The Congo

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. Tamara "Tammie" Seay, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was found shot twice in the head in the Deep ... Show More

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 materia ... Show More

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 ... Show More

How far will Western powers go for conservation? In 2015, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, guards shot and killed an Indigenous boy searching for herbs with his father. This tragedy spotlights the violence faced by Indigenous communities from international conservation ef ... Show More

The great outdoors can be peaceful… or the setting of horrific crimes. Ash and Alaina set up camp in some of the most majestic state parks in the U.S. whose reputations have been tested by murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is Africa’s oldest and largest wildlife park. Since 1925, it’s been home to some of the last mountain gorillas on earth. But it’s also home to armed militia groups and an ongoing battle for natural resources. The park’ ... Show More

In today's episode, we will be covering four truly tragic and disturbing stories from state/national parks all across the globe. We will take many twists and turns into a truly head-scratching experience today with true wilderness crime stories that will keep you up tonight. Down ... Show More