• 56 minutes 52 seconds
    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 routine descent turned catastrophic when the locomotive left the tracks, sending a passenger car full of tourists into a terrifying runaway ride down one of the steepest railroad grades in the world.


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    6 July 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    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 Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!


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    2 July 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    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 but no form of identification. The mystery surrounding who this man was stretched nearly two years. Law enforcement, the media, and thousands of online sleuths worked tirelessly to identify the man in the yellow tent, but what they ultimately discovered unsettled them all.  


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    29 June 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
    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 by a grizzly bear. Harry's death exposed decades of controversial bear management practices and sparked a legal battle against the federal government. At the center of it all was a question that Yellowstone had been struggling to answer for generations: how do you keep bears wild while keeping people safe?

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    Book Recommendation: Engineering Eden by Jordan Fisher Smith and Taken By Bear in Yellowstone by Kathleen Snow

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    22 June 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    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 Voyageurs National Park. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!


    Connect with LGBTQ Outdoors!!


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    18 June 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    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-year-old Russell “Skip” Welch, returned alone days later with a startling story - Bigfoot took her.


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    15 June 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    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 hours of time they could never explain. What followed were terrifying dreams, recovered memories, hypnosis sessions, and claims of telepathic contact that would haunt them for decades. Known today as the Buff Ledge abduction case, the encounter became one of New England’s most chilling and heavily investigated UFO cases.


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    8 June 2026, 4:00 am
  • 52 minutes 26 seconds
    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 Apple Subscribers!


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    4 June 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    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. With over three centuries of history, the fort has seen its fair share of tragedy. Spanish battles, sordid affairs, indigenous internment and more have led to a plethora of ghost stories - today’s episode delves into the truth behind the legends.


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    1 June 2026, 4:00 am
  • 8 minutes 57 seconds
    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 Infamous Crimes is a Crime House original hosted by Katie Ring. Each week, we go deep on one of the most notorious true-crime cases in American history. Not the quick recap version, but the full story told across multiple episodes every Tuesday through Thursday.

    From the serial killers who terrorized entire cities to the cold cases that still don't have answers, this is the podcast that takes you beyond the headlines and inside the investigation.

    New episodes drop every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

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    26 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    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 National Park. Their disappearance sparks a massive search, but as police begin investigating, strange details start to emerge, and suspicion grows that something far more calculated than originally believed may be behind it… possibly even a cult.


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    25 May 2026, 4:00 am
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