Murder of Six: Wells Gray Provincial Part (Part 1)

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

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

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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In August of 1982, three generations of one family went on a two week vacation into the mountains of British Columbia. When they failed to return, the community rallied to find them. What began as a missing persons case turned into the grisly discovery of human remains. Exactly what happened to the Bentley and Johnson families was a mystery for months until someone began to reveal the truth.For a full list of our sources, visit npadpodcast.com/episodesFor the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials: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!IQBAR: Text PARK to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products and free shipping.Nurture Life: For 55% off your order, head to NurtureLife.com and use code NPAD.Smalls: For 50% off your first order, head to Smalls.com/NPAD and use code NPAD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	For millennia, people have feared the forest.
0:05.0	The woods have long since been associated with danger.
0:09.0	It is wild and untamed and can conceal treacherous animals or circumstances.
0:14.4	When night falls, its darkness becomes more profound and exaggerated.
0:18.8	Small sounds become big anxieties, and the woodland, even if viewed as refuge by day by night
0:25.8	can become something else entirely. Our global oral and written histories
0:31.2	contain thousands of stories regarding what lurks in the forest.
0:35.4	From creatures like the Windigo, Ogopogo, and Kuchut Chutuatsku, to spirits and ferries,
0:42.3	all of which retreat to forests to remain hidden.
0:45.6	Creatures, cryptids, and ghouls aside there is another beast that uses the
0:50.6	wilderness as well something that is the most deceitful, dangerous,
0:55.6	and unpredictable of all, humans.
1:01.3	Welcome to National Park After Dark. I feel a true crime episode. It sure is and it's a two-parter.
1:29.6	Ooh, we haven't done a two-parter in a long time.
1:32.6	I know, it was kind of a surprise two-parter because this episode was recommended by a listener
1:39.2	and I found a documentary on it. It was like 45 minutes, watched it,
1:43.6	I'm like, this is great. And then I found a book.
1:46.8	And of course, there's a book.
1:49.0	So I just felt like it was so detailed that it deserved two parts it probably could be
1:55.1	three to be honest but I'll I'll condense it to two so next Monday will be the
2:00.5	conclusion of this story but for now yeah it's part one of a two-parter yeah we're on
2:06.9	video which is yeah hi everyone if you have not heard yet we have created a YouTube channel and we are now
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