Two friends who shared a cell in jail have a fateful meeting that ended deep in the national forest.

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A couple  of Good Samaritans are in the Talladega National Forest looking for waterfalls when they stop to help a stranded motorist.  Then the unthinkable happens.

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Andrea Lankford, former National Park Ranger and author of Trail of the Lost; The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail,  shares how she and others dedicated years to finding  the “PCT missing. “ Besides encountering mother nature's hazards, they used sleuths, searchers, PCT hikers, and Facebook to help bring a serial predator a lot closer to justice.

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Sources:

https://www.backpacker.com/stories/thru-hikes/trail-stories/kidnapped-on-the-pacific-crest-trail/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-jersey-kidnapping-suspect-allegedly-conman-held-hiker-hostage-years-ago-preyed-women-decades

A mysterious caller in the wee hours of the morning sent National Park Service Rangers, Special Agents, and the Cherokee Indian PD to a gruesome discovery in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Oops...at the time of this recording, there was a blizzard on Tara's side of the Divide which caused some very mild glitching due to the internet and latency. Our apologies, but we promise, you won't miss a word! Nancy still sounds a cute as ever!

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https://www.thesylvaherald.com/top_stories/article_494a5d7a-74ae-11e8-b4b4-a7565004b3ff.htmlhttps://www.thesylvaherald.com/top_stories/article_5fc8ad3c-0ec1-11e5-be19-5b820c793d6f.htmlhttps://www.wcnc.com/article/news/regional/report-victim-in-smokies-church-killing-stabbed-19-times/275-213194025https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2015/06/17/report-victim-smokies-church-killing-stabbed-times/28868323/

Listen to my fun and heartwarming discussion with retired National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger, John Goodwin, author of the book Echoes of the Badge: Stories From a National Park Service Career.  His book is a source of inspiration and enlightenment showcasing tales of courage, resilience, and unwavering dedication.

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A celebrity of the rock climbing world may be a violent, serial predator.  A survey posted in several outdoor magazines and the special agents of the National Park Service put together a case that showed  just because you can climb so high, doesn't mean you wont go down HARD.

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GET HELPNational Sexual Assault Hotline1-800-656-4673https://www.rainn.org/ National Domestic Violence Hotline800-799-7233https://www.thehotline.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=domestic_violence 
 Sources:#SafeOutside SurveyUS District Court, Eastern District of California, United States V Charles Barrett, 1:22-cr-00213-ADA-BAM-1, 7-13-23https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/professional-rock-climber-convicted-sexual-assaults-yosemite-national-parkhttps://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/climber-charles-barrett-assault-trial/?scope=anonhttps://www.climbing.com/gym-climbing/sexual-assault/

A 16 year old girl was abducted after cheerleading practice by a "trusted" family friend and taken deep into the largest wilderness in the lower 48.  Hear how a group of horse riders saw something then said something that led to her dramatic rescue.

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Sources:https://abcnews.go.com/US/saving-hannah-anderson-inside-dramatic-fbi-rescue-kidnapped/story?id=29089347#:~:text=Looking%20for%20a%20motive%20for,had%20always%20called%20Uncle%20Jim.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-agents-cleared-in-james-dimaggio-fatal-shooting-in-idaho/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hannah-anderson-update-california-teen-was-a-victim-in-every-sense-of-the-word-sheriff-says/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hannah-anderson-update-calif-teen-unaware-that-mother-brother-had-been-killed-until-rescue-sheriff-says/https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/search-warrants-unsealed-hannah-anderson-james-lee-dimaggio/2077188/https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/missed-clues-unanswered-questions-in-the-hannah-anderson-case/509-9b5cc42f-a4be-4099-a916-562baffe63c4https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0817/What-s-the-real-story-behind-Hannah-Anderson-s-abductionhttps://www.al.com/wire/2013/08/the_apple_didnt_fall_far_calif.html#:~:text=And%20that%20father%2C%20James%20Everett,and%20her%20boyfriend%20at%20gunpoint.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12594889/True-crime-documentary-Hannah-Anderson-kidnap-family-murder.htmlhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/22/calif-girl-i-texted-with-kidnapper/2683991/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZgacJ8iK0Uhttps://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0812/Idaho-kidnapping-What-horseback-riders-saw-that-saved-Hannah-Anderson

Claude Dallas, a well known unethical mountain man, murders two Idaho Fish and Game Officers, then evades the law who will never give up looking for him and bringing him to justice.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dallas
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article40686111.html
https://youtu.be/m6V7zKrErH0?si=sIAxaajlC8hs6u26

A  couple's trip to a "honeymoon spot" in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore turns deadly.

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In the early years of Yellowstone as a National Park, market hunters decimated the wildlife for profit.  Fast forward to current times in the park and hear how rangers hunt the head hunters and bring them justices. (PS, this episode has some audio noises that could not be eliminated.  We apologize and are working to fix that for next time!)

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