Off the Trails
So many of us venture into nature seeking serenity, solitude and adventure, but some unlucky ones find misfortune instead. We're here to share these stories. Grab your pack and join us as we go off the trails. Join Danielle and Maegan each week for stories of mystery and misadventure in the great outdoors.
Presented by Unknown Media
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 117
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
116: SPECIAL EPISODE w/ Outside She Goes: Missing Women in the Wild
This week, we’re bringing you a special collaboration with Outside She Goes. Together, we’re diving into four haunting cases of women who vanished in the wild. From the rugged mountains of Colorado a…
01:41:57 |
Tue 16 Sep 2025
115: Trail Mix - Dogs to the Rescue
Survival can come in a lot of forms. Sometimes it’s sheer willpower. Sometimes it’s faith. Sometimes it’s a stroke of luck. But in some survival stories, the reason people make it home safe isn’t any…
00:26:33 |
Tue 09 Sep 2025
114: Trail Mix - Tragedies in Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park. Known as the Crown of the Continent, it’s one of the most stunning—and rugged—landscapes in North America. With jagged peaks, alpine lakes, hidden glaciers, and winding trails …
00:36:24 |
Tue 02 Sep 2025
113: Death - Jerika Binks
American Fork Canyon is beautiful with quiet trails, mountain views, and fresh air. But in 2018, it was also the location of a mystery that lasted more than a year after Jerika Binks went for a morni…
00:28:26 |
Tue 26 Aug 2025
112: Disappearance - Chelsea Grimm
In 2023, Chelsea Grimm vanished on a road trip through northern Arizona. Strange sightings, abandoned belongings, and cryptic messages hint at a story no one fully understands. Where was she heading—…
01:18:47 |
Tue 19 Aug 2025
111: Trail Mix - Disappearances in Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is famous for its granite cliffs, thundering waterfalls, and breathtaking valleys, but over the years, more than 30 people have vanished here without explanation. Today we’ll s…
00:45:39 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
110: Survival - Danelle Ballengee
She had climbed every 14er in Colorado in just over two weeks, conquered some of the most grueling multi-day adventure races in the world, and pushed her body beyond what most would consider humanly …
00:48:56 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
109: Trail Mix - Surviving the Outback
The Australian outback doesn’t often give second chances. Enduring weeks in the wilderness easily pushes the limits of what humans can survive. With incredible stories of survival sometimes come cont…
00:39:59 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
109: Trail Mix - Surviving the Outback
The Australian outback doesn’t often give second chances. Enduring weeks in the wilderness easily pushes the limits of what humans can survive. With incredible stories of survival sometimes come cont…
00:39:59 |
Mon 21 Jul 2025
108: Death - Tennessee Colony Massacre
Land disputes, a tale as old as time, have far too often ended in tragic loss of lives for those staking their claims. Land is a valuable and finite commodity, and those who feel they are losing cont…
00:43:40 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
107: Death - Jordan Grider
He wasn’t lost and he wasn’t inexperienced. Jordan Grider went into the northern Minnesota woods with supplies, experience, and a plan to spend the winter. Six months later, they found his campsite b…
00:27:10 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
106: Trail Mix - Disappearances in Yellowstone Pt. 2
Yellowstone is a place of extremes- intimidating wildlife, remote backcountry, towering peaks, and violent geological forces simmering just below the surface. It’s a landscape that draws millions eac…
00:51:15 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
105: Disappearance (Death) - David Gonzales
In 2004 nine year old David Gonzales walked 50 yards to the family car in the middle of a sunny afternoon… and disappeared. For nearly a year, no one knew what happened. And then only a mile away a d…
00:41:19 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
104: Survival - Tom and Linda Bosworth
Tom and Linda Bosworth set out for what should have been a fun off-road day in the New Mexico backcountry- but when their Jeep rolls over miles from help, everything changes. Stranded with scorching …
00:53:39 |
Tue 17 Jun 2025
103: Survival - Stuart Diver
The ground beneath our feet isn’t always as solid as we like to believe. There’s activity we can’t see. Sounds we never hear. And sometimes, without warning… the ground shifts. One night in 1997 Stua…
00:36:28 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
102: Death - Heidi Childs and David Metzler
Two Virginia Tech students, a quiet date under the stars, and by morning — a double murder that still haunts the Appalachian woods. Over fifteen years later, the killer has never been found. Today we…
00:33:01 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
101: Death - Mike Turner
It was 1998 Reverend Mike Turner set out alone into the wild beauty of Wyoming’s Wind River Range. He had his gear, his journal, and his loyal dog Andy by his side. This hike was a final challenge to…
00:49:13 |
Tue 27 May 2025
100: Disappearance - Raymond Salmen
In June of 2013, a seasoned outdoorsman set out for a solo camping trip in British Columbia. When his abandoned campsite was found, a search quickly began—one that would lead to a few clues, a lot of…
00:39:23 |
Tue 20 May 2025
99: Disappearance - Nancy Ng
Nancy Ng had found her happy place at a yoga retreat along a lake in Guatemala. That was until she disappeared while kayaking. The hours and days that followed raised far more questions than answers.
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00:44:53 |
Tue 13 May 2025
98: Survival - David Whittlesey
In 1991, David Whittlesey set off alone to raft the Grand Canyon in winter. When his boat capsized deep in the canyon, he was left stranded — barefoot, injured, and without supplies. For seven days, …
00:36:04 |
Tue 06 May 2025
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