Episode 502: Kari Swenson

Biathlon bronze medalist Kari Swenson was on a training run near Big Sky, Montana in the summer of 1984 when she encountered two men with malicious intentions. Kari had just made history with her biathlon relay team when she was abducted and held captive for 18 hours by two self-proclaimed survivalists who wanted to make her a “wife”. Father-son duo Don and Dan Nichols were the monsters who not only abducted Kari but also murdered her friend who was trying to rescue her.

Sources for this episode:

https://people.com/kari-swenson-olympic-hopeful-kidnapped-bride-survives-11886456  

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/24/mountain-man-freed-32-years-after-kidnapping-athlete-to-be-sons-bride

https://www.propensitypod.com/episodes/kari-swenson

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/twenty-years-after-the-murder-kidnapping-near-big-sky/article_85e50a9f-0b6b-5f1b-b26d-c7e8838786e0.html

https://30for30podcasts.com/episodes/out-of-the-woods/

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