Beneath the Evergreens

Saddle up the horse and buggy because Ana and Jess have a special guest joining them on the pod! Today, we’re stepping into the world of the Amish to learn more about their traditions, beliefs, and way of life before...

Eight days after sensational obituaries publicized his family’s billion-dollar timber empire, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser was abducted from the streets of Depression-era Tacoma, Washington, and kept chained in...

For more than 120 years, the Puyallup Fair has brought rides, food, entertainment, and unforgettable memories to the Pacific Northwest, growing from a small 1900 agricultural fair into one of the largest fairs in the...

What do 60 cats and seven missing college students have in common? Both stories begin with sailboats in the waters of Tacoma, Washington, decades apart. In 2026, an abandoned sailboat near Owen Beach was discovered...

Home to Washington State’s oldest continuously operating bar, Roslyn holds a piece of living history. This iconic spot survived Prohibition, boasts a 23-foot spittoon, and once traveled further across the state than...

McNeil Island Correctional Center was a prison unlike almost any other, sitting on a remote island where prisoners, prison workers, and their families all lived side by side. Opened in 1875 before Washington even became...

In April 2017, 22 year old Jacob Gray disappeared after his bicycle and camping trailer were found abandoned along Sol Duc Hot Springs Road in Olympic National Park, with his identity initially unknown and four...

In the late 1800s, anarchism was gaining momentum across Washington State, inspiring groups of idealists to create communities built around shared land, labor, and radical ideas. One such colony took root near Anderson...

Nestled deep in the forests of southwest Washington, Yacolt is a tiny town with a haunting reputation that stretches back centuries. In this episode, we explore why Native tribes called it the "haunted place," uncover...

In 1859, the Pig War brought the United States and Great Britain to the brink of war on Washington's San Juan Islands after an American farmer shot a British-owned pig that had wandered into his potato patch. What began...

For more than a century, Spokane’s Davenport Hotel has stood as a symbol of elegance, luxury, What if your favorite Irish pub was once Seattle's busiest mortuary, where thousands of the city's dead began their final...

For more than a century, Spokane’s Davenport Hotel has stood as a symbol of elegance, luxury, and Pacific Northwest history. But beneath its grand architecture and celebrity-filled past lurk tales of unexplained...

In 1885, the city of Tacoma carried out one of the most organized expulsions in Pacific Northwest history when hundreds of Chinese residents were forced from their homes by city leaders, businessmen, and armed mobs in...

On today’s episode of Beneath the Evergreens , Ana and Jessy explore a chilling mystery from Washington State’s past. Over the course of one summer in the late 1800s, three devastating fires erupted across the state...

In this episode, we dive into the haunting and tragic story of the Whitman Mission near Walla Walla, where Protestant missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman sought to convert the Cayuse people while navigating growing...