Tragedy with a View

145 | The Disappearance of the Sarah Joe and the Mysterious Grave

Five friends set out on a 17-foot "unsinkable" boat in 1979, and vanished without a trace.  Despite one of the largest search efforts of its kind, no bodies, no wreckage, and no answers were ever found. It was as if the ocean had simply erased them. ...

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145 | The Disappearance of the Sarah Joe and the Mysterious Grave

Five friends set out on a 17-foot "unsinkable" boat in 1979, and vanished without a trace. Despite one of the largest search efforts of its kind, no bodies, no wreckage, and no answers were ever found. It was as if the ocean had simply erased them....

144 | Girl Gone Running: Judith DeMaria

Judith, aka Judy, DeMaria was a 27-year-old tennis instructor who went missing in 1985 only to be later found murdered- thanks to the culprit himself. On August 2, Judy set out for a run during her lunch break along the Washington and Old Dominion...

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143| I Wonder if I Shall Ever Wear Pretty Shoes Again

Deep in the heart of the Grand Canyon, within the Colorado River lays the story of Glenn and Bessie Hyde. In 1928, the newlyweds set out in a hand-built wooden boat, intending to set a speed record that would cement their names in history. Instead,...

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142| Girl Gone Running: Valerie McPherson

35 years ago, on August 5, 1991, 32 year old Val McPherson was running near her home in San Antonio Texas. The day was bright and sunny, and as her feet hit the pavement, she did something every mother has done. She smiled down her little girl in the...

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141 | Queen of the Air: Amelia Earhart

Among numerous names of women who paved the path for women’s freedom today is the name Amelia Earhart. Dedicated and deliberate, she took to the skies, not only because she wanted to, but because she also had something to prove. Just because men could...

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140| Girl Gone Running: Janell Mora

Domestic Violence is a situation that no one wants to find themselves in. It is scary, difficult to cling to your sense of worth and your sense of self in times where you are denied what a healthy relationship should give you. For Janell, she took her...

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139| We Fell Down The Mountain

On June 21, 2020 Gavin Caruso and Courtney Henderson were in the midst of what would become a rescue that alters the course of both their lives. They had gone to Colorado for an adventure, and an adventure is what they got, though they hadn’t intended...

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138| Girl Gone Running: Linda Yalem

In September 1990, Linda Yalem went out for a run and was tragically raped and murdered while on the Ellicott Creek Bike Path near the University of Buffalo’s North Campus. Her death remained an unsolved cold case for nearly 17 years until DNA...

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136 | Girl Gone Running: Judith Nilan

When I tell you that girl gone running and PBS Sesame Street have something in common, you might be very curious to know the connection. And while it might be less sinister than you think- the crimes committed against Judy Nilan are anything but. The...

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135 | Living the Last Best Day Ever

Africa is home to some of the best Whitewater Rapids in the world. With huge rivers, though comes huge risk, not only from the water, but in it as well. Hendrick Coetzee fell in love with white water rafting - he felt at home in the dangerous swirl,...

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134| Girl Gone Running: Sherry Arnold

Sometimes a missing person leaves being next to nothing- in this instance- a single shoe on the side of the highway. There were no witnesses, no signs, no clues to indicate where she may have gone. And then, police get a call from an Angel, and it...

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133 | 6 Miles High

It sounds like something out of a movie: a fall from 33,000 feet in the air. Being tucked into exactly the right place so that when the Douglas DC 9 hit the ground, you were… protected. Saved. Surviving one of the most astonishing events in history....

132 | Girl Gone Running: Jane Carver

It was a case of corruption, coercion, mistaken identity and desperation. When a business man approached small, struggling companies, offering their owners loans, those that accepted the help found themselves under a crippling payment, a life...

131 | Shattered and Alone: Claire Nelson

Setting off into nature on your own can be both exhilarating and terrifying. When you are on your own, the only person or being you have to look after is yourself. The worries fall away and responsibilities ebb, leaving the path for peace and quiet...

130 | Girl Gone Running: Suzanne Collins

When a person is sentenced to death, you want to know that they are the one who committed the crime. You want no doubts to be had, no rock left unturned. Yet, when Suzanne was brutally murdered, that’s not what Sedley Alley got. The outdoors are a...

128 | The Mountain Doesn’t Move

Broken bones. Open terrain. Unbreakable will. After the J Hawk went down in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Gina Panuzzi suffered from injuries that should have been fatal — The crash should have ended her life, and arguably if help was any...

127 | Did She Fall or Was She Pushed?

In the 60 years that Observation Point Trail was open, not a single person fell, proclaiming the trail and the cliff, the look out were completely safe. And arguably it still it, considering that we don’t know if Patricia Bottarini fell or if she was...

126 | Where The Heck Did Trenny Gibson Go?

On October 8, 1976, 39 student and their teacher climbed onto their bus ready for a surprise. Their teacher had kept their field trip designation a secret. Such a good secret that everyone was eager and on their toes. What they didn’t expect though,...

124 | Open Book: The Grand Tetons

In 2021, Lars Schou and Sahir Enriquez set out for a routine climb up Open Book in the Grand Tetons. What started off as a great day, though, quickly became something different. The following rescue that ensued was far from simple, no matter how...