The Researcher
Episode Date: December 30, 2025When a forestry student is brutally murdered while conducting research in a forest park at the University of Florida, law enforcement scrambles to fin...
Explore the dark side of the world’s most beautiful places with investigative journalist and park enthusiast Delia D’Ambra. Each week, Delia guides you deep into national parks and forests across the globe, uncovering stories where nature’s breathtaking beauty has masked sinister secrets. From infamous cases that made headlines to little-known crimes that still need answers, Delia’s relentless pursuit of the truth takes her through archives and remote landscapes to reveal the hidden darkness haunting these natural wonders. Because sometimes, the most beautiful places hide the darkest secrets. This is Park Predators.
138 episodes transcribedWhen a forestry student is brutally murdered while conducting research in a forest park at the University of Florida, law enforcement scrambles to fin...
When a bright and beautiful young woman from coal country in Kentucky fails to return home from her jog, a tight knit community is rocked to its core....
When a wife and mother is brutally gunned down while strolling through a popular Tennessee park with her husband, three persons of interest materializ...
When two beloved mothers vanish after a night out, their families quickly grow concerned. Within hours of their vehicle being spotted near a Mississip...
When a burning car is found in Prentice Cooper State Forest in February 2020 with a body inside, law enforcement is quick to zero in on two suspects w...
In 1960, three housewives from Chicago never make it out of Starved Rock State Park alive and police in Illinois quickly realize a piece of nature its...
When a night-time drive into a national park in Georgia turns into the brutal scene of a stabbing, the FBI is quick to identify their prime suspects....
In April 1995, two troubled teens on the run from the law in Payette National Forest encounter an innocent forest service worker and commit the unthin...
Five so-called friends go camping together in the Trinity Alps in California, but only four return. The 1998 slaying of Lora Sinner is a case that mad...
An abandoned campsite, a crashed car, and a trail of ominous clues. What really happened to Sandra Johnsen Hughes in the summer of 2020 in Sierra Nati...
When a 38-year-old waitress vanished on a weekend trip to Mount Rushmore in August 2013, red flags went up right away for her friends and family. But...
When a husband and wife from New Hampshire vanish on the beach of Padre Island National Seashore in 2019, all the red flags go up about the vibrant co...
When a retired engineer and avid motorcycle enthusiast vanishes from his campsite several miles north of Grand Canyon National Park in October 2024, r...
When a Central California businessman vanishes while on a fishing trip in Kings Canyon National Park with friends, few clues emerge as to what happene...
When two soon-to-be newlyweds are found dead on a scenic Northern California beach, the mystery as to why they were killed and by whom is baffling. Bu...
Two young people are found brutally shot to death on a remote Canadian beach in 1972, and one man quickly becomes the center of the investigation. How...
When a young woman witnesses the cold-blooded execution of her hiking companion on the Appalachian Trail and lives to tell the tale, her chilling stor...
On a quiet mountain in eastern Tennessee, three men ride off on all-terrain vehicles for an evening of exploring, fishing, and swimming but never retu...
When a celebrated Colorado musician disappears in February 2020, law enforcement quickly connects dots between him and a gruesome discovery in Arapaho...
When two bodies are discovered in the sand dunes of Indiana Dunes National Park, it doesn’t take authorities long to identify the victims as young peo...