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  • When a man fails to pick up his girlfriend to take her back to his camp, she and a friend head to the National Forest to find him and they make a grisly discovery.

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    Sources:
    https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2012/when-targets-hate-violence-strike-back

    https://nypost.com/2024/11/01/us-news/camper-admits-murdering-stranger-initially-thought-to-have-been-killed-by-bear-sheriff/

    https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/moose-creek-killing-dustin-kjersem-daren-abbey/article_8f798022-a5e5-11ef-a9b5-7fed3b948b29.html

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dustin-kjersem-killed-montana-camper-suspect-arrested/

    https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5175086/arrest-in-killing-montana-camper-bear-attack-ruled-out

  • 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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    Sources

    https://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-1

    https://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)
    CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 4:06-cr-00152-RP-HCA-2

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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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    Sources:
    U.S. District Court
    Eastern District of California
    CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:22-mj-00109-SAB-1

  • 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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    Sources:
    U.S. District Court
    District of Wyoming (Yellowstone National Park)
    CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: L:24-mj-00056-SAH-1

  • 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.

  • 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-carpenter

    https://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_fighter

    Facebook: 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.html

    https://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.




  • 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

  • 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 jump

    Frank 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.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.



  • 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.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/

  • 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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    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.