Morbid Outdoors
The podcast about the times when the "great outdoors" aren't always great. Join us to hear tales of all things morbid in the wild. We cover murders, missing persons, legends, and more all within our great national parks, wildernesses, and forests.
"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep..." -Robert Frost
If you've ever been told you're weird for liking morbid stuff, you're our kind of people. Come along and learn about all of the morbid tales in our lovely wild lands.
Dark Horizons Media, LLC
Episodes
38 episodes
37. Victims of Mount Rainier National Park (Washington, USA)
Mount Rainier is the crown jewel of Washington State’s natural beauty. In fact, the beauty and majesty of it are indescribable. But underneath all of its glory and thick forests might be something sinister. 400 people have vanished from this pa...
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Episode 37
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48:35
36. Serial Killer in the Everglades (Everglades National Park, Florida)
The original “Florida Man” was likely a prolific serial killer. Edgar Watson killed multiple people and even a famous female outlaw. He was active from the late 1800s until 1910 and left a trail of bodies from Oklahoma to the Everglades. He use...
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Episode 36
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34:16
35. The Missing Skier (Mt. Saint Helens, Washington)
An experienced skier took off suddenly down a mountainside, seemingly frightened of something. He was with 20 other people on a climbing expedition, but they had gone down ahead of him. And this instance was the last time the experienced skier ...
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Episode 35
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30:23
34. Haunted Parks: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina & Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is known for its breathtaking beauty, rich history, and deep Appalachian roots. This park is also home to legends, ghostly encounters, and unexplained phenomena that have left visitors questioning what truly ...
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Episode 34
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35:14
33. Forgotten Cold Case in the Uintas (Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah)
Similar to the infamous disappearance of Everett Reuss, a young man vanished from the High Uintas in Utah while on a job. Lynn Simmons was 25 years old when he went missing in 1940. It's been 84 years and there has never been a trace of him fou...
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Episode 33
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45:12
32. The Bennington Triangle (Vermont, USA)
Vermont is a charming and beautiful state, but it holds a dark mystery that some say is responsible for numerous missing persons and supernatural mysteries. Between 1945 and 1950, 5 people mysteriously vanished from this area, giving it the nam...
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Episode 32
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32:53
31. Southwest Does (American Southwest, USA)
There are thousands of unidentified bodies awaiting for their names to be recovered. Many of these people have been missing from their loved ones for years. Today we will discuss bizarre Jane & John Doe cases from Utah, Arizona, New M...
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Episode 31
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51:13
30. Mysterious Death in The Smokies (Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee)
When an avid outdoors lover mysteriously dies in one of her favorite places, her loved ones and friends are shocked. She had gone out for a hike she’d done many times but this time she didn’t come back. Her cause of death was listed as ex...
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Episode 30
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29:23
29. Haunted Parks: Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
The nation’s oldest federally protected national park has a dark history. Hot Springs National Park has been home to many murders, mob affiliation, and unsolved deaths. What's spookier than seeing a ghost through the steam from the natural hot ...
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Episode 29
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36:02
28. West Mesa Murders (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
When a woman and her dog discover a human bone on their walk, it was jarring. What happened next was absolutely disturbing: upon further investigation it turns out there were multiple victims buried in this area and there might be a serial kill...
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Episode 28
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36:54
27. In Cold Blood (Jefferson National Forest, Virginia)
A college couple is gunned down while enjoying an evening under the stars in Jefferson National Forest. The killer left behind DNA but is still unknown to law enforcement these 16 years later. Many questions remain and the most puzzling one mig...
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Episode 27
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35:47
26. The Barrel Murders (Bear Brook State Park, New Hampshire)
When multiple bodies are found in a barrel in a rural area of New Hampshire, everyone is shocked. When it happens again 15 years later, investigators know immediately these victims were connected to the first barrel found. This investigation sp...
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Episode 26
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41:06
25. M Cave Mystery (Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada)
November 2014 is when an experienced outdoorsman, hiker, and YouTuber goes missing in the Nevada desert. At the time of his disappearance he was heading out into the desert to find an “M” shaped cave that he had found on a previous adventure. H...
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Episode 25
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34:21
24. Haunted Parks: Death Valley National Park, California
It got its name after death for a reason. Death Valley National Park has claimed the lives of many since before its conception. Its dark history includes death, hanging someone twice, and ghost towns. Not to mention, it's surrounded by some wei...
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Episode 24
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43:25
23. The Stairway to Heaven (Haʻikū Stairs, Oʻahu, Hawaii)
When a highschool student goes to hike an infamous stairway on the island of Oʻahu, he is never seen again. He posted on his Facebook that he was headed to hike the haiku stairs but he never returned. There are many theories as to what happened...
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Episode 23
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35:48
22. The Missing Poet (Escalante, Utah)
One of Utah’s greatest mysteries is the sudden disappearance of a young adventurer named Everett Ruess. Everett was a poet, painter, and writer. He was a friend to famed photographer Ansel Adams and lived a life full of adventure and wanderlust...
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Episode 22
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35:42
21. Vanished Into Thin Air (Crater Lake National Park, Oregon)
When a young boy goes missing while near a lookout at Crater Lake National Park, the search to find him starts immediately and is massive. He seemingly ran over a small hill and then was nowhere to be found. Is his case connected to another mis...
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Episode 21
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46:29
20. Last Run in the Rio Grande (Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado)
A group of young men roadtrip from Tennessee out west and arrive at a family member’s dude ranch in southern Colorado. One of the young men, being a competitive runner, open-water swimmer, and obstacle-course racer, goes for a run near t...
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Episode 20
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35:01
19. Haunted Parks: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave is the largest known cave system in the world. Artifacts found inside the cave suggest people have been exploring Mammoth for thousands of years, and yet scientists are still discovering new passageways and underground rooms. It ha...
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Episode 19
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39:15
18. The Christmas Tree Lady (Annandale, Virginia)
A woman is found deceased in a cemetery in Virginia in December 1996. Next to her was an 8 inch Christmas tree and a note that read, "Now I lay me down to sleep, soon to drift to the eternal deep. And though I die and shall not wake, sleep swee...
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Episode 18
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25:35
17. Missing on Set (Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, Idaho)
The Nez-Perce Clearwater National Forest is home to sweeping rivers, high peaks, and old mines. When a young TV producer suddenly vanishes from set while filming for Discovery Channel, no one understands where he could have gone. His bizarre di...
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Episode 17
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46:42
16. A Firetower's Secret (William A. Switzer Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada)
When a seasoned wildfire spotter fails to check in for her scheduled radio call, her supervisor ventures out to make sure she is okay. When he arrives, she was gone and has never been seen since. How did she disappear from her remote post at At...
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Episode 16
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24:43
15. The Final Hike (Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington)
While enjoying a hike to Pinnacle Lake in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, a mother-daughter duo were brutally murdered. Other hikers found their bodies and immediately alerted authorities. Was their killer another hiker on the trail...
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Episode 15
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39:30
14. Haunted Parks: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park is a place of beauty and majesty, but is it also home to lost souls still wandering the earth? Roughly 900 people have died within the boundaries since the 1800’s…do some of those souls still linger? Many people say t...
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Episode 15
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37:56
13. Vanished in Happy Valley (Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee)
When a man disappears into the forestland that surrounds his home everyone is stunned. He knew Great Smoky Mountains National Park like the back of his hand…so how did he go missing with no trace left behind? Only one clue was left behind...
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Episode 13
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31:34