Park Predators
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.
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.
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REVISITED: The Friends
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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.
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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 authorities zero in on not one…but two killers
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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.
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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 happened to Michael Bryson and do more people know the truth?
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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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?
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INTRODUCING: CounterClock Season 8
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 coldcase@vpd.ca.View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-buddies
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 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 TipsToTBI@tn.gov. You can listen to Murder At Land Between the Lakes on Spotify, and...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 in order to protect innocent lives and the parkland he swore an oath to.
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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 secrets held all the answers.
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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 solve the enduring question: Who were the Babes in the Woods?
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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 disappearance has been anything but a straightforward task.
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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 doorsteps of two lovers.
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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 coming.
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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 questionable conclusion in court for his killer.
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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 mystery unlike anything residents had seen before.
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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 partner are getting close, tragedy strikes yet again.
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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 to bring her killer to justice, but is faced with bizarre roadblocks from two nations on different continents.
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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 sinister.
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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.
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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 a long and complicated one.
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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 of who killed Julie Ann Cohen has endured much to investigators dismay.
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