Park Predators

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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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Tuesday · 34 min
The Honeymooners
A couple sets out on a honeymoon adventure to conquer the mighty Colorado River, but their journey ends when they vanish without a trace.
October 27 · 36 min
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 out to be a serial offender.
October 20 · 27 min
The Group
When a 17-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. Native Hope https://blog.nativehope.org/ Office For Victims of Crime: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) https://ovc.ojp.gov/topics/missing-murdered-indigenous-persons/state-resources U.S. Department of Justice: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Homepage https://www.justice.gov/tribal/mmip Sovereign Bodies Institute https://w
October 13 · 38 min
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 decades until the truth eventually surfaced. View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-decades
October 6 · 33 min
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. What investigators pulled off the other woman's phone took four years to turn into a guilty plea for a charge most people have never heard of: causing suicide as criminal homicide. View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-searches
September 29 · 28 min
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?
September 24 · 28 min
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 happened to her. The fate of Stacy Arras remains a haunting mystery after more than four decades.
September 22 · 32 min
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, but resolution evades law enforcement in two separate countries.
September 17 · 43 min
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 National Park. Though the stories of these two boys are not connected, their fates remain mysteries that haunt the recreation spaces they were last seen in. Sources for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit parkpreda
September 15 · 31 min
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.
September 10 · 29 min
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 motive behind the crime surprised even those closest to the perpetrator.
September 8 · 29 min
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.
September 3 · 30 min
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 surround this 2019 crime than ever before.
September 1 · 22 min
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.
August 25 · 29 min
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 authorities zero in on not one…but two killers
August 18 · 28 min
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.
August 11 · 28 min
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 happened to Michael Bryson and do more people know the truth?
August 4 · 25 min
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?
July 28 · 42 min
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 never fully be known.
July 21 · 31 min
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 efforts to conceal his actions, justice prevails.

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