About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Blamed on Bundy | Everyone Knew Everyone | 1" from COLD covers the disappearance of gas station clerk Nancy Perry Baird, who vanished from her workplace on the afternoon of Friday, July 4th, 1975. Impatient customers lined up at the register that afternoon only to find Nancy gone. A police officer soon discovered her purse, keys and car left behind, along with her 4-year-old son, Brant, who had been left unattended.
Investigative reporter Dave Cawley traces Nancy Baird's life from her childhood up through her disappearance, examining how a tiny, untrained police department in East Layton, Utah fumbled the case in its early stages. The episode details how a convenient scapegoat later emerged to draw public attention away from the department's handling of the investigation. Nancy's son, Brant Baird, breaks his silence in the episode, speaking for the first time exclusively to the show. The last surviving member of the East Layton Police Department also gives an account, described as confusing, of his whereabouts at the time Nancy Baird vanished.
Hosts and release
Dave Cawley hosts Cold, a narrative true crime podcast that investigates disappearance cases, with each season built around one unsolved story. This first episode, titled Everyone Knew Everyone, runs 76 minutes and was released on September 23, 2026, opening the season's investigation into Nancy Perry Baird's case with an examination of the original police response and newly surfaced testimony.
