Show Notes
This week, we’re heading deep into the Alaskan wilderness to cover one of the most chilling mass murders in the state’s history — the 1983 McCarthy massacre.
McCarthy wasn’t just remote… it was practically off the grid entirely. A tiny community tucked inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park where residents crossed icy rivers by hand-powered tram, recognized each other by boot prints in the snow, and gathered every Tuesday for the biggest event of the week: mail day.
But on March 1st, 1983, that quiet tradition turned into absolute horror.
A man named Louis Hastings arrived with a rifle, a plan, and a terrifying mission that would leave six people dead, two more wounded, and an entire community permanently shattered. And somehow, the motive behind it all is even more unbelievable than the crime itself.
This case has isolation, survival stories, a real-life sniper hunt in the snow, and one of the strangest murder plots we’ve ever covered.
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Sources:
Hastings v. State :: 1987 :: Alaska Court of Appeals Decisions
Louis D. Hastings - Wikipedia
6 KILLED IN ALASKA IN SHOOTING SPREE - The New York Times
The McCarthy Massacre of 1983
Death Does Not Wait For the Mail Plane - The Washington Post
Louis Hastings | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
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