Long Read: Murder on the Appalachian Trail

In today's Long Read with Outside Magazine Features Editor Fred Drier, we're revisiting one of the most chilling stories we've ever published. "Murder on the Appalachian Trail" was first published in 2015 and written by Earl Swift, who was compelled to revisit the horrific 1990 murders of thru hikers Geoff Hood and Molly LaRue that took place in the trail's Thelma Marks shelter in Pennsylvania.

We say "revisit," because Earl hiked with the couple during his own thru hike, just a week before their deaths, and he was never able to shake the mystery of the senseless tragedy.

Following today's Long Read, Fred sits down with Earl to learn more about why Earl wrote the story, and what he took away from the experience.