Crime Off The Grid

A man who stole a vehicle in Wisconsin, and was reported as "critically missing," ends up in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore where rangers did what rangers do and bring the fleeing felon's high speed hide and seek to an end.  Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  abo...

Graphic Warning :  This episodes discusses a violent event, briefly, with some detail that may be hard for some to listen.  When friends go to their favorite spot on the lake and sleep under the stars, a monster appears and commits the most heinous attack. Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg F...

Double the rangers, double the tales!  Rangers Chris and Jodi join Tara and Nancy and share some funny and wacky tales.   Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.com/ Check out our Merch!!  https://in-wild-places.square.sit...

Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly shares the events that took place on July 4, 2024 that resulted in countless lives saved in the Canyon Village area. Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.com/ Check out our Merch!! ...

Crime Off the Grid Newsroom, your source for news and commentary from wild places. Update on the Cuyahoga Valley National Park murder suspect Chelsea Perkins; A rapper breaks the rules in Yellowstone; What just happened in Isle Royale?; and the largest fine ever for an endagered species act crime. Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time dona...

At the time of this recording (June 14, 2025), a manhunt is underway for Travis Decker, who is suspected in the murder of his 3 daughters in a campground in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, located in the Cascade Range of Washington state. All eyes and ears are needed to help authorities capture the fugitive to safely end this manhunt, and bring the triple child murderer to justice. HELP FO...

Stalking is a serious crime.  Learn about stalking and take note of these cautionary stories from national parks. If you haven't already, listen to "Yellowstone; Stalked" released January 12, 2025, go back and check it out. Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the po...

A brutal double homicide that occurred in Shenendoah National Park's wilderness in 1996 went cold for nearly 3 decades.  Finally, the killer is exposed for what he did to Lollie and Julie. Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffth...

Discussing news about moose, bison, and scaulding water.   Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.com/ Check out our Merch!!  https://in-wild-places.square.site/s/shop Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crime...

Rangers respond to a call that typically would have been a warning for a violation, but rangers always have to be prepared for anything.  What happens in a campground... welll, we'll just let the title of this episode be enough of a description. Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more inf...

Visitors report seeing a pool of blood next to an abandoned pick up in the Buck Hollow area of the park. Are they now looking for an injured person, or perhaps a body?  Rangers team up to solve the mystery. Support the show! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out...

Listen to a park ranger tell his story a serious confrontation on the border with a violent member of a drug cartel.  For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.com/ Check out our Merch!!  https://in-wild-places.square.site/s/shop Follow us on...

Bringing you news and commentary from wild and off the grid places. For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.com/ Check out our Merch!!  https://in-wild-places.square.site/s/shop Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crimeoffthegri...

Residents of the Tower Roosevelt area in Yellowstone sound the alarm about a self proclaimed "white redneck" who may potentially be preparing to carry out mass harm against his Yellowstone community. For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.c...

A man leads a Larimer County, CO officer on a high speed chase only to be stopped by a Park Ranger inside Rocky Mountain National Park. For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.com/ Check out our Merch!!  https://in-wild-places.square.site/s/s...

The Alaska Triangle;  a region notorious for unexplained disappearances, UFO sightings, and paranormal activity. Join us as we dive into chilling stories, local legends, and theories behind one of America’s most enigmatic areas. For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check o...

For centuries, adventurers, dreamers, and those seeking escape have been drawn to Alaska's vast, untamed frontier. Some find what they’re looking for. Others never return.  This is the story of Christopher McCandless and Bus 142. For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check...

One by one, the bodies of 3 girls were found in the El Dorado National Forest outside Placerville, CA. One man was the common denominator for all three. For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crimeoffthegrid.com/ Check out our Merch!!  https://in-wild-place...

An employee In Yosemite was kidnapped and taken to a remote location in Yosemite's high country.  The manhunt lasted several days before it finally came to it's dramatic conclusion in the dangerous Tenaya Canyon.  For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://crim...

A couple attended a retreat at the Schoodic Institute in Acadia National Park. The retreat was about being a space for community to go to heal, to be together, to build relationships,  and really to just have fun outdoors and get away from the stress of just everyday life.  But a man with a long history of violence against women changed everything. SUPPORT THE SHOW : We would love your support so...

Ranger Keith is the sole ranger on shift in all of Yellowstone National Park in the wee hours of the morning when he encounters very dangerous fugitives who were on a crosscountry crime spree.  His quick thinking, and expertise saved his life, and the lives of other would be victims.   SUPPORT THE SHOW : We would love your support so we can keep the episodes coming! For bonus content join our Patr...

Along the popular Pigtail Bridges on Iron Mountain Road in the Black Hills, photographers discovered a body.  Hear the tragic story.  SUPPORT THE SHOW : We would love your support so we can keep the episodes coming! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cotg For more information  about the podcast, check out https://cr...

A man is fishing on the shoreline of Lake Mead Nat'l Rec Area when he hears someone calling for help. The good samaritan runs toward the cries, scrambles down a steep embankment and sees a man lying face down. Then the unthinkable happens.  SUPPORT THE SHOW : We would love your support so we can keep the episodes coming! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one tim...

A man believing there was soon to be a revolution starting in the Washington Olympic Penninsula, heads inside the park causing fear and a lock down and evacuation of a large part of the park.  The local Chief of Police and County Sheriff join us to give us the details and tell how this standoff and manhunt came to it's conclusion. SUPPORT THE SHOW : We would love your support so we can keep the ep...

In the Black Hills of South Dakota, two people are lost and stranded in deep snow. But for a couple of dedicated, skilled, and quick thinking USFS officers, things most certainly would have turned tragic. SUPPORT THE SHOW : We would love your support so we can keep the episodes coming! For bonus content join our Patreon! patreon.com/CrimeOfftheGrid For a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee...