Episodes

  • From the Ranger Vault: Crater Lake National Park - KABOOM!

    From the Ranger Vault: Crater Lake National Park - KABOOM!
    Jun 29 2026
    Hear what happens when a ranger in an old ill-equipped patrol car is in pursuit of an international master of disguise. You can't make this stuff up!

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    28 mins
  • Coconino Nat'l Forest; No Such Thing as a Routine Contact

    Coconino Nat'l Forest; No Such Thing as a Routine Contact
    Jun 22 2026
    In 2014, a routine contact in Arizona’s Blue Ridge area of the Coconino National Forest turned into a fight for survival. When a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement officer investigated a vehicle parked off a forest road, he had no idea the encounter would escalate into a violent struggle.

    Sources:

    Flag Film Productions, LLC
    In Person Account
    Reenactment of Officer Involved Shooting

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    30 mins
  • Yosemite; If I Had a Gun, I'd Shoot You Right Now

    Yosemite; If I Had a Gun, I'd Shoot You Right Now
    Jun 15 2026
    In the summer of 2024, Yosemite dispatchers became increasingly concerned about a man making repeated harassing calls to the park's 911 center. What started as an investigation into nuisance phone calls and an illegal campsite hidden near a trailhead would quickly escalate into threats, violence, and an assault on a National Park Service ranger.

    Source:
    United States District Court; Eastern District of California; Case no. 1:24-mj-00085-EPG

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    33 mins
  • From the COTG Newsroom June 2026

    From the COTG Newsroom June 2026
    Jun 8 2026
    News stories for this week include a “fall” off the cliff incident from Tettegouche State Park on Lake Superior, In Oregon, 2 women were kidnapped from their tent off of a popular hiking trail, human remains of a missing National Laboratory employee found in a New Mexico forest; A drone harassing a grizzly sow and cubs in Yellowstone, multiple arrests made in a national forest in Georgia, and a 2:00am assault and gunshot injuring a toddler in a campsite in the Olympic National Forest.

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    49 mins
  • From the Ranger Vault: Wrangell - St Elias National Park; Hillbilly Hell

    From the Ranger Vault: Wrangell - St Elias National Park; Hillbilly Hell
    Jun 1 2026
    Nancy and Tara are in Alaska this week, so we're dusting off this story from the vault that took place on the border of America's largest national park, Wrangell St Elias, in Alaska.

    A hippie turned religious fundamentalist moves his family of 15 children to Alaska and creates what he calls "Hillbilly Heaven." He picks a fight with the National Park Service and all of his abuses on his family get exposed.

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    48 mins
  • Shenandoah National Park; Blood in the Campground

    Shenandoah National Park; Blood in the Campground
    May 25 2026
    In the darkness of Shenandoah National Park’s Mathews Arm Campground, terrified campers called 911 after hearing screams, threats of murder, and violent sounds coming from a nearby tent. Rangers soon uncovered a brutal domestic violence attack involving a hatchet, a shattered windshield, and...lots of blood.

    Source Material:
    U.S. District Court
    Western District of Virginia (Harrisonburg)
    CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 5:25-po-00062-JCH-1
    USA v. Bougria

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    30 mins
  • RANGER TALES; Arapaho & Roosevelt NF Pawnee Nat'l Grasslands

    RANGER TALES; Arapaho & Roosevelt NF Pawnee Nat'l Grasslands
    May 18 2026
    USFS LEO (and former NPS ranger) Brian Fields shares some wild tales from his time in the US Forest Service - we're not kidding - you can't make this stuff up. But still... just a day in the life of a law enforcement officer sworn to protect a few million acres of our public lands.

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    41 mins
  • Olympic National Park; Terrorized at Third Beach

    Olympic National Park; Terrorized at Third Beach
    May 11 2026
    On this episode of Crime Off the Grid, we examine a brutal domestic violence case that unfolded on remote Third Beach in Olympic National Park. Rangers, local law enforcement, and EMS responded after a woman called 911 reporting that her boyfriend had violently assaulted her at their campsite. What investigators uncovered revealed a disturbing pattern of abuse spanning multiple states, violated protection orders, and a fugitive suspect who fled Washington before being arrested months later in Tennessee after allegedly assaulting the same victim again. We break down the investigation, the challenges victims face in escaping abusive relationships, and how federal authorities handled this case inside a national park.

    Helpful Resources:
    https://www.thehotline.org/ - Domestic Violence Hotline
    https://www.nrcdv.org/ - National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

    Source Material:
    U.S. District Court
    United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (Tacoma)
    CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:20-cr-05066-BHS-1

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    41 mins