Crime Off The Grid
Crime Off the Grid is a podcast about true crime stories from our National Parks and other wild places.
The hosts, Tara and Nancy, bring over 30 years of experience each working as law enforcement rangers in National Parks and National Forests (in Nancy's case). Our guests are rangers, investigators, prosecutors, victim specialists, and other first responders who have dedicated their careers to justice and safety in places off the grid.
Join the hosts and me where we discuss cases, listen to Ranger Tales; real rangers telling real stories that you just can't make up, and...report news and commentary from wild places from the Crime Off the Grid Newsroom!
Take a listen to our Intro first so you have a good idea what we're talking about!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
John Goodwin Echoes of the Badge
Listen to my fun and heartwarming discussion with retired National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger, John Goodwin, author of the book Echoes of the Badge: Stories From a National Park Service Care…
01:16:38 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Yosemite; Cracks in the Granite, Unveiling a Predator
A celebrity of the rock climbing world may be a violent, serial predator. A survey posted in several outdoor magazines and the special agents of the National Park Service put together a case that sh…
01:01:26 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Captive in the Wilderness
A 16 year old girl was abducted after cheerleading practice by a "trusted" family friend and taken deep into the largest wilderness in the lower 48. Hear how a group of horse riders saw something th…
00:41:54 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Claude Dallas; Mountain Folk Hero or Cold Blooded Cop Killer
Claude Dallas, a well known unethical mountain man, murders two Idaho Fish and Game Officers, then evades the law who will never give up looking for him and bringing him to justice.
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00:48:53 |
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Pictured Rocks Nat'l Lakeshore; Death Over Divorce
A couple's trip to a "honeymoon spot" in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore turns deadly.
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00:45:15 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
Yellowstone Head Hunters
In the early years of Yellowstone as a National Park, market hunters decimated the wildlife for profit. Fast forward to current times in the park and hear how rangers hunt the head hunters and bring…
00:47:46 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Kaloko-Honokōhau Nat'l Historical Park; When Tragedy Hits Home
A dedicated and beloved US Park Ranger is on patrol to respond to a visitor complaint when the unthinkable happens. There are no such things as "routine" contacts in law enforcement.
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00:42:17 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Ranger Tales: Yellowstone NP; Got Antlers?
Ranger Russ and Tara discuss illegal antler poaching in the National Parks and the high-tech ways rangers have outsmarted the outlaws.
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00:35:48 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
Cuyahoga Valley Nat'l Park: Revenge is a Dish Served Cold
A man is found dead by hikers in a historic cemetery of a National Park with a gunshot to the head. Was this revenge? There may be a second revenge twist before it’s all over.
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00:51:38 |
Mon 08 Jan 2024
Manistee National Forest: Leave No Witnesses
He commits heinous crimes like rape and murder, but all of the witnesses have seemed to disappear. The body count grows as they are recovered in the lakes of the Manistee National Forest. Dr. Justi…
00:59:40 |
Mon 01 Jan 2024
Ranger Tales: TASER TASER TASER!
Tara and Nancy share two similar tales from two different National Parks.
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00:37:47 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Shenandoah National Park: The Joker's Demise
A brutal crime was committed at Ft Eustis Military base in Virginia, and the suspects fled to Shenandoah National Park. A cool headed ranger lead the chase involving multiple law enforcement agenci…
00:57:08 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Yellowstone River and the Hippie Cannibal
This is the story of Stanley Baker aka the "Hippie Cannibal" who said to a cop "I have a problem, I'm a cannibal." You don't want to miss this!
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00:44:06 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
Ranger Tales; Saguaro National Park; Wait...What Bodies???
Find out what happens in Saguaro National Park when a park ranger makes a vehicle stop on a "dark desert highway."
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00:25:35 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Grand Canyon; Danny Ray Horning Fugitive Manhunt
Escapee Danny Ray Horning lead law enforcement on the biggest manhunt ever in the state of Arizona as he eluded approximately 800 officers. However, his plans of kidnapping and taking hostages in G…
01:19:33 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Crime Off the Grid Newsroom November 2023
Introducing Crime Off the Grid Newsroom! Your source for news and commentary from wild places (emphasis on the commentary).
00:19:10 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
The "National Forest Serial Killer"
A killer preyed on hikers across 3 National Forests in the South. So many that he was nicknamed "The National Forest Serial Killer."
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00:58:29 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Ranger Tales: Crater Lake KABOOM!
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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00:27:48 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Everglades National Park; Florida Man With a Big Gun
Deep in the Everglades, a woman escapes violence from husband who then turns his aggression on the Park Rangers.
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00:39:54 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Ranger Tales Yellowstone; A Fugitive, Llamas, and Great Hair!
What happens in the middle of the wilderness in Yellowstone when a fugitive absconds from reporting to prison?
Also, nothing wrong with a little competition between rangers trying to get to be the fir…
Also, nothing wrong with a little competition between rangers trying to get to be the fir…
00:40:15 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
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