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The Valley of Headless Men: Nahanni National Park
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Episode 73: The Valley of Headless Men: Nahanni National Park
With landmarks bearing the names of Deadmen Valley, Headless Creek, Funeral Range, and Hell’s Gate Rapids, you might think twice before planning a trip to Nahanni National Park in Canada. However, the legends behind these names make the park even more daunting.
Sources
Berge, Chloe. “The haunting history of this Canadian National Park.” March 9, 2020. Fodors.com.
Malbeuf, Jamie. “Families call for case of mysterious 2005 deaths to be reopened.” May 7, 2018. CBS News.
Peters, Hammerson. Legends of the Nahanni Valley. 2018. Western Canada. Hammerson Peters.
Vučkovič, Aleska. “Valley of Headless Men: Mysterious decapitations in Canada’s Nahanni Valley.” December 2021. Ancient Origins.
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Meet Robin Barefield, Your Host of Episode 73: The Valley of Headless Men: Nahanni National Park
Robin Barefield lives in the wilderness on Kodiak Island, where she and her husband own a remote lodge. She has a master’s degree in fish and wildlife biology and is a wildlife-viewing and fishing guide. Robin has published six novels: Big Game, Murder Over Kodiak, The Fisherman’s Daughter, Karluk Bones, Massacre at Bear Creek Lodge, and The Ultimate Hunt. She has also published two non-fiction books: Kodiak Island Wildlife and Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. She draws on her love and appreciation of the Alaska wilderness as well as her scientific background when writing.
Robin invites you to join her at her website: https://robinbarefield.com, and while you are there, sign up for her free monthly newsletter about true crime in Alaska. Robin also narrates a podcast, Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. You can find it at: https://murder-in-the-last-frontier.blubrry.net
The Lost Pages
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Episode 72: The Lost Pages
Picture this: You walk into the New York Public Library. Those marble halls, the whispered conversations of scholars, the smell of old paper and binding glue. You might think you’re in one of the safest places in the world for precious documents. You’d be wrong.
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Meet Evan Swensen, your host for Episode 72: The Lost Pages
Evan Swensen, book publisher, editor, author, and Author Masterminds charter member, along with his wife, Lois, publishes books by authors worldwide. He has been the publisher and editor of Alaska Outdoors magazine and producer of Alaska Outdoors television show and outdoor videos, and host of Alaska Outdoor Radio Magazine. He has been an Alaska resident since 1957.
As a pilot, he has logged more than 4,000 hours of flight time in Alaska, in both wheel and float planes. He is a serious recreation hunter and fisherman, equally comfortable casting a flyrod or using bait, or lures. Evan has been published in many national magazines and is the author of five books and publisher of more than 1,000 books by other authors.
Evan claims to have the best job in the world; he gets up in the morning, puts on his fishing vest, picks up his fly rod, kisses his wife goodbye, tells her he’s going to work—and she believes him.
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GEORGE HINTON HENRY, THE FATHER OF ALASKA JOURNALISM, FOUND AT LAST!
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Episode 71: George Hinton Henry, The Father osf Alaska Journalism Found at Last —Maybe
No chapter on newspapers in Alaska would be complete without a section on the most-sued member of the press, George Hinton Henry. Henry published/edited six papers in four cities between 1907 and 1915. These included the Yukon Press, Tanana Citizen, Hot Springs Echo, Tanana News, Free Press (Fairbanks), and Socialist Press in Fairbanks. He was responsible for a great number of newspapers in a great number of towns, all of which went broke. Further, he probably holds the record for the number of times an editor has been sued for slander, though the true number is unknown as most of the records for that time period have been lost. While some of the historical documentation still exists, the bulk of the information on his sordid career appears in the various papers not published by him.
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George Hinton Henry, The Father osf Alaska Journalism Found at Last —Maybe
Steve Levi is a 70-something writer in Alaska. He specializes in the impossible crime and the Alaska Gold Rush. An impossible crime is one in which the detective must figure out HOW the crime was committed before he can go after the perpetrators. As an example, in THE MATTER OF THE VANISHING GREYHOUND, the detective must figure out how a Greyhound bus with four bank robbers, a dozen hostages, and $10 million can vanish off the Golden Gate Bridge. Steve’s books can be seen at www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi and www.steverlevibooks.com. He also does two historical uploads a week. Send Steve your email, and he will include it in the mailings.
The Greenbrier Ghost – A True Tale of Murder and the Supernatural
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Episode 69: The Greenbrier Ghost: A True Tale of Murder and the Supernatural
In the misty hills of 1897 Greenbrier County, a young woman’s sudden death sparked a chilling mystery that would echo through history. Join us as we unravel the haunting tale of the Greenbrier Ghost, where a spirit’s whisper from beyond the grave led to a murderer’s conviction.
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Met Mary Ann Poll, your host for Episode 69:
The Greenbrier Ghost: A True Tale of Murder and the Supernatural
Mary Ann Poll is the author of five Supernatural Thriller novels, Ravens Cove, Ingress, Gorgon, Dullahan, and Andalusia Forest.
Sign up to subscribe for free information about upcoming events at www.maryannpoll.com and check out her podcast Real Ghost Chatter.
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Gift Mortgages
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Episode 68: Gift Mortgages
HERE’S A DOUBLE MYSTERY FOR YOU! THE FIRST ONE IS: DIDN’T YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET THE MORTGAGE ON YOUR HOUSE PAID OFF FOR FREE? THE SECOND MYSTERY IS WHY ARE YOU LETTING THE BANKS GIVE AWAY YOUR TAX MONEY FOR FREE?
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The Mothman of Point Pleasant
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Episode 67: The Mothman of Point Pleasant
Welcome to a journey through one of America’s most haunting enigmas—the Mothman of Point Pleasant.
Plus — The Phantom Dogsled by Steve Levi.
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Meet Mary Ann Poll, your host for Episode 67: The Mothman of Point Pleasant
Mary Ann Poll is the author of five Supernatural Thriller novels, Ravens Cove, Ingress, Gorgon, Dullahan, and Andalusia Forest.
Sign up to subscribe for free information about upcoming events at www.maryannpoll.com and check out her podcast Real Ghost Chatter.
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The Phantom Dog Sled was written and performed by Steve Levi. Check out his books at Author Masterminds.
The Clara Nevada – An Accident or Murder?
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Episode 66: The Clara Nevada — Accident or Murder?
No saga of the Alaska Gold Rush would be complete without a touch of the mysterious. Every rush has its eerie events, and the Alaska Gold Rush was no exception. Perhaps the most perplexing incident of that era was the saga of the Clara Nevada. Here was a tale of greed, robbery, and murder, along with a ghostly re-visitation. But it was more than that. It is also one of the largest successful robberies in American history combined with the third largest mass
murders in American history as well, surpassed only by the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 and the 911 attack on the World Trade Center.
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Meet Steve Levi, Your Host for Episode 66: The Clara Nevada — Accident or Murder?
Steve Levi is a 70-something writer in Alaska. He specializes in the impossible crime and the Alaska Gold Rush. An impossible crime is one in which the detective must figure out HOW the crime was committed before he can go after the perpetrators. As an example, in THE MATTER OF THE VANISHING GREYHOUND, the detective must figure out how a Greyhound bus with four bank robbers, a dozen hostages, and $10 million can vanish off the Golden Gate Bridge. Steve’s books can be seen at www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi and www.steverlevibooks.com. He also does two historical uploads a week. Send Steve your email, and he will include it in the mailings.
What Happened on the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Episode 63: What Happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald?
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
of the big lake they called Gitchee Gumee
The lake it is said never gives up her dead
when the skies of November turn gloomy
Gordon Lightfoot’s lyrics memorialize the tragedy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, but the mystery remains – what sunk the great ship?
Sources:
Stonehouse, Frederick. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Avery Color Studios, Inc. Gwinn, Michigan. 1977.
Charles River Editors. The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Loss of the Largest Ship on the Great Lakes. Kindle
Schumacher, Michael. The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald: Eyewitness Accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings. University of Minnesota Press. Minneapolis, MN. 201___________________________
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Meet Valerie Winans, your host for Episode 63: What Happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Valerie Winans is a graduate of Northwestern Michigan College, a retired state government manager, and a former campground host in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Valerie is the author of four books: Alaska’s Savage River: Inside Denali National Park and Preserve, Road Trip with Remington Beagle: Michigan to Alaska and Back, and A Hero’s Journey: Life Lessons From A Dog And His Friends, and The Extraordinary Life of Edwin B. Winans: From the Stampede for Gold in California to the Capitol of Michigan. A writer of both fiction and non-fiction, her books are written to inform and entertain readers of all ages. She currently resides with her husband in Traverse City, Michigan. More information can be found at www.valeriewinans.com.
Where’s Joe?
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Episode 62: Where’s Joe?
The endless supply of larger-than-life characters in Alaska makes the state fertile ground for reality television shows and movies based on true stories. If you made a list of the strong, fascinating individuals in the history of this vast state, though, Joe Vogler would rank near the top. Picture a sharply dressed man, wearing a fedora, a bolo tie, and a plaid flannel shirt while he stands in front of a group of rowdy people and proclaims his controversial opinions in a booming voice.
Sources
Brenan, Tom. Cold Crime. 2005. Epicenter Press. Death of a Maverick.
Coppock, Michael. “On Joe Vogler, an independent Alaska.”March 14, 2008. Juneau Empire.
Ice Cold Killers. Season 2, Episode 6. “Guns, Gold, and Murder.”
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Meet Robin Barefield, your host for Episode 62: Where’s Joe?
Robin Barefield lives in the wilderness on Kodiak Island, where she and her husband own a remote lodge. She has a master’s degree in fish and wildlife biology and is a wildlife-viewing and fishing guide. Robin has published six novels: Big Game, Murder Over Kodiak, The Fisherman’s Daughter, Karluk Bones, Massacre at Bear Creek Lodge, and The Ultimate Hunt. She has also published two non-fiction books: Kodiak Island Wildlife and Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. She draws on her love and appreciation of the Alaska wilderness as well as her scientific background when writing.
Robin invites you to join her at her website: https://robinbarefield.com, and while you are there, sign up for her free monthly newsletter about true crime in Alaska. Robin also narrates a podcast, Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier. You can find it at: https://murder-in-the-last-frontier.blubrry.net