Abandon: National Park Ghost Towns

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, True Crime

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Join us this week as we venture around the US to different National Parks.First stop is Cuyahoga National Park. A park that holds a lot of history and is a staple for conservation and restoration of its resources. Here lies an abandon ghost town, where people were forced to vacate. Now all that is left are their homes and businesses, boarded up and abandon. Next we head to Wrangell St. Elias National Park in Alaska, the location of a once upon of time booming mining town. Today, it sits in the beautiful mountain sides abandon and filled with paranormal stories. Lastly we go to Lake Mead, the deadliest National Park in the U.S. When the Hoover Damn was built, it submerged one of its towns underwater.For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at:Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdarkSupport the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page!Thank you to this week’s partners!Apostrophe: Save $15 off your first visit with code NPADBetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of online therapy by using our linkJune's Journey: Download the app free today on the Apple App Store or Google Play.Merrell: Get outside and celebrate International Women's Day! Head to the Merrell website to browse all their products.For a full list of our sources, visit http://npadpodcast.com/episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Old abandoned buildings, deserted cars, and remnants of foundations seemed to have found
0:07.6	their way over the years across the United States.
0:11.6	Finding locations deep within the forests and deserts or cities and towns, each one of
0:17.2	them has their own story.
0:20.1	They weren't always abandoned.
0:22.3	They weren't always old.
0:24.6	At one point these places were new. Someone once was here and this was their home.
0:31.2	They once had a life.
0:32.9	They had a story.
0:35.2	Now these places are overgrown with vegetation and their brick and wood are deteriorating
0:40.9	back into the earth.
0:43.4	Their stories are fading.
0:45.4	The time that once was has passed.
0:48.8	One day these places might be gone entirely, but that day is not today.
0:54.4	And right now we are going to remember their stories.
0:58.6	Welcome to National Park After Dark.
1:21.1	Are we going to an abandoned town?
1:31.1	We're going to multiple abandoned towns today.
1:34.0	We're going to visit some ghost towns that live within the national parks.
1:40.2	I'm so glad that you're doing this one and telling me because I get to sit back and relax
1:45.9	and have you take me to all these fun places that I would love to research on my own.
1:50.8	But hearing you tell me is so much better.
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