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)

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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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

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

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

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.

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/

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

Combo episode! Nancy and Tara talk about a case of a USFS Special Agent arresting an illicit marijuana grower in Los Padres National Forest in California after a violent attack. PLUS, Nancy shares a Ranger Tale about her experience in eradicating an illicit grow in Colorado.

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HELP COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
National Human Trafficking Hotline
1-888-373-7888  TTY: 711  Text* 233733
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en

Polaris Project:
https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/
Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10751904/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5167045.pdf

Berkowitz, 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.

A suspect wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in Texas flees to the Grand Canyon.  When Rangers start to close in, the suspect does an unexpected "cat-like" move.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-loper-murder-suspect-jumps-into-grand-canyon/
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/phone-tracking-reveals-blacks-location-after-womans-murder/1928467/

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2011/04/murder-suspect-rescued-then-arrested-rangers-grand-canyon-national-park8001

https://www.nps.gov/places/000/duck-on-a-rock.htm#:~:text=Located%20just%20east%20of%20Yaki,Still%20no%3F

A Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer is conducting surveillance when an unscrupulous hunter causes a deadly encounter.

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Sources:
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/atlanta/press-releases/2011/hunter-admits-to-killing-forest-service-officer

https://www.odmp.org/officer/20315-officer-christopher-a-upton

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/conf/home/?cid=STELPRDB5299328#:~:text=On%20March%205%2C%202010%2C%20Forest,Forest%20southeast%20of%20Atlanta%2C%20GA.