Beneath the Evergreens

A black convertible drifts across three lanes of I-5 before slamming into a median, its driver's seat completely empty, leaving behind an untouched wallet, a mysterious phone trail, and a vanishing act that has haunted investigators for a decade. In this chilling episode, we peel back the layers of Logan Schiendelman’s baffling 2016 disappearance, exploring the strange roadside eyewitness accounts, the cryptic digital breadcrumbs he left behind, and a family trapped in the endless, haunting void of ambiguous loss. Tune in as we search for the truth behind a mystery that refuses to stay buried.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

Weighing in at a massive 15.5 tons, the Willamette Meteorite is the largest meteorite ever discovered in the United States. Long before it crossed paths with modern history, it was revered as a sacred cultural symbol called Tomanowos, or 'spirit power’, by the Indigenous Clackamas Chinook people. After changing hands through various commercial disputes in the early 20th century, this celestial giant eventually found a permanent home at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Today, a historic agreement ensures that the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde maintain their deep spiritual connection to the stone even thousands of miles away.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

This gripping episode of Beneath the Evergreens dives into the shocking Pacific Northwest true crime case of Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau. We unpack Letourneau's rigid upbringing under her conservative political father, the deep personal trauma that haunted her early life, and how a respected elementary school teacher's life unraveled into a predatory affair with her 12-year-old student. Tune in as we explore the chaotic warning signs, the systemic failures, and the complex aftermath of a scandal that polarized a nation.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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Full source list and supplemental materials are available on our website at Beneaththeevergreens.com.

💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

Tune in for another banter-filled episode as we dive into the wild wartime history of Seattle's Boeing Plant 2! In this episode, we unpack how the Pacific Northwest became home to one of World War II's most bizarre and brilliant deceptions: a massive, 26-acre fake suburban neighborhood complete with plywood houses, chicken-wire trees, and fake streets built right on top of an active aircraft factory.

Story begins around 8 minutes  (banter ends).

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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Full source list and supplemental materials are available on our website at Beneaththeevergreens.com.

💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

On January 3, 1923, an evening commute turned into Washington state's deadliest bridge collapse when the creaking, overloaded Allen Street Bridge plunged into the raging Cowlitz River. Battered by torrential winter floods and a massive upstream logjam, the rotting wooden span snapped under the weight of bumper to bumper traffic, sending cars, horse teams, and over a hundred workers straight into near freezing waters. The disaster claimed dozens of lives, many of them transient laborers whose bodies were swallowed by shifting river silt and never recovered. More than a century later, the exact death toll remains an unsolved mystery, leaving behind a tragic legacy of boomtown negligence and haunting Pacific Northwest river lore.

Story begins at 6:40 (banter ends).

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

🎧 Enjoy the episode? Follow, share, and leave a review ! It helps more curious minds find us!

💌 Got theories or personal cult encounters? Email us at [email protected] or DM on Instagram @BTEPodcast

Full source list and supplemental materials are available on our website at Beneaththeevergreens.com.

💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

Saddle up the horse and buggy because Ana and Jess have a special guest joining them on the pod! Today, we’re stepping into the world of the Amish to learn more about their traditions, beliefs, and way of life before diving into a truly horrifying murder committed by an Amish man. It’s a story that proves even the quietest communities can have dark secrets.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

🎧 Enjoy the episode? Follow, share, and leave a review ! It helps more curious minds find us!

💌 Got theories or personal cult encounters? Email us at [email protected] or DM on Instagram @BTEPodcast

Full source list and supplemental materials are available on our website at Beneaththeevergreens.com.

💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

Eight days after sensational obituaries publicized his family’s billion-dollar timber empire, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser was abducted from the streets of Depression-era Tacoma, Washington, and kept chained in subterranean forest trenches. To secure the boy's release, his desperate father navigated a nocturnal scavenger hunt of coded classified ads and roadside markers to deliver a staggering $200,000 ransom. Following George's safe return, the FBI utilized an extensive serial-number registry and forensic ink analysis to launch a multi-state manhunt that captured all the conspirators and recovered over $157,000.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

🎧 Enjoy the episode? Follow, share, and leave a review ! It helps more curious minds find us!

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💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

For more than 120 years, the Puyallup Fair has brought rides, food, entertainment, and unforgettable memories to the Pacific Northwest, growing from a small 1900 agricultural fair into one of the largest fairs in the country. But behind the Fisher Scones, carnival rides, horse races, and million-plus visitors is a much darker history, including the fairgrounds’ transformation into Camp Harmony during World War II, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated. Join us as we step beyond the midway and explore the strange, fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking history hiding behind one of Washington’s most beloved traditions.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

What do 60 cats and seven missing college students have in common? Both stories begin with sailboats in the waters of Tacoma, Washington, decades apart. In 2026, an abandoned sailboat near Owen Beach was discovered carrying 60 cats, leading to a massive rescue and an investigation into how the animals ended up there. But that strange discovery led us to an even older mystery: in 1971, seven college students left Tacoma aboard a 22-foot sailboat for a short evening cruise and vanished without a trace.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

🎧 Enjoy the episode? Follow, share, and leave a review ! It helps more curious minds find us!

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Full source list and supplemental materials are available on our website at Beneaththeevergreens.com.

💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.

Home to Washington State’s oldest continuously operating bar, Roslyn holds a piece of living history. This iconic spot survived Prohibition, boasts a 23-foot spittoon, and once traveled further across the state than most people did in a lifetime. Come discover the rich history and unforgettable stories behind The Brick!

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode includes references to abuse, trauma, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

🎧 Enjoy the episode? Follow, share, and leave a review ! It helps more curious minds find us!

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Full source list and supplemental materials are available on our website at Beneaththeevergreens.com.

💜If you’re struggling with mental illness, you are not alone

Episodes that touch on fear, mystery, or the unknown can sometimes stir up difficult feelings. If you’re dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, or any other mental health challenge, please know there is support available and people who want to help.

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (United States):
  Call or text 988 any time for free, confidential support from trained counselors.
• Crisis Text Line:
  Text HOME to 741741 to chat with a crisis counselor 24/7.
• NAMI HelpLine (National Alliance on Mental Illness):
  Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HelpLine” to 62640 for guidance, information, and emotional support.
• The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults):
  Call 1-866-488-7386, text START to 678678, or use the online chat.
• Outside the U.S.:
  Visit www.iasp.info/crisis-centres to find mental health crisis lines in your area.

You deserve care, understanding, and support. Reaching out is a sign of strength.