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Horror doesn’t come from nowhere. Some of the most unsettling films we watch in the dark are rooted in something real — a crime, a disappearance, a moment that was too strange to ignore. Art imitates life, and in horror, it often does so with disturbing precision. And maybe that’s why these movies hit harder than pure fiction. Because somewhere beneath the jump scares and soundtracks, there’s a reminder that the most frightening stories are the ones that already happened.
Join me for a fun NYE special episode! I had the pleasure of having Ryan & Chris from Roasted Snow Horror Show on to talk about what they know best: horror movies. I love the horror genre and I could talk about horror movies all day. So we got together to discuss outdoor horror films (& went on lots of tangents!) Ryan and Chris are so fun and their podcast is very entertaining, I can’t recommend it enough. Check them out & go give them a follow.
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In July 2010, an experienced outdoorsman goes missing while with friends during a climb on Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier is majestic, but it’s also merciless. Eric’s story is a haunting reminder that even experts can vanish—and often without explanation. His disappearance remains one of Mount Rainier’s most baffling modern mysteries, a reminder of how quickly climbers can be swallowed by the mountain’s brutal weather and treacherous terrain.
Sources:
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/eric-lewis
https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201109100/Climber-Unties-from-Team-Disappears-During-Severe-Weather-Inexperienced-Climbing-Partners-Washington-Mount-Rainier-Gibraltar-Ledges
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The Mojave Desert can look endless from above — all pale rock, broken sun, and silence. But for two hikers in July 2017, that silence became something else entirely. Three months after going missing, their bodies were found under a tree and left everyone with more questions than answers.
Sources:
https://people.com/crime/joshua-tree-murder-suicide-california/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41702369
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/park-hikers-may-have-died-sympathetic-murder-suicide-n813046
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For decades, ranchers across the American West have stumbled upon scenes that defy explanation: perfectly healthy cattle found dead overnight, organs removed with surgical precision, no blood, no tracks, no signs of struggle. From Colorado’s windswept plains to the deserts of New Mexico, these cases have become part of rural legend — and one of the strangest unsolved mysteries in modern American history.
Sources:
https://unsolved.com/gallery/mysterious-mutilations/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation
https://vault.fbi.gov/Animal%20Mutilation
https://www.abc4.com/news/crime/carbon-county-cattle-mutilation/
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/01/10/investigation-into-13-dead-cows/
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In 1989, a chilling mystery unfolded high in the rugged wilderness of Japan’s Daisetsuzan National Park. Near the slopes of Mount Asahidake, rescuers responding to a hand-carved SOS sign stumbled upon a gruesome discovery — a human skeleton lying beside it. At first glance, it seemed like a tragic but straightforward case: but it was anything but. What began as a routine recovery in the Japanese mountains turned into one of the country’s most perplexing unsolved outdoor mysteries — a haunting reminder that sometimes, even cries for help can hide secrets of their own.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisetsuzan_National_Park
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/japan/hokkaido/daisetsuzan-national-park-grand-traverse--3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOS_incident
https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/kenji-iwamura/36136/
https://vocal.media/criminal/the-sos-sign-that-no-one-made-japan-s-strangest-hiking-mystery
https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Asahidake_John_Doe
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Welcome back to Nature News, November 2025 Edition. On this episode, we travel across canyons, coasts, glaciers, forests, and mountains — touching on real stories of nature’s beauty, danger, and unpredictability. Some are tragic. Some are surreal. All are a reminder of the raw power and complexity of the wild.
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We’re heading deep into Washington’s Olympic National Park — a place where mist hangs heavy in the ancient forests, and where the line between the living and the lost grows thin. From the storm-battered beaches of Rialto and Ruby, to the moss-draped silence of the Hoh Rain Forest, this landscape feels alive — watching, listening. Join us for today's installment of Haunted Parks.
Sources:
https://www.myolympicpark.com/park/history/the-lady-of-crescent-lake/
https://thenationsvacation.com/travel_guide/national-park-ghost-stories/
https://seattleterrors.com/olympic-national-park/
https://www.nps.gov/olym/index.htm
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National parks are supposed to be peaceful—untouched slices of wilderness. But dig through the right reports, and you’ll find something else: the weird stuff. The unsettling stuff. The “what the hell actually happened out there?” stuff. Join us for part two of bizarre incident reports from various national parks.
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In October 2020 a University of Washington professor and avid outdoorsman, set out on a solo overnight hike in Mount Rainier National Park. He was last seen on October 9th, and when he failed to return the next day, a massive search effort began. To this day, his disappearance remains an unsolved mystery, a haunting reminder of how even experienced hikers can vanish in the vast wilderness of our national parks.
Tips: Mount Rainier NP at 360-569-2211 or mora_dispatch@nps.gov
Sources:
https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP74986
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/sam-dubal
https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/dr-sam-dubal
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/23/us/missing-uw-professor-sam-dubal-trnd
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There’s a silent epidemic that has been happening for decades on our federal lands. Everyone loves recreating in national recreation areas, national forests, and national parks. But there’s an unseen danger about these places: you could become a missing person and there would be little done to bring you back into the known.
Sources:
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/leave-no-trace/
https://www.newsnationnow.com/travel/mystery-missing-persons-national-parks/
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2018/11/gone-missing-national-parks
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2120
https://nypost.com/2020/07/04/why-hundreds-of-people-vanish-into-the-american-wilderness/
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/questions-answers/national-park-stats
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1038/text
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On September 24, 2013, two friends set out to hike in Idaho’s Craters of the Moon National Monument but never returned. The remote volcanic landscape is known for its rugged terrain, lava fields, and extreme weather conditions. Their tragic disappearance underscores both the unforgiving nature of the monument and the dangers of venturing into isolated wilderness without adequate preparation.
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Tonight, on this Halloween-leaning episode, we’re going on a journey across America — coast to coast, forest to canyon, swamp to cliff — to explore 13 trails where something other than wind might be watching. These are hikes with history. With tragedy. With ghosts. With stories that linger in the trees.
So grab your headlamp, pull up the hood, step off the beaten path—and let’s go where the wild gets uneasy.
Sources:
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/haunted-hikes/
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This October, we have stories of bears, bison, caves, skulls… nature’s power and reminders that the wilderness is not always polite. So pull up your jacket, light your lantern in your mind, and let’s step into the wild. Tune in today for October 2025's nature news.
Sources:
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/hiker-injured-in-idaho-bear-attack https://kdvr.com/news/local/black-bear-pass-closed-indefinitely-after-south-carolina-driver-ignores-warnings/amp/ https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article312341837.html https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/bear-fatally-attacked-camper-arkansas-killed-by-hunters/527-f2d01d48-74c6-49e3-bd19-c15fb40ece79 https://www.thetravel.com/great-smoky-mountains-national-park-reopened-by-local-group-funding/ https://www.aol.com/articles/spelunker-thought-she-found-trash-152700696.html https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2025/10/09/yellowstone-campers-wake-to-find-herd-of-more-than-300-rutting-bison-surrounding-their-tents/ https://www.thv11.com/article/news/nation-world/human-skull-found-indiana-2300-bc-fayette-county/507-e413a22c-50d3-4a17-81a9-f3c00a454925
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Joshua Tree National Park is famous for its surreal desert landscapes, but it also carries a haunted reputation. From ghostly figures wandering abandoned mines, to hikers reporting strange lights and unexplained sounds, to real-life tragedies that still linger in the desert air, Joshua Tree is a place where beauty and mystery collide. In this episode, we explore the chilling legends and eerie encounters that make Joshua Tree one of the most haunted national parks in America.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/22/magazine/voyages-joshua-tree-lost-hiker.html
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/paul-miller
https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/news/missingpersonsearchcontinues.htm
https://folklore.usc.edu/legend-of-skinwalkers-in-joshua-tree/
https://listverse.com/2024/04/11/10-tragic-disappearances-and-deaths-in-joshua-tree-national-park/
https://listverse.com/2024/04/11/10-tragic-disappearances-and-deaths-in-joshua-tree-national-park/’
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On June 18, 2014, a 54-year-old runner went out for a routine run in the Roaring Creek area of Pennsylvania’s Weiser State Forest—a terrain he knew very well. But he never returned. This is the tragic story of a runner's mysterious death.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiser_State_Forest
https://www.theruncollective.com/statistics
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692325000626
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In October 2020, a woman set out for a solo hike in Idaho’s rugged Sawtooth National Forest—and never came back. Her car was found parked neatly at the Prairie Creek Trailhead, her backpack missing, and no sign of a struggle. Searchers have been routinely looking for her for the past four years and not a clue has been found as to what happened to her.
Tips: Blaine County Sheriff's Office 208-788-5555
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawtooth_National_Forest
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/fern-baird
https://charleyproject.org/case/fern-alexandra-lovett-baird
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Just a short mic update on the issue. Not sponsored by SHURE haha. Its been a long day and I just wanted to update everyone on the mic issue & how it was resolved. Tomorrow's episode (67) and next week's episode (68) will be with the old mic since they were pre-recorded. Episode 69 will be back to normal with the new microphone. Thanks for everyone's understanding! Love you guys and hope you're having a better week than me:)
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Silver Plume, Colorado—a sleepy, semi-ghost town nestled in the Rockies, once a mining hub, now a place people visit to disappear...or vanish. In the summer of 1988, a seasoned sportswriter took a sabbatical and moved here with dreams of writing a novel and rediscovering himself. He rented a little antique shop in the same building where the previous owner had mysteriously disappeared a year earlier. While on a hike, he vanished too, just like the previous owner. This is one of Colorado’s most bizarre missing person’s cases.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Plume,_Colorado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaho_National_Forest
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/keith-reinhard#google_vignette=
https://apps.colorado.gov/apps/coldcase/casedetail.html?id=307
https://unsolved.com/gallery/keith-reinhard/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Keith_Reinhard
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On a quiet November evening in 2011, a man was walking home from work along a bike path. Just a mile from home, a woman on a bike discovered him lying unconscious. But this wasn’t an accident. He had been brutally attacked with a heavy blade—almost decapitated. No defensive wounds. No motive. And no suspect in sight.
Tips: There is a $22,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If you have any information on the murder of David Grubbs, please call or text Crime Stoppers of Southern Oregon at 1–800–850–0580 and refer to case number KTVL 12–25–18. You may remain anonymous.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland,_Oregon
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/oregon/bear-creek-greenway-from-ashland
https://ashlandtrails.com/biking/bear-creek-greenway-bike-path/
chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ashlandoregon.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1286/Press-Release-Autopsy-Results-PDF
https://www.facebook.com/groups/302537046434247/
https://medium.com/p/2765fcffba5b
https://ashland.news/memorial-to-slain-ashland-man-vandalized/
https://kobi5.com/news/13-years-since-violent-murder-of-david-grubbs-along-ashland-bike-path-257036/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1de4lgs/the_disturbing_murder_of_david_grubbs/
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September has brought us stories of rediscovery, resilience, and the reminder that nature still has plenty of surprises hiding in plain sight. From mountain forests to remote corners of the globe, species once thought lost are stepping back into the spotlight, and conservation efforts are showing just how much hope the wild still carries. Let’s dive into the headlines shaping September’s nature news.
Sources:
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/body-recovered-after-car-goes-over-grand-canyon-rim.amp
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/wildlife-experts-thrilled-trail-cameras-061500279.html
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