The Rack That Shouldn't Exist: The Cold Vault Double-Take

The Rack That Shouldn't Exist: The Cold Vault Double-Take Cold air and a chrome rack exposed a contradiction worth a second look: eleven full-length fur coats, including mink, sable and one sheared beaver, were hanging on the loading dock of Thorngate Cold Holdings at 6:47 a.m. on September 14, 2019 - yet every coat was also accounted for inside the vault with authentic client tags. How can a facility have two complete, identical inventories of the same eleven garments? In this episode, we walk through the sequence that turned a retiree’s morning walk into a formal property inquiry, from Frank Hunter’s discovery to Detective Gail Young’s arrival, and follow the records, logs and a neglected alarm panel that complicate the story. What did the deferred software on the north-door alarm and the yearly January allowance count actually reveal about the duplicate manifest? Person: Frank Hunter Date: September 14, 2019 Location: Thorngate Cold Holdings, Albrecht Road, Calloway Industrial Flats Person: Roy Sasser Person: Detective Gail Young - Discovery time: 6:47 a.m. - Number of coats found on the dock: 11 full-length fur coats - Types of furs listed on the dock: mink, sable, one sheared beaver - Year the north-face alarm panel was flagged for replacement: 2016 - Employment tenure of vault technician Harvey Mitchell: 6 years To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.