79: People of the Parks - Kathryn Miles

National Park After Dark

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True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

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🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In May of 1996, Lollie Winans and Julie Williams headed to Shenandoah National Park on a backpacking trip. They were two avid outdoor women who were in love and celebrating their relationship, new jobs, and moving in together. Several days into their trip they went missing and eventually park rangers found that they had been brutally murdered. To this day the case has still not been solved and investigations have slowed down, until now.

In this episode we speak to investigative journalist Kathryn Miles. Kathryn recently published her newest book, Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders. She spent the past several years personally investigating this case discovering police cover ups, negligence in their investigations, lost records, and evidence that was never properly investigated. Today, she tells us about the evidence she has found, the likelihood of this cold case being solved, and how this horrific event has rocked the outdoor community.

Book Recommendation : Trailed. One Women's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders.

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0:31.4	Standing proudly at the North entrance of the world's first national park sits in arch.
0:36.7	Rising 50 feet high and constructed with hundreds of tons of stone, this structure can be spotted
0:42.4	from miles away. It serves as a gateway to Yellowstone National Park, but its inscription
0:48.7	holds true to all parks. For the benefit and enjoyment of the people. People. Hundreds
0:55.7	of thousands of us pass under the Sarge and drive through the gates of national parks
1:00.2	around the globe, eagerly anticipating the natural wonders that lie beyond them.
1:05.9	Unfortunately, not everyone uses these beautiful and magical landscapes for their enjoyment
1:11.2	and exploration.
1:13.3	History has shown that predators sometimes lurk here. Using the remote and secluded landscapes
1:18.8	to hunt victims and commit unthinkable acts.
1:22.9	Today, we're going to look at the people who dedicate their lives and career to discovering
1:27.8	who these predators are and finding justice for the people that they have harmed.
1:33.5	People of the parks are not just the people under the Stenson Hat or even employed by the
1:38.0	park service at all. Some of these people are investigators and journalists who are so
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