Bring all of your hiking gear, plenty of water, and a ghost meter as we travel to various haunted trails in Channel Islands, Rocky Mountain, Indiana Dunes, Grand Canyon and Great Smoky Mountains.NPAD is featured on @Stitcher's second annual True Crime Week. You can listen to our show and all the other True Crime Week podcasts on the Stitcher app or at stitch ... Show More
Oct 8
Trail Tales 103: Grand Canyon Ghosts, RV Bats & Paranormal Wedding Crashers
Today’s stories include Grand Canyon Ghosts, RV bats, emergency poops, paranormal wedding crashers, local lore, and lovestruck teenage protectors. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers! For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch an ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 5
Making a Monster: Werewolf Hiking Trail
Before America had witch trials, Europe had werewolf trials - and they were as dark as they sound. One of the most infamous cases of time was that of Peter Stumpp, a man who was convicted and executed for serial murder, cannibalism, incest, and practicing black magic to transform ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 2017
Episode 8 – Hiking Buddies
There's nothing quite like the great outdoors, and autumn is the perfect time to get outside. Enjoy the foliage, see some ghosts and encounter the New Jersey Devil! If that's not your thing, opt to find the missing civilians of Roanoke. A ghostly run-in is basically guaranteed at ... Show More
1h 7m
Sep 2025
136. Reddit Scary Stories: True Camping Horror Tales (feat. National Park After Dark)
From a recent and tragic double murder in Devil's Den State Park, to a hiker entering a time warp, to unknowingly encountering a serial killer while camping, today we're talking through all the terrifying and mysterious national park stories. Make sure to follow our guests of tod ... Show More
1h 16m
Jul 2025
Encounters x288 - Summer Scares: Haunted Vacations
It’s officially summer, which means travel season — and with it, a whole new batch of haunted experiences. In this week’s Encounters, listeners share their strangest supernatural run-ins while camping, road-tripping, or staying in places that should’ve come with a paranormal warn ... Show More
54m 52s
Jun 2023
22: National Park Horror: True Stories of Terror
Dangers inside of National Parks, both strangers and freak accidents. We'll hear about people who got the sense something was watching them, feral people potentially living in the parks, as well as horror stories of people falling into geysers and off of the Grand Canyon Subscrib ... Show More
35m 35s
Jun 2025
122. Appalachian Trail Horror: Strange Encounters, Feral People, Mysterious Lights, and more
A strange man stalks two women on their camping trip. A strange dog has been caught on a loop for hundreds of years at the foot of a mountain. And lights that have no source, and no explanation. Today we're taking a trip through the Appalachian trail. Bring your flashlight. Show ... Show More
34m 26s