Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier

Murder and Mystery in the Last Frontier


Latest Episodes

The Strange and Tragic Lives and Deaths of Guy and Johnny Waterman
June 04, 2025

- Nineteen years after his son disappeared while climbing Mt. Denali in Alaska, Guy Waterman ascended a mountain ridge in New Hampshire in February 2000 and committed suicide by sitting in the snow

The Valley of Headless Men: Nahanni National Park
May 21, 2025

With landmarks bearing the names of Deadmen Valley, Headless Creek, Funeral Range, and Hells Gate Rapids, you might think twice before planning a trip to Nahanni National Park in Canada. However, the

FTA:: The Search for Bethany
May 07, 2025

When Bethany Correira disappeared, the residents of her hometown of Talkeetna, Alaska, immediately responded to search for one of their own. - Sources Klinkhart, Gle nn. 2014. Finding Bethany. A True

FTA: Deadly Trails
April 23, 2025

Most people understand they face the risk of encountering wild animals when they enter the woods in Alaska, but they do not expect someone to shoot them. When a series of murders occurred in parks and

The Strange Downward Spiral of Actor Teddy Kyle Smith
April 09, 2025

When testifying at his trial, Teddy Kyle Smith said he thought he was shooting Enukins in self-defense when he fired his rifle at Chuck and Paul Buckel. Few believed him, but his testimony highlighted

FTA: Web of Seduction
March 26, 2025

Mechele Hughes-Linehan When a beautiful, intelligent, young woman pitted her three fiancs against each other, someone would die. Sources Brennan, Tom. 2015. Dead Mans Dancer. Epicenter Press. - Kent

Is Brian Steven Smith Alaska’s Latest Serial Killer
March 12, 2025

Alaska has spawned a long list of serial killers from the gold rush era in the early 1900s to the present day. Is Brian Steven Smith the latest member of this notorious fraternity? I did an episode on

FTA: The Horrible Misdeeds of Papa Pilgrim
February 26, 2025

Alaskas slogan is the Last Frontier. To some people, this means Alaska is the Wild West, a place with less law and order where they can live as they choose. The man who called himself Papa Pilgrim

The Bullion Brothers’ Triple Murder
February 12, 2025

When a shooting at a precious metals and coin shop in Anchorage left three men dead, the two survivors claimed the other one was responsible. It took six years, two trials, and more than one thousand

FTA: An Explosive Divorce
January 29, 2025

Neil Mackay was ruthless in both his personal and business dealings, and associates learned not to cross him. When a car bomb instantly killed his ex-wife, Muriel Pfeil, police knew Mackay had planned