Episodios

  • 107: Death - Jordan Grider

    107: Death - Jordan Grider
    Jul 8 2025
    He wasn’t lost and he wasn’t inexperienced. Jordan Grider went into the northern Minnesota woods with supplies, experience, and a plan to spend the winter. Six months later, they found his campsite buried under snow but with evidence of blood everywhere. What happened to Jordan?

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    bringmethenews.com wausaupilotandreview.com Reddit Duluth News Tribune Strange Outdoors NBC News

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    27 m
  • 106: Trail Mix - Disappearances in Yellowstone Pt. 2

    106: Trail Mix - Disappearances in Yellowstone Pt. 2
    Jul 1 2025
    Yellowstone is a place of extremes- intimidating wildlife, remote backcountry, towering peaks, and violent geological forces simmering just below the surface. It’s a landscape that draws millions each year, promising awe and escape. But not everyone who enters its boundaries makes it back out.

    In this episode, we’re heading into the strange and heartbreaking stories of people who vanished in and around Yellowstone National Park. Some left behind puzzling clues, others disappeared without a trace. What connects these stories isn’t just where they happened- but the silence that followed.

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    bringmethenews.com wausaupilotandreview.com Reddit Duluth News Tribune Strange Outdoors NBC News

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    51 m
  • 105: Disappearance (Death) - David Gonzales

    105: Disappearance (Death) - David Gonzales
    Jun 24 2025
    In 2004 nine year old David Gonzales walked 50 yards to the family car in the middle of a sunny afternoon… and disappeared. For nearly a year, no one knew what happened. And then only a mile away a discovery was made.


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    Episode Sources:
    LA Times Record Net ABC News mountainlion.org

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    41 m
  • 104: Survival - Tom and Linda Bosworth

    104: Survival - Tom and Linda Bosworth
    Jun 17 2025
    Tom and Linda Bosworth set out for what should have been a fun off-road day in the New Mexico backcountry- but when their Jeep rolls over miles from help, everything changes. Stranded with scorching heat, limited water, and no way to call for help, they face impossible choices that push them to their limits. How far will they go to survive- and will rescue come in time?

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    Episode Sources:
    YouTube - I Shouldn't be Alive, The Westerner, USFS, Wikipedia, REI, Reddit

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    54 m
  • 103: Survival - Stuart Diver

    103: Survival - Stuart Diver
    Jun 10 2025
    The ground beneath our feet isn’t always as solid as we like to believe. There’s activity we can’t see. Sounds we never hear. And sometimes, without warning… the ground shifts. One night in 1997 Stuart and Sally Diver along with many others were unaware the mountain around them was about to give way destroying everything in seconds.

    The lives lost that day included:
    Mary Frances Phillips, Michael Sodegren, Mariam Sodegren, Werner Jecklin, Oskar Luhn, Aino Senbruns, Andrew McArthur, Steve Moss, Wendy O’Donohue, Steven Urosovic, Barry Decker, Colin Warren, Dianne Hoffman, Dianne Aisnworth, John Cameron, David Glenn Watson, Anthony Weaver and Sally Diver.


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    Episode Sources:
    Knowledge.aidr.org.au Wikipedia Body and Soul The Guardian ABC.net

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    36 m
  • 102: Death - Heidi Childs and David Metzler

    102: Death - Heidi Childs and David Metzler
    Jun 3 2025
    Two Virginia Tech students, a quiet date under the stars, and by morning — a double murder that still haunts the Appalachian woods. Over fifteen years later, the killer has never been found. Today we head to Caldwell Fields to ask: who took Heidi Childs and David Metzler’s lives- and why?

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    Episode Sources:
    Virginia State Police, WDBJ7, Medium, The Quester Files, Navigating Advocacy

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    33 m
  • 101: Death - Mike Turner

    101: Death - Mike Turner
    May 27 2025
    It was 1998 Reverend Mike Turner set out alone into the wild beauty of Wyoming’s Wind River Range. He had his gear, his journal, and his loyal dog Andy by his side. This hike was a final challenge to close out a well deserved sabbatical, but just four days into his hike, something went terribly wrong.

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    Pinedale Online BackPacker Medium Deseret News Idaho Press
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    49 m
  • 100: Disappearance - Raymond Salmen

    100: Disappearance - Raymond Salmen
    May 20 2025
    In June of 2013, a seasoned outdoorsman set out for a solo camping trip in British Columbia. When his abandoned campsite was found, a search quickly began—one that would lead to a few clues, a lot of questions, and no clear answers.

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    Episode Sources:
    Vancouver Is Awesome, Wikipedia - Harrison Lake, Desert Mountaineer, BCAFN, CBC, CTV News, Global News, Global News 2, Vancouver Courier, BC RCMP, Langley Advance Times, The Chilliwack Progress

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    39 m