Trail Tales 85

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

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

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Today’s stories include prank fails, questionable evidence, bear saviors, damned girls trips, and mountain flavored Disneyworlds. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers! For a full list of our sources, visit http://npadpodcast.com/episodesFor the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at: Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdark Support 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!Ollie: Cozy up with your pup this season! Go to ollie.com/npad and use code npad to get 60% off your first box!Coyuchi: Get 15% off your first order when you visit Coyuchi.com/npad.Soul: For 30% off your order, head to GetSoul.com and use code NPAD.Fora Travel: Become a Fora Advisor today at foratravel.com/NPAD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone back to National Park after dark.
0:10.0	Happy New Year. It's our first
0:24.9	Trail Tales episode of 2006 and we have a lot for you today. That's false. It is? Yeah.
0:31.6	Oh, we had one January 1st. Yeah. That feels like it didn't exist or happen. So totally understand. This is our first one we've
0:39.1	recorded in 2026. There it is. Yeah. That is true. I know behind me. It's my first trail tales of
0:46.3	2006. Right. Yeah. It feels that way. Behind me is where like my Christmas tree and stuff was and I just
0:52.9	took it down and I feel I actually
0:54.7	had it up longer than I'm usually that person within a day or two of Christmas like let's get
1:00.5	this out of here. You know, let's move on. Yeah. But yeah, I had all my Christmas stuff up into the new
1:07.8	year, well into the new year, but it had to go. And so now it just feels really
1:11.9	sad and bare. It's like you're naked. I know. It's like those reoccurring dreams I have when I'm
1:17.4	naked. It's a stress dream. Yeah. Most of the time. Okay. So do you want to kick us off or do you
1:26.5	want me to? Sure.
1:27.8	I'll go first because the title of mine is very interesting.
1:31.0	Okay.
1:31.9	Mine is titled Prank Fails.
1:33.7	The time I accidentally killed my friend.
1:36.2	This is, I mean, I don't know how the story's going to go because I forget.
1:40.0	It's been a while.
1:40.5	But the prank stories are coming back around.
1:43.8	I do ask prank stories, but I hope you didn't really kill your friend.
1:49.2	It feels like a very nonchalant title to actually have killed your friend.
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