Podcasts – List – Murder & Mystery In The Last Frontier

How Many People Did Miranda Barbour Kill?

In December 2013, after police arrested Miranda Barbour, 19, for the murder of Troy LaFerrara in Pennsylvania, Miranda told a news reporter[...]

24:05

September 9, 2026

Murder Tales

The Princess Sophia Disaster

The deadliest marine disaster on the west coast of North America occurred in Lynn Canal on October 24, 1918, but few[...]

26:43

August 26, 2026

Missing Persons, Mystery Tales

Never To Return

Many people dream of hunting in the Alaska wilderness, and for most, it is the adventure of a lifetime. However, a[...]

21:27

August 12, 2026

Missing Persons, Mystery Tales

Murder in Ruby

When someone brutally murdered the postmistress of Ruby, Alaska, a small village on the Yukon River, the Alaska State Troopers believed[...]

23:00

July 29, 2026

Missing Persons, Murder Tales

Failed Justice: The Murder of Eunice Whitman

Eunice Whitman and her boyfriend, Justine Paul, argued on a busy foot path crisscrossing the tundra in Bethel, Alaska. A few[...]

26:17

July 15, 2026

Murder Tales, Mystery Tales

What Caused the Clara Nevada to Sink?

Superstitions swirl around boats, and some captains believe bizarre myths. Renaming a vessel remains foremost among the maritime harbingers of bad luck,[...]

26:32

July 1, 2026

Missing Persons, Murder Tales, Mystery Tales

The Keystone Canyon Shootout

Alaska is a land brimming with natural resources, including gold, silver, copper, coal, oil, salmon, and crab. Still, too often, outsiders[...]

25:02

June 17, 2026

Murder Tales

Cross-Country Serial Killer John Joseph Fautenberry

Would you recognize a serial killer if you rubbed elbows with him in a bar or if he struck up a[...]

27:58

June 3, 2026

Murder Tales

The Strange Life and Death of John Martin III

I am always intrigued by people who can’t seem to color inside the lines. Most of us are law-abiding citizens. We[...]

22:40

May 20, 2026

Murder Tales

Brilliant but Violent: The Birdman of Alcatraz

Alcatraz prison in California, built on a small, rocky island in the Bay of San Francisco, operated from the time of[...]

24:03

May 6, 2026

Murder Tales

The Curious Case of Confessed Wife-Killer Charles Cannon

I’ve shared the statistics many times. Alaska repeatedly ranks as one of the most dangerous states in the U.S.[...]

19:40

April 22, 2026

Missing Persons, Murder Tales

The Serial Killer Who Hid in Alaska

Retirees Robert and Dagmar Linton eagerly embarked on a long-planned camping trip in the Pacific Northwest, and they promised[...]

25:47

April 8, 2026

Murder Tales, Mystery Tales

Alaska Ghost Stories

Considering Alaska’s violent past as a frontier territory, it’s not surprising to find restless spirits roaming the state.

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“Alaska.” N.d. The Paranormal[...]

20:11

March 25, 2026

Mystery Tales

Did Newton Lambert Murder the Benolkens?

Who brutally raped and murdered James and Anne Benolken in their Juneau apartment in 1982? Nearly four decades later, many questions[...]

23:33

March 11, 2026

Murder Tales, Mystery Tales

Willie Picton: Pig Farmer and Serial Killer

Those who knew Willie Pickton described him as mentally slow and socially awkward. They said he smelled like the pig farm[...]

33:49

February 25, 2026

Missing Persons, Murder Tales

Disaster in the Bering Sea

On Valentine’s Day 1983, two new, beautiful sister ships, the Americus and the Altair sank in the Bering Sea in calm water while[...]

42:06

February 11, 2026

Missing Persons, Mystery Tales

Jason Vukovich: The Alaskan Avenger

The pain of child abuse follows its victims to adulthood. Many seek therapy, but some internalize the pain and then inflict[...]

30:17

January 28, 2026

Mystery Tales

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[...]

22:40

January 14, 2026

Missing Persons, Murder Tales, Mystery Tales

The Demise of Soapy Smith

Why do we romanticize historical outlaws and con artists? It is difficult to write about Wild West outlaws because the myths[...]

23:04

December 31, 2025

Murder Tales

FTA: The Alaska Triangle

First named in 1972, the Alaska Triangle stretches from Anchorage in southcentral Alaska to Juneau in the southeast panhandle to Utqiagvik (formerly[...]

26:58

December 17, 2025

Missing Persons, Mystery Tales

Murder by Mail

At Raymond (R.D.) Cheely’s sentencing hearing for the random highway murder of Jeffrey Cain, prosecutor Steve Branchflower said that the shooting delivered a stunning[...]

29:29

December 3, 2025

Murder Tales

Easier Than Divorce

We all know married couples who seem to thrive on discord. These are the people we avoid joining for dinner and the ones in whose presence we squirm as they argue, yell,[...]

24:24

November 19, 2025

Murder Tales, Mystery Tales

Murder in the Bering Sea

On March 22, 1990, the Aleutian Enterprise, a one-hundred-and-forty-three-foot factory trawler, rolled over and sank in the Bering Sea. Nine crew[...]

22:01

November 5, 2025

Murder Tales

Murder on Shuyak Island

On November 12th, 2015, Peter, the Island Air, mail-plane pilot, landed at Port William Wilderness Lodge on Shuyak Island. The lodge[...]

23:02

October 22, 2025

Murder Tales

The Deadly Dyatlov Pass Incident

On January 23, 1959, ten hikers embarked on a wilderness hiking/skiing expedition into the Ural Mountains in the Eastern[...]

34:41

October 8, 2025

Missing Persons, Mystery Tales

The Abduction of Mandy Lemaire

A family moved to a small Alaska village because the parents believed it would be a safe environment where they could[...]

22:06

September 24, 2025

Missing Persons, Murder Tales

Alaska’s Ghost Ships

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23:30

September 10, 2025

Missing Persons, Mystery Tales

FTA: Guilty but Mentally Ill

It took a horrible murder for Alaska to revise its statutes for the criminally insane from some of the most lenient[...]

21:26

August 27, 2025

Murder Tales

The Strange Disappearance of Thomas Nuzzi

When a fifty-two-year-old traveling nurse disappeared in Anchorage in 2001, the authorities showed little interest, and the Anchorage Police Department said they did not[...]

20:01

August 13, 2025

Missing Persons, Mystery Tales

Who Murdered Bonnie Craig?

I can’t imagine the agony of losing a child for any reason, but how does a mother cope when she learns someone[...]

July 16, 2025

Murder Tales, Mystery Tales

Did Lisa Donlon Murder Her Husband in Self-Defense?

On the morning of October 7, 2010, Lisa Donlon dialed 911 and told the dispatcher she had just shot and killed her[...]

June 27, 2025

Murder Tales

The Deadly Trooper

Most of us like to believe we can trust the police, but not everyone goes into law enforcement for the greater good. Some[...]

36:25

June 18, 2025

Murder Tales

The Strange and Tragic Lives and Deaths of Guy and Johnny Waterman

Nineteen years after his son disappeared while climbing Mt. Denali in Alaska, Guy Waterman ascended a mountain ridge in New Hampshire in February 2000[...]