Trail Tales 83

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, True Crime

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Today’s stories include snubbing trail magic, spider inflicted injuries, railroad watchers and unexplained orbs. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at:Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdarkSupport the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page!Thank you to the week’s partners!Hollow Socks: For a limited time Hollow Socks is having a Buy 2, Get 2 Free Sale. Head to Hollowsocks.com today to check it out. #Hollow SockspodNutrafol: Get $10 off your first month’s subscription and free shipping when you use promo code NPAD.Ka'Chava: Go to https://kachava.com and use code NPAD for 15% off your next order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome back to National Park After Dark. I'm Cassie.
0:23.4	And I'm Danielle. And we got stories for you.
0:25.9	We do. Like always, on Thursdays.
0:28.5	Yeah, we didn't make them up. You did. Well, hopefully you didn't make them up.
0:31.6	Hopefully they're true.
0:34.8	But who are we to say?
0:36.3	These are all stories that may or not be true. I don't know. Sometimes
0:39.9	I think we've gotten like two or three that were, I don't know what the correct term is,
0:46.2	like fan fiction or something. You know what fan fiction is? Yeah. I'm not sure if I know.
0:52.1	It's like a made up story about a story. Yeah. Yeah, right. So I know. It's like a made-up story about a story.
1:04.1	Yeah. Yeah, right. So I think we've gotten a couple of those. And thank you for your creativity. But we're interested in the real life stuff. Please. Yeah. Yeah, we want to read real trail tales, not made up ones.
1:12.2	But really, how would we know?
1:14.3	If it was written really well, how would we know?
1:15.0	I know.
1:18.4	We're putting a lot of trust into our audience, but... Honestly, I don't care that much as long as it's interesting.
1:21.9	Okay, I care.
1:23.9	I think I care.
1:25.3	I do care.
1:26.3	Okay, great.
1:26.9	Well, do you want to read the first true story today, or should I?
1:33.0	I would love to. Okay. Mine is titled, Not Today, Natress Dave. Hey, Cassie and Danielle, my name is Lana. Rhymes with Lama. Thank you. Full disclosure.
1:47.1	I'm a big fan of horror, hiking, and true crime.
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