Podcast

Park Predators

From Audiochuck True Crime

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.

True Crime chart
#33
Episodes
187
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
30 min
On air since
2020
Latest episode
19 hours ago

Episodes

187 episodes, newest first

  1. The Honeymooners

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    A couple sets out on a honeymoon adventure to conquer the mighty Colorado River, but their journey ends when they vanish without a trace.

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    35 min
  2. The Sniper

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    A young father is gunned down in the middle of the night by an unknown attacker at a popular California State Park in Malibu. The shock of his murder sends the community reeling and the person behind the attack turns out to be a serial offender.

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    37 min
  3. The Group

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    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 Creek area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on January 15, 2006. Delia goes through the FBI affidavits, the three men charged with her murder, a federal restitution order of nearly $1.5 million and the Fourth Circuit ruling that overturned part of it.

    Native Hope https://blog.nativehope.org/

    Office For Victims of Crime: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) https://ovc.ojp.gov/topics/missing-murdered-indigenous-persons/state-resources

    U.S. Department of Justice: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Homepage https://www.justice.gov/tribal/mmip

    Sovereign Bodies Institute https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/

    National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center https://www.niwrc.org/

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    27 min
  4. The Decades

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    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.

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    38 min
  5. The Searches

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    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 years to turn into a guilty plea for a charge most people have never heard of: causing suicide as criminal homicide.

    Providence Animal Center

    National Alliance on Mental Health, Philadelphia

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    33 min
  6. The Arrest

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    When a quiet Thanksgiving Day morning is shattered by the senseless murder of a wildlife resources officer, the question isn’t what happened, it’s which of two brothers actually pulled the trigger?

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    28 min
  7. REVISITED: The Lens Cap

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    A teenage girl disappears while on a horseback riding trip in Yosemite National Park during the summer of 1981. Park rangers are left mystified and baffled when only the lens to her camera surfaces as a clue to what happened to her. The fate of Stacy Arras remains a haunting mystery after more than four decades.

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    28 min
  8. The Tourist

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    In the middle of the night while returning home from a camping holiday with his two young sons, a father is gunned down in a violent execution-style murder at a quiet rest area. Evidence of a ruthless assassin emerges, but resolution evades law enforcement in two separate countries.

    If you or someone you know has any information on the murder of Xavier Baligant please visit:

    • France’s Ministry of Justice National Unit for Serial or Unsolved Crimes (PCSNE)
    https://www.justice.gouv.fr/pole-national-crimes-seriels-ou-non-elucides

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    33 min
  9. REVISITED: The Boys

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    In 2004, 9-year-old David Gonzales vanished from his mother's sight in San Bernardino National Forest. In 2006, 8-year-old Samuel Boehlke disappeared from his father's line of vision over a hilltop in Crater Lake National Park. Though the stories of these two boys are not connected, their fates remain mysteries that haunt the recreation spaces they were last seen in.

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    44 min
  10. The Meadow

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    When a hand is unearthed in a popular meadow in Yosemite National Park, investigators hunt for answers for years. When an ID is finally made, even more questions emerge.

    If you think you may have known or interacted with Patricia Patty Hicks Dahlstrom in the late 1970s or early 1980s, please contact Special Agents with the National Park Services Investigative Services Branch.

    • NPS Investigative Services Branch Cold Cases

    • https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm
    • Tip Line: 888-653-0009
    • Email: nps_isb@nps.gov

    • NPS Investigative Services Branch

    • 1849 C St NW Mailstop 2560, Washington, DC 20240
    • Phone: 202-379-4761

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    31 min
  11. REVISITED: The Tent

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    When a family is slaughtered inside their tent at a popular Iowa park during the summer of 2022, news of the tragedy spreads far and wide. The killer spared one lone member of the Schmidt family, a young boy. The motive behind the crime surprised even those closest to the perpetrator.

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    29 min
  12. The Hill

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    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.

    If you or someone you know have information regarding the disappearance of Polly Melton you can contact the NPS tip line at 888-653-0009 or go to https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1563/cold-cases.htm

    • National Missing and Unidentified Persons System: Thelma Pauline Melton https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP14284

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    29 min
  13. REVISITED: The Friends

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    When two friends sitting on a bench in an Ohio park are gunned down in cold blood, the investigators responsible for solving they murders are left dumbfounded. Few clues lead to concrete answers and more questions surround this 2019 crime than ever before.

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    30 min
  14. The Citation

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    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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    23 min
  15. The Pavilion

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    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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    29 min
  16. The Fight

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    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.

    If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available through the National Domestic Violence Hotline by calling 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visiting one of the resources below.

    National Domestic Violence Hotline

    • 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
    • 1-800-787-3224
    • Text “START” to 88788.

    More Than A Phone

    Coburn Place

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    29 min
  17. The Party

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    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?

    If you know anything about the disappearance of Michael Bryson, contact the Lane County Sheriff's Office Tip Line below

    • Lane County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line Resources

    • Email: lcsotipline@lanecountyor.gov
    • Lane County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center: 541-682-4150 option 1
    • Lane County Sheriff’s Office Tip line: 541-682-4167

    For more information on Michael Bryson's disappearance:

    • Let’s Find Michael Bryson Facebook Page
    • Michael Bryson Foundation
    • National Missing and Unidentified Person System: Missing Person Michael Bryson Profile

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    29 min
  18. The Fish

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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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    26 min
  19. The Adirondacks

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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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    43 min
  20. The Duo

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    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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    31 min

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