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Blood Trails
Blood Trails is a new investigative podcast from MeatEater, hosted by writer and journalist Jordan Sillars. Each episode digs into true crime stories from the world of hunting and fishing—cases where the woods and the water became the backdrop for violence and mystery. From missing hunters deep in public land to poachers turned killers and fishing trips gone fatally wrong, Blood Trails uncovers the moments when outdoor life collides with the darkness of the human heart. But this isn't…
Episodes
Blood TrailsS3E3: The Strange Death of Anita Greenlee
In October 1990, Montana hunter Cary Greenlee arrived at a funeral home with his wife's body in the back of his Suburban. Anita Greenlee had been shot in the…
Blood TrailsS3E2: The Reckoning of Chai Vang
On the opening weekend of Wisconsin's 2004 deer season, a confrontation over a tree stand erupted into one of the deadliest hunting-related shootings in…
Blood TrailsS3E1: The Disappearance of Noel Dalluge
On Halloween weekend in 1986, 17-year-old Noel Dalluge traveled to a remote Minnesota hunting cabin with his high school buddies. The plan was simple: party…
Blood TrailsAnnouncing: Blood Trails, Season Three
This season on Blood Trails, host Jordan Sillars follows eight brand-new cases: hunting trips gone horribly wrong, decades-old disappearances, suspicious…
Blood TrailsIntroducing: Gunfighters, with Bryan Burrough
Author Bryan Burrough exhumes the gritty history of Old West gunfighters. From Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp to John Wesley Hardin and dozens more, this…
Blood TrailsParadise Prison: Chapter 3
Going public may be the Americans’ only chance of escaping Turks and Caicos—but they’ve been warned that doing so could be a death sentence…
Blood TrailsParadise Prison: Chapter 2
Before Ryan Watson, Bryan Hagerich, and Tyler Wenrich faced the possibility of 12 years in a Turks and Caicos prison, another American had already lived their…
Blood TrailsParadise Prison: Chapter 1
In this explosive Blood Trails miniseries, a dream Caribbean vacation becomes every hunter's worst nightmare. When Oklahoma hunter Ryan Watson is stopped at…
Blood TrailsAnnouncing: Blood Trails, Paradise Prison
Blood Trails is a true crime podcast born in the outdoors--and in this three-part summer mini-series, Paradise Prison, we're going to follow American hunters…
Blood TrailsS2E8: The Mysterious Death of Jon Young
In January 2019, retired archeologist Dr. Jon Young was found dead in the smoldering ruins of the adobe home he'd built by hand outside Taos, New Mexico. The…
Blood TrailsS2E7: Finding Justice for Dustin Kjersem
In October of 2024, Dustin Kjersem drove into the mountains south of Bozeman, Montana, to prepare for a romantic weekend of camping. He was never seen alive…
Blood TrailsS2E6: The Disappearance of Bill Roland
When Bill Roland went missing from Lake Sam Rayburn in 1997, nothing about the case made sense. Weeks later, his boat turned up hidden in a cove, shot multiple…
Blood TrailsS2E5: The Assassination of Tommy Ballard
Tommy Ballard refused to let his daughter’s disappearance fade away. After Crystal Rogers vanished in 2015, Ballard became the face of the search. He…
Blood TrailsS2E4: Catching the Killer of Neil LaFave
On his birthday in 1971, Wisconsin game warden Neil LaFave went out to post “No Hunting” signs. He never came home. The next morning, searchers…
Blood TrailsS2E3: The Murder of Timothy Blyth
Timothy Blyth was scouting for a hunt in Florida’s St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge when a chance encounter turned deadly. What started as an argument…
Blood TrailsS2E2: The Search for Bob Smith
Bob Smith stepped into the Maine woods on a November afternoon in 1997 and never came back. His wife heard a single gunshot. Then... nothing. What followed was…
Blood TrailsS2E1: Who Murdered Mike Crites?
Mike Crites wanted to live alone in the Montana mountains. He built a cabin, managed his land for wildlife, and spent his days hunting elk and mule deer. But…
Blood TrailsAnnouncing: Blood Trails, Season Two
Blood Trails is a true crime podcast born in the outdoors--and in Season 2, we're going even deeper. From the grisly killing of a mountain man in Montana to…
Blood TrailsCase Update: Bob Christian DNA Results
Last year, Wisconsin detectives requested that the four unidentified victims of Chicagoland serial killer John Wayne Gacy be compared to a missing 18-year-old…
Blood TrailsS1E8: The Murder of Chong Yang
On November 16, 2018, 68-year-old Chong Mua Yang—a Hmong immigrant, war veteran, and lifelong hunter—was found face-down in the snow, shot in the…
Blood TrailsS1E7: Lost in the Dark
In September 2012, 35-year-old Jeffrey Gebhardt vanished in the Georgia woods during an early-season deer hunt. A few hours later, search teams discovered his…
Blood TrailsS1E6: What Happened to Aaron Hedges?
This story begins in the wild, unforgiving mountains of Montana. In September of 2014, 38-year-old Aaron Hedges set out with friends for a weeklong elk hunt in…
Blood TrailsS1E5: A Big Woods Cold Case
On a snowy November morning in 1975, 25-year-old hunter Ludger Belanger stepped into the woods with his .30-30 and the hope of backstraps for dinner. But what…
Blood TrailsS1E4: A Family's Hunt for the Truth
Deer hunting is a way of life in central Minnesota, but on November 7th, 2016, the shot that echoed through the forest didn’t mark the end of a deer…
Blood TrailsS1E3: A Monster Among Us, Part 2
Paul Hutchinson's suicide was his final act of cowardice. He saved himself the pain of facing his community, not to mention Danni’s family. Meanwhile…
Blood TrailsS1E2: A Monster Among Us, Part 1
Paul Hutchinson seemed like a regular Montanan—an ex-Marine, a fisheries biologist, a father, and a diehard turkey hunter. But behind that facade lurked…
Blood TrailsS1E1: An Opening Day Disappearance
It’s a mystery that’s haunted Wisconsin’s hunting community for nearly 50 years. On September 16, 1977, 18-year-old Bob Christian left home…
Blood TrailsIntroducing: Blood Trails
Blood Trails is a new investigative podcast from MeatEater, hosted by writer and journalist Jordan Sillars. Each episode digs into true crime stories from the…