National Park After Dark
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National Park After Dark
Hosted by two friends who share a passion for public lands and a fascination with what can go wrong there, each week hosts Danielle and Cassie explore the darker side of our National Parks. But it isn’t always chills and thrills. By utilizing storytelling as a form of environmental stewardship, they...
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What Happened to Sheila Kearns? Mount Rainier National Park
In the fall of 1996, 43 year old Sheila Kearns had just finished her first summer season working in Mount Rainier and was excited to begin a winter se...
The Cog Railway Disaster: White Mountain National Forest
Mount Washington became the location of one of the deadliest accidents in American Railroad history in 1967. Home to the world's first Cog Railway, a...
Trail Tales 97: Hot Cowboys, Cold Nights & Bathroom Ghosts
Today’s stories include cold camping, hot cowboys, haunted first dates, high evacuations, bathroom ghosts, and a bad night in the Badlands. Outsiders...
The Mysterious Death of Mostly Harmless: Big Cypress National Reserve
In July of 2018, two hikers in Big Cypress National Preserve stumbled across a deceased camper. The man was emaciated, surrounded with food and cash b...
The Grizzly Mauling That Changed Yellowstone National Park
In June 1972, 23-year-old Harry Walker left Alabama for the adventure of a lifetime. Days after arriving in Yellowstone National Park, he was killed b...
Trail Tales 96 ft. LGBTQ Outdoors
Today’s stories includes campsite sabotage, bigfoot gaslighting, Yosemite Valley spookiness, type 3 fun, finding belonging, and titanic-ing in Voyageu...
The Sasquatch Scapegoat: Sierra National Forest
In June of 1987, 16 year old Theresa Ann Bier vanished while on a camping trip outside of Yosemite National Park. The man who accompanied her, 43-yea...
Abducted on Lake Champlain
On the shores of Vermont’s Lake Champlain in the summer of 1968, two camp counselors watched a glowing craft descend over the dark water before losing...
Trail Tales 95: Ghost Grandpas, Faking Injuries & Spooky Flavored Lore
Today’s stories include ghost grandpas, tent crushes, trail angels and spooky flavored lore. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Ap...
2 Girls, 1 Fort: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
Looming over St. Augustine, Castillo de san Marcos, the oldest stone masonry fort in the country, has drawn paranormal enthusiasts from far and wide....
The Full Ted Bundy Story | Presenting America’s Most Infamous Crimes
Serial killers. Unsolved murders. Investigations that gripped America. If you think you know these cases, think again.
America's Most Inf...
Kidnapped by a Satanic Cult? Alpine National Park
A couple heads out for a picnic, but everything changes when they’re attacked by masked strangers and taken deep into the wilderness of Alpine Nationa...
Trail Tales 94: P***y Poltergeists, Dirtbag Dads & Wholesome Hauntings
Today’s stories include pussy poltergeists, wholesome hauntings, cobbler killers and horrible first impressions. Outsiders Only bonus stories availabl...
Not Our War: Namib-Naukluft National Park
Henno Martin and Hermann Korn were two German-born geologists conducting research in present-day Namibia when World War II broke out. Instead of facin...
Adventure, Death & A Mother’s Day Tradition: Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Every Mother’s Day, hundreds of climbers hike up Mount St. Helens wearing bright and elaborate dresses, a tradition that’s fun and easy to laugh at. H...
Trail Tales 93: ASStronauts, Butt Foam & Getting Too High
Today’s stories include full moons, lost partners, foam to the face, and getting high in God’s Country. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Pat...
The Mountain That Moves: The Frank Slide Disaster
In April of 1903, Turtle Mountain fell. Long known by indigenous nations to be dangerous, the town of Frank built at its base and mined into its sides...
The Incarcerated Women Fighting California’s Fires: Santa Monica National Recreation Area
Across California, incarcerated women are sent to the frontlines of wildfires, risking their lives for a chance at reduced sentences and a small paych...
Trail Tales 92 ft. National Park Trust
Today we are joined by Aylish and Annaliese from the National Park
Trust! They speak to us about all the wonderful programs the NPT
faci...
The Murder of Bianca Rudolph: Kafue National Park
In October 2016, Bianca Rudolph was killed while on a hunting trip with her husband Larry in Kafue National Park. Initially reported as an accidental...
Acadia National Park, Just Skip It! ft. Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet
Acadia, it’s just not for everyone! Today we are joined by sibling hosts Christine and Xandy Schiefer of Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet to visit some...
Trail Tales 90
Today’s stories include silent fury, collecting clouds, Titanic misses, cougar snacks, haunted Maine, and late night cheesy bread. Outsiders Only bonu...
The Bravest Little Dog in Alaska: Glacier Bay National Park
In the summer of 1880, John Muir set out to explore the icy wilderness of what is now Glacier Bay National Park. Traveling by canoe with a missionary...
The Questionable Death of Duncan MacPherson: Stubai Alps
In August of 1989, 23 year-old Duncan MacPherson vanished from a ski resort in Austria. His parents relentlessly and fruitlessly sought answers for 14...
Trail Tales 90 ft. Rangers of the Lost Park
Today’s stories all have a theme - rangers! We are joined by former US Forest Service field ranger Liz Crandall to chat between the tales about the cu...
A Deadly Uprising. Manzanar National Historic Site
During World War II, the United States government rounded up over 120,000 Japanese Americans, most of whom were U.S. citizens, and sent them to remote...
A Sit Down With a Psychic
Today’s episode is unlike any other we have done before! We will be speaking to Alissa Smith Moore, an evidential medium and spiritual intuitive. She...
Trail Tales 89
Today’s stories include survival of the fittest, mistaken identities, mythical rangers, badass advocates and legendary names. Outsiders Only bonus sto...
Killed for a Kiss: Appalachian Trail
In May of 1988 a young couple set out for a weekend of alone time in the woods, but only one would make it out alive. After being viciously gunned dow...
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358: Abandoned in the Arctic: Northeast Greenland National Park
In the early 1900s, explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen and a young mechanic named Iver Iversen traveled to northeast Greenland. Their mission? To recover the lo...
357: Trail Tales 88 ft. Creeps and Crimes
Today’s stories include haunted cabins, fake moose, symbolic dragonflies, probable alien abductions and a whole lot of yapping. Outsiders Only bonus s...
356: Haunted Highway: Route 66
Established in 1926 as one of America’s OG highways, Route 66 linked over 2,000 miles of the country from Illinois to California. Although long since...
355: What Happened to Sophia Koetsier? Murchison Falls National Park
In October of 2015, 21 year old Dutch medical student Sophia Koetsier vanished inside Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda, a place with strong riv...
354: Trail Tales 87
Today’s stories include drug smuggling, lightning trauma, beaver attacks, childhood confessions and dirtbag dads. Outsiders Only bonus stories availab...
353: Access to Adventure: Accessibility in National Parks
We hear “the outdoors are for everyone” a lot, and while that is true, accessibility to the outdoors is not always created equal. Today’s episode is d...
352: The National Forest Serial Killer
In the mid-2000s, hikers began disappearing from national forests across the southeastern United States, with their bodies later found in remote areas...
351: Trail Tales 86
Today’s stories include almost abductions, cemetery shenanigans, shared trauma and men saving (and ruining) the day. Outsiders Only bonus stories avai...
350: Cheers to Five NPAD Years
Take a stroll down memory lane as we reflect on the last five years of NPAD. Come laugh with us (and at us) while we look back on some of the memorabl...
349: Into the Wild Truth: What You Didn’t Know About the McCandless Story
Ever since September of 1992, when Chris McCandless was found deceased inside a bus in remote Alaska, the story of why he chose to walk into wildernes...