Episodes

The Wolf Lodge Murders Shadows in the Pines — Episode 2 In May of 2005, along a quiet stretch of land just east of Coeur d’Alene, a home sat within sight of Interstate 90 — visible to thousands of passing drivers every single day. One of them stopped. In this episode, we step inside the Groene family home at Wolf Lodge — not as a crime scene, but as a place that was once full of life. A mother. A fiancé. Three children. A routine Sunday that felt like any other. And then… a man watching from the...

PART 1 — THE PREDATOR THE SYSTEM RELEASED Before the headlines… before the manhunt… before the name became synonymous with one of the most horrifying crimes in Idaho history… there was a system that saw him coming—and still let him go. In this opening chapter of our multi-part series, we step away from the crime itself and focus on the man at the center of it all: Joseph Edward Duncan III. This isn’t just a backstory. It’s a documented pattern. From his early violent offenses in Washington… to p...

Hey everyone, We wanted to take a moment to give you a real update on what’s been going on behind the scenes with the show this week. Unfortunately, we ran into some pretty significant technical issues during production—specifically with audio quality in Part 1. After reviewing everything closely, we made the call that it just doesn’t meet the standard we hold ourselves to for Shadows in the Pines. And rather than push something out that doesn’t sound right or pulls you out of the story, we’ve d...

Top 5 Most Haunted Places in Oregon Fog. Forest. Silence. Oregon isn’t just beautiful—it’s layered with history that never quite settled. In this episode of Shadows in the Pines, we take you deep into five of the most haunted locations in the state—places where the past still lingers, where footsteps echo in empty halls, and where something unseen may be standing just behind you. From the shadowy depths of Portland’s Shanghai Tunnels to the watchful cliffs of Heceta Head Lighthouse… from the qui...

The Predator the System Released — Part 1 In 2005, the name Joseph Edward Duncan III shocked the nation after a brutal crime in northern Idaho led to one of the most disturbing manhunts in modern true-crime history. But the story didn’t begin in Idaho. Long before the Groene family murders made headlines, Duncan had already been arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for violent crimes against children. His criminal history stretched back decades, marked by repeated warnings, prison sentences, psyc...

Listeners. As a special treat This week we release a Patreon Exclusive Episode to the masses!The Case of Westley Alan Dodd.In the fall of 1989, communities in southwest Washington and northern Oregon were forced to confront a reality they were not prepared for.What began as the brutal murder of two brothers in a neighborhood park would unfold into one of the most disturbing cases in Washington State history — a case defined not only by unimaginable violence against children, but by years o...

🎙 Harry Tracy — The Last of the Wild West Outlaws In the summer of 1902, the Pacific Northwest became the stage for one of the most dramatic manhunts in American history. A prison escape. A trail of violence stretching across Oregon and Washington. Posses, bloodhounds, and terrified communities watching the forests and wheat fields for a man who seemed impossible to catch. His name was Harry Tracy. Some newspapers called him a ruthless killer. Others described him as a strangely polite outlaw wh...

On February 18th, 1983, thirteen people gathered inside the Wah Mee Gambling Club in Seattle’s Chinatown–International District. By the end of the night, twelve of them would be dead. This episode covers the full story of the Wah Mee massacre — from the neighborhood it happened in, to the robbery that turned into one of the largest mass killings in Washington state history, to the investigation that followed. We walk through what happened inside that basement room, how one man survived, how dete...

Robert Pickton — Part Four: The Outcome Podbean Description: The search of the farm expands. What began as a firearms warrant becomes one of the largest and most expensive crime scene investigations in Canadian history. In Part Four of our Robert Pickton series, we walk through the excavation of seventeen acres in Port Coquitlam — the slaughterhouse, the freezer, the buckets beneath it, the pig pens, the industrial grinder, and the rendering plant connection that triggered nationwide fear. Inves...

Episode Title: The Red Light of the Silver Valley For nearly a century, the small mining town of Wallace, Idaho operated one of the most openly tolerated red-light districts in the American West — not in secret, not underground, but woven directly into the fabric of the community. In this episode of Shadows in the Pines, we step back into the boomtown chaos of the 1890s, when silver ruled the Silver Valley and Avenue A became home to a line of brothels that would define Wallace’s identity for ge...

Shadows in the Pines — Willie Pickton Part Three: The Women By 1999, this was no longer rumor. The names were stacking. Women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside were disappearing within a compressed window of time. Families were reporting them missing. Friends were organizing their own searches. Bad date lists were circulating. And inside police departments, files were beginning to feel less isolated. In this episode, we move from suspicion to escalation. We cover: • The anonymous tip naming Wil...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION — PART TWOIn Part Two of our three-part series on Robert William Pickton, we move beyond the missing women and into the place where everything converged: the farm.This episode examines daily life on the Pickton property—how it functioned, who passed through it, and why so many warning signs went unchallenged for years. We look closely at the family dynamics between Robert, his siblings, and their parents, and how neglect, isolation, and dysfunction shaped the environment ...

The Centennial Trail: A Walk from Spokane to Coeur d’Alene This is not a travel guide. It’s not a history lecture. And it’s not about distance. This episode is a slow, full-length walk along the Centennial Trail — a gentle, continuous journey following the Spokane River from the heart of Spokane, Washington, to the still waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Moving mile by mile, the episode traces how water shaped a city, how industry rose and fell along its banks, and how quiet returns when the ...

Episode Description — Robert Pickton: The Horrors on the Farm (Part One)In this episode of Shadows in the Pines, we begin our deep-dive into one of the most disturbing and devastating cases in Canadian history — the crimes of Robert Pickton.Before the headlines.Before the farm.Before the missing women became numbers.Part One focuses on the origins of the Pickton family and the environment that shaped what would later unfold. We examine Robert Pickton’s early life, his upbringing alongs...

Israel Keyes — Part 4: What He Took With Him In Part 4 of our deep-dive into Israel Keyes, the violence stops moving — but the damage doesn’t. After his arrest, Keyes enters federal custody not as a confessed murderer, but as a fraud suspect tied to a missing woman. What follows is not a breakdown, but a negotiation. Over months of FBI interviews, investigators attempt to determine the true scope of his crimes while Keyes carefully controls what he will — and will not — reveal. In this episode, ...

The Davenport Hotel: History, Hauntings, and the Shadows of Spokane In the heart of downtown Spokane stands the Davenport Hotel — a landmark synonymous with elegance, ambition, and a century of Pacific Northwest history. But beneath the polished marble floors and grand ballrooms lies a quieter legacy, shaped by loss, transition, and stories that refuse to fade. In this episode, we explore the full history of the Davenport Hotel — from its early days as a symbol of modern luxury, through financia...

Episode 3 — The Unraveling In Episode 3 of Shadows in the Pines, the investigation finally gains traction — not through a witness or a confession, but through a debit card. As ransom-linked ATM withdrawals begin appearing outside Alaska, investigators shift from reacting to a disappearance to tracking a moving trail. Each transaction produces a timestamp, a location, and eventually a pattern — one that leads across state lines and narrows onto a single vehicle. This episode follows that trail st...

Israel Keyes – Part Two: The Curriers & Samantha Koenig In Part Two, the distance becomes the weapon. After leaving Alaska, Israel Keyes travels thousands of miles to rural Vermont, where a quiet farmhouse becomes the site of the abduction and murder of Bill and Lorraine Currier—a crime with no bodies, no traditional crime scene, and only the details he would later choose to reveal. From Vermont, the story returns to Alaska, where a deliberate cooling-off period follows. Ordinary life resumes. W...

Roy Olmstead was one of the most successful bootleggers in American history — and one of the least suspected. Known as The Gentleman Bootlegger, Olmstead built a sprawling Prohibition-era liquor empire across the Pacific Northwest while presenting himself as a polite, soft-spoken family man. He bribed officials, coordinated fleets of boats and trucks, and moved massive quantities of alcohol through Washington state — all while avoiding violence and cultivating an image of respectability. In this...

In Part One of our three-part series on Israel Keyes, we examine how preparation became a way of life. Long before any known murder, Israel Keyes was laying groundwork — not impulsively, not emotionally, but deliberately. Raised in extreme isolation and shaped by rigid authority, he learned early how to exist without drawing attention, how to test boundaries quietly, and how to move through the world without leaving impressions. This episode focuses on environment and conditioning: his upbringin...

Flypaper Lyda — Idaho’s First Serial Killer At the turn of the twentieth century, sickness was a part of everyday life. People got ill at home, doctors offered few answers, and deaths—especially slow ones—were rarely questioned. That silence created the perfect conditions for something far more dangerous to hide in plain sight. This episode tells the story of Lyda Southard, often cited as Idaho’s first documented serial killer. Over the course of years, husbands and family members grew sick and ...

🎄 Winter Was Never Gentle: The Dark Origins of Christmas Folklore Before Christmas became lights, music, and warmth, winter was something people survived — not celebrated. In this special holiday episode of Shadows in the Pines, we step away from our usual case format to explore the brutal, uncomfortable truths behind some of the darkest winter legends ever told. These stories were not meant to entertain. They were meant to enforce discipline, obedience, and survival in a world where cold, hunge...

🎄 Winter Was Never Gentle: The Dark Origins of Christmas Folklore Before Christmas became lights, music, and warmth, winter was something people survived — not celebrated. In this special holiday episode of Shadows in the Pines, we step away from our usual case format to explore the brutal, uncomfortable truths behind some of the darkest winter legends ever told. These stories were not meant to entertain. They were meant to enforce discipline, obedience, and survival in a world where cold, hunge...

Between late 2022 and mid-2023, the bodies of multiple women were discovered across Oregon and southern Washington—found weeks apart, across jurisdictions, and under circumstances that initially appeared unrelated. In this episode of Shadows in the Pines, we examine the case of Jesse Lee Calhoun, an Oregon man charged with the murders of four women, with a fifth death remaining legally uncharged. This episode unfolds deliberately and chronologically. We begin with the fragmented early discoverie...