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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The Legacy
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When a newly wed mother-to-be plunges over a cliff at one of the most iconic beauty spots in Edinburgh, Scotland, authorities are quick to question her husband, who has many secrets. 

 

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The Honeymooners
11/03/2026

A couple sets out on a honeymoon adventure to conquer the mighty Colorado River, but their journey ends when they vanish without a trace. 

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The Sniper
10/27/2026

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.

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The Group
10/20/2026

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 Cherokee Indians, was found shot twice in the head in the Deep Creek area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on January 15, 2006. Delia goes through the FBI affidavits, the three men charged with her murder, a federal restitution order of nearly $1.5 million and the Fourth Circuit ruling that overturned part of it.

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The Decades
10/13/2026

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.

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The Searches
10/06/2026

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.

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The Arrest
09/29/2026

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?

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REVISITED: The Lens Cap
09/24/2026

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.

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The Tourist
09/22/2026

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.

If you or someone you know has any information on the murder of Xavier Baligant please visit:

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REVISITED: The Boys
09/17/2026

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.

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The Meadow
09/15/2026

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 with Patricia Patty Hicks Dahlstrom in the late 1970s or early 1980s, please contact Special Agents with the National Park Services Investigative Services Branch.

NPS Investigative Services Branch Cold Cases https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm Tip Line: 888-653-0009 Email: [email protected] NPS Investigative Services Branch 1849 C St NW Mailstop 2560, Washington, DC 20240 Phone: 202-379...


REVISITED: The Tent
09/10/2026

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.

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The Hill
09/08/2026

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 regarding the disappearance of Polly Melton you can contact the NPS tip line at 888-653-0009 or go to https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm

National Missing and Unidentified Persons System: Thelma Pauline Melton https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP14284

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REVISITED: The Friends
09/03/2026

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.

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The Citation
09/01/2026

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.

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The Pavilion
08/25/2026

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

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The Fight
08/18/2026

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. 

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The Party
08/11/2026

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?

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The Fish
08/04/2026

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?

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The Adirondacks
07/28/2026

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.

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The Duo
07/21/2026

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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The Plan
07/14/2026

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.

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The Kidnapping
07/07/2026

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 vicious crime had been lurking far longer than anyone knew.

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The Quarry
06/30/2026

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 grasp as the wind.

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The Fugitive
06/23/2026

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 in a popular camping area, investigators across multiple states begin searching for a man who they would eventually learn went by many names.

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The Sightseer
06/16/2026

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 in a national forest presents law enforcement with one of the most confounding cases they’ve ever seen. 

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The Thread
06/09/2026

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 another missing man’s burned up truck raises eyebrows and begs the question: Where are Daniel Reoch and Marshall Iwaasa?

If you have any information regarding Daniel Reoch's disappearance, contact the Squamish RCMP at 604-892-6100. Also, call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477. You can remain anonymous.  If you have information about Marshal Iwaasa’s disappearance, get in touch with Lethbri...


The Wilderness
#158
06/02/2026

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 possibly linked to more strange disappearances?

If you know anything about the 2019 disappearance of Marshal Iwaasa, please contact the Lethbridge Police by calling 403-328-4444,  Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477,  p3tips.com. Visit the Find Marshal Iwaasa page on Facebook and Instagram. 

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INTRODUCING: CounterClock Season 8
INTRODUCING: CounterClock Season 8 episode artwork
05/28/2026

In February 2008, six women were held hostage in a women’s clothing store in Tinley Park, Illinois.. Rhoda McFarland, Carrie Hudek Chiuso, Connie Woolfolk, Sarah Szafranski, and Jennifer Bishop were executed and the killer escaped leaving only one survivor. In Season 8 of CounterClock, host and investigative journalist Delia D’Ambra covers the Lane Bryant Murders and goes further into the case than any journalist has before. Through firsthand accounts and thousands of documents, Delia reconstructs what happened inside the store, why it may have happened, and who may have been responsible. For nearly twenty years, their families have lived with...


The Path
#157
05/26/2026

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 being killed at an alarming rate in Tulsa…but the question still remains, were any of the crimes connected?

If you know anything about the August 27th, 1975, murder of Suzanne Oakley, please contact the Tulsa Police Department at tulsapolice.org/submitacrimetip or call Tulsa Crime Stoppers at 918-596-2677. Bernice Kuhlman and Marie Rosenbaum’s murders also remain unsolved. If y...


The Women
#156
05/19/2026

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.

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The Battlefield
#155
05/12/2026

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.
 

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The Routine
#154
05/05/2026

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 murder, kidnapping, and robbery dating back decades.

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The Tradition
#153
04/28/2026

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 or killers begins. But to this day law enforcement remains diligently searching for the predator who took his life.

If you have any information about the unsolved murder of Estevan Montaño, please contact the Pima County Sheriff’s Department Cold Case Unit at 520-351-3486, or submit a tip anonymously at (520) 88-Crime. You can also use the mobil...


Revisited: The Backpackers
04/24/2026

A vicious serial killer terrorized and hunted young backpackers in Australia’s Belanglo State Forest in the early 1990’s. The impact of his heinous crimes still resonates with residents to this day. How he committed his crimes made even the most seasoned investigators shudder and the true number of victims he’s suspected of murdering may never be known.

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The Getaway
#152
04/21/2026

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 quickly to unravel a web of lies involving sex and fatal drama.

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The Buddies
#151
04/14/2026

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 haunts Vancouver.

If you know anything about the unsolved murders of Ramsey Rioux and Kenneth Lutz, please contact the homicide unit of the Vancouver Police Department at 604-717-2500. You can also submit tips by visiting vpdcoldcases.ca/tips, or at the email address [email protected].

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The Land
#150
04/07/2026

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 federal recreation area. The unsolved murders of 16-year-old Vickie Stout and 14-year-old Carla Atkins need your attention.

If you have any information about the unsolved murders of Vickie Stout and Carla Atkins, please contact the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-824-3463 or by emailing [email protected]. You can listen to Murder At Land Between the Lakes on Spotify, and...


The Overlook
#149
03/31/2026

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 in order to protect innocent lives and the parkland he swore an oath to.

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The Unspeakable
#148
03/24/2026

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 secrets held all the answers.

If you’d like to learn more about Erin and see the beautiful person she was while she was alive, visit the Remembering Erin Corwin Facebook page, or join the Justice for Erin Corwin Facebook group.

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