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🗓️ 24 December 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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In celebration of our 50th episode, we bring you our longest, most detailed episode yet on one of the most mysterious incidents in history. In January of 1959, 9 hikers mysteriously perished on the frigid slopes of Ural Mountains in Russia. To this day, no one knows what killed them. In part 2, we discuss the the theories put forth over the years as to what happened to the hikers.
Warning: This episode contains detailed discussions of autopsies.
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0:00.0 | Hello, listeners. Welcome to Part 2 of the Dietlof Pass Incident, the 50th episode of the |
0:06.1 | Morbid Curiosity podcast. Thank you so much for waiting for this episode. We really needed the extra time. |
0:13.2 | If you haven't listened to Part 1, this episode will be harder to follow, so we recommend listening |
0:18.3 | to that before this one. As I delved into this topic, I felt I got |
0:23.1 | to know the people involved, and honestly, it was pretty hard at times to read some of the |
0:28.3 | morbid details. I couldn't help but feel for the grieving families who still don't know what |
0:33.1 | happened to their loved ones, but I want to tell the story in as much detail as possible, in hope that |
0:39.1 | one day the truth of their deaths might be revealed. Just remember that these are people who died |
0:45.4 | under complicated circumstances. To us, the mystery is fascinating, but to their families, that mystery |
0:52.0 | is a constant reminder of someone they have lost. |
0:55.0 | Please keep that loss in mind. |
0:58.0 | This episode contains discussions of the deaths of young adults and the autopsies that followed. |
1:03.0 | If this isn't something you want to hear about, this may be a good episode to skip. |
1:08.0 | As a reminder, much of the information on this topic has been |
1:12.4 | misconstrued over the years. I can't speak or read Russian, nor do I have access to primary sources. |
1:19.3 | I've done my best to present the facts as best I can with what reputable sources I could find. |
1:25.2 | Without further ado, let's discuss the theories surrounding the mysterious |
1:29.7 | deaths of nine hikers on the desolate frozen slopes of Kolatsyakl in the Ural Mountains of Russia. Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved. |
1:55.9 | Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity, and it has gripped hundreds of people |
2:02.7 | throughout the ages. I am one of those people. My name is Hallie, and this is the Morbid Curiosity |
2:10.7 | podcast. |
2:37.0 | Thank you. The Unexplained The Unexplained deaths of the Diatlav Expedition Group have fascinated people since the incident's occurrence. |
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