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Oct 2023
1h 31m

Joshua Simiskey Part 2: Stranger than Fi...

Wondery
About this episode
Last week, we shared Part 1 of Joshua Simiskey's story. 41-year-old Joshua Simiskey vanished under bizarre circumstances in October of 2019. He had given all his belongings to a woman he had recently met. She claimed that he had offered the items for her hand in marriage while on a spiritual journey. But then, Josh was picked up by park rangers inside Olympi ... Show More
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