National Park After Dark - Podcast Rankings and reviews

What do you get when you add the outdoors, true crime, paranormal and toss in some aliens for fun? The perfect podcast aka National Parks After Dark!

You constantly learn something new, whether it’s a new place to explore OR a place to avoid! I cannot begin to tell you how many hours I’ve spent with my besties!

Last summer my hubs starting telling about a story from his new favorite podcast, until I rudely interrupted him by laughing and finished the story and said “Let me guess, National Parks after Dark?” He laughed and said he should have known I would be a long time listener and then chewed me out for not sharing!

I’ve listened to at least 40-50 episodes, and a lot of the older ones are great. The past year or so, the episodes are far too saturated with ads and plugs for their merch/patreon/events. I understand that is part of building a brand and business, but it’s over the top at this point. The hosts also get off topic consistently and take about 10 minutes to actually start talking about the story they are telling.

I’ve been listening to this podcast for a little while now and have mostly enjoyed it. The unsolved murder mysteries are the best and the latest one about the Pilgrim family in Wrangell-St Elias had me on the edge of my seat! Even a little of the paranormal can be a fun diversion at times. I don’t like that there are so many subscriber-only episodes, but I also understand they’re trying to make money. However, I was shocked when I pulled up the latest episode that I had been waiting for — the second part about the Pilgrim family only to find out it’s subscriber-only. I get you’d like people to have the paid subscription to your podcast, but any leanings I had in that direction are now gone.

Been here since the very beginning, and the love I have for these girls and their story telling skills is insane! I always felt so drawn to them like they’re my sisters. I even got to talk to Danielle and tell her things i never thought I’d be able to say directly to her. Despite the podcast having darker story topics sometimes- they do so well at keeping it PG-13. This is the only podcast I will listen to with my almost 7 year old because they are so mindful about the way they talk & how much they cuss as well!! Don’t ever stop doing what you girls are doing!!!!

I’ve been listening to this pod for a few years now. If I were reviewing them 1-2 years ago, I probably would have given them a 4 star rating. The topics they used to cover were fascinating and I am in love with our Nation Parks so this was naturally a good fit for me. However, in recent months/the past year, I feel as though their focus has drifted to more spiritual nonsense and other topics that I could not care less about. Essentially, if you are enamored by the personalities of the hosts, I think you will enjoy this pod. I cannot say I ever really loved their personas. Their utter lack of historical knowledge coupled with their often times unnatural scripted delivery has really sullied this pod for me. I know pods are scripted but I don’t like when it feels like they’re reading their notes to me. In between the scripted readings, they genuinely connect and share anecdotes that can be enjoyable. So, if you identify or truly enjoy their personalities, I think you’ll still love this pod. But it you aren’t fully on board, it can feel tedious at times.