One 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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cox_(serial_killer) https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-18/three-dead-girls-and-a-man-on-death-row-did-lies-put-him-there?_gl=1*1jzo8jb*_gcl_au*NDE2MTE4MTUzLjE3MzUyNTMyMjU.

An 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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A 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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If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline https://www.thehotline.org/
1.800.799.SAFE (7233)
Text "START" to 88788

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https://www.courts.maine.gov/courts/sjc/briefs/2024-11_OA/24-65_appellant_brief.pdf
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/maine-murder-suspect-arrested-mexico-returned-us https://www.pressherald.com/2022/06/28/former-partners-detail-abuse-by-man-sought-in-death-of-girlfriend-in-acadia/

Ranger 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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Watch the documentary  called The Convservation Game featuring Keith Gad.  You can catch it on Peacock or Amazon Prime

Along the popular Pigtail Bridges on Iron Mountain Road in the Black Hills, photographers discovered a body.  Hear the tragic story. 

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Custer Co Sheriff's Office court documents

A 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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https://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/man-sentenced-lake-mead-shooting
United States District Court
District of Nevada (Las Vegas)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:20-cr-00350-APG-VCF-1
First Hand Account

A 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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United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (Tacoma)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:22-cr-05188-RJB-1

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First hand account

In 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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Ever 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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First hand account from US Park Ranger
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/yosemite-horror/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Stayner

Ranger 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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See Ranger Tom on the Kelly Clarkson Show:
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