Chinook

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Chinook

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Religion and crime collide when a gruesome murder rocks the isolated community of Chinook, Montana. Local Deputy Ruth Vogel thought she was answering a routine animal control call, only to find a mangled corpse on the frozen embankment. Her small town is whipped into a frenzy and everyone is quick to point their fingers at a drug-addicted teenager, but Ruth suspects connections to a powerful religious group. Enter Agent Loro, an enigmatic FBI investigator tracking an evangelical cult that may have roots right here in Chinook. Loro and Ruth form a cautious partnership to find the killer—but as the mystery winds through Ruth’s life, her family, and her church, she’ll discover something more sinister than murder is afoot. Binge all episodes of Chinook exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by wondery.com/links/chinook visiting now.

  1. EPISODE 1

    Coyotes

    A truck crash on an icy road leaves small-time criminal Emory Wick stranded with a load of dangerous cargo.

    40 min

  2. EPISODE 2 • WONDERY+ ONLY

    The Farm

    Ruth is called out to handle a B+E on the Myshkin farm and happens upon the overturned truck along the way. The highway patrol is handling it as an abandoned vehicle, but Ruth notices the scavenger birds circling the hillside and suspects the driver is somewhere close by. At the farm, Ruth discovers that Myshkin has imprisoned Emory Wick in his dry well— and the highway patrol discovers a mangled body on the hillside.

    26 min

  3. EPISODE 3 • WONDERY+ ONLY

    Scavengers

    Police swarm the hillside where the dead body has been discovered. Ruth dives headfirst into the investigation, eager to solve her first homicide, but the Sheriff is eager to dismiss the death as a bear’s attack. Ruth’s brother-in-law, Mitch Valvik, warns her not to meddle in the investigation, but the presence of enigmatic FBI Agent Loro tells Ruth that there's more here than meets the eye.

    27 min

  4. EPISODE 4 • WONDERY+ ONLY

    Dry Bones

    Pastor Cunningham receives a worrying phone call from Amos Laseur, the head prophet of the Crossroads Tabernacle missions. The Chinook PD attempts to pull their prime suspect Emory Wick out of the dry well on the Myshkin farm, but the arrest does not go smoothly. Ruth is blamed for the disaster of the arrest and retreats to the Ash Wednesday church service to lick her wounds where-- much to her surprise-- she discovers Agent Loro there waiting for her.

    25 min

  5. EPISODE 5 • WONDERY+ ONLY

    Visions

    Loro infiltrates a church service to investigate. During the service, Pastor Cunningham gives a distracted and disorganized sermon before abruptly leaving. Loro follows him, while Ruth checks on Wick at a local medical clinic. Ruth learns that Trudie, her mother, has been hiding uneaten communion wafers in her bible. Cunningham becomes aware that he is being followed and ditches his car at a gas station, going into the woods on foot.

    32 min

  6. EPISODE 6 • WONDERY+ ONLY

    The Night Shift

    The Sheriff hands off the criminal investigation to State Troopers and relegates Ruth to curfew sweeps. There are rumors of a vagrant stumbling around in the woods. Meanwhile, Beth spots a disheveled Pastor Cunningham walking on the side of the road and insists on giving him a ride—a ride that takes a strangely intimate turn. Ruth investigates a suspicious camper parked far off the highway and discovers Valvik there, drunk and sinister. Shaken, Ruth returns to the morgue to re-examine John Doe and finds Loro waiting there. They find a new clue hidden in the body.

    38 min

  7. EPISODE 7 • WONDERY+ ONLY

    Good Shot

    The police find four more bodies scattered around the wilderness. With the surge in media attention, Ruth is given the piddling task of managing a citizen's tip line. Loro surprises Cunningham in his office, ambushing him with questions about his whereabouts and the nature of the church’s recent expansion. Valvik apologizes privately to Ruth about his behavior, then implies that her sister Beth may be stepping out. Loro startles Ruth by showing up at her home in the middle of the night with a startling revelation.

    33 min

  8. EPISODE 8 • WONDERY+ ONLY

    Bad Death

    Pastor Cunningham pays Ruth a surprise visit, interrupting her secret meeting with Loro. Loro strongly suspects someone within the local police department is assisting Amos Laseur. Ruth discovers that all of the murder victims had been featured on Laseur’s preaching tapes and is rattled to hear that Wick’s condition has deteriorated overnight. Convinced that Wick must know something she overlooked, Ruth slips away to the hospital just in time to hear Wick gasp his last words.

    31 min
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Religion and crime collide when a gruesome murder rocks the isolated community of Chinook, Montana. Local Deputy Ruth Vogel thought she was answering a routine animal control call, only to find a mangled corpse on the frozen embankment. Her small town is whipped into a frenzy and everyone is quick to point their fingers at a drug-addicted teenager, but Ruth suspects connections to a powerful religious group. Enter Agent Loro, an enigmatic FBI investigator tracking an evangelical cult that may have roots right here in Chinook. Loro and Ruth form a cautious partnership to find the killer—but as the mystery winds through Ruth’s life, her family, and her church, she’ll discover something more sinister than murder is afoot. Binge all episodes of Chinook exclusively and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Start your free trial by wondery.com/links/chinook visiting now.

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