Shadows In The Pines

The Lewis-Clark Valley Murders Part 1

In April 1979, twelve-year-old Christina White left a friend’s house in Asotin, Washington, and never made it home. Two years later, University of Idaho student Kristin David disappeared while riding her bicycle between Moscow and Lewiston. Her murder would send shockwaves through the Lewis-Clark Valley and leave investigators asking whether these two cases were connected—or simply heartbreaking coincidences. In Part One of our deep dive into the Lewis-Clark Valley murders, we follow the investigation exactly as it unfolded. From the quiet communities that shaped these victims’ lives to the desperate searches, witness interviews, and mounting questions, this episode traces the first chapters of one of the Pacific Northwest’s most enduring unsolved mysteries. Join us as we separate fact from speculation, examine the documented evidence, and begin uncovering a case that has haunted families and investigators for more than four decades. New episodes premiere every Sunday at 8:00 PM Pacific Time. Follow Shadows in the Pines on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, and if you’re enjoying the show, leaving a rating and review helps more listeners discover us. This episode discusses violence, murder, and crimes involving children. Listener discretion is advised.

Mini Pines - Bigfoot Of The Selkirks

The Selkirk Mountains are among the oldest and most remote wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest—and for generations, they’ve been home to stories of something that walks upright through the trees. In this episode of Mini Pines, we explore documented Bigfoot encounters, Indigenous traditions, eyewitness accounts, mysterious tracks, and why the Selkirks have quietly become one of North America’s most active Sasquatch regions. From a hunter’s unforgettable encounter near Sasquatch Lake to modern reports from the Idaho Panhandle, we separate documented history from legend and ask why these mountains continue to produce the same stories decade after decade. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, the Selkirks are a place that has a way of making you look twice into the tree line. Follow Shadows in the Pines on Spotify and visit ShadowsInThePines.com [http://shadowsinthepines.com/] for more stories from the Pacific Northwest.

Mini Pines - The Witches Of Rathdrum

The Witches of Rathdrum | Mini Pines For decades, people across North Idaho whispered about a lonely stretch of Highway 41 where hooded figures formed human chains across the road, bonfires flickered deep in the trees, and anyone brave enough to drive through after dark risked encountering something they couldn’t explain. But where did those stories come from? In this episode of Mini Pines, we separate folklore from fact as we trace the origins of the infamous Witches of Rathdrum legend. What begins with a single mutilated cow and a wave of nationwide Satanic panic soon collides with the tragic disappearance and murders of Ron and Rita Marcussen, a misunderstood religious community, and decades of fear that transformed rumor into one of the Pacific Northwest’s most enduring legends. Sometimes the truth is stranger than the myth. And sometimes the myth makes it harder to see the truth at all. 🎙️ New episodes of Shadows in the Pines premiere every Sunday at 8:00 PM Pacific. Follow, rate, and share the show wherever you listen to podcasts.

Bound By Assumption - Part 2

The investigation into the murders of Jennifer Bastian and Michella Welch had already spanned decades. Detectives had followed leads, families had endured years of unanswered questions, and an entire community had learned to live with the possibility that the truth might never be known. Then everything changed. In Part Two of Bound by Assumption, Dan and Bekah follow the investigation through the breakthroughs that finally transformed these cold cases. From groundbreaking DNA analysis and genetic genealogy to the shocking discoveries that forced investigators to rethink everything they thought they knew, this chapter reveals how persistence, science, and a refusal to give up ultimately brought answers to two families who had waited more than thirty years. Along the way, you’ll meet the detectives who refused to let these cases die, the families who never stopped fighting for justice, and the unexpected twists that turned one of Tacoma’s most infamous mysteries into something no one saw coming. This is the conclusion of the story of Jennifer Bastian and Michella Welch. New episodes premiere every Sunday night at 8 PM Pacific Time. Keep your eyes open and your footsteps light, because in the pines, the truth never stays buried.

Mini Pines - The Maury Island Incident

The Maury Island Incident It’s the summer solstice, 1947. A man named Harold Dahl is out on a salvage boat in Puget Sound when six enormous, doughnut-shaped objects appear in the sky above him. One of them falters. Debris rains down — burning the hull, injuring his teenage son, killing the family dog. And the morning after Dahl tells his story, a stranger in a dark suit shows up at his door, knows exactly what happened, and tells him to stay quiet. That stranger is, by most accounts, the very first Man in Black. But that’s only where this story starts. Because the other man in it — Dahl’s business partner, Fred Crisman — turns out to be one of the strangest figures in postwar American history. A man who spent twenty years drifting through the weirdest precincts of the American century: secret caves, shell companies, a far-right radio show broadcast under a fake name. And then, in 1968, a New Orleans prosecutor investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy subpoenaed him by name. The same Fred Crisman. The Maury Island man. Today we’re going out on the gray water near Tacoma — to the UFO case the Air Force called the dirtiest hoax in flying saucer history, and the one thread you can pull that somehow connects the Men in Black to Dealey Plaza. Mini Pines is a single-host narrative podcast for people who like their stories unhurried.