All Episodes

Trail Tales 98: Spooky Sleuths, Tentacle Bunnies & Shaming Monkey Owners

What Happened to Sheila Kearns? Mount Rainier National Park

The Cog Railway Disaster: White Mountain National Forest

Trail Tales 97: Hot Cowboys, Cold Nights & Bathroom Ghosts

The Mysterious Death of Mostly Harmless: Big Cypress National Reserve

The Grizzly Mauling That Changed Yellowstone National Park

Trail Tales 96 ft. LGBTQ Outdoors

The Sasquatch Scapegoat: Sierra National Forest

Abducted on Lake Champlain

Trail Tales 95: Ghost Grandpas, Faking Injuries & Spooky Flavored Lore

2 Girls, 1 Fort: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

The Full Ted Bundy Story | Presenting America’s Most Infamous Crimes

Kidnapped by a Satanic Cult? Alpine National Park

Trail Tales 94: P***y Poltergeists, Dirtbag Dads & Wholesome Hauntings

Not Our War: Namib-Naukluft National Park

Adventure, Death & A Mother’s Day Tradition: Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Trail Tales 93: ASStronauts, Butt Foam & Getting Too High

The Mountain That Moves: The Frank Slide Disaster

The Incarcerated Women Fighting California’s Fires: Santa Monica National Recreation Area

Trail Tales 92 ft. National Park Trust

The Murder of Bianca Rudolph: Kafue National Park

Acadia National Park, Just Skip It! ft. Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet

Trail Tales 91

The Bravest Little Dog in Alaska: Glacier Bay National Park

The Questionable Death of Duncan MacPherson: Stubai Alps

Trail Tales 90 ft. Rangers of the Lost Park

A Deadly Uprising: Manzanar National Historic Site

A Sit Down With a Psychic

Trail Tales 89

Killed for a Kiss: Appalachian Trail

National Park After Dark Trailer

Abandoned in the Arctic: Northeast Greenland National Park

Trail Tales 88 ft. Creeps and Crimes

Haunted Highway: Route 66

What Happened to Sophia Koetsier? Murchison Falls National Park

Trail Tales 87

Access to Adventure: Accessibility in National Parks

The National Forest Serial Killer

Trail Tales 86

Cheers to Five NPAD Years

Into the Wild Truth: What You Didn’t Know About the McCandless Story

Introducing Valley of Shadows: The Devil’s Punchbowl

Trail Tales 85

The Cost of Survival: The Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone (Part 2)

The Cost of Survival: The Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone (Part 1)

Trail Tales 84

Willing to Risk Death Daily: Pony Express National Historic Trail

Murder or Kidnapping in a Gateway Town: New River Gorge National Park

Trail Tales 83

Death on a Painted Lake: Algonquin Provincial Park

Grand Canyon’s Most Daring (and Foolish) Stunts

Trail Tales 82

Your Leg or Your Life: Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park

The Fight for Native Lands - The Leonard Peltier Story: Badlands National Park

Trail Tales 81

Broken Promises, Broken Hearts: Nez Perce National Historical Park

Lost & Found: The Miraculous Survival of Truman C. Everts. Yellowstone National Park

Trail Tales 80

The Forgotten Winchester: Great Basin National Park

The Morbidly Curious Book Club x NPAD

The Death of Folklorist Robert Kirk: Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park

Trail Tales 79

Cemeteries: Our First Public Parks

The Dark History of Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Trail Tales 78

Short Life, Long Legacy: The Vision of George Meléndez Wright

Never. Give. Up: Angeles National Forest

Trail Tales 77

The Pablo Escobar of Eggs: Matobo National Park

Introducing: CRIME HOUSE DAILY

National Park After Dark X Heart Starts Pounding

Dying for the Lost City of Z: Xingu National Park

Trail Tales 76

Happy Birthday National Park Service, Not Everyone Loves You!

The Murder of Tomomi Hanamure: Grand Canyon National Park

Trail Tales 75

The Wildest Woman in America: Cumberland Island National Seashore

NPAD Goes Lights Out: The Butcher Baker of Alaska

Trail Tales 74

People Are Food, Too: Kakadu National Park

The Mother of Science Fiction: Inventing Frankenstein

NPAD X Generation Why

The Great Flood of 1889: Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Our Quarterly Tooth & Claw Collab

Trail Tales 73

The Couple Who Lived and Died for Lions: Meru National Park

Our Weird and Wonderful World ft. Dylan Thuros

Trail Tales 72

The Uprising ft. LGBTQ Outdoors: Stonewall National Monument

America’s Oldest Ghost Tour: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Trail Tales 71

The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: White Mountain National Forest

No More Stolen Sisters: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month

Trail Tales 70

Revenge of the Tiger: Bikin National Park

Robbery Gone Wrong: Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Trail Tales 69

The Deadliest Avalanche in U.S. History: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

The Killing of K’iid K'yaas: Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site

Trail Tales 68

DDT - So Safe You Can Eat It! Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge

The Conservation President and the Adventure That Almost Killed Him (Part 2)

291: Trail Tales 67

Introducing: WATCH HER COOK

The Conservation President and the Adventure That Almost Killed Him (Part 1)

The River Ladies: Grand Canyon National Park

Oh, the Places You Won’t Go: Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park

Trail Tales 66

Peak Danger ft. Cecilie Skog

A Love Worth Fighting For: Speaking Up For Our Public Lands

Trail Tales 65

The Year Without a Summer: Mount Tambora National Park

The Port Chicago Disaster: Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial

Trail Tales 64

The Park That Almost Never Was: Biscayne National Park

Finding Aubrey: Langtang National Park

Trail Tales 63

NPAD Turns FOUR

Til’ Death Do Us Part: Glacier National Park

Trail Tales 62

Lafitte’s Lost Loot: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Murder on the Appalachian Trail

Bringing the Mountain to the Movies ft. Andrew Kightlinger

Carrying the Torch ft. Leitah Mkhabela of the Black Mambas

Honeymoon From Hell: Manuripi-Heath National Amazonian Wildlife Reserve

Trail Tales 61

Madness in McCarthy: Wrangell - St. Elias National Park & Preserve (Part 2)

Madness in McCarthy: Wrangell - St. Elias National Park & Preserve (Part 1)

Trail Tales 60

Taken? Allagash Wilderness Waterway

National Park After Dark is Scared to Death

Trail Tales 59

The Queen of the Tetons: Remembering Grizzly 399

The Disappearance of Trenny Gibson: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Trail Tales 58

The Murder of Ranger Robert McGhee: Gulf Islands National Seashore

History and Haunts of Oz: Sydney Harbour National Park

Trail Tales 57

A Haunted Historic Tour of Antietam National Battlefield

Phone a (Dead) Friend: Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Rocky Mountain National Park’s Historic Tea Room

Trail Tales 56

Death, She Wrote ft. Randi Minetor

Murder of Six: Wells Gray Provincial Park (Part 2)

Trail Tales 55

Murder of Six: Wells Gray Provincial Part (Part 1)

The Mann Gulch Fire Tragedy: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

Trail Tales 54

Lights on the Mountain: Pisgah National Forest

Grizzly Confidential ft. Kevin Grange

Trail Tales 53

Undercover in an Asylum: Blackwell Island

The Valley Killings: Alpine National Park

Trail Tales 52

Ranger Gone Missing: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Titanic of the West: Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Trail Tales 51

The Heroine of Niagara Falls

On Our Signal: Virgin Islands National Park

Trail Tales 50

Solved: The Shenandoah Murders ft. Kathryn Miles

Parkitecture and Haunted Tales: Historic Hotels of the National Parks

Trail Tales 49

Blood in the Water: Cape Cod National Seashore

The Man Who Came Back: Charley-Yukon Rivers National Preserve

She Lived Until Morning ft. Jean Muenchrath

Survivor(wo)man: Sequoia National Park

The Lost Ranger: Chiricahua National Monument

Trail Tales 48

Catastrophe at Camp: Ouachita National Forest

Mystery Mashup

For the Fallen: Project Recover ft. Derek Abbey

Vanished: Finding Missing WWII Soldiers in Palau

The Disappearance of Joe Halpern: Rocky Mountain National Park

Trail Tales 47

The Disappearance of Everett Ruess ft. Locations Unknown Podcast

Trail Tales 46

The Value of Bones: Dinosaur National Monument

Beyond the Bear: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

Trail Tales 45

Queen of the Skies: Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

The Book Women of Appalachia: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Trail Tales 44

A Lightning Strike Rescue: Yosemite National Park

The Lost Boy: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

The Comeback Kids ft. Rob Edward & Dr. Joanna Lambert: The Rocky Mountain Wolf Project

Talk Wolf-y to Me ft. Maeve Rodgers: Voyageurs National Park

The Crash of Air Florida Flight 90: National Mall and Memorial Parks

Trail Tales 43

Tales from the Crypt: Waterton Lakes National Park

Two Thousand Miles to Freedom: California National Historic Trail

Trail Tales 42

Sometimes the Wrong Decision, Is the Right One: Gates of the Arctic National Park

The Lava Lake Murders: Deschutes National Forest

I Escaped: A Sit Down With a Wilderness Therapy Program Participant

When Good Intentions Go Bad: Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument

You Can't Grow Weed in a National Park

Trail Tales 41

The Slenderman Stabbing: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

A Christmas Massacre: Keweenaw National Historical Park

Trail Tales 40

A Daughter of Adventure: Molly Brown House National Historic Building

The Last of His People: Lassen Volcanic National Park

Outside for All: How Ranger the Dog Made National Park History

The Devil’s in the Details: Starved Rock State Park (Part 3)

The Devil’s in the Details: Starved Rock State Park (Part 2)

Trail Tales 39

The Devil’s in the Details: Starved Rock State Park (Part 1)

Trail Tales 38

Behind the Scenes of Rhino Man ft. Director John Jurko II

National Park Ghosts, Monsters, and Cryptids

Death Markers in the Live Free or Die State ft. Marianne O'Connor: White Mountain National Forest

182: A Good Ol' Fashioned Séance: The White House and President's Park

Trail Tales 37

On the Trail of the Lost ft. Andrea Lankford

Death in Acadia National Park

Two for One Special: Banff & Jasper National Park

Trail Tales 36

He’s Okay, We Just Can’t Find Him - The Disappearance of Jaryd Atadero: Roosevelt National Forest

Bear Rodeo & Brotherly Love ft. Tooth & Claw Podcast: Bryce Canyon National Park

Around the Campfire ft. Dave and Ilysa Kyu

9/11 Heroes: Flight 93 National Memorial

Death by Misadventure: Glenveagh National Park and Castle

Trail Tales 35

The Beast-Man: Olympic National Park

Not Finished Yet: Hwange National Park

Trail Tales 34

The Devastating Yellowstone Earthquake

History, Horror & Haunts ft. Two Girls One Ghost Podcast: Gettysburg National Military Park

Trail Tales 33

The Spark Ranger: Shenandoah National Park

Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Cult ft. Michelle Dowd

162: Park Predators After Dark

Over the Edge: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

The California Hoax: Giant Sequoia National Monument

Trail Tales 32

Get Rich or Die Trying: Adak Army Base and Adak Naval Operating Base National Historic Landmark

The Community ft. Justin Yoder of LGBT Outdoors: Muir Woods National Monument

Trail Tales 31

Smokey Bear Origin Story: Lincoln National Forest

The Short Man of Sumatra: Kerinci Seblat National Park

Trail Tales 30

Unlikely Survivors: White Sands National Park

Crime or Cryptids ft. Sinisterhood Podcast: Mark Twain National Forest

Everything Left to Remember ft. Steph Jagger

Missing, Murdered, Massacred: Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

An Incredible Rescue: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Trail Tales 29

Spirit or Science? The Third Man Factor

The Loose Buckle in the Bible Belt: Hot Springs National Park

Trail Tales 28

The Chosen Ones: Llullaillaco National Park

Tooth & Claw: Bears in Yellowstone ft. National Park After Dark

Trail Tales 27

Underwater Grave: Death Valley National Park

What’s In A Name? White Mountain National Forest

Trail Tales 26

Grandma Gatewood: The Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Mauled ft. Jeremy Evans

Trail Tales 25

Dirtbags of Dope Lake: Yosemite National Park

The Terrible Fate of Tiger T-24: Ranthambore National Park

Trail Tales 24

Medical Monstrosities: Gettysburg National Military Park

What Happened to Amy? Shoshone National Forest

Trail Tales 23

Bruno of Borneo: Gunung Mulu National Park (Part 2)

Bruno of Borneo: Gunung Mulu National Park (Part 1)

Trail Tales 22

Diana of the Dunes: Indiana Dunes National Park

Trail Tales 21

A Strand in the Web: Torngat Mountains National Park

Stranded: Devils Tower National Monument

Trail Tales 20

End of Watch: Mount Rainier National Park

Swimming the Colorado River: Grand Canyon National Park

Trail Tales 19

Death Wish: Joshua Tree National Park

Trail Tales 18

Last One Standing: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (Part 3)

Last One Standing: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (Part 2)

Last One Standing: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (Part 1)

Trail Tales 17

Creatures of the Wild ft. Tooth & Claw Podcast: Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Lone Survivor: Yosemite National Park

Trail Tales 16

The Night of Terror: Women's Rights National Historic Park

Origin Story: Death Valley National Park

The Legend of Hermit Island: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

People of the Parks: Dr. Rae Wynn Grant

Resurrection: Pleistocene Park

A Haunted Castle and Afternoon Tea: Exmoor National Park

Trail Tales 15

Terrible Tales: Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

Frozen Alive in the Scandinavian Mountains

Trail Tales 14

Unfinished Business: Crater Lake National Park

Histories and Hauntings: Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Trail Tales 13

Murder and Mystery ft. Morbid Podcast!

Liquid Avalanche: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Monument

Trail Tales 12

People of the Parks: Rhino Man ft. John Jurko II

Surviving the Jungle: Lorentz National Park

Murders on the Mountain: Volcanoes National Park (Part 2)

Murders on the Mountain: Volcanoes National Park (Part 1)

Trail Tales 11

A Murderer on the Loose: Wrangell St. Elias National Park

Outlaws of the West: Capitol Reef National Park (Part 2)

Outlaws of the West: Capitol Reef National Park (Part 1)

The Last Tourist with Bruce Poon Tip

Trail Tales 10

She Speaks for the Trees: Headwaters Forest Reserve

An Ode to Ian

Trail Tales 9

People of the Parks: Kathryn Miles

78: Premonition: Olympic National Park

People of the Parks: Rolf Peterson

Buried Alive in the Australian Outback

The Bone Collector: Effigy Mounds National Monument

Trail Tales 8

An Adventure Worth Dying For: Murchison Falls National Park

A Martyr and a Murder: Everglades National Park

Trail Tales 7

The Trailside Killer: Point Reyes National Seashore

Caught in the Crosshairs: Yellowstone National Park

Trail Tales 6

Great Smoky Mountains Murder

In Dog We Trust: Iditarod National Historic Trail

What is Buried Beneath the Sea? Biscayne National Park

Britain's Worst Caving Disaster: Yorkshire Dales National Park

Where Was Walton? Sitgreaves National Forest

Abandon: National Park Ghost Towns

Trail Tales 5

People of the Parks: Andrea Lankford

Legend Has It: Nahanni National Park Reserve

The Graveyard of the Pacific: Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Trail Tales 4

Dying for the Cause: Yosemite National Park

She Who Shapes the Sacred Land: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

Murder, Mystery and Medicine: Holyrood Royal Park

The Daring Escape of Ellen and William Craft: Boston African American National Historic Site.

The Man-Made Man-Eater: Jim Corbett National Park

Surviving the Worst Weather on the Planet: White Mountain National Forest

Exile Island: Kalaupapa National Historic Site

Island of Death: New River Gorge National Park

Lost and (Almost Never) Found: Madidi National Park

Trail Tales 3

Missing in Death Valley National Park

The Dingo Did It: Ulru Kata-Tjuta National Park

Escaping the Flames: Idaho Panhandle National Forests

Reclaiming The Rock: Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Witches, Curses, and Underground Tunnels: Salem Maritime National Historic Site

Three Points of No Return: Bermuda Triangles of North America

People of the Parks: Kevin Grange

Día de los Muertos: Parque Nacional Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatepetl

The Woman, The Myth, The Legend: Six Rivers National Forest

Lore and Lingering Spirits: Haunted National Park Trails

An Island Murder Mystery: Galapagos National Park

Trail Tales 2

Amazing Animals - Rescue Stories from Parks Around the World

Presumed Dead: Kings Canyon National Park

A Desolate Prison: Dry Tortugas National Park

Swallowed by the Jungle: Corcovado National Park

Room 873: Hauntings of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Death By Lion: Tsavo National Park

A Broken Neck and Endless Crevasses: Denali National Park

The Man Who Went Down With His Mountain: Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

The Widower: Rocky Mountain National Park

Shifting Sands: Big Bend National Park

Finders Keepers: Yellowstone National Park

Lights in the Sky: Great Sand Dunes National Park

The Strange Disappearance of Glen and Bessie Hyde: Grand Canyon National Park

Little Islands: The Dark History of America’s National Parks

The World's Highest Graveyard: Sagarmatha National Park

Panthers and Crocodiles and Death, Oh My! Everglades National Park

Night of the Grizzlies: Glacier National Park (Part 2)

Night of the Grizzlies: Glacier National Park (Part 1)

Mistake or Malice? Zion National Park

Stranded with Windigo: Isle Royale National Park

Spirits of the Stanley: Rocky Mountain National Park

A Fatal Lightning Strike and the Jenny Lake Rangers: Grand Teton National Park

How Not to Die: Yellowstone National Park

Mercy or Murder? Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Bodies in Water: Olympic National Park

Patagonia: The Death of a Conservation Legend

Celebrating Women’s History Month: Women of Our National Parks

Cannibals? Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Greatest Tragedy: Mount Rainier National Park

Trail Tales 1

A Serial Killer in Yosemite