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Two stories in one! Some bad guys make a big mistake when they decide to to take their loot and play in Yellowstone NP.
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Sourceshttps://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/yellowstone_national_park/bozeman-bank-robber-caught-in-yellowstone-park-says-he-was-down-on-his-luck/article_2a48c01b-8e7b-5973-aae8-35871075ade3.html
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/unapologetic-bank-robber-sentenced-to-82-months-in-federal-prison/article_9f6eadd2-c3ea-5810-9f4d-ea6fc222f3ac.html
U.S. District Court
District of Montana (Great Falls)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:00-cr-00063-DWM-1https://npshistory.com/morningreport/2006/06-22.htm
https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/top_stories/yellowstone-cops-nab-alleged-bank-robbers/article_22c3ddf4-d0e7-5417-ba31-a625b4459555.html
U.S. District Court
Southern District of Iowa (Central)
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A father and son in the campground are in a fist fight on the 4th of July weekend. When the ranger arrives, the pair decides to put their sites on a new target.
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U.S. District Court
Eastern District of California
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A ranger recounts her response to a grizzly attack in Yellowstone.
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A suspect makes bail from the US Magistrate's Court in Mammoth Hot Springs, then chaos ensues on a busy July afternoon.
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U.S. District Court
District of Wyoming (Yellowstone National Park)
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There are things that happen in our parks and forests that cannot be explained. Tara and Nancy discuss some of those happenings with some surprises along the way. Listen here for the audio version, but if you would like to see the video version for the full effect and surprises, subscribe and watch it on patreon.com/crimeoffthegrid. You'll want to join the Trail Crew tier.
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A woman goes hiking on a beautiful trail alone. An alert from her watch led to finding her alive.
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CAUTION. Listen with care.
Park Rangers responded to a report of possible child abuse/neglect in the campground the day after attending training about child abuse. The suspects fled the park, but because rangers pursued the case, the suspects were found off the grid in AZ, and the children were rescued from a house of horrors.
To read the graphic details yourself, check out these links:
https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/i-thought-i-was-gonna-die-arizona-couple-accused-of-brutally-abusing-2-adopted-children/75-253feee1-d62a-4d2c-8024-a5271a56306c
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/surprise-pd-couple-arrested-for-child-abuse-accused-of-zip-tying-adopted-kids-and-withholding-food
RESOURCES for reporting child abuse/neglect in addition to local law enforcement:
https://www.dhs.gov/fusion-center-locations-and-contact-information
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-4453 (1-800-4-A-CHILD).
https://www.missingkids.org/home
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What do Golden Gate NRA, Point Reyes National Seashore, Castle Rocks State Park, and Mount Tamalpais State Park have in common besides rugged cliffs, picturesque mountains, magical forests, and wild coastlines? Answer: A sadistic serial killer who preys on victims hiking in the wilds. Also, park signs that read "DO NOT HIKE ALONE."
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Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/david-carpenterhttps://www.aetv.com/real-crime/david-carpenter-serial-killer-trailside-killer-california#:~:text=Carpenter%20had%20a%20lengthy%20rap,made%20their%20arrest%20soon%20thereafter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carpenter#Homicides
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/david-carpenter#google_vignette= -
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 Fighter
Tiktok: @skeet_fighter
Youtube: @SkeetFighter
Gofundme: https://gofund.me/81eb0580
Ohkomi Forensics: https://www.ohkomiforensics.com/donate
Learn 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:
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/sheriff-cold-case-involving-1996-murder-of-belgrade-girl-solved-suspect-killed-himself-after-being/article_20cfa029-7836-54b6-b624-5c07194bce3f.html
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 -
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-wilderness
https://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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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 -
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.htm
https://wlos.com/news/local/life-in-prison-for-leicester-man-convicted-of-stabbing-killing-6-year-old-daughter
https://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.htm
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.
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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.htmlhttps://www.al.com/news/2023/06/missing-alabama-womans-remains-found-additional-capital-murder-arrest-made.html
https://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:
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2019/08/26/asheville-man-derek-pedergraft-pleads-guilty-murder-pisgah-inn-co-worker-sara-ellis/2124798001/
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 - Vis mere
