Nature Kills Episodes

A group of families headed west to California in the spring of 1846 during the Westward Expansion movement. They were well provisioned for the journey that was expected to take them 4-6 months. But one delay after another along with a bad leadership decision turned the trip into a nightmare. Never take a shortcut that has not been proven; it could be deadly. Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Sources: Murphy, Virginia Reed. Zeinert, Karen. Across the Plains in the...

In the spring of 1856, two brothers, seven year old George and five year old Joseph wondered off together from their cabin home in the Alleghenies Mountains of Pennsylvania. Listen to hear their tragic story. Allison Krauss Music Video Jacob's Dream https://youtu.be/sUtNRK3tYgg?si=TMerX-xqoij1dUGn Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Music by Isaiah Hildreth Sources newspapers.com findagrave.com The Lost Children of the Alleghenies Written by Charles McCarthy Pennsylvania Oddities Podcast Send us ...

In the summer of 1980, Michael and Lindy Chamberlain, along with their three children, were camping at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia. That night after Lindy put the children down to bed in the tent, she heard a cry from her 9 week old daughter, Azaria. When she went to check on her, she discovered the baby was gone and she had just seen a dingo leaving the tent area. This was the beginning of a nightmare that took several turns and many years to awake from. Send us a text Support ...

July 1 through 12, 1916, five people were attacked by a shark along the coast of New Jersey. Only one victim survived the attack. Sources: Music by: Isaiah Hildreth Male Narrator: Curtis Hildreth Twelve Days of Terror written by: Richard Fernicola wikipedia findagrave.com newspapers.com https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inventing-beach-unnatural-history-natural-place-180959538/ https://racingnelliebly.com/strange_times/top-five-secrets-victorian-era-sea-bathing/ https://www.nationalgeograp...