Hi everyone and welcome back to another episode.

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So with that being said, let's jump into the episode. Now some of the most beautiful places in

America are also some of its most dangerous, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Mount Rainier,

the Great Smoky Mountains. It may not surprise you to know these destinations average between four

and eight deaths each year. For all their natural beauty, these are places where visitors are

entirely responsible for their own safety. There are no guard rails at the rim of the Grand Canyon.

One wrong step can mean permanent lights out as you fall to your death.

The rugged cliffs of Big Sur alongside the California coastline are no different.

Big Sur is the longest continuous undeveloped segment of coastline in the United States.

It stretches across 90 miles of California's coast from where Hurst Castle overlooks the

town of San Simeon, all the way up to Carmel and Monterey. Many spots along the way offer

ideal backdrops for selfies and tourist photos and many people will take great risks just to get

the perfect shot. There is even a dedicated page on Wikipedia that lists selfie-related injuries

and deaths that have occurred since 2008 and there are hundreds of them. So this isn't some new

phenomenon and today's story explores one such case. A tragic fall during a photo op

overlooking the Pacific from a cliff with a steep drop. But was it just an accident or was it

something more sinister? April 2nd 1987 was a beautiful day ideal for a visit to Big Sur.

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