Robert Schock - North Cascades National Park - Washington

Locations Unknown

Unknown Media Group

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

July 31 2024, a 39-year-old ultrarunner vanished in the rugged North Cascades National Park during a 20-mile trail run. Minimally equipped, he became disoriented on wildfire-altered trails, surviving 30 days on berries and river water. Despite extensive searches by sheriff’s deputies, park rangers, and a helicopter, the park’s dense forests and remote terrain hid him. A trail crew’s chance discovery saved his life as he lay emaciated on a riverbank. Join us this week as we learn about the incredible survival story of Robert Schock.

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0:00.0	Thousands of people have mysteriously vanished in America's wilderness.
0:13.0	Join us as we dive into the deep end of the unexplainable and try to piece together what happened.
0:20.0	You are listening to locations unknown. What's up, everybody.
0:38.3	What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of Locations Unknown. I'm your co-host,
0:59.9	Joe E. Rodman with me as always is a guy who can totally move the whole studio by himself,
1:04.1	Mike Van de Bogart. I do not think so, Tim. Only 80s and 90s kids will get that one.
1:13.3	Yes.
1:14.0	And some, well, and anyone older than that if they watch.
1:16.2	I don't think so, Tim.
1:19.2	Oh, anyway.
1:19.9	Thank you, Joe.
1:20.7	And thank you to all of the amazing listeners for tuning into our final show in the studio.
1:26.5	We are not the final show ever. Not the final show ever.
1:27.7	Not the final show ever.
1:28.8	We are moving.
1:29.1	The ladies from National Park of Dark.
1:30.4	So are you done?
1:31.7	Yeah.
1:32.5	It's how closely they follow us.
1:34.2	Yeah.
1:34.4	Right.
1:35.3	That's fine.
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