The Coworkers

Park Predators

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True Crime

4.5 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In 2018, two seasonal workers at an inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia set out on a hike and only one returned alive. The reality of who was behind the demise of Sara Ellis is incomprehensible and to this day remains a horrific case for investigators and the victims' family to relive.

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0:00.0	Hi, Park enthusiasts.
0:04.5	I'm your host, Dilya DeAmbra.
0:06.7	The story I'm going to tell you about today is the case of a chilling and senseless murder
0:11.2	that happened in one of the most scenic and beautiful mountain landscapes in the United
0:15.6	States, the Blue Ridge Parkway.
0:18.0	This crime changed how people living near a stretch of this iconic route in Western
0:21.9	North Carolina saw seasonal service industry workers and the people they interacted with
0:27.2	at their jobs every day.
0:29.0	According to the National Park Service, the Blue Ridge Parkway meanders for almost 500
0:33.6	miles between Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Shenandoah National Park.
0:38.8	More than 15 million people find themselves on this roadway every year, and I can personally
0:43.6	say I'm one of those people because I used to live not far from Shenandoah, and my husband
0:48.1	and I have visited several times since I moved away.
0:51.2	You can get on and off a lot of major state highways, and at those exits there's always
0:55.4	restaurants, hotels, and tourist attractions.
0:58.6	An lodging area that's really popular is North Carolina's Piscay Inn, which sits about
1:03.2	25 miles southwest of Asheville.
1:06.0	The Inn is privately owned, but operates under a National Park Service contract.
1:10.6	The main reason people stay there is one because it's convenient, and two, it has an observation
1:15.8	deck that looks over the Piscay National Forest, a breathtaking lush woodland filled with
1:20.6	waterfalls, trails, and wildlife.
1:23.2	The Inn at one point earned the moniker, the peak of the parkway, and over the years a
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