REOPENED: The Flaming Gorge Falls

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In the summer of 1996, Bob Duke calls 911 after his wife and young son fall from a high cliff in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Green River, Wyoming. Their deaths are ruled an accident, but to investigators, the circumstances look suspicious. Three years later, an informant raises suspicions even further, and say that Bob Duke may be plotting a new scheme. Sponsors: Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/coldcase. Go to shopify.com/ coldcase now to grow your business–no matter what stage you’re in. Factor: Head to factormeals.com/coldcase50 and use code coldcase50 to get 50% off. Thrive: Go to ThriveMarket.com/coldcase for 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift! Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive.

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0:00.0	Green River Wyoming is a bucolic mountainous area. Nearby is a
0:05.9	bucolic mountainous area nearby is a popular hiking spot known as Lost Dog Trail.
0:12.1	It leads through a range of mountains and drops off into the
0:15.8	Flaming Gorge Canyon. At the end of the trail is a cliff known as the Point. It's a little
0:21.9	rocky but flat enough to walk around on.
0:25.3	That is until the sudden 100 foot drop-off,
0:29.1	that's about 30 meters.
0:31.1	However you measure it, that's a long way down.
0:35.0	On August 10, 1996, Bob Duke called 911 at around 3 p.m.
0:41.0	He said his wife and child had fallen off of a cliff. He told the police
0:47.3	that his family had planned a picnic. His son was running around chasing
0:51.6	lizards, having a fun time, but then it all went wrong.
0:58.4	Duke says he went back to the car to get a drink, and when he returned to the cliff his family was missing.
1:04.0	They'd fallen over the edge and he didn't know how to help them.
1:11.0	From A&E, and E, this is cold case files.
1:17.0	I've never been to Flaming Gorge, but like any respectable armchair detective, I used the map of my phone to zoom in really close.
1:29.0	It looks high to me, but I live where it's flat, so my perspective is a little biased.
1:36.0	The cliff was less intimidating to Lieutenant Doug Stewart, a rescuer who was experienced with the terrain. This is Lieutenant Stewart.
1:43.7	We went about 30-40 yards north, walked down the hill to the victims.
1:48.9	It wasn't real easy. It's pretty steep terrain, very rocky, a lot of loose rock, but it wasn't that difficult. We've dealt with worse.
1:59.0	Leanna and Eric Duke, wife and son, were dead when the rescuers got to them.
2:04.8	Lieutenant Stewart radioed up and told the fire department he needed a stokes basket.
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