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Camping is Canceled.

Camping is Canceled

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: @campingiscanceledSend 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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All Episodes

89:53

EP 119: The 1979 Mainline Murders — The Reinerts...

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2026/03/06

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

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126:28

EP 118: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road”...

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2026/02/27

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

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62:28

EP 117: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road”...

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2026/02/20

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

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62:41

EP 116: BLIND READ — “The Untold Story of Silk Road”...

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2026/02/13

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

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76:52

EP 115: That Lamp Looks Weird — Bizarre Stories of...

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2026/02/06

We’re exploring parallel lives. Like, souls splitting across timelines, Horcrux-style oversouls living multiple earthly lives at once. We break down four wild theories from Reddit deep dives, from quantum jumping to realms where your higher self lives an entire life while your body lies stationary on Earth.If you’ve ever felt déjà vu hit different or met a “soul family” stranger, these tales will have you side-eyeing your furniture. We debate carbon monoxide vs. cosmic weirdness, because sometimes

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97:18

EP 114: BLIND READ — "True Crime" by David Grann...

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2026/01/23

This episode drops the hammer on David Grann’s “True Crime” Blind Read, picking up mid-book with Bala’s sadistic, philosophy-fueled torture porn that’s less “literature” and more “confession disguised as art.” We unpack Amok’s noose-tightened murders, “white gloves of silence,” and Bala’s smug insistence that it’s all just postmodern wordplay—while detective Wroblewski turns his squad into literary sleuths, assigning chapters like it’s homework from hell.This finale is a masterclass in how a

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71:53

BLIND READ — "True Crime" by David Grann (PART I)

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2026/01/16

David Grann’s 2008 New Yorker masterpiece “True Crime” is a Polish whodunit that starts with a strangled woman and ends in a courtroom where fiction and murder collide. We dive into the case of Jacek Wroblewski, a cop turned amateur detective who becomes obsessed with a violent novel by a smug philosophy bro named Krystian Bala, convinced its twisted details mirror an unsolved killing.What unfolds is pure mind-melt: Bala’s pretentious Nietzsche obsession, his internet auction site bragging, and a

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123:40

EP 112: "The Devil Made Me Do It" — The Real...

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2026/01/11

In this final part, we revisit the Lutz family’s own words through their 1979 Good Morning America interview, then pull back the curtain to examine the contradictions, missing details, and the carefully crafted public image that made Amityville a media monster.From there, we dig into what investigators, psychics, and skeptics uncovered behind the scenes: parapsychic Ron Mangravite’s claim that the house was soaked in ritual magic, Lorraine Warren’s belief that someone inside the home was acting

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81:01

EP 111: Merry Crisis — It’s the Holiday Season

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2025/12/19

This week’s episode is pure Merry Crisis energy in the best way: cozy chaos, seasonal depression, and holiday horror stories all rolled into one. We pull together Reddit confessions, off-the-rails family traditions, and a couple of bite-sized true crime tales that prove the holidays are less “Hallmark movie” and more “why is Santa staring at me like that?” If you need an excuse to put on noise-canceling headphones and hide from your kids, in-laws, or capitalism in general, this one’s your festive

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60:54

EP 110: BLIND READ — "The Poet" by Corey Mead (Part II)

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2025/12/12

This Blind Read had us absolutely feral (in the best way). We thought we were dealing with a classic “mysterious tormentor” case and instead got hit with psych letters, birdhouse cameras, BTK-adjacent clues, and some of the wildest investigative whiplash we’ve had in a while. Every time we thought we knew who “The Poet” was, the story yanked the floor out from under us again.We pick the case back up with Ruth Finley being harassed. It’s ramping up, and the threats feel way too close to home. The

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79:54

EP 109: BLIND READ — “The Poet” by Corey Mead (Part I)

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2025/12/05

We’re blind-reading Corey Mead’s article, "The Poet," set in late 1970s Wichita, Kansas. The city is already on edge due to the active BTK Strangler when Ruth Finley, a quiet telephone company employee, begins receiving menacing phone calls from a stranger who knows a traumatic secret from her past: she was branded by a "sex maniac" as a teenager in 1946. As the harassment escalates from letters to physical confrontations, the stalker—who eventually dubs himself "The Poet"—taunts Ruth and her

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101:36

EP 108: “Pass the Salt, Call the Cops” — The...

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2025/11/29

We’re trading historical gratitude for the absolute dumpster fire of modern family gatherings. In Episode 108, we serve up a chaotic platter of listener-submitted nightmares that prove blood isn't always thicker than gravy. We’re exploring everything from a violent brawl between aunts nicknamed "Jailbird" and "Moonpie" involving a carving fork to a sentimental wedding video that abruptly cuts to NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt’s funeral. It’s a crash course in how quickly a holiday feast can turn into

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84:49

EP 107: “Human, But Not Like Us” — Inside the...

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2025/11/21

Buckle up, because today we’re wading into one of the internet’s strangest rabbit holes: feral people.What does that term really mean? We explore everything from Appalachian legends — backwoods creatures, cave-dwelling clans, and “wrong turn” horror stories — to folklore and psychology.In this episode, we’ll balance spooky Reddit tales with sobering real-life cases: children raised in isolation, adults who reject modern society, and the fine line between myth and survival.How does isolation reshape

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102:01

EP 106: "The Devil Made Me Do It" — The Real...

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2025/11/15

Bless Kait for showing up on antibiotics and a prayer. After two weeks of chaos (and a possible case of strep), we are diving back into the most cursed address in American true crime: 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, New York.Last time, we left off with the DeFeo family found murdered in their beds. With Butch DeFeo’s confession echoing through Suffolk County, a new family moves into the now-infamous home: George and Kathy Lutz. They’re just trying to start fresh, but what follows over the next 28 days

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56:15

EP 105: "The Devil Made Me Do It" — The Real...

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2025/10/24

You’ve heard the phrase “the devil made me do it.” But what happens when someone uses it to explain one of the most infamous family murders in American history?We dig into the real events behind The Amityville Horror — the gruesome 1974 murders that inspired a best-selling book, a Hollywood franchise, and decades of ghost stories. But before the hauntings and horror-movie jump scares, there was a family: the DeFeos.We unravel the disturbing home life behind the glossy façade of 112 Ocean Avenue, a

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59:02

EP 104: “You Like...Really Shouldn’t Be Alive” —...

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2025/10/13

Welcome back, campers! (And happy spooky season.) This week, we’re tossing the script out the window and diving into real-life horror stories that sound straight out of a movie. From near-death escapes to paranormal close calls, these are the true tales that make you turn the radio down, lock the doors, and whisper, “Did that really just happen?”In this chaotic, wing-it episode, our counselors read their way through Reddit and TikTok threads filled with the internet’s most unbelievable “I survived”

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80:29

EP 103: “No. Period.” — The Seven Gates of Hell &...

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2025/10/03

Spooky season is here, campers. This week, we’re heading straight into local legend territory. Nestled in the backroads of Collinsville, Illinois, just past the world’s largest ketchup bottle, lies a string of graffiti-covered railroad underpasses known as the Seven Gates of Hell. For decades, bored teens, paranormal investigators, and the morbidly curious have driven these roads at night, hoping to glimpse something beyond the veil — and sometimes claiming they did.In this episode, we explore:🪦

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112:15

EP 102: "No Other Option" — South Carolina's 'Rose...

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2025/09/26

In Part II of our coverage of SC's Rose Petal Murder.....the investigation into the fatal stabbing of 41 year old Vet Tech Christina Parcell gets far more complicated than anyone expected. In Part I, we unpacked the tangled relationships, custody battles, and harassment campaign that painted a disturbing picture of Christina's ex-bf and the father of her daughter in the months leading up to her murder. Now, in Part II, the story takes a bizarre turn.In this episode we dive into all 2 and a half

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68:42

EP 101: The Camp Bulletin, Vol. 12. "Lucky Ducks &...

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2025/09/19

We're sure y'all already know what horrible things have been happening these last couple of weeks... including but not limited to: yet another school shooting & the cold-blooded murder of a peaceful political activist. But there's always Jake Gyllenhaal being Jake Gyllenhaal; so there's still some love and light in the world. We talk about it all today.In this episode, we cover: Multiple school shootings, the Naval Academy incident that led to a tragic misunderstanding, and the assassination of

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55:29

EP 100: The Rose Petal Murders of Greenville, SC...

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2025/09/12

100 episodes, campers. We can hardly believe it. To mark the milestone, we’re taking you deep into one of the most shocking and twisted cases we’ve ever covered: The Rose Petal Murders of Greenville, South Carolina.On October 13th, 2021, 41-year-old veterinary tech Christina Parcell was found brutally stabbed 35 times in her home — rose petals scattered eerily around the crime scene. The discovery set off a complex investigation that unraveled secrets of custody battles, manipulation, obsession, and

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