The Woodsman

Murder In The Rain

True Crime

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🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In Oregon's Umpqua National Forest, three officers responded to a report of an unknown party firing on a trailblazing crew, and when they arrived at the hand-built creekside cabin of the man they believed responsible, their suspect's Winchester rifle rang out and one of the officers was shot in the head and killed instantly. The shooter- a nearly-seventy-year-old-recluse, trapper, and gold prospector- fled the scene and vanished into the wilds, moving around the vast search area like a phantom- invisible to his pursuers and seemingly impossible to capture. This is the story of George Baker Dunkin- The Woodsman. For photos and sources for today’s episode, check out the Murder in the Rain Episode Blog. Episode Host: Josh McCullough If you’d like more episodes of Murder in the rain, Patreon members at the $5/mo+ level, gain access to exclusive episodes, ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Follow us on: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/murderintherain/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mintherain/ Twitter https://twitter.com/murderintherain TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@em_murderintherain Website https://www.murderintherain.com/ Email murderintherain@gmail.com Our Sponsors: * Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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1:04.0	This is Murder in the Rain, where each week Emily Rowney, Alicia Holland, and Josh McCullough
1:10.6	tell true crime stories of the Pacific Northwest. Murder in the rain contains graphic content,
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1:40.9	Two men breached the woods surrounding the cabin. Their eyes keen as they surveilled the area.
1:48.1	The cabin, which was more of a shack, was hand-built, and about as basic as you can imagine.
1:54.4	And it was situated about 45 miles north of the nearest sizable city.
1:57.8	I'm into this. It's like the opening of a movie.
2:02.7	It was the afternoon of Tuesday, June 24th, 1952, and the location is Oregon,
2:08.5	at the southern edge of the Umpquan National Forest, about 75 miles from the California border.
2:14.3	The two were district assistant ranger Lowell Ash and State Trooper Phil Loud.
2:19.9	Ash of the High Cascades Ranger Station, 17 or so miles west of Crater Lake National Park,
2:25.3	had received a report of an unknown gunman firing on a National Forest trailblazing crew,
2:30.1	and he headed out that way to find the shooter, clear up any misunderstandings there may be,
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