1: Unsolved. Shenandoah and Acadia National Park.

National Park After Dark

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Lace up those hiking boots and get ready to enter Shenandoah and Acadia National Park. In the first episode of National Park After Dark, listen along as Cassie and Danielle tell the tragic tales of Julianne Williams, Lollie Winans and Leslie Spellman – three women who came to explore these parks, but never left.

We love our National Parks and we know you do too but when you're out there, remember to enjoy the view but watch your back. Please take a moment to rate and subscribe from wherever you’re listening to NPAD! Become part of our Outsider family on Patreon to gain access to ad-free episode, bonus content and more. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook , and Twitter. To share a Trail Tale, suggest a story, access merch and browse our book recommendations - head over to our website.

Sources for this episode: Death in Acadia: And Other Misadventures in Maine's National Park. Fox Bangor. Savage Watch. Appalachian Trail Mysteries. NBC Washington. Blue Ridge Outdoors. Strange Outdoors.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Nature, it provides something for everyone, whether it be peace, pleasure, exhilaration,
0:06.5	or solitude.
0:07.5	Deep down, beneath the layers of to-do lists, work commutes and schedules, is the desire
0:12.8	to explore it, to get lost in it, and to become part of it.
0:16.9	That's the beauty of national parks.
0:19.5	Relatively small corners of our planet shielded from modern-day development, little oasis
0:24.0	where nature is left to be wild.
0:26.6	Mountains of people flood the gates of national parks every year to get a taste of that wild.
0:31.9	To explore unfenced lands and to catch fleeting glimpses of free roaming wildlife who have
0:37.3	never known cages.
0:39.4	But the wild has its dangers.
0:41.3	We all know that Mother Nature rules all.
0:44.1	Accidents, exposure to the elements, animal encounters, and ill-prepared tracks can all
0:49.3	lead to disaster.
0:51.1	Out of the average of six people who perish in U.S. national parks each week, some of them
0:56.4	have nothing to do with Mother Nature.
0:59.3	Another danger lurks in the thick of the forest, and it takes cover and darkness.
1:04.1	A handful of people who set out to make memories in national parks have died by the hand of
1:09.2	some who use wild places like a cloak, concealing their murderous intentions.
1:14.4	People who walk the same trails as we do, who appear in the background of our family photos,
1:19.4	murderers and hikers clothing, and some of those murders have never been solved.
1:25.6	Welcome to National Park After Dark.
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