Episodes

  • Dreams

    Dreams
    May 5 2026
    Two Alaska storytellers dealing with frustrating mysteries are featured on this episode of Dark Winter Nights, True Stories from Alaska. Richard Mustain tries to stop his freight truck for a man on the side of the road one dark, blustery night. And Polly Napik Andrews pines for stability as she goes from foster home to foster home with her sister, but eventually solves the mystery of how a family can be whole.
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    30 mins
  • Peculiar Proceedings

    Peculiar Proceedings
    Apr 4 2026
    Rachel Osborn is ready to fight to protect her family, and Karl Monetti converses with a wolf in the wilderness, then, years later, dines with a river rat who’s been away from other humans too long.
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    29 mins
  • Dick Griffith

    Dick Griffith
    Apr 4 2026
    Life-long adventurer Dick Griffith was on the Dark Winter Nights stage twice. His recent death made us want to share these awe-inspiring and sometimes funny moments he shared with host Rob Prince.
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    30 mins
  • Extricated!

    Extricated!
    Jan 31 2026
    Jamy May Wagner discovers a giant woolly mammoth tusk sticking out of a river bank and Matthew Sturm’s climbing companion insists he’s going to summit the mountain or die…or both.
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    29 mins
  • Season of Thanks

    Season of Thanks
    Nov 29 2025
    One man tries to feed 60 people with frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving and a woman discovers you shouldn’t just burn wood for fun in Alaska.
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    29 mins
  • Earth Will Heal You

    Earth Will Heal You
    Oct 26 2025
    Dave Runfola and his family and friends suffer an unthinkable tragedy and learn how to grieve that loss in an Alaskan way.
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    29 mins
  • Young Love

    Young Love
    Sep 27 2025
    Anne Lilley tries to sleep at night under an ant farm made of voles and Gwen Helms accidentally bearsprays her maid of honor.
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    29 mins
  • A Step Too Far

    A Step Too Far
    Jun 1 2025
    Laura Reed gets rescued by the US Army and Melissa Shippey misses her exit while mushing in the backwoods of Alaska.
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    29 mins