Safety in Wild Places with NICOLE SNELL

In the news for July 2026, an attempted kidnapping of a trail runner in a NC National Forest; a man charged with harassing and injuring an endangered species in Hawaii; removal of an illegal camper wh...

20 Heinä 57min

Prolific serial killer, Israel Keyes, is often remembered for the murder that led to his capture in Alaska. But years before his arrest, he lived on Washington's remote Olympic Peninsula, worked in Ne...

13 Heinä 50min

An anniversary hike. A 1,200-foot fall. A case ruled an accident for nearly two decades. When new evidence surfaced, investigators reopened the death of Bernadette Vander Meer and charged her husband ...

6 Heinä 40min

Hear what happens when a ranger in an old ill-equipped patrol car is in pursuit of an international master of disguise.  You can't make this stuff up! Support the show!For bonus content join our Patre...

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In 2014, a routine contact in Arizona’s Blue Ridge area of the Coconino National Forest turned into a fight for survival. When a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer investigated a vehicle park...

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In the summer of 2024, Yosemite dispatchers became increasingly concerned about a man making repeated harassing calls to the park's 911 center. What started as an investigation into nuisance phone cal...

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News stories for this week include a “fall” off the cliff incident from Tettegouche State Park on Lake Superior, In Oregon, 2 women were kidnapped from their tent off of a popular hiking trail, human ...

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Nancy and Tara are in Alaska this week, so we're dusting off this story from the vault that took place on the border of America's largest national park, Wrangell St Elias, in Alaska.A hippie turned re...

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