The Sightseer
6/16/202643 min
A couple’s trip to a pharmaceutical conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, turns into a husband’s nightmare when his wife vanishes without a trace. Then, months later, a perplexing discovery hundreds of miles away in a national forest presents law enforcement with one of the most confounding cases they’ve ever seen.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsDelia D'Ambra· Host0:00
Hi, park enthusiasts. It's Delia. If you listen to Park Predators, you already know that sometimes the most beautiful places can hide the darkest secrets. But what happens when the danger isn't miles from civilization, it's in your community, and sometimes even in your own backyard? On Crime Junkie, hosts Ashley and Brit dive into real cases every week, from missing persons to unsolved murders, breaking down what we know, what we don't, and the details that still don't sit right. If you care about the stories behind the headlines and the victims at the center of them, you'll wanna check out Crime Junkie. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, park enthusiasts. I'm your host, Delia D'Ambra, and the case I'm gonna share with you today takes place in vastly different geographical areas of the United States. It starts in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but culminates more than 600 miles away in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest. Pisgah, in my opinion, as an NC native, is a hiker and outdoor recreationalist paradise. If you like mountains, it's got 'em. Waterfalls and rivers, it's got those, too. Tons of acreage to roam, check. According to the US Department of Agriculture, the National Forest is more than 500,000 acres in size, and it was actually one of the first tracts of land bought under legislation that was pivotal in the formation of the National Forest Service in the US.