Hi everyone, it's Sarah from sequestered here, and we've got something special to share with you today.

It's a preview from a new true crime podcast that we think you're going to love.

It's called Valley of Shadows.

And like our most recent season of sequestered, it explores a disappearance that took place in a

national park, and it dives deep into the secrets that remain buried there. This season of Valley

of Shadows is hosted by journalists Haley Fox and Betsy Shepard, and it explores the unsolved

disappearance of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

Deputy John Ajae, and the stench of corruption that's followed the case for nearly 30 years.

Through exclusive interviews, revealing wiretaps, and buried police files, Haley and Betsy enter

into the criminal underworld of outlaw biker gangs,

meth production, and crooked cops in Southern California's Mojave Desert, exploring one

of the state's most mysterious missing persons cases.

In this preview episode, we hear how Aj, an ultramarathon runner and survivalist, went for a run one day

in a national park called The Devil's Punch Bowl. He never returned. His body has yet to be found.

And the people closest to him insist that the ruling of his disappearance as a suicide just

doesn't add up. Okay, we hope you enjoy this

episode. If you like what you hear, you can find Valley of Shadows wherever you listen to

podcasts. And if you want to hear the entire story, ad free right now, you can binge the series

with a Pushkin plus subscription. Sign up now on the Valley of Shadows page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm slash plus.

This series includes content that may not be suitable for all listeners.

Listener discretion is advised.

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