Nightmare Hunters Podcast

Epizodes

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  The Last Tribe - Is Bigfoot a Relic Hominid? 06.07.2026 2h 44min

  What if we've been asking the wrong question all these years? Instead of focusing on what Bigfoot looks like, what if we focused on how it behaves? In this episode, we revisit decades of witness reports through a different lens, exploring recurring patterns in observation, concealment, communication, eyeshine, and behavior to ask whether they resemble what we'd expect from a surviving relic hominid population. This isn't an attempt to prove a theory. It's a conversation about why certain questions continue to surface after years of research and why behavior may tell us more than footprints or photographs ever could. We also revisit ideas from previous episodes, including adaptive camouflage, tongue pops, underground habitat, the Sierra Sounds, and observation behavior, asking whether these pieces might fit together...or whether we're seeing patterns where none exist. We don' claim to have the answers. We're simply asking the questions.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Northeast Ohio Sightings Cluster! Do These Encounters Match? 17.06.2026 1h 53min

  What happens when multiple encounters show up in the same place over just a few days? In this episode, we break down the Northeast Ohio cluster of sightings from March 2026 and test each report against real-world behavior.No hype, no assumptions, just documented encounters examined under pressure. We take a close look at how these reports compare through movement, awareness, reaction, and environment. Some cases suggest controlled behavior that doesn’t line up clean with known wildlife. Others push back in the opposite direction and fit more closely with what we already understand. The question isn’t whether something was seen. The question is whether these encounters actually connect or if they fall apart once you stop treating them as one story. If you want to see what holds up and what doesn’t, this is one you don’t want to miss. Got an encounter or theory? DARoberts@DARoberts.net Welcome to Nightmare Hunter Nation — where the truth survives the dark.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Terror in the Ozarks Triangle - Dogman, Gugwe, and the Encounters Spread Across the Ozarks! 03.06.2026 1h 48min

  When you start digging into strange encounters in the Ozarks, you notice something right away. Tonight, we’re taking a hard look at that region. The creatures reported inside it. The encounters that keep surfacing. And the pattern that ties them all together. Before we get into Dogman, Gugwe, or the Ozark Ape, we start with the land itself—because the land shapes everything that survives on it.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Gugwe - The Ice Age Survivor! 03.06.2026 2h 55min

  What if one of North America’s most terrifying cryptids isn’t a myth… but a survivor? In this episode, we trace the Gugwe — the infamous “faceeater” — back to the Ice Age. From a forgotten primate in the fossil record to a coldadapted predator that may have crossed Beringia, we break down the evolutionary path that could explain its size, its aggression, and its chilling intelligence. We examine the behaviors that separate the Gugwe from Sasquatch, the modern encounters that match ancient instincts, and the disturbing possibility that this creature is the last living branch of a prehistoric lineage. If you want to understand what might still be stalking the deep timber, this is the episode you don’t want to miss.Got an encounter or theory? DARoberts@DARoberts.net Welcome to Nightmare Hunter Nation — where the truth survives the dark.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  The Dogman Surge - America's Most Terrifying Predator Encounters! 03.06.2026 1h 53min

  Across the United States, a disturbing pattern is emerging: upright canid predators shadowing hunters, pacing hikers from the timber, circling campsites, and appearing along ridgelines and backroads with chilling intelligence. Witnesses from the Midwest, Appalachia, the Southern Corridor, and the Northern Forest Belt are describing the same creature — and the same predatory behavior — across thousands of miles. The Dogman Surge breaks down the most terrifying encounters from each region, revealing a nationwide pattern of movement, adaptation, and escalating contact. From silent tracking in Missouri to territorial pressure in Kentucky, from rockthrowing in Texas to impossible disappearances in the Adirondacks, this episode uncovers the behaviors that unite these encounters into one disturbing truth: something is moving across America’s forests… and it’s getting closer. If you’ve experienced something in the deep timber — footsteps, pacing, eyeshine, or a presence that felt wrong — you’re not alone.Got an encounter or theory? DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  The Anatomy of a Hoax - How Fake Cryptid Stories! 03.06.2026 2h 39min

  Episode 413 — The Anatomy of a Hoax: How Fake Cryptid Stories Spread and Why They Fool Good People Before you find the truth, you have to clear away the liesWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  The Hidden Corridors! 03.06.2026 2h

  America’s Subterranean Superhighway Revealed For decades, the same pattern has echoed across North America: clustered disappearances in deep wilderness, sightings along ravines and ridgelines, strange pops and knocks in the hollows, and movement through regions where the land funnels life into narrow channels.Rangers have logged it. SAR teams have heard it. Witnesses describe the same thing — something large, silent, and intelligent using the terrain itself to stay unseen. The Hidden Corridors uncovers the continental network of caves, karst systems, choke points, and geological pathways that form a realworld subterranean superhighway. We break down the terrain factors, the Missing 411 hotspots, the corridor zones, the cave systems, and the biological adaptations — including the tonguepop echolocation theory — that paint a grounded, scientific picture of what might be moving beneath our feet. Once you understand the structure of the corridors, you’ll never look at a map of North America the same way again.Got an encounter or theory? DARoberts@DARoberts.net Welcome to Nightmare Hunter Nation — where the evidence leads the hunt.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  The Scream in the Timber! 03.06.2026 2h 3min

  True Accounts of an Unidentified Predator in the Ozarks! For decades, the Ozark Mountains have echoed with the same chilling pattern: long, rising howls that break into tearing screams, livestock kills with impossible bite force, and nighttime encounters where the woods go dead silent. Hunters have heard it. Rangers have documented it. Deputies, SAR teams, and even biologists have admitted the vocalizations don’t match any known species in Arkansas or Missouri. Eight real cases — Newton County, Devil’s Den, Mark Twain National Forest, Alley Spring, Taney County, the Ozark Highlands Trail, Shannon County, and the Buffalo River Wilderness — all report the same thing:A scream powerful enough to shake hollows and silence the forest. These aren’t legends. These aren’t cryptid tales. These are documented encounters from trained professionals, lifelong woodsmen, and multiwitness events across two states. Nightmare Hunters: Episode 411 breaks down the evidence, the patterns, the recordings, and the predatorlike behavior behind the Ozarks’ most unsettling mystery. Once you hear the scream for yourself, you’ll never walk the timber the same way again.Got an encounter or theory? DARoberts@DARoberts.net **Welcome to Nightmare Hunter Nation — where the woods don’t just watch… they speak.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Terror on the Tundra! 03.06.2026 2h 8min

  True Accounts of a Predator That Should Be Extinct! For more than a century, the deep North has carried the same chilling pattern: massive tracks in untouched snow, moose kills with crushing bite force, and longstride trails cutting straight across valleys. Bush pilots have seen it from the air. Trappers have followed its prints. Rangers have documented kills that don’t match any modern bear. Even biologists have quietly admitted the proportions line up with one animal. Arctodus simus — the ShortFaced Bear. A Pleistocene giant believed to have vanished twelve thousand years ago.Nightmare Hunters: Episode 410 uncovers the truth behind the oversized tracks, the impossible stride lengths, and the kill signatures found across Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. We break down the biology, the modern encounters, and the territorial pattern that suggests a relic predator may still roam the last true wilderness on the continent. Once you understand the evidence behind the ShortFaced Bear, you’ll never look at a clean snowfield the same way again.**Got an encounter or theory? DARoberts@DARoberts.net Welcome to Nightmare Hunter Nation — where the Ice Age might not be over.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Shadows of the Sangre de Cristos! 03.06.2026 2h 2min

  For more than four centuries, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains have carried the same chilling pattern: tall, pale figures watching from the timberline. Spanish journals described them. Ute and Jicarilla elders warned about them. The Santa Fe Gazette printed quiet alerts in 1845. Even Kit Carson wrote in his private notes about a silent figure observing him near the Ponil. These aren’t legends. These aren’t ghost stories. These are consistent sightings across generations. Nightmare Hunters: Episode 409 uncovers the truth behind the watchers of the high timber — a mountain people older than the trails, older than the settlements, older than the names on the maps. A clan referenced in the forgotten 1923 book Uncatalogued Peoples of the Southern Rockies, tied to a doomed Spanish expedition and the abandoned wagon of gold. We break down the historical record, the modern encounters, and the territorial pattern that stretches across the entire range. Once you understand the watchers of the Sangre de Cristos, you’ll never look at a silent ridgeline the same way again. Got an encounter or theory? DARoberts@DARoberts.net Welcome to Nightmare Hunter Nation — where the mountains don’t just stand… they watch back.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Pale Crawlers - The Night the Ground Let Go! 03.06.2026 2h 48min

  EPISODE 408 – Pale Crawlers: The Night the Ground Let Go Across North America, pale, long limbed subterranean entities have been surfacing in patterns most people never recognize—an emergence curve that begins with silent observation and ends with something pressing against the walls of your home. From California to Texas, Missouri to Washington, the Navajo Nation to Kentucky, these aren’t isolated sightings. They’re coordinated behaviors across multiple regions, each following the same chilling escalation. Nightmare Hunters: Episode 408 breaks down six real emergence class encounters—documented cases where Pale Crawlers rose from ravines, ditches, crawlspaces, and abandoned mines, escalating from appearance to shadowing, contact, breach attempts, and disappearance events. We examine how subterranean behavior explains these sightings, why certain regions escalate faster, and what happens when the creatures don’t just surface… but choose to stay. These aren’t legends. These aren’t campfire stories. These are documented emergence behaviors—and once you understand the pattern, you’ll never hear a scrape beneath your floorboards the same way again. 📩 Got an encounter or theory of your own? DARoberts@DARoberts.net 🔥 Welcome to Nightmare Hunter Nation—where the ground doesn’t just shift… it watches back.Welcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  The Zone Theory! Triangles, Hotspots & the Missing 411 Map! 25.02.2026 2h 36min

  Across America, the wilderness follows patterns most people never see. Triangles, cryptid hotspots, disappearance clusters, and federal closures all overlap—forming a map the public was never meant to connect. Nightmare Hunters: Episode 405 breaks down the full Zone Theory, revealing how the Alaskan Triangle, the Ozarks, Bridgewater, Bennington, LBL, the Bitterroots, and dozens of hotspots fit into a single national structure. We explore how Triangles, Missing 411 clusters, cave systems, ancient habitation sites, and federal behavior all point to the same hidden classification system: the Zones. These aren’t legends. These aren’t misidentifications. These are documented patterns—and once you see the map, you don’t forget it.Got a theory or a story of your own? DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Six Real Encounters with Something Hunting from the Trees! 25.02.2026 3h 4min

  People don’t just get watched in the woods—not like this. Nightmare Hunters: Episode 404 - Across North America, people have reported the same terrifying pattern: the forest goes silent, the canopy shifts, and something begins moving above them—pacing from the treetops, dropping without a sound, and watching from branches where no predator should be.In this episode of Nightmare Hunters, we dive into six real encounters that suggest a hidden hunter using elevation as its advantage, stalking from the pines with intelligence, patience, and intent. These aren’t legends or campfire tales—these are documented moments where the wilderness didn’t just feel alive… it felt aware. These aren’t legends. These aren’t misidentifications. These are documented encounters—and the patterns suggest something in the forest is hunting from above.Got a theory or a story of your own? DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Taken in the Wilderness - Real Missing Persons Cases That Point to Something Else! 25.02.2026 2h 50min

  Six Americans vanished without a trace.The patterns suggest they weren’t alone. Six real disappearances. No tracks. No scent trails. No bodies—until they appeared in places already searched.In this episode of Nightmare Hunters, we break down the cases investigators still can’t explain: a college student who vanished midtrail, a child taken from a tent without a sound, a runner who left no footprints, hunters whose gear was found in impossible places, and a father whose final phone call ended midsentence. These weren’t accidents. These weren’t wrong turns. These were removals—and the patterns across all six cases point to something else moving through our forests. Got a theory or a story of your own?  DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  When the Woods Strike Back! 25.02.2026 2h 42min

  Real Encounters That Suggest Something Is Hunting Back! People don’t just get chased in the woods—not like this. Across North America, hikers, hunters, campers, and backroad travelers have reported the same impossible moment: something pacing them in the treeline, something running alongside their vehicle, something keeping perfect speed without ever showing itself. In this episode of Nightmare Hunters, we break down the encounters that point to a predator using the forest as cover… and choosing when to reveal itself. A driver who saw a silhouette sprinting beside his truck at highway speed. A bowhunter who heard bipedal footsteps circling his stand with no visible source. A pair of campers stalked through the night by something that never broke a branch. A trail runner who felt “someone” matching her stride just out of sight. A rural family who caught a glimpse of a tall figure in their sideyard floodlights—then found tracks that stopped abruptly. A latenight motorist who watched a shape in his mirror keep pace with his car until the road curved. These weren’t misidentifications. These weren’t tricks of the light. These were pursuits—and the patterns across all six encounters suggest something in the woods is choosing its targets.Got a theory or a story of your own? DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  When The Woods Turn Hostile! True Cryptid Encounters! 25.02.2026 2h 58min

  “True stories of people who met what shouldn’t exist.” To celebrate our 400th episode, we’re diving into some of the most terrifying true cryptid encounters ever reported.Stories sent in by rangers, deputies, first responders, hikers, and members of the Nightmare Hunter Nation who helped make this milestone possible. When the Woods Turn Hostile exposes real incidents of stalking, flanking, structural impacts, coordinated attacks, and moments where the unknown shows unmistakable intent. These are the encounters people weren’t supposed to talk about… and the ones that prove the wilderness is far more dangerous than we ever imagined.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter? Send it to us. We’re listening. Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Real Cryptid Attacks Caught in the Wilderness! 25.02.2026 1h 56min

  Nightmare Hunters plunges deep into the frozen wilderness to investigate real Alaskan encounters, unexplained creatures, and terrifying wilderness phenomena that defy logic.From massive tracks in untouched snow to silent predators stalking cabins, each episode unravels chilling eyewitness accounts, forensic analysis, and the dark secrets hidden in the Alaskan Interior, remote forests, and Arctic wildlands. If you’re drawn to cryptids, mysterious creatures, true wilderness horror, and unsolved encounters, this show drags you into the cold where something enormous walks the night—and watches from the treeline.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter? Send it to us. We’re listening. Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  True Cryptid Encounters! Bigfoot, Dogman, and the Creatures in the Dark! 25.02.2026 3h

  “Seven real cases from rangers, loggers, and law enforcement.”Nightmare Hunters plunges into the darkest corners of North America to uncover true cryptid encounters witnessed by rangers, loggers, and law enforcement officers who came facetoface with creatures that shouldn’t exist. From real Bigfoot sightings in remote forests to Dogman encounters that stalked work crews, to unexplained predators pacing patrol cruisers in the dead of night, every story in this episode is drawn from documented reports and firsthand testimony. These aren’t legends or campfire tales—these are real sightings, real creatures, and real moments of terror from the people who work the wilderness and know its dangers best. If you’re searching for true cryptid stories, Bigfoot encounters, Dogman sightings, or real wilderness horror, this episode drags you into the dark where something massive is always watching from the treeline. Got a theory? A story? A close encounter? Send it to us. We’re listening. Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Shadows on the Snow - The Alaskan Bush Stalker! 25.02.2026 2h 56min

  “In the frozen silence, something walks.” Nightmare Hunters plunges deep into the frozen wilderness to investigate real Alaskan encounters, unexplained creatures, and terrifying wilderness phenomena that defy logic. From massive tracks in untouched snow to silent predators stalking cabins, each episode unravels chilling eyewitness accounts, forensic analysis, and the dark secrets hidden in the Alaskan Interior, remote forests, and Arctic wildlands. If you’re drawn to cryptids, mysterious creatures, true wilderness horror, and unsolved encounters, this show drags you into the cold where something enormous walks the night—and watches from the treeline. Got a theory? A story? A close encounter? Send it to us. We’re listening. Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!
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  Standing Shadows - The Bipedal Cats of the Ozarks! 19.01.2026 3h 2min

  A new theory for an old fear.In this chilling Nightmare Hunters deepdive, we uncover seven encounters with upright, catlike creatures, explore the biological roots of the Ozarks Howler, and reveal a hidden predator stalking the ridgelines, hollows, and backroads of Arkansas and Missouri. From bipedal cryptids to longtailed shadow beasts, this episode connects decades of sightings into one groundbreaking theory about a feline lineage living in the Ozarks today. If you’re fascinated by cryptids, unexplained creatures, upright predators, Ozarks legends, paranormal encounters, and mysterious wildlife, this is the episode you can’t miss.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter? Send it to us. We’re listening. Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netWelcome to The Nightmare Hunter Podcast!Thank you for joining us on this journey into the macabre, the strange, the bizarre, and the terrifying.Got a theory? A story? A close encounter?Send it to us. We’re listening.Please contact us at DARoberts@DARoberts.netJoin the X at unxnetwork.com to get our daily newsletter with show listings and more perks!