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Camping is Canceled
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Every week, sisters-in-law Gen and Kait deep-dive into stories of murder, survival, and the paranormal. New episodes are released every Friday at 9 a.m. CT wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @campingiscanceled Send case suggestions and any personal stories of survival or encounters with the paranormal that you'd like to share on the podcast to campingiscanceled@gmail.com

  1. EP 123: BLIND READ — "The Sicario: A Juárez Hit Man Speaks"

    6D AGO

    EP 123: BLIND READ — "The Sicario: A Juárez Hit Man Speaks"

    In 2009, journalist Charles Bowden sat down in a motel room with a man who had personally buried 250 bodies in Juárez, Mexico. He was a former state police officer turned cartel sicario who spent nearly two decades kidnapping, torturing, and killing for an organization he could never fully see or name. Bowden had spent years trying to get to this story. What he walked away with was one of the most chilling first-person accounts of cartel life ever put on paper. Bowden's writing pulls no punches: the sicario speaks plainly about his craft, his conscience, and the system that made him. The result is a piece that's as much about the machinery of violence as it is about one man's attempt to reconcile what he's done. We don't let him off easy, and neither does Bowden. ⚠️Content Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of torture, violence, and murder. Please take care of yourself and skip this one if you're not in the right headspace. "That's Genevieve. And that's Kaitlyn." Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show! Sources Bowden, C. (2009, April 28). The sicario: A Juárez hit man speaks [Originally published in Harper's Magazine]. Various Enthusiasms.https://variousenthusiasms.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/the-sicario-a-juarez-hit-man-speaks-by-charles-bowden-harpers/

    1h 32m
  2. EP 122: The 1979 Mainline Murders — The Prince of Darkness (Part 2)

    APR 3

    EP 122: The 1979 Mainline Murders — The Prince of Darkness (Part 2)

    Part two of the Mainline Murders picks up right where we left off: with the deeply unsettling inventory found in Susan Reinert's car, including a blue comb engraved with the 79th Reserve Command, the very same unit served by her own principal. Who was Dr. Jay Smith, really? On paper, Principal Jay Smith was a decorated Army colonel, a man who'd carpooled with John Eisenhower and earned a doctorate. Behind that carefully curated image was a much darker story: a daughter lost to heroin addiction who vanished without a trace, a basement that read like a fever dream, a homemade gun range, and an arrest that earned him the nickname the Prince of Darkness. But Dr. Smith is only part of the picture. This episode also takes a long, uncomfortable look at Bill Bradfield — English teacher, serial love-bomber, and the man who would become the unlikely thread connecting everything. With five women in his orbit (yes, five), a failing arts-and-crafts store dragging him deep into debt, and a series of increasingly unhinged confessions to his young colleague about mafia hit lists and silencer demonstrations in broad daylight, Bill is spinning a web so elaborate it almost sounds like bad fiction. Almost. Because somewhere in the middle of all of it is Susan Reinert's name. And the clock is ticking. "That's Genevieve. And that's Kaitlyn." Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday?Join our Patreon to support the show!

    1h 36m
  3. EP 121: BLIND READ — “The Man Who Unsolved a Murder”

    MAR 27

    EP 121: BLIND READ — “The Man Who Unsolved a Murder”

    This week, we’re back with a blind read. We don’t do any research beforehand and refuse to peek at spoilers, so we have no idea how this ends! This is a CalMatters investigative piece called “The Man Who Unsolved a Murder” by Anat Rubin. It covers a six-year-old boy named Willie Cook who vanished from a small Northern California logging town in 1976. What starts as a cold case kidnapping quickly unravels into something messier: a witness whose story keeps shifting, a confession that a leading expert calls psychological torture, a defense investigator who starts pulling one thread and can't stop, and a question that haunts every layer of this story: what happens when the system designed to find the truth is built to skip that part? "That's Genevieve. And that's Kaitlyn." Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show! Sources Rubin, A. (2025, June 5). The man who unsolved a murder. CalMatters.https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/06/public-defense-investigators/

    1h 21m
  4. EP 120: “Not a Ranger, But….” — More Reasons to Stay Out of the Woods

    MAR 13

    EP 120: “Not a Ranger, But….” — More Reasons to Stay Out of the Woods

    We’re sharing Reddit's creepiest "Not a Ranger, But..." forest encounters. These search-and-rescue stories prove that humans—not monsters—are the woods' true terror. Anyone surprised? (Not us.) We cover bowhunters stumbling on meth labs disguised as campsites, kids vanishing mid-hunt only to reappear mud-soaked with zero memory, and rangers chasing "wolves" that lead to hidden bodies.​ We laugh-cry through trail cam blunders, time-loss blackouts, and "fuzzy figures" haunting family hikes. This episode hammers home why we never stray off-trail without backup.​ “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.” Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show! Sources https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4a8xt/comment/f9eoecs/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7vnlzy/comment/dtv8bvz/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7vnlzy/comment/dtum6gu/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7vnlzy/comment/dtv6qss/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/e4a8xt/comment/f98waa5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

    1 hr
  5. EP 119: The 1979 Mainline Murders — The Reinerts Disappear (Part I)

    MAR 6

    EP 119: The 1979 Mainline Murders — The Reinerts Disappear (Part I)

    In 1979, a devoted mom, Susan Reinert, and her kids, Karen (12) and Michael (10), vanished after a routine Cub Scout pickup—only for Sue’s brutalized body to turn up crammed in her car’s wheel well days later. By all accounts, Sue seemed to be living the all-American life. In this episode, we dive into her relationship with her college-sweetheart-turned-ex-husband, Ken, and the events leading up to her disappearance and murder. We truly can’t get over how badly this investigation was fumbled. This Pennsylvania nightmare—inspired a book and TV movie—stays unsolved 46 years later. “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.” Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show! Sources Schwartz-Nobel, L. (1987). Engaged to murder. Viking.​ Costopoulos, W. C. (1996). Principal suspect: The true story of Dr. Jay Smith and the Main Line murders. Camino Books.​ Stevenson, S. (Host). (n.d.). The main line murders [Audio podcast series]. Unresolved. https://unresolved.me/the-main-line-murders

    1h 30m
  6. EP 118: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road” (Part III)

    FEB 27

    EP 118: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road” (Part III)

    EP 118 wraps up our three-part Silk Road Blind Read. Silk Road was a secret, dark website that sold drugs like an online eBay, run by a mystery boss called DPR (Dread Pirate Roberts). In this finale, FBI agent Tarbell travels to Iceland to raid a data center and grab Silk Road's hidden server after spotting a leaked IP address.​ We yell through DPR's growing fear from his diary, his sloppy security mistakes (like ignoring server alerts), and agent Force's dangerous undercover work as "Nob," whom DPR has grown to trust a bit too much: he starts chatting about murder on forums. The tension peaks as DPR unravels: feds show up at Ross Ulbricht's San Francisco door, Force risks it all in secret talks, and agents rebuild the site to spy inside, revealing DPR's beginner code and $7M yearly earnings.​ This episode covers the big arrest: Silk Road's hidden tech fails, DPR's ego trips him up, and his secret double life crashes down. It’s a wild ride—with a twist ending. “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.” Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show! Sources Part 1: Bearman, J. (2015, April 29). The untold story of Silk Road, part 1. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/ Part 2: Bearman, J. (2015, May 13). The untold story of Silk Road, part 2: The fall. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2015/05/silk-road-2/

    2h 6m
  7. EP 117: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road” (Part II)

    FEB 20

    EP 117: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road” (Part II)

    Silk Road's paranoia escalates as the feds close in. DPR casually prices out a hit on a flipped insider while his undercover handler Force stages a brutal (fake) bathtub torture for the sting. What was once a libertarian dream has morphed into a dark web nightmare. As far as blind reads go, this one truly had us on the edge of our seats. We couldn’t look away as Silk Road’s empire crumbled from the inside. “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.” Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show! Source:https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

    1h 2m
  8. EP 116: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road” (Part I)

    FEB 13

    EP 116: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road” (Part I)

    We're kicking off the Silk Road series—a massive dark web drug market run by a mysterious boss called DPR. We start with Curtis Green, a Utah grandpa and pain pill user who worked customer service for the site, getting raided by SWAT while covered in cocaine powder from a fake package (his tiny chihuahuas go wild).​ Then we flashback to Ross Ulbricht: a smart former Eagle Scout and physics student who drops out, experiments with psychedelics, discovers Bitcoin, and secretly builds Silk Road from his laptop—a hidden online "eBay" for drugs using anonymous Tor tech. We review his early struggles: coding the site solo, dodging hackers, lying to friends/girlfriends about his "Bitcoin startup," and growing it into a $1B+ sales empire.​ This episode covers Silk Road's wild rise—DPR's rules (no child porn or fakes, but anything else goes), Bitcoin enabling global drug sales, and feds scrambling to catch him. The fall's coming next. “That’s Genevieve. And that’s Kaitlyn.” Sisters-in-law, best friends, former CNAs, and the sharp-witted duo behind Camping Is Canceled. Known for their mix of research-driven storytelling and unfiltered commentary, Gen and Kait tackle true crime cases (and paranormal rabbit holes) with empathy, curiosity, and a healthy dose of dark humor. 📲 Instagram: @campingiscanceled 📲 TikTok: @campingiscanceled 📧 Contact: campingiscanceled@gmail.com 🎧 Listen now — everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop every Friday. Want more stories, no ads, and exclusive bonus episodes every Thursday? Join our Patreon to support the show! Source:https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

    1h 3m
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Every week, sisters-in-law Gen and Kait deep-dive into stories of murder, survival, and the paranormal. New episodes are released every Friday at 9 a.m. CT wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @campingiscanceled Send case suggestions and any personal stories of survival or encounters with the paranormal that you'd like to share on the podcast to campingiscanceled@gmail.com

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  • Creator
    Camping is Canceled
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    128
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Wilhelm Creative LLC 2025
  • Show Website
    Camping is Canceled.

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