Dark Winter Nights

Things from the Dark Water

Chris Huizenga tells how a sunny day with his daughter on the river gave him accidental pets that became a too-big part of his life, and Griffin Thissel loses something u

Dreams

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

Peculiar Proceedings

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

Dick Griffith

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 sh

Extricated!

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

Season of Thanks

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.

Earth Will Heal You

Dave Runfola and his family and friends suffer an unthinkable tragedy and learn how to grieve that loss in an Alaskan way.

Young Love

Anne Lilley tries to sleep at night under an ant farm made of voles and Gwen Helms accidentally bearsprays her maid of honor.

A Step Too Far

Laura Reed gets rescued by the US Army and Melissa Shippey misses her exit while mushing in the backwoods of Alaska.

Exceeding Expectations

Dave Frey gets trapped in the wilderness with four boys from the Fairbanks Youth Facility medium security jail and David Bowen sees something in a reclusive student that

Frontier Justice

Peggy Sullivan performs an exorcism so she can go to lunch and defense attorney Bill Satterberg ends up on the defense himself.

(Repeat) Origin Story

Ryan Peterson takes a DNA test to see if he’s predisposed to any health issues and ends up finding his birth family.

Live from Nome!

Burr Lemare, Patty Burchell, and Ken Hughes all share amazing stories from Nome, Alaska!

Pay Your Taxes if you Want to Live!

Jenny Brown gets a valuable lesson in wilderness survival and Dan Flodin learns where his tax dollars went.

Man-Made Disasters

Pat Levy tries to prevent the worst man-made disaster in Alaska and Chris Zwolinski almost starts one.

The Ghost in the Garage

Art Warbelow thinks he’s got a ghost in his garage, but his sister Cyndie knows better.

Awkward Encounters

Randi Carnahan discovers to her horror that she doesn’t know that much about beavers and Bruce Miller zips up more than he bargained for.

Car Trouble

Kaiti Ott turns her car into a fishbowl and Ashley Carrick breaks the cardinal rule of Alaska: Don’t Drive Naked.

America's Farthest North Little Free Libraries

Correspondent Ryan Peterson explores the little free libraries of Fairbanks and interviews their creators.

Ladder Dude!

David Rockney witnesses how a ladder truck can make a bad situation much worse and Jenn Jenkins’ friends think a ladder is going to literally eat her leg.