About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Blamed on Bundy | The Book of Regrets | 3" from Cold covers the disappearance of Nancy Baird and the decades-long assumption that serial killer Ted Bundy was responsible, despite his own denial of any knowledge of her case in the days before his execution. The episode traces how police and press nonetheless declared Bundy the culprit, and how that folklore shaped the life of Nancy's son, Brant, who grew up with it as an unquestioned explanation.
The episode also follows one of the police officers who investigated Nancy's disappearance. After his own arrest for child sex crimes, this officer, Tom Jackson, relocated to Idaho, where he built a new life and family among people unaware of his past. The episode connects this personal reckoning to a later discovery made just a few miles from where Nancy Baird vanished, a finding that undermined the long-held belief that Bundy was behind her disappearance and reopened questions about what actually happened to her.
Hosts and release
Dave Cawley hosts the show, researching, writing and presenting each episode as part of the KSL Podcasts production. This installment, the third episode of the season, runs 69 minutes and was released on September 30, 2026. Cold is available on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music, continuing the show's narrative investigative approach of dedicating each season to a single unresolved disappearance.
