Northern Crimes

In the vast, frozen expanse of the Alaskan wilderness and the frigid depths of the Gulf of Alaska, silence is often a mask for the unthinkable. From Robert Hansen’s (The Butcher Baker) hunting grounds in Seward to the locked doors of a luxury cruise liner, the North serves as a final destination for those whose stories were cut short by predators, institutional failures, or the landscape itself.
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He built a palace in the trees - and funded it with stolen money.
In this episode of Northern Crimes, we trace the rise and fall of William Scott Scurlock, better known as Seattle’s “Hollywood Bandit.” For nearly five years in the 1990s, Scurlock carried out a series of meticulously planned bank robberies across the Pacific Northwest, using elaborate disguises and disciplined tactics to evade capture. By day, he lived as an environmental idealist in a handcrafted, multi-story treehouse outside Olympia. By night, he orchestrated robberies that netted more than two million dollars.
His final heist - a $1 million robbery on Thanksgiving Eve 1996 - triggered one of the largest manhunts in regional history and brought his double life to an abrupt end.
This is the story of charisma, ideology, control - and the cost of living outside the law.
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Two hours. Multiple cases. No clear answers.
In this extended episode of Northern Crimes, we examine a collection of unsolved mysteries and cold cases from Alaska, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest. From hikers who vanished on remote trails to campers who never returned home, from roadside discoveries to long-dormant murder investigations, these cases span decades - and landscapes where distance, weather, and isolation often complicate the search for truth.
Some investigations stalled. Some suspects were named but never convicted. Others remain open, waiting for the one detail that could change everything.
This is a long-form, documentary-style compilation built for serious true crime listeners who enjoy under the radar stories told in an enjoyable way.
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In this episode of Northern Crimes, we follow cases where forests, ravines, and remote valleys became part of the story: a fatal fall on Oregon’s Eagle Creek Trail that leaves lingering doubt, a 1976 double murder at a Wisconsin campground solved decades later through DNA, the unsettling mystery of Norway’s Isdal Woman, and a brutal family massacre in British Columbia’s Wells Gray Provincial Park.
We also step into a different kind of disappearance - the North Pond Hermit, who lived unseen in the Maine woods for 27 years.
Some of these stories end with convictions. Others don’t. And a few sit in the gray space in between - where the outcome doesn’t quiet the questions.
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A quiet college town. A trusted uniform. And a crime that didn’t begin in Washington.
In January 1979, two young women accepted what seemed like a routine house-sitting job in Bellingham, Washington. By the next day, both were dead—strangled inside an isolated home overlooking the bay. What investigators uncovered next revealed a predator whose violence stretched far beyond the Pacific Northwest, linking a local crime scene to one of the most infamous murder sprees in American history.
This documentary traces how authority became a weapon, how warning signs were missed, and how a single case unraveled something much larger than anyone expected.
This is The Washington Strangler.
This is Northern Crimes.
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