Dark Winter Nights

Peculiar Proceedings

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:03:05 +0000

Rachel Osborn is ready to fight to protect her family, and Karl Monetti converses with a wolf in the wilderness, then, years later, dines with a river rat who’s been away from other humans too long.

Dick Griffith

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:00:48 +0000

Life-long adventurer Dick Griffith was on the Dark Winter Nights stage twice. His recent death made us want to share these awe-inspiring and sometimes funny moments he shared with host Rob Prince.

Extricated!

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000

Jamy May Wagner discovers a giant woolly mammoth tusk sticking out of a river bank and Matthew Sturm’s climbing companion insists he’s going to summit the mountain or die…or both.

Season of Thanks

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:30:00 +0000

One man tries to feed 60 people with frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving and a woman discovers you shouldn’t just burn wood for fun in Alaska.

Earth Will Heal You

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 03:30:00 +0000

Dave Runfola and his family and friends suffer an unthinkable tragedy and learn how to grieve that loss in an Alaskan way.

Young Love

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 03:30:00 +0000

Anne Lilley tries to sleep at night under an ant farm made of voles and Gwen Helms accidentally bearsprays her maid of honor.

A Step Too Far

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Laura Reed gets rescued by the US Army and Melissa Shippey misses her exit while mushing in the backwoods of Alaska.

Exceeding Expectations

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 23:53:51 +0000

Dave Frey gets trapped in the wilderness with four boys from the Fairbanks Youth Facility medium security jail and David Bowen sees something in a reclusive student that no other teachers have seen.

Frontier Justice

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:07:08 +0000

Peggy Sullivan performs an exorcism so she can go to lunch and defense attorney Bill Satterberg ends up on the defense himself.

(Repeat) Origin Story

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:26:44 +0000

Ryan Peterson takes a DNA test to see if he’s predisposed to any health issues and ends up finding his birth family.

Live from Nome!

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0000

Burr Lemare, Patty Burchell, and Ken Hughes all share amazing stories from Nome, Alaska!

Pay Your Taxes if you Want to Live!

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:40:51 +0000

Jenny Brown gets a valuable lesson in wilderness survival and Dan Flodin learns where his tax dollars went.

Man-Made Disasters

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:48:48 +0000

Pat Levy tries to prevent the worst man-made disaster in Alaska and Chris Zwolinski almost starts one.

The Ghost in the Garage

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:37:59 +0000

Art Warbelow thinks he’s got a ghost in his garage, but his sister Cyndie knows better.

Awkward Encounters

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Randi Carnahan discovers to her horror that she doesn’t know that much about beavers and Bruce Miller zips up more than he bargained for.

Car Trouble

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:01:00 +0000

Kaiti Ott turns her car into a fishbowl and Ashley Carrick breaks the cardinal rule of Alaska: Don’t Drive Naked.

America's Farthest North Little Free Libraries

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:59:46 +0000

Correspondent Ryan Peterson explores the little free libraries of Fairbanks and interviews their creators.

Ladder Dude!

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:01:00 +0000

David Rockney witnesses how a ladder truck can make a bad situation much worse and Jenn Jenkins’ friends think a ladder is going to literally eat her leg.

Squirrel, Squirrel, Bigfoot

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:44:15 +0000

Harper O’Brien’s grandfather gets scared by a squirrel in bear’s clothing, host Rob Prince discovers squirrels have an appetite for mushrooms and breaking and entering, and Glenner Anderson finds out why the Finding Bigfoot Reality TV show never finds Bigfoot.

Happy Mother’s Day 2023

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sun, 28 May 2023 19:00:00 +0000

Putt Clark’s mom makes her family to the most disgusting archaeological dig in history and Ryan Peterson tells the story of the Mother’s Day gift that refuses to quit giving.

Lessons Learned

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Thu, 11 May 2023 23:39:25 +0000

Richard Dickman and his brother teach themselves how to fly WHILE FLYING, and Ryan learns how background checks work in Alaska.

Don’t Let Go

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 21:21:55 +0000

Jessica Thomas barely survives when her pickup truck goes through the ice, but it turns out to be just the start of her problems.

Silver Linings

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:27:34 +0000

Atileo Frizzera accidentally becomes the poster boy for chainsaw chaps and Karl Monetti takes advantage of a plane crash to recruit a rugby player.

Awkward Situations

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:13:52 +0000

Lorien Nettleton gets auctioned off in the Talkeetna Bachelor Auction Matthew Sturm decides the best way to make it through a tricky kayaking situation is to get naked.

Close Encounters of the Fuzzy Kind

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:37:45 +0000

Ray Smith runs with a pack of wolves and Jan Hanscomb finds it hard to rid her house of an uninvited bear.

The Power of Ice

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:13:45 +0000

Sean McGee tells the story of a police bust gone awry thanks to ice and Dick Griffith literally freezes his butt off.

The Blowhole

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:25:08 +0000

There’s a mysterious evil force that lives in Alaska and it’s called “The Blowhole.” Anyone who has ever seen it has learned why they always say, “Don’t stop in the blowhole.”

The Power of Nature

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:21:11 +0000

Josh Weiser tells the story of the most incredible experience he ever had as a tour bus driver in Denali National Park.

Lost & Found

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:00:06 +0000

Dawn Erbeck shares a story about the hazards of bringing jewelry into the wilderness and host Rob Prince shares his personal experience with a life threatening case of lost and found.

Moms Improv

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:57:07 +0000

Sarah Sullivan discovers as a little girl that her mother’s threat assessment radar isn’t as tuned in as she thought it was and Taryn Hughes delivers her own baby in her truck on the way to the hospital on a frigid Fairbanks night.

Alaskan "Can Do!" Spirit

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:53:00 +0000

Champion dogmusher Brent Sass shares the hilarious story of his first attempt at caribou hunting and Bill Schnabel tells the story of how not to raise pigs for bacon.

Kindness of Strangers

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 23:53:57 +0000

Matt Irinaga is saved by a mysterious stranger emerging from the ice fog and Phoebe Rohrbacher meets the nicest man in Alaska in the un-nicest of ways.

Hitchhikers

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:09:22 +0000

Deb Horner picks up a furry hitchhiker who refuses to leave her truck, Kat Betters picks up a dead hitchhiker who miraculously comes back to life, and host Rob Prince tells the bizarre story of the time he picked up a hitchhiker in his 1982 DeLorean sports car.

Don’t Look Back

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:43:26 +0000

Jabin Collins experiences a life-altering car accident that threatens his dream of playing high school football, but not all things that are “life-altering” alter life in a bad way.

Up a Creek Without a Canoe

rob.prince@alaska.edu (Robert W. Prince) — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:06:54 +0000

A woman goes on a remote canoeing trip with a guy friend and gets stranded when they wrap their canoe around a huge rock.