Beneath the Evergreens

On this episode of BTE, Jess and Ana crank the chaos to eleven. What starts as a spooky stretch of road where downhill somehow looks like uphill turns into a full-blown accusation that physics is lying, protractor-pushing raccoons are on the loose, and mysterious trunk flour handprints may or may not prove it. Along the way, they spiral into personal road stories, random adventures, and just all s...

On a cold January night in 1995, a fire tore through a Seattle warehouse, drawing firefighters into a scene that was far more dangerous than it appeared. What began as a routine response quickly turned catastrophic, claiming the lives of four firefighters and leaving behind unanswered questions. Investigators would later uncover signs that this blaze was no accident, but a chain of hidden failures...

The Two Saddles Treasure (also known as the Trinidad Treasure) is one of Washington State’s most enduring lost-gold legends. In 1876, the Welch family returned from months of successful gold prospecting in Canada, reportedly carrying an enormous fortune in gold. Fearing theft while traveling through Central Washington, the family is believed to have buried the treasure somewhere along their route....

In today’s episode, Ana leads us down two very local legends with roots tangled deep in Seattle soil. We start in Georgetown, at a morgue you might already know. Then we drift over to the Admiral District, where a heartbreaking story refuses to stay tragic and instead becomes a brightly colored local legend… one no one can quite pin down, no matter how hard they try. See you Beneath the Evergreens...

✨🛸 MOSS GOBLIN CHALLENGE! 🛸✨ There’s a moment in this episode where a question is asked… and no answer ever comes—find it and timestamp it. Send the time, your name, and a fun code name to BTevergreens@gmail.com or beneaththeevergreens.com between 12/22/25–1/9/26 for a chance to win BTE merch 🌲✨ In the quiet summer of 1947, Washington State looked peaceful, but something impossible was movin...

He lived an ordinary life on the surface, a quiet man with a steady job, awkward manners, and a presence coworkers found slightly, but beneath it, something dark was growing. Between 1982 and 1984, dozens of young women vanished, their lives ending along the Green River while the killer blended into the community around him. For years he was questioned, watched, and even tested, yet he remained fr...

In this episode, we explore the infamous and unbelievable story of Colton Harris-Moore, better known as the Barefoot Bandit. We dive into the evergreens with young Colton and see how a turbulent childhood helped shape him into a modern day Huck Finn with a taste for escape. From break ins to boat thefts to daring plane heists, we follow Colton on a wild ride all the way to his present day life. So...

In January 1979, one of the notorious Hillside Stranglers was caught in Bellingham, Washington, ending a deadly spree that terrorized the West Coast. But the story didn’t end there. While he sat behind bars, a young woman plotted a chilling copycat attack, hoping to keep the killings alive and free him. The victim survived, but the dark intentions behind the crime left the town wondering… how far...

Mel’s Hole is a legendary hole in rural Washington said to descend far deeper than science can measure. After reporting bizarre phenomena, from resurrected animals to objects returning transformed, its discoverer Mel Waters vanished under unsettling circumstances. Government agents, unmarked vehicles, and sudden land seizures only intensified the secrecy around the site. Today, the hole remains an...

Locals still whisper about Tom Douglas, the so-called Earl of Blewett Pass, who lived like a recluse and died under circumstances no one could fully explain. Some say he carried secrets from a life he left behind; others swear he hid something valuable in the hills before he died. Whatever the truth, his story still lingers in the pines and shadows of the Pass. Very special shoutout to the Leavenw...

Georgetown Potter’s Field in Seattle was a pauper cemetery where the poor, unidentified, and unclaimed were buried from the late 1800s into the early 1900s. As the city expanded, the graves were poorly documented, partially relocated, and eventually built over, leaving many remains beneath modern industrial sites. Today, the former burial ground stands as a reminder of early Seattle’s forgotten an...

It’s episode 6, and we’re heading back to the muddy streets of 1850s Seattle to meet Mary Ann “Mother Damnable” Conklin, the woman who ruled a rough port town with a sharper tongue than any sailor. She ran Seattle’s first hotel, cursed in six languages, and scared even the Navy into retreat. Some called her a madam, others a witch, but everyone remembered her. And when she died, locals swore her b...

Linda Burfield Hazzard ran a Washington sanitarium called Starvation Heights , promising miraculous cures through fasting, but her treatments often led to something far darker. When wealthy sisters Claire and Dora Williamson checked in for healing, only one would make it out alive. Claire’s shocking death exposed a web of manipulation, greed, and pseudoscience that stunned the world. Was Hazzard a...

Born from a lineage of chaos and tragedy, Judith “JZ” Knight claimed her suffering forged a doorway to the extraordinary. From spectral orbs to dreams of past lives, she believed her childhood nightmares were not just trauma but prophecy. One night, amid experiments with “pyramid power,” she said a forgotten god-king from 35,000 years ago appeared in her kitchen and never quite left. And from that...

Born from a lineage of chaos and tragedy, Judith “JZ” Knight claimed her suffering forged a doorway to the extraordinary. From spectral orbs to dreams of past lives, she believed her childhood nightmares were not just trauma but prophecy. One night, amid experiments with “pyramid power,” she said a forgotten god-king from 35,000 years ago appeared in her kitchen and never quite left. And from that...

In November of 1971, passengers on a routine flight from Portland to Seattle settled in for an easy trip through Northwest skies, but one man on board had other plans. Mid-flight, he calmly revealed he carried a bomb and demanded $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. Hours later, somewhere over the stormy forests of Washington, he opened the rear staircase of the plane and leapt into the darkness…...

In August of 1994, the town of Oakville, Washington fell asleep to the sound of a familiar rainstorm but woke up to anything but rain. Instead, strange gelatinous blobs coated cars, lawns, and rooftops as far as the eye could see. At first, locals chalked it up to odd weather… until people, and their pets, began falling mysteriously ill. What fell from the sky that night? Join us on this episode o...