Mysterious Pacific Northwest

Our new episode takes a look at the disappearance of Jacob Gray — a 22-year-old who left his bike and gear along Sol Duc Road in 2017 and set off a search that stretched across seasons, steep terrain, and the remote backcountry of Olympic National Park. We’re sharing what’s known, what searchers uncovered, and how his family and rescuers worked to bring him home. Stream wherever you listen to podc...

In March 2000, Leah Roberts drove across the country hoping for a fresh start. Her trip made sense—until the moment it didn’t. Her Jeep was found in the Cascades. Leah was gone. In this week’s episode, we walk through her journey west and the mystery that’s remained unsolved for nearly 25 years. The road West: what happened to Leah Roberts is out now, everywhere you listen to Podcasts! #LeahRobert...

The Stanwood Hotel & Saloon, one of the oldest buildings in town, has stood witness to over a century of history—lumbermen, loggers, travelers, and patrons have all passed through its doors. But beyond its rich past, the hotel has gained a reputation for the unexplained. Guests and staff have reported footsteps, whispers, and mysterious apparitions, including a flirtatious female spirit, a wat...

In 1922, on a quiet farm hidden behind a Bavarian village, six people were murdered with a weapon from their own barn… and the killer didn’t leave. Footsteps in the attic. A missing key. A Munich newspaper no one subscribed to. And a family history darker than anyone wanted to admit. This one gets under your skin. Join us as we step inside the walls of Hinterkaifeck — the farm where a century-old...

 In 1937, a cafeteria menu sparked one of the strangest food fights in American history. Idaho and Maine both claimed to grow the best potatoes — and when the U.S. House dining room served one state’s spuds over the other, pride, politics, and produce all went head-to-head. It’s petty. It’s proud. It’s perfectly Idaho.   Bonus Episode: The Great Potato War  — streaming now on  Mysterious Pacific N...

Once upon a time on the Oregon Coast, there was a place where steam trains chugged through the mist and log flumes splashed into a fairytale. Pixieland was meant to be Oregon’s Disneyland — a dream built on tidewater and hope. But when the rains came and the crowds faded, the pixies disappeared back into the fog.  Listen to Gone with the tides: The rise and fall of Pixieland — a story of ambition,...

In April 1955, Portland’s iconic Meier & Frank department store became the scene of a shocking bombing and extortion plot. A blind chemist, Clarence William Peddicord, detonated a bomb in the store and demanded $50,000 to prevent a second explosion. His sister-in-law, Joyce Keller, was initially accused of aiding him but was ultimately acquitted. The daring scheme, intricate ransom instruction...

In 1948, Idaho faced a beaver problem: too many furry engineers were wreaking havoc in lowland towns. Enter Elmo Heter and his genius (and slightly crazy) solution: parachute 76 beavers into the remote wilderness. With WWII parachutes, specially designed crates, and a very patient test beaver named Geronimo, the animals were airlifted to the Chamberlain Basin, where they thrived. This zany experim...

On a cold Sunday in 1958, the Martin family went for a drive into the Columbia River Gorge and vanished without a trace. No skid marks. No car. Just silence. Months later, two bodies surfaced. The rest of the family—and their station wagon—were gone. Now, 66 years later, a discovery beneath the river’s surface may finally bring answers. Oregon’s lost Family: The disappearance of The Martin family...

This Halloween, we’re walking where the dead don’t sleep. From the misty shores of British Columbia to the rain-soaked cemeteries of Oregon, we’re uncovering the stories buried beneath the moss — and the spirits who never quite left. Join us as we visit the haunted graveyards of the Pacific Northwest — where miners still wander, lanterns still flicker, and the past still breathes. New episode out...

This Halloween Eve,  we’re opening one of our darkest  Infamous Files  yet. Step inside the blood-stained stones of Leap Castle, sit at the table where the Devil revealed his cloven hoof at Loftus Hall, and climb the misty hill where the Hellfire Club once drank, laughed, and left behind something that still prowls in the dark. From banshee cries to the Black Cat of Killakee, Ireland’s haunted hea...

Long before pumpkins lit American porches, eerie turnips glowed across Irish hillsides, carved to ward off spirits during Samhain and inspired by the legend of Stingy Jack, the trickster doomed to wander the Earth with a single ember from Hell. As Irish immigrants brought the tradition to America, they found the pumpkin—larger, softer, and perfectly suited for carving—and the Jack-O’-Lantern was r...

Seattle’s Pike Place Market is famous for flying fish, flowers, and neon lights — but when the crowds go home, another side of the Market comes alive.  From the spirit of Princess Angeline, to restless children in the lower levels, to the chilling hauntings inside Kells Irish Pub — this historic landmark is filled with stories that refuse to fade. Our newest episode dives into the history and haun...

It started with a single cough echoing from an empty room. Then the Bibles burned, the crosses fell, and the walls began to whisper his name. In 2012, a quiet Bothell home became the center of one of the most disturbing hauntings in modern history — a case that would divide believers, skeptics, and investigators around the world. This week on  Mysterious Pacific Northwest , we step inside The Seat...

Step inside Manresa Castle in Port Townsend, Washington—a place where history and hauntings blur together. Built in 1892 by Charles Eisenbeis, the town’s first mayor, the castle has lived many lives: a grand family home, a Jesuit monastery, and now a hotel. Along the way, it has gathered stories of lingering spirits: a grieving woman said to have leapt from Room 306, a monk whose footsteps echo in...

In this episode, we explore some of the Pacific Northwest’s smallest and most remarkable landmarks. From Portland’s Mill Ends Park—the world’s smallest park, famously home to a colony of leprechauns—to Washington’s Ranald MacDonald’s Grave State Park Heritage Site, a humble plot of land honoring the first English teacher in Japan, and Oregon’s Cape Meares Lighthouse, the shortest lighthouse on the...

Deep in the Willamette Valley, hidden among the firs, stands a forgotten chapel and a cemetery where Oregon’s earliest pioneers rest. The Odell Pioneer Cemetery holds stories of heartbreak, resilience… and one chilling legend that refuses to die. Was there really a murderous preacher named Ebenezer who set fire to his own children in the chapel’s hearth? Or is the truth even more haunting than the...

 NEW SERIES LAUNCH!! We’re opening the first case in our new monthly series, The Infamous Files — stories that linger, mysteries that refuse to be solved, and cases that continue to haunt. Our first file: the disappearance of Bryce Laspisa. In August 2013, 19-year-old Bryce set out to drive home to his parents in Southern California. What should have been a seven-hour trip turned into a twenty-hou...

Helena, Montana may call itself the Queen City of the Rockies… but behind the marble banks and gold-rush mansions, another empire was thriving. A world of cribs and parlor houses, velvet curtains, and infamous women like Chicago Joe, Crazy Belle, and Big Dorothy. For more than a century, Helena’s red-light district pulsed just a block away from respectability — fueled by miners, politicians, and s...

In early 2002, Oregon City was rocked by the disappearances of two young friends, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis. As fear gripped the community, investigators searched desperately for answers, never realizing that the key to the mystery stood right at the edge of the girls’ apartment complex. This is a story of betrayal, tragedy, and justice delayed but not denied. Episode Sources: https://unsolve...

This week we dive into one of the Pacific Northwest’s darkest stories — the tale of Dr. Linda Hazzard, the so-called “Starvation Doctor.” From her rise as a self-styled healer to the horrors of Starvation Heights in Olalla, WA, we follow the patients who suffered under her deadly cure, the shocking death of Claire Williamson, the role of E.R. Butterworth’s mortuary, and the sensational trial that...

On a quiet September night in 2015, 51-year-old Kirk Morin offered a ride to a young woman he’d never met. Hours later, his body was found in a ditch near the Alaska Highway, brutally struck more than 50 times with a machete. The killer, 24-year-old Lisa Miel, claimed she acted out of fear—but evidence revealed a far darker story of paranoia, preparation, and relentless violence. In this episode,...

In January 2025, a contractor renovating a Mountlake Terrace home discovered a human skull hidden in a basement bucket. No other remains. No identification. Just one of Snohomish County’s newest mysteries. In this episode, we take you through the investigation — the forensic reconstruction, the search for her identity, and the missing women who have been compared and ruled out, including Sharon “S...

In 1992, Gladys Wakabayashi — daughter of a Taiwanese billionaire — was found brutally murdered in her Vancouver home. The case went cold for 15 years… until a controversial RCMP “Mr. Big” sting led to a jaw-dropping confession from her friend, 69-year-old Jean Ann James. But was it real — or coerced? Jealousy, betrayal, and a confession caught on tape… but with no forensic evidence, this case tes...

Something strange fell from the sky over Oakville, Washington in 1994—not rain, but a warm, gelatinous substance that made people and animals violently ill. It happened six times. The blobs were tested, found to contain living cells… and then quietly disappeared from official records. No answers. No explanations. Just silence. What really fell from the sky? #MysteriousPacificNorthwest #OakvilleBlo...