Crime Off The Grid
By: Crime Off The Grid
Language: en
Categories: Sports, Wilderness, Society, Culture, Documentary
Crime Off the Grid is a podcast about true crime stories from our National Parks and other wild places. The hosts, Tara and Nancy, bring over 30 years of experience each working as law enforcement rangers in National Parks and National Forests (in Nancy's case). Our guests are rangers, investigators, prosecutors, victim specialists, and other first responders who have dedicated their careers to justice and safety in places off the grid. Join the hosts and me where we discuss cases, listen to Ranger Tales; real rangers telling real stories that you just can't make up, and...report news and commentary from wil...
Episodes
Crime Off the Grid Newsroom October, 2025
Oct 27, 2025In the news: an arrest is made in the case of 2 teens found dead in an Arizona National Forest; Convictions for illegal BASE jumping in Yosemite; Hikers take cover as shots fly over their heads in a wilderness area in California; Seeking information for an assault at an NPS campground; Justice served for the murder of a man found dead in a wilderness area in Colorado; A man arrested for murdering his girlfriend and disposing her body in a National Forest.
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Yosemite National Park; A Canyon's Curse
Oct 20, 2025In Yosemite National Park, Tenaya Canyon is known as both stunning and cursed. Legend says Chief Tenaya, the last leader of the Ahwahneechee, placed a curse on the land after his people’s destruction. Ever since, hikers and explorers who enter the canyon have met with strange accidents and misfortune — earning it the name “the Bermuda Triangle of Yosemite.”
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Wrangell-St Elias National Park; Frozen Spirits of Kennicott Mine
Oct 13, 2025Deep in Alaska’s Wrangell–St. Elias National Park, the abandoned Kennicott Mines stand as a ghost town frozen in time. Once a thriving copper operation, it now draws visitors for another reason — the echoes of those who never left. From mysterious footsteps to ghostly figures in the windows, this is the haunting story of Alaska’s most famous mining town.
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Olympic National Park; The Lake That Doesn’t Give Up Its Dead
Oct 06, 2025Deep beneath the crystal-blue waters of Lake Crescent lies one of Olympic National Park’s darkest secrets. In 1940, a body surfaced—wrapped in blankets, bound with rope, and perfectly preserved by the icy depths. Locals called her the Lady of the Lake, but investigators would uncover her true identity as a woman who vanished three years earlier. Left behind are whispers that still haunt the lake today. Join us as we dive into the eerie beauty, grim history, and ghostly legends of Lake Crescent—the lake that doesn’t give up its dead.
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Ranger Tales; Yosemite: High Country Green Gold: The Rest of the Story
Oct 02, 2025Ranger Butch Farabee shares a post script to his Ranger Tale. In other words, the Rest of the Story!
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Ranger Tales; Yosemite: High Country Green Gold
Sep 29, 2025A plane carrying 3 tons of marijuana crash in a lake deep in the high country of Yosemite. Listen to the ranger in charge of the dive operations that recovered 2 tons of the wet weed, the bodies, as well as his role as a deputy coroner on scene. And wait until you hear what happened to the other ton of weed!
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Ranger Tales; Glen Canyon NRA
Sep 22, 2025Ranger Chris shares his tale of rescue at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area where a dramatic fall from the sky should have meant a young woman didn't survive. But Chris and his partner arrived in time, and one year later, they learned the real circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Crime Off the Grid Newsroom Sept 2025
Sep 15, 2025The stories in the news this month include a huge bust in the illegal marijuana cultivation of a popular National Park, an update on a murder (a push off the cliff) in a southeastern National Preserve, a ranger faked his own attack in a Colorado State Park, an unusual thief on the lamb in Grand Teton NP, and an update on the Travis Decker manhunt.
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Safety in Wild Places with NICOLE SNELL
Sep 08, 2025Join the conversation with Nicole Snell, an award-winning international speaker, CEO of Girls Fight Back, founder of Outdoor Defence, trainer, TEDx speaker, self defense expert, backcountry adventurer, super fun badass, and oh so much more, as she shares her strategies feel and be safe and confident in the great outdoors. Listen and share this episode with someone you know who recreates in outdoor and wild places!
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Crime Off the Grid Meets Locations Unknown
Sep 01, 2025This week, we’re joined by the hosts of the Locations Unknown Podcast, Joe and Mike, as our special guests on Crime Off the Grid. Together we dig into the darker side of the outdoors—where disappearances and true crime quite possibly collide. You won’t want to miss this crossover conversation!
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Coconino Nat'l Forest: Bear Mountain's Deadly Descent
Aug 25, 2025A woman, who’s an inexperienced hiker, goes on a “thigh killing” trail to the top of Bear Mountain. She goes off the edge resulting in her death. What really happened? Was it an accident or the perfect crime in the wild? You decide.
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Flaming Gorge Nat'l Rec Area; Flaming Secret
Aug 18, 2025Today’s story takes us to the remote and breathtaking Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, a place where there are deep, colorful canyons and unique rock formations, and the red cliffs drop into deep, cold water… and where, in 1996, a family trip turned into something far darker.
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COTG Newsroom; August 2025
Aug 11, 2025Today's stories include a murdered paddle boarder, a man charged with stalking and assault in Yellowstone and is caught in Grand Teton NP, a Yosemite man wanted for assault is missing, a child is attacked by a mountain lion in Olympic NP, 3 teens have been found murdered in a National Forest,
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Ohio Backwoods; The Outdoorsman Sniper
Aug 04, 2025Five men, all enjoying the outdoors—hunting, fishing, hiking, jogging—killed in cold blood across rural Ohio. No witnesses. No motive. No suspect. This is the story of Thomas Lee Dillon, the sniper who hunted outdoorsmen. And for years, no one even knew he existed.
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Stay Safe in Wild Places -Listener tips
Jul 28, 2025We asked, and you responded with your tips and comments on what you all do to keep safe from crime while enjoying your National Parks, Forests, and other Wild Places! We love hearing from you so keep the comments coming!
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; The Knife's Edge
Jul 21, 2025
A man who stole a vehicle in Wisconsin, and was reported as "critically missing," ends up in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore where rangers did what rangers do and bring the fleeing felon's high speed hide and seek to an end.
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area; Nightmare Under the Stars
Jul 14, 2025
Graphic Warning: This episodes discusses a violent event, briefly, with some detail that may be hard for some to listen.
When friends go to their favorite spot on the lake and sleep under the stars, a monster appears and commits the most heinous attack.
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Ozark National Scenic Riverway; Ranger Tales!!
Jul 07, 2025Double the rangers, double the tales! Rangers Chris and Jodi join Tara and Nancy and share some funny and wacky tales.
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Yellowstone; Shooting on the 4th of July
Jun 30, 2025Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly shares the events that took place on July 4, 2024 that resulted in countless lives saved in the Canyon Village area.
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COTG Newsroom June 2025
Jun 23, 2025Crime Off the Grid Newsroom, your source for news and commentary from wild places. Update on the Cuyahoga Valley National Park murder suspect Chelsea Perkins; A rapper breaks the rules in Yellowstone; What just happened in Isle Royale?; and the largest fine ever for an endagered species act crime.
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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest: MANHUNT
Jun 16, 2025At the time of this recording (June 14, 2025), a manhunt is underway for Travis Decker, who is suspected in the murder of his 3 daughters in a campground in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, located in the Cascade Range of Washington state. All eyes and ears are needed to help authorities capture the fugitive to safely end this manhunt, and bring the triple child murderer to justice.
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Patreon Bonus Released; Stalked Part 2
Jun 09, 2025Stalking is a serious crime. Learn about stalking and take note of these cautionary stories from national parks. If you haven't already, listen to "Yellowstone; Stalked" released January 12, 2025, go back and check it out.
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Shenendoah National Park; Finally Justice
Jun 02, 2025A brutal double homicide that occurred in Shenendoah National Park's wilderness in 1996 went cold for nearly 3 decades. Finally, the killer is exposed for what he did to Lollie and Julie.
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COTG Newsroom May 2025
May 26, 2025Discussing news about moose, bison, and scaulding water.
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Indiana Dunes National Seashore: "I'm a Dumbass Hothead"
May 19, 2025Rangers respond to a call that typically would have been a warning for a violation, but rangers always have to be prepared for anything. What happens in a campground... welll, we'll just let the title of this episode be enough of a description.
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Ozark National Scenic River; Blood Beneath the Bluffs
May 12, 2025Visitors report seeing a pool of blood next to an abandoned pick up in the Buck Hollow area of the park. Are they now looking for an injured person, or perhaps a body? Rangers team up to solve the mystery.
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Ranger Tales; Coronado NM; Holding the Line, Rangers vs. Cartel
May 05, 2025Listen to a park ranger tell his story a serious confrontation on the border with a violent member of a drug cartel.
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Crime Off the Grid Newsroom
Apr 28, 2025Bringing you news and commentary from wild and off the grid places.
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Yellowstone NP; The "White Redneck" of the Dark Web
Apr 21, 2025Residents of the Tower Roosevelt area in Yellowstone sound the alarm about a self proclaimed "white redneck" who may potentially be preparing to carry out mass harm against his Yellowstone community.
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Rocky Mountain National Park; End of the Road
Apr 14, 2025A man leads a Larimer County, CO officer on a high speed chase only to be stopped by a Park Ranger inside Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Mysteries of the Alaska Triangle
Apr 07, 2025The Alaska Triangle; a region notorious for unexplained disappearances, UFO sightings, and paranormal activity. Join us as we dive into chilling stories, local legends, and theories behind one of America’s most enigmatic areas.
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Denali; Bus 142
Mar 31, 2025For centuries, adventurers, dreamers, and those seeking escape have been drawn to Alaska's vast, untamed frontier. Some find what they’re looking for. Others never return. This is the story of Christopher McCandless and Bus 142.
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And Then There Were Three
Mar 24, 2025One by one, the bodies of 3 girls were found in the El Dorado National Forest outside Placerville, CA. One man was the common denominator for all three.
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Ranger Tales; Yosemite; Captured in Tenaya Canyon
Mar 17, 2025An employee In Yosemite was kidnapped and taken to a remote location in Yosemite's high country. The manhunt lasted several days before it finally came to it's dramatic conclusion in the dangerous Tenaya Canyon.
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Acadia National Park; Fatal Retreat
Mar 10, 2025A couple attended a retreat at the Schoodic Institute in Acadia National Park. The retreat was about being a space for community to go to heal, to be together, to build relationships, and really to just have fun outdoors and get away from the stress of just everyday life. But a man with a long history of violence against women changed everything. SUPPORT THE SHOW: We would love your support so we can keep the episodes coming!
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Yellowstone River; The Fugitives' Final Crossing
Mar 03, 2025Ranger Keith is the sole ranger on shift in all of Yellowstone National Park in the wee hours of the morning when he encounters very dangerous fugitives who were on a crosscountry crime spree. His quick thinking, and expertise saved his life, and the lives of other would be victims.
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Blackhills NF; The Body Off Pigtail Bridges
Feb 24, 2025Along the popular Pigtail Bridges on Iron Mountain Road in the Black Hills, photographers discovered a body. Hear the tragic story.
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Lake Mead Nat'l Rec Area; The Good Samaritan
Feb 17, 2025A man is fishing on the shoreline of Lake Mead Nat'l Rec Area when he hears someone calling for help. The good samaritan runs toward the cries, scrambles down a steep embankment and sees a man lying face down. Then the unthinkable happens.
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Olympic National Park; The Revolution
Feb 10, 2025A man believing there was soon to be a revolution starting in the Washington Olympic Penninsula, heads inside the park causing fear and a lock down and evacuation of a large part of the park. The local Chief of Police and County Sheriff join us to give us the details and tell how this standoff and manhunt came to it's conclusion.
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Ranger Tales; It's White in Them There Hills
Feb 03, 2025In the Black Hills of South Dakota, two people are lost and stranded in deep snow. But for a couple of dedicated, skilled, and quick thinking USFS officers, things most certainly would have turned tragic.
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Yosemite; The Ranger and the Serial Killer
Jan 27, 2025Ever heard of the Yosemite murders from the 1990s? Listen to our guest Park Ranger who was face to face with a serial killer tell her story with details you wouldn't have heard on other podcasts or documentaries.
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Glacier National Park; Where's Teddy?
Jan 20, 2025Ranger Tale! Ranger Tom is a hero to a little girl a year after she lost something very valuable in Glacier National Park.
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Yellowstone; Stalked
Jan 13, 2025January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Listen to a story of a stalking victim who moved all over the US until finally finding help from a park ranger and victim specialist in Yellowstone.
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Ranger Tales; Yellowstone Ninja Fight
Jan 06, 2025Ranger Keith shares his tale about apprehending a violent man using ninja weapons.
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Crime Off the Grid Newsroom - December 2024
Dec 30, 2024Headlines include stories from Oregon's Mount Hood National Forest, Florida's Ocala National Forest, and the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
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Oh Christmas Tree!
Dec 23, 2024Hear about the National Christmas Tree's big adventure to the Capitol. I bet you didn't know where and how it all comes to be.
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Desert Canyon Desperados
Dec 16, 2024In the vast desert canyons of Colorado and Utah, 3 fugitive desperados lead an army of law enforcement officers on a wild pursuit determined to capture the killers of one of their own.
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Great Smoky Mountains NP; Obsession Over the Edge
Dec 09, 2024A young woman was just days away from graduating from the University of TN when a stalker entered her life and led her up a trail of tragedy.
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Moreau Lake State Park; A Parent's Worst Nightmare
Dec 02, 2024A family is enjoying a camping trip with friends when one of the children goes missing. This is every parent's worst nightmare. Spoiler...it ends well. But so scary just the same!
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Gallatin National Forest; Murder Under Canvas
Nov 25, 2024When a man fails to pick up his girlfriend to take her back to his camp, she and a friend head to the National Forest to find him and they make a grisly discovery.
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Yellowstone; The Bandits' Mistake
Nov 18, 2024Two stories in one! Some bad guys make a big mistake when they decide to to take their loot and play in Yellowstone NP.
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Yosemite NP; Blood Ties and Fists Fly
Nov 11, 2024A father and son in the campground are in a fist fight on the 4th of July weekend. When the ranger arrives, the pair decides to put their sites on a new target.
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Patreon Bonus: Ranger Tales; A Grizzly Tale
Nov 07, 2024A ranger recounts her response to a grizzly attack in Yellowstone.
Duration: 00:24:33Yellowstone; Twist of Fate: Victim Switch
Nov 04, 2024A suspect makes bail from the US Magistrate's Court in Mammoth Hot Springs, then chaos ensues on a busy July afternoon.
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Crime Off the Grid Spooky Hour
Oct 28, 2024There are things that happen in our parks and forests that cannot be explained. Tara and Nancy discuss some of those happenings with some surprises along the way. Listen here for the audio version, but if you would like to see the video version for the full effect and surprises, subscribe and watch it on patreon.com/crimeoffthegrid. You'll want to join the Trail Crew tier.
Duration: 01:06:20Blue Ridge Parkway; Left for Dead
Oct 21, 2024A woman goes hiking on a beautiful trail alone. An alert from her watch led to finding her alive.
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Yellowstone NP; For the Protection of Children
Oct 14, 2024CAUTION. Listen with care.
Park Rangers responded to a report of possible child abuse/neglect in the campground the day after attending training about child abuse. The suspects fled the park, but because rangers pursued the case, the suspects were found off the grid in AZ, and the children were rescued from a house of horrors.
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California Trailside Killer; DO NOT HIKE ALONE
Oct 07, 2024What do Golden Gate NRA, Point Reyes National Seashore, Castle Rocks State Park, and Mount Tamalpais State Park have in common besides rugged cliffs, picturesque mountains, magical forests, and wild coastlines? Answer: A sadistic serial killer who preys on victims hiking in the wilds. Also, park signs that read "DO NOT HIKE ALONE."
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MMIP: A Conversation with Skeet Fighter
Sep 30, 2024Join the conversation with Melissa Skeet, aka Skeet Fighter. Melissa is an Indigenous Woman who is roller skating across the US on The Great Skate Tour raising awareness for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis.
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IG: @skeet_fighterFacebook: Skeet FighterTiktok: @skeet_fighterYoutube: @SkeetFighterGofundme: https://gofund.me/81eb0580Ohkomi Forensics: https://www.ohkomiforensics.com/donateLearn more about MMIP
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Mt Hood National Forest; A Serial Killer's First
Sep 23, 2024Ever heard of 2 degrees from Kevin Bacon? Nancy and Tara are now 3 degrees from a serial killer. They ran into a woman while hiking who told them about her cousin who was a serial killer's first victim in a national forest (which made her 2 degrees from the killer).
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Gallatin River Montana; The Fisherman's Secret
Sep 16, 2024At the river's edge along the Gallatin, a murder is brought to justice for the killing of a 15 year old girl after years of hiding in plain site.
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Wrangell-St Elias; Hillbilly Hell
Sep 09, 2024A hippie turned religious fundamentalist moves his family of 15 children to Alaska and creates what he calls "Hillbilly Heaven." He picks a fight with the National Park Service and all of his abuses on his family get exposed.
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Glacier Nat'l Park; A Murderer's Mistake
Sep 02, 2024A horrific crime against a child is committed in the middle of the country. The case went cold for months until the suspect described as "Charlie Manson on steroids" decides to go to Glacier National Park. (Apologies, there is a bit of an audio issue that couldn't be repaired. But it's a great story!)
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Blue Ridge Parkway; A Father's Betrayal
Aug 26, 2024When Park Rangers investigate possible illegal campers, they come upon the unthinkable.
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Yosemite; Jump and Run
Aug 19, 2024A BASE jumper makes an illegal jump in the pre-dawn morning from El Capitan. When he landed, park rangers were waiting for him and things took an unimaginable turn. Hear Ranger Bonnie describe that day, and another event that occurred just 3 months later with a similar outcome.
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Death Valley Nat'l Park; Got Meth?
Aug 12, 2024Tara and Nancy are discussing a crazy case where a ranger found the biggest clandestine meth lab inside Death Valley National Monument (before it was a Nat'l Park).
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Little River Canyon National Preserve; What Happened to Beth?
Aug 05, 2024Beth had been missing for nearly 2 months in the Lookout Mountain area of Alabama before someone finally made a report to the police. Suspects have been arrested, but what's the rest of the story?
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Blue Ridge Parkway; Murder in the Sky
Jul 29, 2024An aspiring chef who is working at the Pisgah Inn on top of the Blue Ridge Parkway goes for a hike, but doesn't come back.
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US Forest Service; Got Weed?
Jul 22, 2024Combo episode! Nancy and Tara talk about a case of a USFS Special Agent arresting an illicit marijuana grower in Los Padres National Forest in California after a violent attack. PLUS, Nancy shares a Ranger Tale about her experience in eradicating an illicit grow in Colorado.
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Grand Canyon; Fugitive Over the Edge
Jul 15, 2024A suspect wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in Texas flees to the Grand Canyon. When Rangers start to close in, the suspect does an unexpected "cat-like" move.
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Oconee National Forest; The Unscrupulous Hunter
Jul 08, 2024A Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer is conducting surveillance when an unscrupulous hunter causes a deadly encounter.
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Rocky Mountain National Park; Black Widower
Jul 01, 2024A couple go on an anniversary hike in Rocky Mountain National Park to a cliffside lunchspot, but soon ends in a fatal fall. But this is not the first time for the not so grieving widower.
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Ranger Tales: Yellowstone Hostage Crisis
Jun 24, 2024Old Faithful Patrol, there is a man with the gun in the Visitor Center and has taken hostages! "Um...Can you repeat that???"
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Olympic Nat'l Forest; A Tragic Tequila Sunrise
Jun 17, 2024A woman flies from California to Washington to meet the man she's been having a secret affair with, when the planned rendezvous turns into tragedy.
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Roosevelt NF; Attacked at Signal Mountain
Jun 10, 2024Two women were just out enjoying a lovely hike on the Signal Mountain Trail in the Roosevelt National Forest when they have an encounter that will change their lives forever.
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Crime Off the Grid Newsroom June 2024
Jun 03, 2024Top stories include a multistate poaching investigation, the creation of "alternative livestock," and...it's touron season, so you know someone had a preventable yet predictable encounter with (I'll let you guess...).
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Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park; Tag Team Predators
May 27, 2024A couple of predators seek out their victims from the most vulnerable of communities, but they make the great mistake of committing their crimes in a National Park.
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Crater Lake; The Death of "Renfield"
May 20, 2024Rangers respond to a very tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving scene at a campground in Crater Lake.
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Everglades; Birds of a Feather...
May 13, 2024The work of protecting the environment has often been difficult, depressing, and even deadly. In the late 1800s, the beautiful plume birds of the Everglades ecosystem was nearly obliterated. When the bird conservation movement headed by the newly formed Audubon Society and President Theodore Roosevelt hired it's first game warden, no one could have predicted that more than birds would die.
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Ranger Tales; Rainbow Family of Living Light
May 06, 2024The Rainbow Family of Living Light is made up of loosely knit communities of people, who congregate in remote forests around the world for one or more weeks at a time with the stated intention of living a shared ideology of peace, harmony, freedom, and respect, However... Nancy and Tara share the stories of law enforcement and first responders who deal with the impacts and antics of this nomadic society.
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The Cop Killers' Trail
Apr 29, 2024A father brainwashes his sons to hate police and the government. The trail from Idaho to Alaska, to Death Valley National Park and eventually comes to a deadly end in Montana.
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https://www.ki...
Escaped in Montana; “These Are Not Mountain Men"
Apr 22, 2024Two self-proclaimed mountain men kidnap a young woman in hopes to make her a bride.
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Appalachian Trail; An Uninvited Dinner Guest
Apr 15, 2024A predator works his way into the camp of two social workers on the AP Trail killing them both. After his early release from prison, he invites himself to dinner with two fishermen just off the AP Trail and mayhem ensues.
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Ranger Tales; Yellowstone's Shoshone Lake, a Tragic Tale
Apr 08, 2024Far in the backcountry during a blizzard, a ranger recounts a tragic incident which will serve as a deadly cautionary tale.
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Huron-Manistee NF; The Masked Men Made Me Do It
Apr 01, 2024Two friends who shared a cell in jail have a fateful meeting that ended deep in the national forest.
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Murder in the Talladega
Mar 25, 2024A couple of Good Samaritans are in the Talladega National Forest looking for waterfalls when they stop to help a stranded motorist. Then the unthinkable happens.
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Andrea Lankford Trail of the Lost
Mar 18, 2024Andrea Lankford, former National Park Ranger and author of Trail of the Lost; The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail, shares how she and others dedicated years to finding the “PCT missing. “ Besides encountering mother nature's hazards, they used sleuths, searchers, PCT hikers, and Facebook to help bring a serial predator a lot closer to justice.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Murder Beneath the Bell Tower
Mar 11, 2024A mysterious caller in the wee hours of the morning sent National Park Service Rangers, Special Agents, and the Cherokee Indian PD to a gruesome discovery in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Oops...at the time of this recording, there was a blizzard on Tara's side of the Divide which caused some very mild glitching due to the internet and latency. Our apologies, but we promise, you won't miss a word! Nancy still sounds a cute as ever!
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John Goodwin Echoes of the Badge
Mar 04, 2024Listen to my fun and heartwarming discussion with retired National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger, John Goodwin, author of the book Echoes of the Badge: Stories From a National Park Service Career. His book is a source of inspiration and enlightenment showcasing tales of courage, resilience, and unwavering dedication.
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Yosemite; Cracks in the Granite, Unveiling a Predator
Feb 26, 2024A celebrity of the rock climbing world may be a violent, serial predator. A survey posted in several outdoor magazines and the special agents of the National Park Service put together a case that showed just because you can climb so high, doesn't mean you wont go down HARD.
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Captive in the Wilderness
Feb 19, 2024A 16 year old girl was abducted after cheerleading practice by a "trusted" family friend and taken deep into the largest wilderness in the lower 48. Hear how a group of horse riders saw something then said something that led to her dramatic rescue.
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Claude Dallas; Mountain Folk Hero or Cold Blooded Cop Killer
Feb 12, 2024Claude Dallas, a well known unethical mountain man, murders two Idaho Fish and Game Officers, then evades the law who will never give up looking for him and bringing him to justice.
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Pictured Rocks Nat'l Lakeshore; Death Over Divorce
Feb 05, 2024A couple's trip to a "honeymoon spot" in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore turns deadly.
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Yellowstone Head Hunters
Jan 29, 2024In the early years of Yellowstone as a National Park, market hunters decimated the wildlife for profit. Fast forward to current times in the park and hear how rangers hunt the head hunters and bring them justices. (PS, this episode has some audio noises that could not be eliminated. We apologize and are working to fix that for next time!)
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Kaloko-Honokōhau Nat'l Historical Park; When Tragedy Hits Home
Jan 22, 2024A dedicated and beloved US Park Ranger is on patrol to respond to a visitor complaint when the unthinkable happens. There are no such things as "routine" contacts in law enforcement.
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Ranger Tales: Yellowstone NP; Got Antlers?
Jan 15, 2024Ranger Russ and Tara discuss illegal antler poaching in the National Parks and the high-tech ways rangers have outsmarted the outlaws.
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Cuyahoga Valley Nat'l Park: Revenge is a Dish Served Cold
Jan 08, 2024A man is found dead by hikers in a historic cemetery of a National Park with a gunshot to the head. Was this revenge? There may be a second revenge twist before it’s all over.
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Manistee National Forest: Leave No Witnesses
Jan 01, 2024He commits heinous crimes like rape and murder, but all of the witnesses have seemed to disappear. The body count grows as they are recovered in the lakes of the Manistee National Forest. Dr. Justin Wright, forensic psychologist, helps break down the how the killer is thinking during his crime sprees and during his antics in court.
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Ranger Tales: TASER TASER TASER!
Dec 18, 2023Tara and Nancy share two similar tales from two different National Parks.
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Shenandoah National Park: The Joker's Demise
Dec 11, 2023A brutal crime was committed at Ft Eustis Military base in Virginia, and the suspects fled to Shenandoah National Park. A cool headed ranger lead the chase involving multiple law enforcement agencies to bring the bizarre criminals to an ending no one could have expected.
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