teenage boys is seen speeding away from the scene following the blast, investigators are unable to turn up any major leads or compelling suspects with a motive to harm Pearl. It turns out that months earlier, two relatives of Pearl’s late husband died after a mysterious poisoning and there was another strange incident where sticks of dynamite were discovered on the property of Pearl’s brother-in-law, but no link can be found between these events and Pearl’s murder. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore the bizarre unsolved bombing death of Pearl Kongsle.

Additional Reading:

https://www.historylink.org/File/10051

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pearl-kongsle-widows-1959-bomb-death-among-seattles-coldest-cases/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/769110471/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/734331382/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/769110685/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/258848940/

"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.