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Join 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.


Links to follow Skeet Fighter and to donate to her tour or her partners:
IG: @skeet_fighterFacebook: Skeet FighterTiktok: @skeet_fighterYoutube: @SkeetFighterGofundme: https://gofund.me/81eb0580Ohkomi Forensics: https://www.ohkomiforensics.com/donateLearn more about MMIP
https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-mmiw
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ana/priorities/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people

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Ever 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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Sources:
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2009/07/trucker_who_went_on_killing_sp.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fautenberry

https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f1/fautenberry.htm

https://robinbarefield76.medium.com/serial-killer-john-fautenberry-4f8ee009ed09

https://crimecapsule.com/which-state-has-produced-the-most-serial-killers/#:~:text=Alaska,occurring%20between%201980%20and%201990.




 

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At 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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Sources:
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https://montanafreepress.org/2024/08/08/gallatin-county-sheriff-says-28-year-old-cold-case-solved/

https://www.ypradio.org/regional-news/2024-08-08/dna-testing-solves-belgrade-teen-murder-case-28-years-later

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/danielle-houchins-cold-case-killer-suicide-b2593949.html



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A 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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https://www.adn.com/projects/article/hale-clan-details-abuse-hand-their-father-papa-pilgrim/2013/07/12/https://trustees.org/hale-lawsuit-finally-comes-end/https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/north-america/papa-pilgrims-progress-dark-tale-alaskan-frontiersman/https://www.wbur.org/npr/195193595/a-dark-family-secret-hidden-for-years-in-alaskas-wildernesshttps://www.ktoo.org/2022/03/07/out-of-the-wilderness-chronicles-papa-pilgrims-abuse-his-daughters-escape-and-her-journey-to-forgiveness/
https://blog.dianehenders.com/2016/03/09/whats-your-hippie-name/

RESOURCES:
https://www.childhelphotline.org/
https://hotline.rainn.org/online
https://www.nctsn.org/resources/caring-kids-what-parents-need-know-about-sexual-abuse
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)

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A 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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Check out:
https://www.amycenter.mvn.net/
https://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/national-statistics-on-child-abuse/

Sources:
https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/supreme-court/1992/70126-7.html
https://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/post/murder-in-kell-the-amy-schulz-story
First hand account from Ranger Eric Morey

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When Park Rangers investigate possible illegal campers, they come upon the unthinkable.

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Sources:
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/02/09/seth-pickering-gets-life-sentence-daughters-stabbing-death/322697002/https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/isb-blri-sentencing.htmhttps://wlos.com/news/local/life-in-prison-for-leicester-man-convicted-of-stabbing-killing-6-year-old-daughterhttps://wlos.com/news/local/man-charged-in-2016-stabbing-death-of-6-year-old-daughter-enters-guilty-plea

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A 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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Correction: When Yosemite Became Protected Land

Sources:
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/page/Mag15lastbase/frank-gambalie-lived-died-base-jumping-espn-magazine-archives

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/policy/upload/NPS_Guidance_Memo_BASE_Jumping.pdf

https://www.hcn.org/issues/47-12/deaths-renew-calls-for-national-parks-to-rescind-base-jumping-bans/

Videos:
Jan Davis BASE jumpFrank Gambalie Interview

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Tara 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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Sources:https://www.hcn.org/issues/issue-155/the-last-weird-place/https://npshistory.com/morningreport/incidents/deva.htmBerkowitz, Paul D. (2022). U.S. Rangers The Law of the Land, The History of Law Enforcement in the Federal Land Management Agencies, The Law of the Land Publishing.



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Beth 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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Sources:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12252959/Alabama-woman-43-suspected-pushing-missing-mother-38-cliff-posted-chilling-picture.html  https://www.al.com/news/2023/06/missing-alabama-womans-remains-found-additional-capital-murder-arrest-made.htmlhttps://www.waff.com/2023/08/04/new-details-emerge-murder-case-against-mother-daughter-dekalb-county/https://whnt.com/news/northeast-alabama/woman-indicted-in-inhuman-brutal-dekalb-county-murder-of-missing-woman/https://www.hartselleenquirer.com/2024/02/20/woman-accused-of-pushing-hartselle-woman-off-cliff-writes-letter-to-judge/

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An 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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Sources:
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USA v. Pendergraft. North Carolina Western District Court 1:18-cr-00101-MR-WCM-1

https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/news/arrest-made-in-pisgah-inn-murder--brevard-nc/article_c7acfda4-dba6-5e71-b4c0-77db999e6124.html

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