Park Predators

Park Predators

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.

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September 6, 2024 30 mins

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On the night of December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Vickie's young grandson Colby were driving through the piney woods of East Texas when they encountered a terrifying sight: a large, diamond-shaped object emitting intense heat and light hovered over the road. As the trio watched in horror, they suffered ...

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When two young American tourists set out to explore a fairytale castle in Germany during the summer of 2023, one of their lives is cut short by a ruthless predator. Police quickly apprehend the perpetrator, but his motives leave everyone perplexed. 

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August 20, 2024 25 mins

When two college students are attacked in Talladega National Forest, the hunt for the suspects involved comes to a swift end but the reason for the crime leads investigators down a rabbit hole of bizarre beliefs that raise more questions than answers. 

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August 13, 2024 43 mins

When a woman’s headless body is found on fire in a picnic area of a popular Illinois recreation park, the news shocks everyone. The brutality of the crime was difficult to comprehend, but even more confounding, the fact that she could not be identified and remained a Jane Doe for more than a year. Eventually, justice came knocking on the door of the predator who discarded her like trash.

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August 6, 2024 28 mins

When an outdoor enthusiast and remote hunting camp cook disappears into thin air, authorities worry what might have befallen her. When a young man in the same region is reported missing the same day as her, investigators are stretched thin to find answers fast. The stories of Connie Johnson and Terrence Woods Jr. may not be formally connected, but to tell one, you must tell the other.

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July 30, 2024 31 mins

When a beloved wife and mother of three falls to her death inside a Michigan national park in 2006, authorities immediately begin looking at her husband. His changing stories and scandalous secrets seal his fate, but the couple’s children remain convinced their father is an innocent man. 
 

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July 23, 2024 30 mins

When a pioneer and one of his companions are gunned down in cold blood while prospecting for silver in the great American west, the sole survivor of the attack is quick to blame a group of Native Americans for the crime... but evidence emerges that raises questions about whether the survivor and possibly more white men hungry for power and riches might have been responsible for the mysterious case of double murder.

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July 16, 2024 32 mins

When a devoted father and outdoorsman is found shot to death near Potholes State Park on Mother’s Day weekend in 1999 his family is left with more questions than answers. Law enforcement immediately finds a promising trail of clues and surveillance video only to have their investigation fizzle out. 

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July 9, 2024 41 mins

When two pals from Boston, Massachusetts go for a hike in the New Mexican desert and only one makes it out alive, questions begin to swirl about what happened. Was it the elements that overtook one of the men or perhaps a much darker secret that forced his friend to turn into an enemy?

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July 2, 2024 34 mins

In 2016 when a couple ventured into Kafue National Park in Zambia, Africa for a luxury hunting trip and only one of them returned to America alive… red flags started popping up. But it would take years before the truth of what really happened inside their safari cabin would come to light and a killer finally brought to justice.

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June 25, 2024 30 mins

On Valentine’s Day in February 2020, the body of a young woman turned up dead in Olympic National Forest. The family man responsible for her death is quickly identified and leads authorities down a rabbit hole of lies that ended in horrific bloodshed. 

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June 18, 2024 46 mins

When a middle-aged couple camping alone in the Oregon woods in 2003 is gunned down in cold blood, the sole survivor is left to point police in the direction of a ruthless shooter... but an unexpected second attack complicates the case, and two mysteries are left unresolved. 

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June 11, 2024 29 mins

When a biologist disappears into the Texas marshland he's charged with protecting, law enforcement comes together to find answers. When the truth finally surfaces, a murderer's cover up unravels, and a beloved game warden is avenged. 

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June 4, 2024 35 mins

When a 24-year-old New Hampshire woman is found gunned down outside a state park while walking her dog, police embark on a massive manhunt for her killer. The young man responsible would nearly escape their grasp… twice. 

View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-walk

Don’t forget to check out this week's episode of Dark Downeast where Kylie Low covers another case from New Hampshire. 

 

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May 28, 2024 42 mins

When a beloved caretaker is murdered in the remote Australian bushland of Alpine National Park, authorities suspect another employee of the homestead is to blame... but when a second body turns up, a harrowing reality sets in. A vicious killer is on the loose. More than 100 years later, the identity of the perpetrator remains a mystery.

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May 28, 2024 34 mins

When a young Japanese tourist turns up dead inside one of the world’s most unique geologic formations in Arizona, a sacred Native American paradise becomes the epicenter of international media attention. The truth about who murdered Tomomi Hanamure is far darker than anyone knows. 

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August 29, 2023 29 mins

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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August 22, 2023 39 mins

One of the worst crimes to consume British headlines in 1986 leads authorities on a search for a killer who was in the thick of a murder investigation the entire time. The Wild Park double murders of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows end in justice, but justice delayed.

 

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August 15, 2023 43 mins

When an elderly couple on a romantic camping trip in the bushland of Australia vanished from their burned-out campsite, authorities quickly identify a suspect. The accused killer is someone nobody expected, a decorated airline pilot.

 

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August 8, 2023 36 mins

At the dawn of the 20th century, two brothers prospecting for gold hoped to find their fortune in the Northern region of Canada. Instead, they suffered horrific deaths. The identity of the person who brutally killed the McLeod brothers remains unknown more than 100 later.

 

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