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  • 309: Trail Tales 73

    309: Trail Tales 73
    Jul 3 2025
    Today’s stories include small town legends, embarrassing young canoodling, haunted cheese factories, Hidebehinds and visits from the great beyond. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 308: The Couple Who Lived and Died for Lions. Meru National Park.

    308: The Couple Who Lived and Died for Lions. Meru National Park.
    Jun 30 2025
    George and Joy Adamson lived for lions. After raising a cub they named Elsa and telling the world about it, they were catapulted into the center of conservation and controversy. Their methods were questioned, but their love for the wild was not. While they were both murdered, their legacy remains alive in Africa and beyond.

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    Sources:

    Documentary: Elsa’s Legacy: The Born Free Story by PBS

    Books: Tropical Nature: Colonial and Post-Colonial Conservation in Africa and Asia, Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds by Joy Adamson

    Websites: Born Free Foundation, Global Alliance of National Parks

    Articles: New York Times, Daily Nation, The Guardian, The Conscious Explorer, The Times

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • 307: Our Weird and Wonderful World with Dylan Thuros Co-Founder of Atlas Obscura

    307: Our Weird and Wonderful World with Dylan Thuros Co-Founder of Atlas Obscura
    Jun 23 2025
    Atlas Obscura began as a website and global community to catalog and celebrate the world's unusual and obscure places, stories and foods. Since 2009, it has expanded to include six books, group adventures around the world, a Youtube Series and a podcast! Today, we have the immense pleasure of speaking with Dylan Thuras, co-founder of Atlas Obscura to talk all things weird and wonderful.

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    58 mins
  • 306: Trail Tales 72

    306: Trail Tales 72
    Jun 19 2025
    Today’s stories include debunking aliens, an outdoorsy Maya Rudolph, Hot Springs love, spooky family lore and horny birds. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!

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    50 mins
  • 305: Stonewall National Monument’s Uprising. Ft. LGBTQ Outdoors.

    305: Stonewall National Monument’s Uprising. Ft. LGBTQ Outdoors.
    Jun 16 2025

    Today we are joined by the Founder of LGBTQ Outdoors, Justin Yoder, as we tell the story of Marsha P. Johnson and the Stonewall Uprising. In the early hours of June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn ignited a rebellion that would change history. The Stonewall Uprising became the catalyst to a nationwide LGBTQ rights movement. At the heart of this moment was Marsha P. Johnson, a Black trans activist, drag queen, and revolutionary who became a symbol of resilience and joy in the face of injustice.

    If you are interested in becoming a member, an ambassador, or a trail Blazer, check out LGBTQ+ Outdoors!

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    Sources:
    How the Mob Helped Establish NYC’s Gay Bar Scene | HISTORY

    Who Were the Mafia’s ‘Five Families’? | HISTORY

    Marsha P. Johnson | Biography, Activism, & Facts | Britannica

    Marsha P. Johnson

    Documentary: Watch The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson | Netflix Official Site

    Book: ​​Marsha - The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 304: America’s Oldest Ghost Tour. Harper’s Ferry National Historical Park.

    304: America’s Oldest Ghost Tour. Harper’s Ferry National Historical Park.
    Jun 9 2025
    In the 1970s Shirley Dougherty moved to Harpers Ferry West Virginia and started experiencing strange occurrences. And she wasn’t alone. Residents were quick to tell her their experiences with the paranormal, and she eventually complied them into a book - a text that became the foundation of what she claims to be America’s’ oldest ghost tour. Today, Danielle brings us on our own through one of the country’s most spooky locations.

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    Sources:

    Articles: National Park Service, Fergus M. Bordewich,The Gilder Lehrman Collection, PBS, 12 WBOY, The WV Independent Observer, HauntedHouses.com, Library of Virginia, West Virginia Haunts and Legends, Only In Your State

    Videos: Expeditions in Education, The Hauntings of Harpers Ferry

    Podcasts: Stuff You Missed In History Class

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 303: Trail Tales 71

    303: Trail Tales 71
    Jun 5 2025
    Today’s stories include women in STEM, chirping mountain lions, cabin guardians, simultaneous hauntings, family lore and dead dad signs. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!

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    55 mins
  • 302: The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill. White Mountain National Forest.

    302: The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill. White Mountain National Forest.
    Jun 2 2025
    In the fall of 1961, a couple driving through New Hampshire’s White Mountains encountered something no one could explain. What followed would become the first widely reported alien abduction case in American history — and the blueprint for every abduction story that came after.

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    Sources:
    • The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill: Alien Encounters, Civil Rights, and the New Age in America, by Matthew Bowman (2023).
    • “Do We Have Evidence of Alien Life?” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
    • “They Knew What They Had Seen,” by Colin Dickey (Slate, 2023).
    • “Betty And Barney Hill UFO Abduction Story Commemorated On Official N.H. Highway Plaque,” by Lee Speigel (Huffpost, 2011).
    The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours Aboard a Flying Saucer, by John G. Fuller (1966).

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    1 hr and 16 mins