Shadows In The Pines

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True crime podcast focusing on crime in the Pacific Northwest. 

  1. 3D AGO

    Robert Lee Yates Jr - Final

    Just a soft recap of what we’ve learned and final thoughts along with show announcements

    24 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Mini Pines - Blue Bucket Mine

    🏔️🪣 This week on Mini Pines, we head deep into the high desert of eastern Oregon for one of the strangest lost-treasure legends in American history — The Blue Bucket Mine. 🌵✨   In 1845, a wagon train following the infamous Meek Cutoff became hopelessly lost in the Oregon wilderness. Families starved. People died. And somewhere during the nightmare journey, children playing in a dry creek bed may have unknowingly filled a blue bucket with raw gold nuggets years before the California Gold Rush ever began. ⛏️💰   But there’s a problem.   Nobody could ever find the creek again. 👀   For nearly 180 years, treasure hunters, prospectors, historians, and explorers have searched the deserts and canyons of eastern Oregon trying to uncover the legendary mine that may not even exist at all. 🗺️☠️   Tonight, we’re talking about the Meek Cutoff disaster, Stephen Meek’s deadly “shortcut,” pioneer survival, lost gold, and the eerie possibility that one of America’s greatest hidden treasures is still buried somewhere beneath the sagebrush. 🌙🔥   Welcome to Mini Pines. 🌲🎙️

    32 min

  3. MAY 11

    Robert Lee Yates Jr. - Part 3 - The Net Closes

    September 24th, 1997. A Spokane patrol officer pulls over a white Corvette near East Sprague. The driver is Robert Lee Yates Jr. He’s ticketed and allowed to go. The officer fills out the field interview report and writes one word in the vehicle make field. Camaro. In Part Three of the Robert Lee Yates Jr. arc, Dan and Becka follow the investigation from the inside — the task force, the databases, the September 1999 interview where he sweats through his shirt and walks out a free man, the Corvette that finally closes the net, and the morning of April 18th, 2000 when it all ends on Market Street. Then the sentencing hearing, 408 years, and Pierce County Prosecutor John Ladenburg’s decision that he is not bound by anything Spokane negotiated. Content warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of homicide, sexual violence, and the failures of institutional response.

    1h 11m

  4. MAY 5

    Robert Lee Yates Jr. - Part 2 - The killing years

    Shadows in the Pines — The Killing Years (Robert Lee Yates Jr., Part Two) East Sprague Avenue, Spokane. The late 1990s. A social worker named Lynn Everson parks a Winnebago on the strip once a week and keeps a bad-trick list of over a hundred and forty entries. The man in the white Corvette is never on it. In Part Two of the Robert Lee Yates Jr. arc, Dan and Becka spend time with the thirteen women he killed between 1996 and 1998 — who they were, where they came from, and what investigators found. From Shannon Zielinski, who was scheduled to testify in a murder trial, to Melody Murfin, who was buried in his yard while his family walked past. From the task force that formed too late to the one woman who survived him and didn’t know she’d been shot for seven months. This episode is about the victims. All of them. Content warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of homicide, sexual violence, and substance use.

    1h 22m

  5. MAY 3

    Mini Pines - The Thing In The Lake

    The Thing in the Lake: Idaho’s Sharlie In the mountains of central Idaho, there’s a lake that drops nearly 400 feet into darkness. Cold. Still. Old. And for over a century, people standing along its shoreline have reported the same thing—something moving beneath the surface. Long. Deliberate. Not a wave. Not a fish. They call it Sharlie. Tonight, we head to Payette Lake in McCall—a place where folklore never really faded. From early railroad workers in the 1920s to modern-day sightings, the descriptions stay eerily consistent: a massive, multi-humped creature slipping through deep, glacial water. But what are people actually seeing? A relic of the prehistoric world? A misidentified giant sturgeon? Something simpler… or something we don’t fully understand? This episode isn’t just about a lake monster. It’s about why stories like this refuse to die—and what it says about the places that keep them alive. Because sometimes, the mystery matters more than the answer. So if you ever find yourself standing at the edge of a deep, dark lake… and the water shifts— You’ll understand why they still whisper the name. Sharlie. ⸻ 🎧 Listen now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts #ShadowsInThePines #TrueCrimePodcast #PNW #Idaho #Sharlie #Cryptids #Folklore #LakeMonster #McCallIdaho #PayetteLake

    30 min

  6. APR 27

    Robert Lee Yates Jr Part 1

    The Predator Next Door — Robert Lee Yates (Part 1) Shadows in the Pines   Spokane, Washington. A quiet city tucked beneath pine-covered hills and long stretches of highway. The kind of place where routines feel safe… and danger doesn’t look the way you expect it to.   In the late 1990s, women began disappearing—many from the edges of society, their lives overlooked, their absences barely making headlines. Some were last seen along East Sprague. Others simply vanished into the night. At first, the cases felt disconnected. Isolated. Easy to ignore.   They weren’t.   Because moving quietly through Spokane was a man who knew exactly how to blend in. A husband. A father. A decorated veteran. Someone who didn’t fit the profile people thought they were looking for.   In Part One of our four-part series, we begin at the surface—before the name Robert Lee Yates meant anything at all. We trace the early disappearances, the missed connections, and the growing sense that something wasn’t right. And we examine how an entire pattern of violence can take shape… without anyone realizing what they’re seeing.   This is the story of how a predator hides in plain sight—and how a city slowly begins to understand the truth.   🎧 New episodes weekly. 📍 Based in the Pacific Northwest. 🌲 In the pines, the truth never stays buried.

    1h 2m

  7. APR 22

    The Insane Tale of Jan Broberg

    Hey Listeners, both Bekah and I are a bit under the weather this week. Please enjoy a Patreon exclusive episode this week while we take time to recover and heal. We will return next week when we begin a four part series on Hometown killer Robert Lee Yates

    1h 41m

  8. APR 18

    Mini Pines - Creature Legends Of The PNW

    What walks through the forests of the Pacific Northwest after dark? What waits in the water, watches from the mountain, or drifts just beyond the fog? In this episode of Many Pines, Becca takes you deep into the eerie folklore of the Pacific Northwest for a fireside journey through five of the region’s most haunting legends. From the ancient presence of Sasquatch to the impossible mystery of Mel’s Hole, from the spirit-laden slopes of Mount St. Helens to the ghostly wreck of the SS Valencia, and finally to the chilling whispers of the Water Babies, this is a story-rich exploration of the myths that still cling to the rivers, forests, coastlines, and mountains of the Northwest. Told in a warm, conversational, and slightly haunted style, this episode digs into the history, origins, cultural roots, and modern-day staying power of these legends — and what they reveal about a place where the land itself can feel alive. If you’ve never visited the Pacific Northwest, consider this your invitation into the dark. Legends covered in this episode: * Sasquatch * Mel’s Hole * The Witch of Mount St. Helens * The Ghosts of the SS Valencia * The Water Babies #ManyPines #PacificNorthwest #Folklore #LocalLegends #MythsAndMysteries #GhostStories #Sasquatch #SSValencia #MountStHelens #WaterBabies

    20 min
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True crime podcast focusing on crime in the Pacific Northwest. 

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  • Creator
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  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Explicit
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