Hello, listeners. Happy 50th episode. In celebration of 50 episodes, we've put together our biggest, longest episode yet.

This episode will be in two parts. We'll post them one after the other at our usual scheduled times.

Thank you so much for waiting for this. This community is the best.

This episode has been requested several times, but it's also

one of my special interests, something I've been fascinated by since I was quite young. Few stories of

true tragedy have stuck with me the way that the Diatlov Pass incident has, and since we're coming up on the

60th anniversary of the incident this January, I felt that now

was the time to do the story justice. I want to tell this story in as much detail as possible,

in hope that one day the truth might be revealed. However, please remember that these are people

who left families behind, families who may be upset by the fact that the remains of their loved ones are exposed

in images circulating on the internet and sometimes exploited for cheap thrills in television documentaries

and in the press.

To us, the story of these hikers is interesting, but to their families, the mystery is a constant

reminder of someone they have lost.

Please keep that loss in mind.

That said, in an effort to discern the facts, this episode does contain discussions

of the death of young adults and the autopsies that followed.

If that isn't something you want to hear about,

this may be a good episode to skip. Another note, much of the information on this topic has been

repeated and also misconstrued over the years. I've done my best in trying to present the facts

as I can discern them from reputable sources, but some of the information may still be incorrect.

I can't read or speak Russian, nor do I have access to primary sources. I've done the best

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