Blood Trails
Episodes
S2E7: Finding Justice for Dustin Kjersem
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
S2E6: The Disappearance of Bill Roland
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Introducing: Future Wild
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Future Wild is a one-on-one interview podcast pairing host, author, and outdoorsman Mark Kenyon and world-class subject matter experts to explore topi...
S2E5: The Assassination of Tommy Ballard
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tommy Ballard refused to let his daughter’s disappearance fade away. After Crystal Rogers vanished in 2015, Ballard became the face of the searc...
S2E4: Catching the Killer of Neil LaFave
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On his birthday in 1971, Wisconsin game warden Neil LaFave went out to post “No Hunting” signs. He never came home. The next morning, sear...
S2E3: The Murder of Timothy Blyth
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep 2: The Search for Bob Smith
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 fol...
Ep 1: Who Murdered Mike Crites?
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 de...
Announcing: Blood Trails, Season Two
12 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 Mont...
Case Update: Bob Christian DNA Results
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, Wisconsin detectives requested that the four unidentified victims of Chicagoland serial killer John Wayne Gacy be compared to a missing 18-...
Ep. 8: The Murder of Chong Yang
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Ep. 7: Lost in the Dark
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 discov...
Ep. 6: What Happened to Aaron Hedges?
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 el...
Ep. 5: A Big Woods Cold Case
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Ep. 4: A Family's Hunt for the Truth
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ep. 3: A Monster Among Us, Part 2
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. Mean...
Ep. 2: A Monster Among Us, Part 1
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Hutchinson seemed like a regular Montanan—an ex-Marine, a fisheries biologist, a father, and a diehard turkey hunter. But behind that facad...
Ep. 1: An Opening Day Disappearance
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a mystery that’s haunted Wisconsin’s hunting community for nearly 50 years. On September 16, 1977, 18-year-old Bob Christian le...
Introducing: Blood Trails
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Blood Trails is a new investigative podcast from MeatEater, hosted by writer and journalist Jordan Sillars. Each episode digs into true crime stories ...