Locations Unknown Podcast
1) Melvin Nadel - Santa Fe National Forest - New Mexico
September 6th, 2009: a 61-year-old fitness instructor, black belt, and seasoned bow hunter leaves his campsite near Elk Mountain in New Mexico's Santa Fe National Forest. He tells his two companions h...Show More
2) Ron Dailey - Sierra National Forest - California
October 13th, 2025: a 65-year-old seasoned hunter leaves his Selma, California home for a routine day of deer hunting in the Sierra National Forest, a wilderness he's navigated for over fifty years. W...Show More
3) Johnny Waterman - Denali National Park & Preserve - Alaska
April 1st, 1981: a 28-year-old elite solo climber leaves a remote shelter deep in Alaska’s Ruth Glacier, pulling a sled and heading alone toward Denali’s imposing east side. Experienced, deliberate, a...Show More
4) Death Valley National Park Cold Cases
May 2019 to May 2022: three men travel alone into the vast desert backcountry of Death Valley National Park; one to cache water in a remote canyon, another to check on a vehicle at an isolated hot spr...Show More
5) Paul Victor Tomasso - Tonto National Forest - Arizona
February 13th, 2014: a 56-year-old experienced outdoorsman drives deep into Arizona’s Tonto National Forest for a planned multi-day solo hike. After parking along a quiet highway near the community of...Show More
6) Life Beyond the Map: Interview w/ Modern Explorer, Tay Wanders
Today we’re sitting down with Tay, a Southern girl turned road-warrior and modern explorer who approaches adventure with confidence, intention, and a grounded, faith-centered perspective.A single mom ...Show More
7) Laura Macke - Olympic National Park - Washington
October 30th, 2022: a 35-year-old counselor sets out alone into the storm-soaked rainforests of Olympic National Park. As an experienced hiker with survival training, she planned a multi-day trek into...Show More
8) Bryan Skilinski - Great Sand Dunes National Park - Colorado
February 11th, 2017, a 40-year-old man from New York, deep in a mid-life crisis, vanishes into a brutal winter storm at Great Sand Dunes National Park. Miraculously he is rescued after five freezing n...Show More
9) Robert Fitzgerald - George Washington National Forest - Virginia
November 12th, 2012, a seasoned hiker and devoted runner fails to show up for work after a solo trip to Virginia’s Confederate Breastworks Trail. His car is discovered days later, packed with food and...Show More
10) Lost in the Shadow of the Rockies – The 40-Year Mystery - Part 2
Last week, we introduced you to Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer and Annette Schnee, two women who vanished the same night while hitchhiking from Breckenridge, Colorado. As a brutal winter storm swept across the...Show More