Dead & Gone in Wyoming

On September 17, 2024, 22-year-old Austin King stood on the summit of Eagle Peak, the highest point in Yellowstone National Park. In the summit register, he wrote about numb fingers, fogged glasses, rain, sleet, hail, wind, and a route he knew was “not the right path.” Then he wrote one final line that would come to define the search for him: “Life is beautiful. Go out and LIVE IT.” Three days lat...

In 1982, a pipe bomb exploded in Green River, Wyoming, badly injuring a 23-year-old woman and destroying an apartment. Stephen Craig Campbell was soon after arrested, charged with attempted first-degree murder. Then, after being released on bond, he failed to appear in court — and vanished. For more than forty years, Campbell’s wanted poster remained on a wall at the Sweetwater County Sheriff's De...

In October 1997, 14-year-old Amanda Gallion disappeared on her way to school in Gillette, Wyoming. Six days later, 20-year-old Patrick Ghering vanished too. Nearly three decades on, the space between those two disappearances remains one of Wyoming’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.

In November 1982, a Chevy Blazer was found running along Interstate 80 near Elk Mountain, Wyoming. The doors were open. A single set of footprints led north into the prairie. The vehicle belonged to 35-year-old Don Kemp, a former New York advertising executive who had set out west to write a book. Days later, a storm shut down the search. Months after Don was believed to have died, a turn in the c...

In August 1976, twenty-year-old Celeste Hensley Greub disappeared while backpacking in Wyoming’s Cloud Peak Wilderness. She was last seen waiting near Misty Moon Lake as her companions climbed toward the summit. When they returned, she was gone. What followed was one of the largest search efforts the Bighorn Mountains have ever seen. Want early access to new episodes? Become a Patreon supporter: h...

In November of 1997, the body of fifteen-year-old Daphne Sulk was found in the foothills east of Laramie. In this episode of Dead & Gone in Wyoming, we trace Daphne’s final days, the investigation that followed, and the trial that ultimately brought a verdict. It's a story about what the law decides is enough - and what quietly remains once certainty arrives before every truth can be known. Wa...

A chance meeting in Iowa. A business deal gone wrong. A brutal double murder in the wilds of early 1900s Wyoming. On this episode, the story of Diamond L Slim Clifton, a cowboy whose reputation once stood tall in the Wyoming Territory—until it all unraveled in the most vicious of crimes. The source for this episode is the book: Murder on the Plains: The Killing of "Diamond L. Slim" Clifton, availa...

Kathleen Pehringer, 41, disappeared from her Riverton, Wyoming home on April 17, 1989. She was last seen while her daughter was at school. Kathleen took her purse and glasses but left her car behind.

The FBI uncovers a plot to murder two Wyoming school teachers, which shakes loose an investigation into the deaths of a mother and son who had fallen to their deaths years earlier.

In Fall 1982, America was gripped by an unprecedented form of criminality. The Tylenol Murders took at least seven lives and changed society forever. Thank you for listening to Dead & Gone in Wyoming. Interact with Scott via email: wyomingpodcast@gmail.com Support the show, and gain early access to episodes, via Patreon: www. Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

We're happy to announce the return of the podcast with two stories of mysterious missing person cases from America's first national park. It's good to be back! Thank you for listening to this episode of Dead & Gone In Wyoming. Reach out Twitter (or 'X', whatever it's called this month) @wyomingpodcast. And you can contact the show via email: wyomingpodcast@gmail.com

A quick update about the future of Dead & Gone in Wyoming.

Violence in America's schools has become tragically endemic to a generation. Many of those stories are so tragic, they can be told in a single word: Columbine, Parkland, and far too many others. Cokeville, Wyoming was very nearly such a place.

Remembering the forgotten murder of Casper socialite Grace MacManus.

The abduction of an 11-year-old girl ten years ago today, October 8, 2012, changed Cody, Wyoming forever. This episode contains depictions of harm to a child. Listener discretion is advised. The resource mentioned at the end of this episode is The National Sexual Assault Hotline. It's free, confidential, and available 24/7. Learn more at RAINN.org. Thanks to our presenting sponsor this week: The H...

The story of Clay Rubano, an expert outdoorsman who disappeared into the mountains around Lander, Wyoming in 2007. You can contact Scott by email:  wyomingpodcast@gmail.com Or on Twitter: @WyomingPodcast Support the show and receive early access to new episodes here:  www. Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

Listener Barb writes: "Can you research the murder of Dr. and Mrs. Payne in Jackson, Wyoming in the mid to late 60s?" Here's your story, Barb. Thank you for listening to Dead & Gone In Wyoming.  You can email Scott here:  wyomingpodcast@gmail.com For early access and exclusive episodes, consider supporting the show on Patreon:  www. Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

In October 1998, perhaps Wyoming's most infamous murder occurred in Laramie. The brutal torture and murder of college student Matthew Shepard drew immediate and strong reaction nationwide, and changed American society forever. Thank you for listening to this month's episode. Email Scott here:  wyomingpodcast@gmail.com To support the show and receive exclusive content, consider becoming a Patron: ...

In 2007, wife and mother Robin Munis was murdered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The National Domestic Hotline is available with confidential support 24/7/365 by calling: 800.799.SAFE (7233), or by visiting  www.thehotline.org Free, confidential support services dedicated to serving Native American survivors and concerned family members and friends affected by domestic, dating and sexual violence. Advocate...

Carmella Aragon disappeared from Cheyenne on September 3rd, 1963. As we begin our third year of producing Dead & Gone In Wyoming, special thanks to all for listening to our stories and spreading the word. Reach Scott by email:  wyomingpodcast@gmail.com Patreon supporters of the show will receive three episodes in January - two of which will be supporter-exclusive episodes -  www.patreon.com/wy...

In this episode, we revisit each episode released in 2021, with reflections and commentary from host and producer Scott Fuller. Email Scott:  wyomingpodcast@gmail.com Support the show on Patreon:  www. Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

38 years after a young man, Eric James "Jim" Cooper, disappeared from downtown Jackson, Wyoming, speculation and theories abound. Answers have been much harder to find. Interact with the show on Twitter (@wyomingpodcast) and by email ( wyomingpodcast@gmail.com ). Special thanks to our Patreon supporters:  www. Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

In June 1984, Lisa Ehlers left Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and never came home. Her notorious murder remained unsolved for 25 years, until authorities made a shocking arrest. But, even today, this story remains far from over. Sources for this episode include The Jackson Hole News, and The Casper Star-Tribune. Thank you for your Patreon support! www. Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast Follow Scott on Twitter: @...

In 2004, an abandoned station wagon was found along a highway between Torrington and Casper. But the vehicle's driver hasn't been seen or heard from since. Thank you for listening to each episode of Dead & Gone in Wyoming. Email us:  wyomingpodcast@gmail.com Interact with us:  www. Twitter.com/WyomingPodcast Support is:  www. Patreon.com/WyomingPodcast

In the summer of 1954, a terribly devised love triangle ends in the death of a 27-year-old woman in Casper, Wyoming. Sources for this episode: WyomingTalesAndTrails.com, Casper Star-Tribune, and Hartford Courant. Email Scott at  wyomingpodcast@gmail.com , and support the show while receiving exclusive episodes and other content here:  www.patreon.com/wyomingpodcast