Introducing: Operation Night Cat

Bear Brook

NHPR

True Crime

4.8 • 15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Click here to listen to the next episode of Operation Night Cat. A New Hampshire Fish and Game warden follows a tip to a man’s backyard. He finds a twisted game of one-upmanship, digital trophy rooms, and one of the biggest poaching cases in recent state history. Then, the hunting investigation takes a surprising turn when it reveals another set of potential crimes – this time, behind the brick walls of New Hampshire’s State Prison for Men. Host Nate Hegyi has spent the past year digging into what happened next. CLICK HERE TO DONATE AND SUPPORT THE TEAM THAT MADE BEAR BROOK. Bear Brook is made by NHPR, a public radio station. Recent funding cuts have made continuing this work an essential part of what we do. Your donation means so much. Thank you. Photos, transcripts and more at bearbrookpodcast.com. Bear Brook has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential. Time Magazine named it one of the 100 best podcasts of all time. Do you have information about the Bear Brook murders or the Sharon Johnson murder case? Email us. Bear Brook, hosted by Jason Moon, is the critically-acclaimed true crime podcast from New Hampshire Public Radio. Season 1 - Two barrels. Four Bodies. And a cold case that’s changing how murders will be investigated forever. Season 2: A True Crime Story - Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit. The only evidence against him? His own taped confession. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth – and who gets to tell it? Stephen King called both seasons “the best true crime podcasts I've ever heard. Brilliant, involving, hypnotic.” The New Yorker said season one “stands out for its ambition, complexity, and thoughtful tone.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Jason Moon.
0:03.1	For the past year, I've been working with my colleagues at Outside In.
0:07.2	That's another great podcast from NHPR, all about curiosity and the natural world.
0:12.9	It started last fall when the host of Outside In, Nate Hedgy, told me about a story he'd stumbled on to,
0:19.8	about something called Operation Nightcat.
0:23.7	I was hooked.
0:25.6	We're dropping the first episode of Operation Nightcat right here
0:28.8	so you can check it out.
0:31.2	All right, here's Nate.
0:35.9	What's the name of the creek?
0:37.2	This is Merameeton River.
0:38.0	Merameet and River, okay.
0:39.0	Yeah, so we'll go up here.
0:41.0	Ron Arsenault is on patrol.
0:44.2	He's a conservation officer with New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department.
0:47.8	We were walking along this little river looking for folks breaking the law.
0:51.3	This is all general fishing, so this is open for anything.
0:54.0	And this goes all the way up to merrimating.
0:56.0	It's a cold, windy spring morning.
0:58.0	Not too great for fishing, and there's no one really on the water.
1:02.0	Ron is bundled up in a green fishing game jacket.
1:05.0	Black boots, same uniform he wears every day.
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