544 | 5 Appalachian Trail Murders and Disappearances that will DISTURB YOU

Unexplained Encounters

Eeriecast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Science, Nature

4.7 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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An Appalachian trail documentary episode featuring 5 unsettling Appalachian trail missing person cases and murders that will leave you feeling watched and alone... ⚠️ Best listened to with headphones in complete darkness ⚠️ 0:00 INTRO 1:47 CASE ONE APPALACHIAN KILLER 17:23 CASE TWO: THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF LOUISE CHAPUT 29:38 CASE THREE: THE DEATH OF SCOTT LILLY - STONEWALL'S LAST STAND 42:02 CASE FOUR: THE IMPOSSIBLE VANISHING OF TRENNY GIBSON 48:18 CASE FIVE: THE SURVIVALIST PARADOX - THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DEREK LUEKING Become an Eeriecast PLUS Member! https://eeriecast.com/plus Background music from one of these sources: Myuu https://www.youtube.com/@Myuu CO.AG Darkness Prevails Epidemic Sound LXZURAY GIMU Get CRYPTID: The Creepy Card Battling Game https://cryptidcardgame.com/ Get our merch http://eeriecast.store/ Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/3YVN4twrD8 Follow the Unexplained Encounters podcast! https://pod.link/1152248491 Follow and review Tales from the Break Room on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! https://pod.link/1621075170 Submit Your Story Here: https://www.darkstories.org/ Subscribe on YouTube for More Stories! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_VbMnoL4nuxX_3HYanJbA?sub_confirmation=1 #AppalachianTrail #Missing #Outdoors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	at vistoprint.co.uk. The Appalachian Trail, 2,197.4 miles of wilderness, stretching from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Mount Cadden, Maine. For decades,
0:41.6	it has called to adventurers, dreamers, and those seeking something beyond the noise of modern
0:46.4	life. Each year, more than three million people walk portions of its ancient paths. Some
0:52.7	are seeking solitude and others transformation, but the trail
0:56.8	holds secrets in its shadows, dark stories that hikers whisper around campfires, warnings
1:03.5	passed from one wanderer to the next. Welcome back to unexplained encounters. I'm your host,
1:10.5	darkness prevails, and today's episode is a bit
1:13.1	different than usual, but not too unfamiliar. Remember the episodes I did about Yellowstone
1:18.3	mysteries and that one about missing person cases? Yeah, this is something like that. Today, we're
1:24.2	talking about actual real-life cases of unexplained murders and disappearances
1:28.9	on the Appalachian Trail.
1:31.1	What makes them unexplained?
1:33.4	Well, some of these cases involve extremely strange deaths, with no killer ever found.
1:38.6	And for those cases where the killer is found, their motive is never understood or explained.
1:44.0	And for those disappearances, well,
1:46.0	we'll just never know, because the following disappearances in today's episode are unsolved. Which of
1:52.5	these do you think is scarier? If you like this style of episode, let me know about cases you love me to
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