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Park Predators

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Explore the dark side of the world’s most beautiful places with investigative journalist and park enthusiast Delia D’Ambra. Each week, Delia guides you deep into national parks and forests across the globe, uncovering stories where nature’s breathtaking beauty has masked sinister secrets. From infamous cases that made headlines to little-known crimes that still need answers, Delia’s relentless pursuit of the truth takes her through archives and remote landscapes to reveal the hidden darkness haunting these natural wonders. Because sometimes, the most beautiful places hide the darkest secrets. This is Park Predators.

  • 30 minutes 1 second
    The Attacks

    When an investment banking analyst is stabbed to death on a fall morning along a popular hiking trail in Wisconsin, his murderer seemingly slips out of sight despite multiple eyewitnesses seeing him. To-date the killer remains at-large and authorities need your help.

    Less than a year later, another family suffers a similar loss when an avid photographer and newly-wed is gunned down by a sniper while hiking outside of one of the busiest cities in the world. Though these two cases are not connected, both victims’ family members all want the same thing: justice.

     

    John Schmutzer: 

    • If you have any information regarding the murder of John Schmutzer please call 1-888-Tip-Sauk (847-7285). Tips sent digitally are NOT monitored 24/7.  If your information is urgent and/or regards public safety, you can still remain anonymous and call the non-recorded tip line at 877-847-7285.  You will be able to speak to someone at any time at this number and they can give your information to a law enforcement supervisor in the appropriate jurisdiction immediately.

    Jason Cortez:

    • If you have any information regarding the murder of Jason Cortez please call Detective Abundis at 213-486-8700. To share anonymously call 800-222-TIPS (8477) or visit WWW.LACRIMESTOPPERS.ORG.
    • La policía de los ángeles tuvo una conferencia de prensa para compartir el boceto de la persona que creen le quitó la vida a Jason, y anunciar una recompensa de $50,000 por información. Por favor compartan esta información a lo largo y ancho. Por favor ayúdenos a encontrar respuestas. Si alguien sabe algo por favor llame al detective Abundis al 213-486-8700. Si quiere compartir anónimamente llame 800-222-TIPS (8477) o visite WWW.LACRIMESTOPPERS.ORG.
       

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-attacks

     

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    21 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 51 minutes 35 seconds
    The Reserve

    When a young British photojournalist vanishes in a well-known Kenyan reserve, questions swirl around what happened to her. After her remains are found at a grisly crime scene, her father sets out on a decades-long hunt to bring her killer to justice but is faced with bizarre roadblocks from two nations on different continents.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-reserve

     

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    14 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 31 minutes 8 seconds
    The Suit

    When a husband and wife are gunned down at their campsite in Ouachita National Forest, the hunt for their killer leads authorities to a man with a peculiar collection of homemade hunting gear. 

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-suit

     

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    7 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 28 minutes 35 seconds
    The Afterlife (Part 2)

    When a beautiful co-ed is brutally murdered on a popular hiking trail in Prescott National Forest in the summer of 1987, authorities are stumped on who the killer could be. The investigation drags on for decades until finally advances in DNA technology link a serial predator to multiple cases of sexual assault and murder. This is the second of two episodes covering the murder of Cathy Sposito and the identification of Bryan Scott Bennett.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-afterlife-part-2

     

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    31 December 2024, 8:05 am
  • 32 minutes 57 seconds
    The Afterlife (Part 1)

    When a beautiful co-ed is brutally murdered on a popular hiking trail in Prescott National Forest in the summer of 1987, authorities are stumped on who the killer could be. The investigation drags on for decades until finally something breaks. This is the first of two episodes covering the murder of Cathy Sposito.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-afterlife-part-1

     

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    31 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 30 minutes 7 seconds
    The Loop

    When a young girl vanishes from an upstate New York state park authorities assemble a massive search for her. After an ominous note shows up in her family’s mailbox, the hunt for a predator kicks into high gear and a heroic rescue unfolds in the nick of time.

    • To hear more about Charlotte’s story, listen to Sisterhood of the Survivors Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-loop

     

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    17 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 53 minutes 55 seconds
    The Tenter

    When a retired couple vanishes on an afternoon walk behind their apartment in New Hampshire in the spring of 2022, it's all hands on deck to find them. When the horror of what happened to them is revealed, it sends investigators down a rabbit hole of clues which lead to the doorstep of a young man with a dark past.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-tenter

     

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    10 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 31 minutes 40 seconds
    The Mountaineer

    An experienced mountaineer from France is abducted in an Algerian national park and an international incident ensues. World leaders hunt down a group of suspected killers, only to find that many of them have gone underground and continue to evade justice to this day.

     

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-mountaineer


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    3 December 2024, 8:00 am
  • 25 minutes 13 seconds
    The Meeting

    When a young mother disappears and her truck is found abandoned at a popular river access in Ozark National Scenic Riverways her family and authorities suspect the worst. A person close to her makes statements that cause investigators to take a second look. What they find is a predator at the heart of their investigation and a crime that spans across a national park and a national forest.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-meeting


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    26 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 39 minutes 30 seconds
    The Employee

    When a Minnesota state park employee is brutally attacked on the job, her murderer is an elusive thorn in law enforcement’s side. Troves of forensic evidence left at the crime scene just needed technology to finally catch up with a killer.

    View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-employee

     

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    19 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 4 minutes 55 seconds
    NEW SEASON: CounterClock Season 7

    Investigative journalist Delia D'Ambra is back with Season 7 of CounterClock, The Murder of Nathaniel Jones. 

    When 61-year-old widower Nathaniel Jones was found brutally beaten to death and bound with tape inside his home’s carport on November 15, 2002, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, his loved ones and the community were devastated by the senseless crime. For two decades, the question at the heart of the case has not been what happened to him, but rather who... who was responsible for such a heinous act?

    Listen to CounterClock Season 7 now, with new episodes releasing Fridays on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Or you can binge the full season by joining the Crime Junkie Fan Club at either the $10 or $20 tiers starting November 18th!

     

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    15 November 2024, 8:00 am
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