Wilderness Bonescapes

In 19th-century Galicia, Spain, a small, soft-spoken tailor named Manuel Blanco Romasanta offered to guide people through the mountains of Spain. Many of whom, did not return and were never heard from again. Manuel later confessed to murdering at least nine people, mostly women and children. When captured, he claimed he was cursed to become a wolf, doomed to kill and feed on human flesh during his transformations. Some called...

Deep in the woods, where the trees swallow the last traces of sunlight, forgotten asylums crumble in silence. Once filled with screams and cries, these rotting halls still hold the echoes of cruelty and despair. Patients were locked away, punished, and abandoned—many never left alive. Their restless spirits linger, pacing the corridors, whispering through cracked walls, and watching from shattered windows. The forest has recl...

In 1972, sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma vanished from her Springfield, New Jersey home. Six weeks later, a dog carried back a human arm—leading to her body, eerily perched atop a cliff locals called the Devil’s Teeth. Rumors swirled of wooden crosses, cult rituals, and Satanic sacrifice though police denied any occult ties. With no clear cause of death, missing evidence, and whispers of cover-ups, her case remains unsolve...

Beneath the canopy of North America’s wild places something quietly unravels. Hikers vanish from trailheads and backcountry ridgelines as if swallowed by the land itself — sometimes never to be heard from again, sometimes found miles from where they disappeared, and sometimes returned with no memory of what happened. Most of these vanishings cluster in deep national park wildernesses — remote pockets where the map ends and th...

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park looks like just another abandoned carnival ground, but its soil hides a chilling past. Built in 1926, the park saw at least six children die in tragic accidents—a girl struck on the swings, two brothers falling from the Ferris wheel, and others lost to the water. When attempts were made to revive the park decades later, excavations revealed thousands of Native American skeletons buried beneath the ...

We have all heard the stories of a women in white haunting the grounds, often being seen walking eerily and slowly around corners, disappearing into nothingness. Leaving witnesses chills and goosebumps. A Lady in White ghost, said to be a harbinger of death and misfortune, the product of a violent death or suicide. But did you know there are stories of Ladies in White all over the world and in many different cultures. In this...

In January 1959, nine young hikers vanished in Russia’s Ural Mountains. When rescuers found their camp, the tent had been slashed open from the inside and abandoned, with boots and supplies neatly left behind. The hikers’ bodies were discovered scattered across the snow—their conditions in which they are found, is unexplainable. The Soviet investigation concluded only that a “compelling natural force” was to blame, but theori...

After a tragic war at home, Samuel Vengrinovich traveled to India searching for peace. But a simple hike in the Himalayas turned into a brutal fight for survival after a deadly fall left him broken, stranded, and invisible in one of the most remote corners of the world. With no phone, no food, and shattered limbs—Sam survived by eating insects, drinking his own urine, and climbing down cliffs with one hand. But it wasn’t just...

Ronald enters the Appalachian Trail to immerse himself in nature and find peace after his service in the military. What waits in the dark depths of the forest is anything but peaceful. When a man said to be harassing people along the trails, turns violent, following and attacking Richard and his group of hikers. Join us as we tell the true story of Richard and his friends trying to survive from an unhinged murderer preying on...

Join us as we take a break from the tough stories we usually cover and dive into Hollywood stars saving lives off screen. In this episode of Fireside Chat, we step beyond the script and dive into true stories of Hollywood heroes who didn’t just play lifesavers — they became them. From remote jungles and raging oceans to deserted beaches and chaotic film sets, these stars found themselves in moments of real danger, and made sp...

25-year-old safari guide Richard Field was living his dream—leading tourists through wild Africa in search of lions. But one step off the beaten path would change everything. What began as a routine tracking mission turned into a nightmare. He came face-to-face with death in its rawest, most primal form. After stepping out of his vehicle to follow fresh paw prints, he was suddenly ambushed by a charging lioness defending her ...

Elite climbers Fay and Michelle set out to attempt a daring first ascent of Chaukhamba, a 22,949-foot peak in the Indian Himalayas. With over two decades of experience and world-class climbs under their belts, they were fully prepared for the challenge—or so they thought. After six grueling days of climbing, disaster struck when a rockfall swept away their critical haul bag containing essential gear, leaving them stranded on ...

On a pristine summer morning in the Alaskan backcountry, Dan and John set off on what should have been a peaceful fishing trip. But their adventure takes a terrifying turn when they come face to face with a massive Brown bear blocking the trail. As they retreat, hoping to avoid confrontation, they find themselves cut off by her cubs just minutes later—unwittingly caught in the most dangerous position in the wild: between a mo...

Two men from New York are visiting Colorado, hiking up a 14,000 foot summit when they loose the trail. They call the rescue team to help guide them back to the trail. When they find the trail and reach the summit, the rescue team thinks all is well until screams are heard over the phone. Join us in the survival story of two hikers who get hit by lighting and the extraordinary efforts of the rescue team to race against the clo...

All seems well in Australia’s Belanglo State Forest until bodies begin to be found by outdoor recreationists. Between 1989 and 1993, seven young travelers vanished while hitchhiking through the rural New South Wales. What they didn’t know was that their journeys would all end in the same desolate place: the Belanglo State Forest. Join us as we trace the early signs of danger on the Hume Highway, explore the disturbing discove...

Living deep in the Colorado mountains, Chris loves walking the trails every morning with her dog Nala. Until one morning she hears an unrecognizable noise echoing in the forest. She turns around to see a Moose charging her and Nala. In her attempt to escape, she gets tangled in hidden barbed wire. Join us while we tell Chris and Nala’s survival story during a Moose attack, go over tips on how to survive a moose attacks, and s...

In this chilling episode, we journey into the forgotten corners of history—abandoned ghost towns where time has stood still and the past lingers like a whisper in the wind. Echoes of the past slowly gathering dust as the once thriving towns now sit abandoned. These once-thriving communities, deserted, are now said to be haunted by the spirits of those who never left. From eerie footsteps in crumbling saloons to children’s lau...

Wayne Williamson is working as a contract hunter in Mozambique Africa. He is hired by a hunting guide to hunt down an injured leopard that got away from them in their hunt. While Wayne and the other hunter are close on it’s tale, they aren’t the only ones hunting. Wayne bends down to pear through some brush when the Leopard gets the upper hand on Wayne, pouncing on him. Which hunter will get it’s kill?

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After World War Two broke out and his homeland of Norway was invaded, Jan Baalsrud trained to be a spy. He was assigned to secretly go into Norway with 11 other men, blow up an airfield tower along with as many water planes as they could, and recruit fighters. Their plan quickly fell apart as they accidently relay their objective to the wrong person and are attacked by German Soldiers soon after arriving in Norway. In their e...