National Park After Dark

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

Episodes 364
Avg. Duration 1h
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.6 (5,696)
Since Jan 2021
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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62%
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About This Podcast

Hosted by two friends who share a passion for public lands and a fascination with what can go wrong there, each week hosts Danielle and Cassie explore the darker side of our National Parks. But it isn’t always chills and thrills. By sharing inspiring tales and their desire for protecting our planet’s wild places, they hope listeners will be inspired to take a walk into the wild and create meaningful adventures of their own. 

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357: Trail Tales 88 ft. Creeps and Crimes

Feb 26, 2026 1h 30m

Today’s episode is brought to you in part by two of our favorite friends Morgan and Taylar of Creeps and Crimes! Stories include haunted cabins, fake moose, symbolic dragonflies, probable alien…

356: Haunted Highway: Route 66

Feb 23, 2026 1h 13m

Established in 1926 as one of America’s OG highways, Route 66 linked over 2,000 miles of the country from Illinois to California. Although long since decommissioned, in today’s episode, we make eight…

355: What Happened to Sophia Koetsier? Murchison Falls National Park

Feb 16, 2026 1h 4m

In October of 2015, 21 year old Dutch medical student Sophia Koetsier vanished inside Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda, a place with strong river currents and dangerous wildlife. When Sophia’s…

354: Trail Tales 87

Feb 12, 2026 56m

Today’s stories include drug smuggling, lightning trauma, beaver attacks, childhood confessions and dirtbag dads. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!For the…

353: Access to Adventure: Accessibility in National Parks

Feb 09, 2026 1h 15m

We hear “the outdoors are for everyone” a lot, and while that is true, accessibility to the outdoors is not always created equal. Today’s episode is dedicated to two remarkable stories of people with…

352: The National Forest Serial Killer

Feb 02, 2026 1h 30m

In the mid-2000s, hikers began disappearing from national forests across the southeastern United States, with their bodies later found in remote areas of the parks. When investigators compared…

351: Trail Tales 86

Jan 29, 2026 1h 12m

Today’s stories include almost abductions, cemetery shenanigans, shared trauma and men saving (and ruining) the day. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!For a…

350: Cheers to Five NPAD Years

Jan 26, 2026 1h 52m

Take a stroll down memory lane as we reflect on the last five years of NPAD. Come laugh with us (and at us) while we look back on some of the memorable moments that brought us to where we are…

349: Into the Wild Truth: What You Didn’t Know About the McCandless Story

Jan 19, 2026 1h 14m

Ever since September of 1992, when Chris McCandless was found deceased inside a bus in remote Alaska, the story of why he chose to walk into wilderness has captivated the world. Chris has been…

Introducing Valley of Shadows: The Devil’s Punchbowl

Jan 19, 2026 11m Bonus

Valley of Shadows is a new true crime podcast that digs into a nearly 30-year old secret buried in the California desert. On June 11, 1998, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Jon Aujay set out for a…

348: Trail Tales 85

Jan 15, 2026 57m

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…

347: The Cost of Survival: The Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone (Part 2)

Jan 12, 2026 1h 2m

In the previous episode, a catastrophic fall high on Siula Grande forced an impossible decision. With Joe badly injured and hanging in space, Simon cut the rope, believing his climbing partner was…

346: The Cost of Survival: The Cordillera Huayhuash Reserved Zone (Part 1)

Jan 05, 2026 52m

High in the Cordillera Huayhuash Reserve of the Peruvian Andes, two British climbers attempt the first ascent of the West Face of Siula Grande. The mountain is remote, unforgiving, and lethal to…

345: Trail Tales 84

Jan 01, 2026 1h

Today’s stories include pizza in Zion, getting stalked, mule saviors, mysterious trapezoids, and pooping lake water. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!For the…

344: Willing to Risk Death Daily: Pony Express National Historic Trail

Dec 29, 2025 1h 23m

Not many of us would accept a job that risked life and limb, but for a brief moment in time, young men did just that - just to carry the mail. It may have only been in operation for 18 months, but…

343: Murder or Kidnapping in a Gateway Town: New River Gorge National Park

Dec 22, 2025 1h 21m

Fayetteville, West Virginia sits on the edge of the New River Gorge, a small Appalachian town now known as a gateway to one of America’s newest national parks. But on Christmas Eve in 1945, it became…

342: Trail Tales 83

Dec 18, 2025 1h

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…

341: Death on a Painted Lake: Algonquin Provincial Park

Dec 15, 2025 1h 23m

In July of 1917 a pioneering landscape painter paddled out onto Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park and never returned. His death was initially ruled an accident, but in the following decades…

340: Grand Canyon’s Most Daring (and Foolish) Stunts

Dec 08, 2025 1h 8m

The Grand Canyon has always been a magnet for the bold, the reckless, and the people who look at a mile-deep chasm and think... yeah, I can take that. In this episode, we race through a century of…

339: Trail Tales 82

Dec 04, 2025 52m

Trail Tales 82 - Today’s stories include cemetery tales, childhood tubing trauma almost felonies and ghostly protectors. Outsiders Only bonus stories available for Patreon and Apple Subscribers!For…

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National Park After Dark has published 364 episodes since January 2021, covering topics in History, Places & Travel.

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