Hey, I'm Janice Patelis.

And I'm Jordan Bud.

Jordan and I have spent our lives in the outdoors, both as hunters and professional guys.

And on Meet Eaters newest podcast, Gear Talk, we're taking the ultimate deep dive into the tools and gear we rely on in the field,

seeing the natural season.

We're talking classic, don't leave home without it,

staples, to the cutting edge and outdoor equipment.

Listen to Gear Talk on the iHeart Radio app on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

In that time, in those years, people were dying by the thousands.

Death was just everywhere.

Every family was touched directly by death.

One this episode of the Bear Geese podcast will be looking into the life of a man whose legacy is brought with conflict.

To Americans who lived in the Ohio River Valley, he was a folk hero.

But to the Native Americans he hated and murdered and cold blood.

He was known as the Death Wind.

I went to the Ohio Valley to interview outdoor writer and author Chip Gross to learn about the life of Lewis Wetzel.

This dark deep dive comes at the request of one Steve Rinella of Meet Eaters,

who is also a guest on this episode.

And we'll talk about Wetzel's life and the brutality of the American frontier.

Lastly, in an effort to understand the mind frame of Wetzel,

I'll interview mental health professional Zach Nukem to learn if our boy Wetzel was truly a sociopath,

a serial killer or where his actions simply the result of a life lived in a war zone.

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