About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Blamed on Bundy | Kicking the Hornet's Nest | 4" from Cold covers the release of the long-withheld Nancy Baird case file, handed over to the podcast in 2023, and the surprise revelations it contains about the last people known to have seen her alive.
The investigation leads to the family of former East Layton police officer Tom Jackson, prompting some of Jackson's victims to ask whether he, rather than Ted Bundy, could have been the person who abducted Nancy Baird — and whether Jackson used Bundy's notoriety as cover for decades. Separately, a former deputy with an interest in cold cases approaches the sheriff about the case, only to learn the sheriff has his own personal connection to it.
The Nancy Baird case sits at the center of this episode's investigation, as newly surfaced documents reshape assumptions that had stood for decades about who was responsible for her disappearance.
Hosts and release
Dave Cawley hosts Cold, a narrative true crime podcast produced by KSL Podcasts that investigates disappearance cases, with each season focused on a single unsolved story. This episode runs 82 minutes and was released on October 2026. Cold is available on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Episode credits include research, writing and hosting by Dave Cawley, audio production and mastering by Aaron Mason, and the show's main theme composed by Michael Bahnmiller, with Sheryl Worsley as KSL Executive Producer and Ruth Todd as KSL Senior VP of Content.
