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Today we’re starting in Vermont, where a couple left for their first vanlife trip together, but only one of them came home. Then, we’re heading into the Pacific, where a family’s attempt to sail around the world ended with six people stranded in the open ocean, and almost no chance that anyone even knew where to look for them. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting in Death Valley, where a park ranger followed a set of tire tracks into the desert and found a stranded woman desperately waving for help. At first, it looked like a rescue. Then the ranger got closer, and realized something was horribly wrong. Then, we’re heading to California, where a highly trained police officer went for a run, was seen by multiple people throughout the day, and then vanished under extremely suspicious circumstances. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting in Montana, where a woman was hiking just feet ahead of another person and yet somehow she somehow without leaving a single trace behind, how does that happen? Then, we’re heading to K2, where a camera captured something so disturbing that it sparked one of the biggest controversies in mountaineering history. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting in the infamous Antelope Canyon, where a group of hikers walked into one of the most beautiful places on Earth, but halfway through, several of them suddenly became convinced they needed to leave. They couldn’t explain why, but the people who stayed behind were about to find out. Then, we’re heading to a tiny town in New Hampshire, where a four-year feud between a police officer and a local man ended with both of them dead, and a third man standing at the scene holding both guns. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting with the story of famous climbers Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden. They should have been on the trip of a lifetime, but instead ended up kidnapped at gunpoint, trapped in the middle of a war, and forced to make an impossible decision to survive. Then, we’re heading to Utah, where two women vanished in the Uinta Mountains…. That is until a camera was found months later beside their remains, containing photos that challenged the official story of what happened. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A a quiet lakeside community in Maine spent decades being haunted by a mystery no one could explain. People knew something was happening in the woods, they just didn’t know how unbelievable the truth would turn out to be. Then, on the Pacific Crest Trail, a young hiker chasing his dream reached a snowy mountain slope,  and one wrong step changed the trail forever. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting in Wyoming, where a woman’s car was found abandoned on a remote mountain road. The closer investigators looked, the more they wondered if the scene had been staged. Then, we’re heading to Northern California, where five friends somehow ended up deep in the snowy wilderness, and walked away from a perfectly working car. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

After a woman known as the "Bikini Hiker" experienced tragedy in the mountains, the internet turned her into a punchline: just another reckless influencer chasing attention. But the internet was wrong, and the real story is more complicated than anyone realized. For our second story we’re heading to Lenin Peak, where 45 climbers were sleeping in their tents on what was supposed to be a routine night, until the mountain erased almost the entire camp in seconds. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting in Oregon, where one wrong turn sent a young family deep into the wilderness, trapping them on a road they never should have been on. Then, we’re heading to Vancouver Island, where people vanish in ways that are hard to explain, hard to prove, and even harder to stop thinking about. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

We’re starting outside Moab, Utah, where two women warned their friends about a creepy man near their campsite... and then suddenly stopped texting. What happened next became one of the most disturbing cases in Utah history. Then, we’re heading to Vermont, where a missing hiker case became so mishandled that it didn’t just devastate one family, it forced an entire state to change its laws. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting on Mount Everest, where a small confrontation between three elite climbers and a group of Sherpas nearly spiraled into something that has almost never happened on the mountain before: murder. Then, I’m going to tell you three rapid fire stories about hikers who vanished randomly… and then were somehow found years later? Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting in Zion National Park, where beautiful canyon walls can turn deadly in seconds — and some of the park’s darkest stories still don’t feel fully resolved. Then, we’re heading to Argentina, where a climb left behind conflicting stories, frozen bodies, and a suspicious camera that resurfaced decades later. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re going to Mount Everest, where a woman ignored warning after warning on her way to the summit — only to learn that reaching the top is not the same thing as surviving the mountain. Then, we’re heading into a remote Utah canyon, where a solo hiker became trapped in a situation so impossible that his only way out was almost too brutal to believe. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re starting in the Everglades, where bodies have been dumped, people have vanished, and some of the darkest crimes in National Park history have quietly taken place, and then, we’re going underground at Vortex Spring, where a diver ignored one of the most terrifying warning signs I’ve ever seen… and he paid for it. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today we’re going to Yosemite National Park , where a protest on the edge of El Capitan was supposed to prove a point — until one wrong move changed the entire argument in less than twenty seconds. Then, we’re heading to Nepal, where a solo trek through the Himalayas became a nightmare of changed stories, false arrests, unanswered questions, and a family forced to investigate a foreign disappearance almost entirely on their own. Be sure to hit the follow button, and leave the show a 5 star review if you enjoyed ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐