Joshua Maddux: Stuck in a Cabin's Chimney // 616

About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious disappearance and subsequent discovery of Joshua Maddux's body in a chimney.

In May of 2008, an 18-year-old man vanished without a trace near his Colorado home. For years, his disappearance remained a mystery, until a grim discovery inside an abandoned cabin nearby changed everything. After his body was found under heavily suspicious circumstances, lodged upside down and inside a chimney, there were rumors of foul play, hushed accusations involving a violent local man, and questions that investigators still cannot fully answer. This is the story of Joshua Maddux.

Topics covered

• disappearance
• true crime
• mystery
• investigation
• foul play

Keywords

• Joshua Maddux
• disappearance
• chimney
• Colorado
• true crime
• mystery
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Colorado, abandoned cabin

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