Park Predators
Audiochuck
184 episodes
Explore the dark side of the world’s most beautiful places with investigative journalist and park enthusiast Delia D’Ambra. Each week, Delia guides you deep into national parks and forests across the globe, uncovering stories where nature’s breathtaking beauty has masked sinister secrets. From infamous cases that made headlines to little-known crimes that still need answers, Delia’s relentless pursuit of the truth takes her through archives and remote landscapes to reveal the hidden darkness haunting these natural wonders. Because sometimes, the most beautiful places hide the darkest secrets. This is Park Predators.
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The Sniper
A young father is gunned down in the middle of the night by an unknown attacker at a popular California State Park in Malibu. The shock of his murder sends the community reeling and the person behind the attack turns…
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The Group
When a 18-year-old girl is found murdered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, authorities quickly zero in on the group of young men who last saw her. Tamara "Tammie" Seay, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of…
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The Decades
In July 1976, a young couple camping in a Wisconsin state park were both shot dead. For forty years, investigators had a sketch, a plate number, a blood type — and not enough DNA to test. The investigation would span…
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The Searches
In June 2020, park rangers at Gifford Pinchot State Park in York County, Pennsylvania found an abandoned car, a dead dog, and two missing campers — Jolie Harris and Lauren Gallagher. One of them would be found dead.…
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The Arrest
When a quiet Thanksgiving Day morning is shattered by the senseless murder of a wildlife resources officer, the question isn’t what happened, it’s which of two brothers actually pulled the trigger? View source…
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REVISITED: The Lens Cap
A teenage girl disappears while on a horseback riding trip in Yosemite National Park during the summer of 1981. Park rangers are left mystified and baffled when only the lens to her camera surfaces as a clue to what…
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The Tourist
In the middle of the night while returning home from a camping holiday with his two young sons, a father is gunned down in a violent execution-style murder at a quiet rest area. Evidence of a ruthless assassin emerges,…
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REVISITED: The Boys
In 2004, 9-year-old David Gonzales vanished from his mother's sight in San Bernardino National Forest. In 2006, 8-year-old Samuel Boehlke disappeared from his father's line of vision over a hilltop in Crater Lake…
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The Meadow
When a hand is unearthed in a popular meadow in Yosemite National Park, investigators hunt for answers for years. When an ID is finally made, even more questions emerge. If you think you may have known or interacted…
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REVISITED: The Tent
When a family is slaughtered inside their tent at a popular Iowa park during the summer of 2022, news of the tragedy spreads far and wide. The killer spared one lone member of the Schmidt family, a young boy. The…
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The Hill
A summer resident of Great Smoky Mountains National Park vanishes without a trace. The mystery surrounding how she disappeared and why grows with every passing decade. If you or someone you know have information…
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REVISITED: The Friends
When two friends sitting on a bench in an Ohio park are gunned down in cold blood, the investigators responsible for solving they murders are left dumbfounded. Few clues lead to concrete answers and more questions…
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The Citation
A wildlife officer fishing with his son is gunned down on Labor Day weekend in game lands in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest…and the case becomes one of the most hotly contested crimes at the time. View source…
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The Pavilion
When a young man’s body is found in a picnic pavilion in Tulsa’s Mohawk Park stripped of clothing and belongings, law enforcement is left with many questions. But within a matter of weeks, clues begin to emerge and…
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The Fight
A fight between a couple at an overlook in Arches National Park ends with one of them dead, a family of good samaritans over a cliff, and a car on fire. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence,…
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The Party
When a young man vanishes from a campground in Oregon’s Umpqua National Forest, his family is quick to arrive on scene with law enforcement. Yes, answers about what happened to him have remained out of reach. What…
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The Fish
When three Minnesota game wardens are gunned down in front of multiple witnesses, a small town is split on one pivotal question…could a popular catfish be to blame? View source material and photos for this episode at:…
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The Adirondacks
When young people start turning up dead or missing in New York state’s Adirondack Mountains in the summer of 1973, police have a suspect in their sights rather quickly. The motive behind the madman’s crime spree may…
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The Duo
Two friends go camping in a California national forest, but only one returns alive. A wildfire, confusing accounts, and buried evidence nearly stand between authorities and the truth…but despite a young man’s best…
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The Plan
When a man’s body is found in a national park in Ohio with an execution-style gunshot wound to the head, authorities are quick to zero in on a female suspect. But the case is far from simple. View source material and…
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The Kidnapping
When a talented, vibrant young woman is abducted from her apartment in Maryville, Tennessee, time is of the essence to find her. When the worst is revealed, authorities discover that the human predator behind the…
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The Quarry
Two friends set off for a walk along a set of railroad tracks in Wisconsin, but only one returns alive. Exactly what happened on a snowy winter’s day in 1920 near a once bustling limestone quarry is as difficult to…
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The Fugitive
When a woman vanishes while traveling in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, law enforcement and her family act quickly to try and figure out what happened to her. After her skeletonized remains are eventually found…
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The Sightseer
A couple’s trip to a pharmaceutical conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, turns into a husband’s nightmare when his wife vanishes without a trace. Then, months later, a perplexing discovery hundreds of miles away…
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The Thread
A father of two vanishes into the woods near Pemberton, British Columbia, in the winter of 2019, but few people close to him realize he’s missing until months later. By then, a suspicious discovery at the site of…
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The Wilderness
A 26-year-old man from Calgary vanishes after visiting his mother. Days later, his truck is found burned up nearly 14 hours away in the wilds of British Columbia. What happened to Marshal Iwaasa and is his case…
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The Path
When a bright, young woman living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is found brutally murdered along a popular running trail in the city, everyone who knew her is shocked. Then, as the case drags on, it becomes clear that women are…
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The Women
When visitors discover a man shot dead at a campground along the Idaho-Oregon border, law enforcement swiftly zeros in on not one, but two suspects who are close to home. View source material and photos for this…
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The Battlefield
When authorities in Georgia respond to a body being found in a national park, they realize the victim is from hundreds of miles away…and he's a missing person. View source material and photos for this episode at:…
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The Routine
Two park rangers in Oregon are kidnapped and marched down a rugged trail along the Pacific coast. One survived and the other didn’t. The hunt for their attacker leads authorities down one man’s disturbing path of…
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The Tradition
A father and experienced bow hunter goes for an annual hunting and camping trip to the Santa Rita Mountains but fails to return. When his loved ones discover he’s been murdered at his campsite, the hunt for his killer…
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The Getaway
When a weekend camping trip along the Applegate River in California turns suspicious after a man’s body is found wrapped in a tent and shoved down an embankment, law enforcement investigators from two states work…
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The Buddies
When two teenage boys vanish in 1989, their whereabouts are a mystery for years until skulls start popping up in British Columbia’s Stanley Park. What happened to Ramsey Rioux and Kenneth Lutz is a mystery that still…
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The Land
When two sisters vanish after walking to a neighborhood convenience store their family is immediately alarmed. The urgency of the case ratchets up when their skeletonized remains are found weeks later in the heart of a…
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The Overlook
When a gun-wielding man emerges from the Smoky Mountains and menaces visitors on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, a dedicated park ranger responds… Only to discover he will have to make the ultimate sacrifice…
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The Unspeakable
When a pregnant teenager vanished after heading to Joshua Tree National Park, time was of the essence to figure out where she was and who might have wanted her dead. Turns out, a violent marine who had a life full of…
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The Pair
When two children’s skeletons are discovered in one of Vancouver’s premier urban parks in 1953, the mystery of who they were and how they were killed haunts residents. Decades later, curiosity and cutting-edge science…
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The Deputy
When a veteran Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy vanished while exercising in a remote county park near Angeles National Forest, alarm bells went off right away. However, the investigation into the missing deputy’s…
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The Wreck
When a Jeep is found wrecked over an embankment in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, red flags go up right away for investigators. The twisted saga of events and acts of betrayal they uncover next lead them to the…
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The Cowboy
When a man comes forward claiming his friend gunned down two Idaho game wardens, a massive manhunt ensues to find the notorious trapper who pulled the trigger. Then, the case takes a series of twists that no one saw…
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The Badges (2 cases)
When a dedicated Idaho game warden vanishes into the forest, its all hands on deck to find him. Then, nearly 90 years later the mystery is finally solved. The legacy of a fallen Texas game warden endures despite a…
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The Boat Ramp
In 1980 when two violent crime scenes erupted near a popular boat ramp on Anna Maria Island, Florida the small island community was tossed into chaos. As time ticked by, leads were few and the case developed a sense of…
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The Manhunt
Authorities in western North Carolina discover a gruesome double homicide in a missing couple’s home and track their prime suspect into the unforgiving forest of Appalachia. When a seasoned tracker and his four-legged…
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REVISITED: The Reserve
When a young British photojournalist vanishes in a well-known Kenyan reserve, questions swirl around what happened to her. After her remains are found at a grisly crime scene, her father sets out on a decades-long hunt…
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The Wife
A newlywed husband is found dead while on a hunting trip in Colorado’s Uncompahgre National Forest. Initially, all signs point to a tragic hunting accident, but a closer look reveals something far more calculated and…
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The Stars
In October 2003 a young couple ventures into the desert north of Phoenix to go camping but never returns. When the worst is discovered, a years-long hunt for their killer or killers begins. • If you have any…
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The Attorney
When a well-known attorney and prominent cattle rustling investigator vanishes without a trace in White Sands National Park along with his young son, alarm bells go off right away. However, the road to justice would be…
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The Researcher
When a forestry student is brutally murdered while conducting research in a forest park at the University of Florida, law enforcement scrambles to find leads that prove fruitful. As the decades have passed, the mystery…
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The Ravine
When a bright and beautiful young woman from coal country in Kentucky fails to return home from her jog, a tight knit community is rocked to its core. Then, when another young woman who was related to the first victim…
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The Robbery
When a wife and mother is brutally gunned down while strolling through a popular Tennessee park with her husband, three persons of interest materialize quickly. However, just as fast as authorities learn those…
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