Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
93 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 222 ratingsHear amazing true stories from Alaska told by the people who experienced them!
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Episodes
America's Farthest North Little Free Libraries
April 09, 2024 19:59 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBCorrespondent Ryan Peterson explores the little free libraries of Fairbanks and interviews their creators.
Ladder Dude!
February 18, 2024 00:01 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBDavid Rockney witnesses how a ladder truck can make a bad situation much worse and Jenn Jenkins’ friends think a ladder is going to literally eat her leg.
Squirrel, Squirrel, Bigfoot
January 27, 2024 17:44 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBHarper O’Brien’s grandfather gets scared by a squirrel in bear’s clothing, host Rob Prince discovers squirrels have an appetite for mushrooms and breaking and entering, and Glenner Anderson finds out why the Finding Bigfoot Reality TV show never finds Bigfoot.
Happy Mother’s Day 2023
May 28, 2023 19:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBPutt Clark’s mom makes her family to the most disgusting archaeological dig in history and Ryan Peterson tells the story of the Mother’s Day gift that refuses to quit giving.
Happy Mother's Day 2023
May 28, 2023 19:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBPutt Clark’s mom makes her family to the most disgusting archaeological dig in history and Ryan Peterson tells the story of the Mother’s Day gift that refuses to quit giving.
Lessons Learned
May 11, 2023 23:39 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBRichard Dickman and his brother teach themselves how to fly WHILE FLYING, and Ryan learns how background checks work in Alaska.
Don't Let Go
March 30, 2023 21:21 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBJessica Thomas barely survives when her pickup truck goes through the ice, but it turns out to be just the start of her problems.
Don’t Let Go
March 30, 2023 21:21 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBJessica Thomas barely survives when her pickup truck goes through the ice, but it turns out to be just the start of her problems.
Silver Linings
February 27, 2023 00:27 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBAtileo Frizzera accidentally becomes the poster boy for chainsaw chaps and Karl Monetti takes advantage of a plane crash to recruit a rugby player.
Awkward Situations
February 18, 2023 00:13 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBLorien Nettleton gets auctioned off in the Talkeetna Bachelor Auction Matthew Sturm decides the best way to make it through a tricky kayaking situation is to get naked.
Close Encounters of the Fuzzy Kind
February 17, 2023 23:37 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBRay Smith runs with a pack of wolves and Jan Hanscomb finds it hard to rid her house of an uninvited bear.
The Power of Ice
February 16, 2023 22:13 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBSean McGee tells the story of a police bust gone awry thanks to ice and Dick Griffith literally freezes his butt off.
The Blowhole
January 10, 2023 00:25 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBThere’s a mysterious evil force that lives in Alaska and it’s called “The Blowhole.” Anyone who has ever seen it has learned why they always say, “Don’t stop in the blowhole.”
The Power of Nature
November 10, 2022 01:21 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBJosh Weiser tells the story of the most incredible experience he ever had as a tour bus driver in Denali National Park.
Lost & Found
October 05, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBDawn Erbeck shares a story about the hazards of bringing jewelry into the wilderness and host Rob Prince shares his personal experience with a life threatening case of lost and found.
Moms Improv
October 04, 2022 23:57 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBSarah Sullivan discovers as a little girl that her mother’s threat assessment radar isn’t as tuned in as she thought it was and Taryn Hughes delivers her own baby in her truck on the way to the hospital on a frigid Fairbanks night.
Alaskan "Can Do!" Spirit
July 29, 2022 08:53 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBChampion dogmusher Brent Sass shares the hilarious story of his first attempt at caribou hunting and Bill Schnabel tells the story of how not to raise pigs for bacon.
Alaskan "Can Do!" Spirit
July 29, 2022 08:53 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBChampion dogmusher Brent Sass shares the hilarious story of his first attempt at caribou hunting and Bill Schnabel tells the story of how not to raise pigs for bacon.
Kindness of Strangers
April 29, 2022 23:53 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBMatt Irinaga is saved by a mysterious stranger emerging from the ice fog and Phoebe Rohrbacher meets the nicest man in Alaska in the un-nicest of ways.
Kindness of Strangers
April 29, 2022 23:53 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBMatt Irinaga is saved by a mysterious stranger emerging from the ice fog and Phoebe Rohrbacher meets the nicest man in Alaska in the un-nicest of ways.
Hitchhikers
March 30, 2022 22:09 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBDeb Horner picks up a furry hitchhiker who refuses to leave her truck, Kat Betters picks up a dead hitchhiker who miraculously comes back to life, and host Rob Prince tells the bizarre story of the time he picked up a hitchhiker in his 1982 DeLorean sports car.
Hitchhikers
March 30, 2022 22:09 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBDeb Horner picks up a furry hitchhiker who refuses to leave her truck, Kat Betters picks up a dead hitchhiker who miraculously comes back to life, and host Rob Prince tells the bizarre story of the time he picked up a hitchhiker in his 1982 DeLorean sports car.
Don't Look Back
February 03, 2022 00:43 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBJabin Collins experiences a life-altering car accident that threatens his dream of playing high school football, but not all things that are “life-altering” alter life in a bad way.
Don't Look Back
February 03, 2022 00:43 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBJabin Collins experiences a life-altering car accident that threatens his dream of playing high school football, but not all things that are “life-altering” alter life in a bad way.
Don’t Look Back
February 03, 2022 00:43 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBJabin Collins experiences a life-altering car accident that threatens his dream of playing high school football, but not all things that are “life-altering” alter life in a bad way.
My Alaskan Mother
January 12, 2022 12:26 - 28 minutes - 39 MBLaVerne Haakenson tries to call her mom's bluff and gets served a huge slice of humble pie and Hadara Ben-Israel follows her mom to Alaska as a girl only to find that her mom has had a serious change of lifestyle.
Alaskan MacGuyvers
January 12, 2022 12:23 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBIan Wright and Alyssa Quentin try to solve their problems in MacGuyver-like ways but don’t get MacGuyver-like results.
Bear Cub
January 12, 2022 12:12 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBTravis Cole and Hayden Nevil discover that the most dangerous animal in Alaska is also one of the cutest.
Up a Creek Without a Canoe
January 12, 2022 02:06 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBA woman goes on a remote canoeing trip with a guy friend and gets stranded when they wrap their canoe around a huge rock.
Up a Creek Without a Canoe
January 12, 2022 02:06 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBHailee McCaig goes on a remote canoeing trip with a beligerent friend and gets stranded when they wrap their canoe around a huge rock.
Walk for your Life
January 12, 2022 02:02 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBTwo men survive a fiery plane crash only to have to walk miles through snowy woods and a kid nearly surrenders to hypothermia.
Walk for your Life
January 12, 2022 02:02 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBScott Waterman and his friend survive a fiery plane crash only to have to walk miles through snowy woods and a kid nearly surrenders to hypothermia.
Alaskan Practical Jokes
January 12, 2022 01:58 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MBAlaskans prank each other with very mixed results.
Alaskan Practical Jokes
January 12, 2022 01:58 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MBGuy brings joy to a little girl with a magical flower garden and Lynda Brandenberg tells a classic prank-gone-wrong story from her family's early days in Alaska.
Bad Day at Work
January 12, 2022 01:52 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBThe cast of an Alaskan play decide the show doesn’t necessarily have to go on and a guy’s hat saves his life while on the job.
Bad Day at Work
January 12, 2022 01:52 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBDawson Moore and the cast of an Alaskan play decide the show doesn’t necessarily have to go on, and Skip Lipscomb’s hat saves his life while on the job.
Run for Your Life!
January 12, 2022 01:46 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBAlaskans escape their problems in the most fundamental way you can–running like hell.
Run for Your Life!
January 12, 2022 01:46 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBIn two separate stories, Ron Boynton and Dr. Jesse Robertson escape their problems in the most fundamental way you can–running like hell.
Alaskan Rescues
January 12, 2022 01:39 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBAlaskans manage to rescue each other from certain death in miraculous ways.
Alaskan Rescues
January 12, 2022 01:39 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBMike Spindler participates in a daring night rescue on Arctic sea ice and Amanda Byrd decides the best thing she can do to try and save a drowning man is to point at him.
My Alaskan Mother
January 12, 2022 00:26 - 28 minutes - 39 MBAlaskan mothers give their daughters a real run for their money.
Alaskan MacGuyvers
January 12, 2022 00:23 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBAlaskans try to solve their problems in MacGuyver ways but don’t get MacGuyver results.
Bear Cub
January 12, 2022 00:12 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBWhat Alaskan animal should you fear the most? A bear cub, because they don’t travel alone…
Abdicating the Throne
January 12, 2022 00:05 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBA woman moves to Alaska and finds the freedom to explore her understanding of the world, leading to huge and terrifying ideological shifts.
Abdicating the Throne
January 12, 2022 00:05 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBA woman moves to Alaska and finds the freedom to explore her understanding of the world, leading to huge and terrifying ideological shifts.
Soaked Science
January 12, 2022 00:01 - 29 minutes - 33.2 MBKnute Keilland takes a prominent visiting scientist for an impromptu swim and Cody Dean steps out of his tent for a pee and makes a horrifying discovery.
Soaked Science
January 12, 2022 00:01 - 29 minutes - 33.2 MBKnute Keilland takes a prominent visiting scientist for an impromptu swim and Cody Dean steps out of his tent for a pee and makes a horrifying discovery.
Scientists On Ice!
January 11, 2022 23:57 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBGeoff Carrol fights off a polar bear with the wrong end of a shotgun and Mike Ruckhaus falls asleep behind the wheel of a Nodwell tracked vehicle while traversing frozen arctic tundra.
Scientists On Ice!
January 11, 2022 23:57 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBGeoff Carrol fights off a polar bear with the wrong end of a shotgun and Mike Ruckhaus falls asleep behind the wheel of a Nodwell tracked vehicle while traversing frozen arctic tundra.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
January 11, 2022 23:46 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MBHost Rob Prince meets his neighbor for the first time–three years after he passed away…