Kathryn Miles on the 90s, the Shenandoah Murders, LGBTQ Rights, Finding Refuge in Nature, and Wilderness Crime

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 774, my conversation with Kathryn Miles. It first aired on May 25, 2022. Miles is an award-winning journalist and science writer. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Saint Louis University and took both her Master of Arts and Doctorate in English from the University of Delaware. The long-time editor of Hawk & Handsaw, Miles served as professor of environmental studies and writing at Unity College from 2001-2015 and has since taught in several graduate schools and low residency-MFA programs. Miles is the author of five books: Adventures with Ari, All Standing, Superstorm, Quakeland, and Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders. Her essays and articles have appeared in publications including Audubon, Best American Essays, The Boston Globe, Down East, Ecotone, History, National Geographic, The New York Times, Outside, Pacific Standard, Politico, Popular Mechanics, and Time. She currently serves as a scholar-in-residence for the Maine Humanities Council, a visiting professor at Colby College, and a member of the Eastern Oregon University MFA faculty. She is also a private consultant available for emerging and established writers. Kathryn lives in Portland, Maine. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to The Other People Show, a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.
0:10.9	I'm Brad Listy here in Los Angeles.
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0:33.6	So today is Friday and I'm going to be doing a flashback as usual,
0:40.4	digging into the archives and sharing an outtake from an episode out of the past.
0:47.0	Today I'm going to be sharing an outtake from episode 774,
0:50.9	my conversation with author Catherine Miles. It first aired on May 25, 2022.
1:02.2	Catherine Miles is the author of a book called Trailed, One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders.
1:12.9	I'm flashing back to this episode and my conversation with Catherine Miles today
1:19.1	because there has been a break in this case.
1:24.1	And the Shenandoah murders, which happened in 1996, have now been solved, it looks like.
1:33.3	For those of you who are unaware of this case or missed this episode when it first aired,
1:42.3	the Shenandoah murders happened in Shenandoah National
1:46.4	Park in Virginia. Two female hikers were brutally murdered in May of that year. Their names are Julianne
1:58.5	Williams and Lolly Wynens. They were a couple and their deaths were deeply
2:09.9	traumatic for the LGBTQ community in particular but for any decent person it was a
2:16.5	horror and it was a horror.
2:21.8	And it has a personal connection for me, or a bit of one,
2:25.6	because I hiked, as you know, the Appalachian Trail, or as many of you know,
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