June 18, 2025

Monsters in the Mountains

Monsters in the Mountains

In 1985, an Olympian, working as a trail guide in Montana, was abducted. Her kidnappers, two men living off the grid, hoped she would be the perfect wife in a forced marriage. But when things go from bad to worse, the woman refuses to allow herself to become a victim. Join Olivia Cornu and John Conner as they dive deep into the dark to discuss the kidnapping of Kari Swenson. Will this case be enough to make you check the locks?

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This episode of Check the Locks is dedicated, with love, to the memory of our friend Mathew Scott Halliday. 

Sources:

'Mountain man' freed 32 years after kidnapping athlete to be son's bride | US crime | The Guardian

Twenty years after the murder, kidnapping near Big Sky | News | bozemandailychronicle.com

'Mountain man' who kidnapped athlete Kari Swenson on run again

Self-described ‘mountain man’ granted parole in 1984 killing



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