The Group
When a 17-year-old girl is found murdered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park authorities quickly zero in on the group of young men who l...
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Park Predators
Sometimes the most beautiful places hide the darkest secrets.
Episodes
20 of 186 episodesThe Decades
In July 1976, a young couple camping in a Wisconsin state park were both shot dead. For forty years, investigators had a sketch, a plate num...
The Searches
In June 2020, park rangers at Gifford Pinchot State Park in York County, Pennsylvania found an abandoned car, a dead dog, and two missing ca...
The Arrest
When a quiet Thanksgiving Day morning is shattered by the senseless murder of a wildlife resources officer, the question isn’t what happened...
REVISITED: The Lens Cap
A teenage girl disappears while on a horseback riding trip in Yosemite National Park during the summer of 1981. Park rangers are left mystif...
The Tourist
In the middle of the night while returning home from a camping holiday with his two young sons, a father is gunned down in a violent executi...
REVISITED: The Boys
In 2004, 9-year-old David Gonzales vanished from his mother's sight in San Bernardino National Forest. In 2006, 8-year-old Samuel Boehlke di...
The Meadow
When a hand is unearthed in a popular meadow in Yosemite National Park, investigators hunt for answers for years. When an ID is finally made...
REVISITED: The Tent
When a family is slaughtered inside their tent at a popular Iowa park during the summer of 2022, news of the tragedy spreads far and wide.
The Hill
A summer resident of Great Smoky Mountains National Park vanishes without a trace. The mystery surrounding how she disappeared and why grows...
REVISITED: The Friends
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The Citation
A wildlife officer fishing with his son is gunned down on Labor Day weekend in game lands in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest…and the...
The Pavilion
When a young man’s body is found in a picnic pavilion in Tulsa’s Mohawk Park stripped of clothing and belongings, law enforcement is left wi...
The Fight
A fight between a couple at an overlook in Arches National Park ends with one of them dead, a family of good samaritans over a cliff, and a...
The Party
When a young man vanishes from a campground in Oregon’s Umpqua National Forest, his family is quick to arrive on scene with law enforcement....
The Fish
When three Minnesota game wardens are gunned down in front of multiple witnesses, a small town is split on one pivotal question…could a popu...
The Adirondacks
When young people start turning up dead or missing in New York state’s Adirondack Mountains in the summer of 1973, police have a suspect in...
The Duo
Two friends go camping in a California national forest, but only one returns alive. A wildfire, confusing accounts, and buried evidence near...
The Plan
When a man’s body is found in a national park in Ohio with an execution-style gunshot wound to the head, authorities are quick to zero in on...
The Kidnapping
When a talented, vibrant young woman is abducted from her apartment in Maryville, Tennessee, time is of the essence to find her. When the wo...