Down the Path

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Episode Four | Part Two—No Comment Jul 21, 2020

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In Episode Four, Part Two, host Will Rice attempts contacts the US State Department and the FBI as additional details in the plot to murder fly-fishing guide Mario Graniel emerge.

Music: Unfolding Plot and Trailrunner performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Season Two of Down the Path is sponsored by The Flyfish Journal. Visit www.theflyfishjournal.com/downthepath for a special offer available to Down the Path listeners.

Episode Four | Part One—New Developments Jul 21, 2020

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In Episode Four, Part One, host Will Rice looks into new developments in the case as revealed by the police report obtained in February 2020.

Music: Unfolding Plot, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Season Two of Down the Path is sponsored by The Flyfish Journal. Visit www.theflyfishjournal.com/downthepath for a special offer available to Down the Path listeners.

Season Two—Episode Three Jul 08, 2020

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In episode three, Will Rice talks with Wil Flack of Tres Pescados Fly Shop and Guide Service in San Pedro, and recounts the early days of the manhunt for the killer, or killers, of Gary Swank and Mario Graniel.

Music: White Filament, Trailrunner, and Unfolding Plot, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Season Two of Down the Path is sponsored by The Flyfish Journal. Visit www.theflyfishjournal.com/downthepath for a special offer available to Down the Path listeners.

Season Two—Episode Two Jun 23, 2020

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In Episode Two, Will Rice talks with people who knew Dr. Gary Swank and Mario Graniel in an effort to learn more about who they were.

Additionally, we hear from Jim Klug of Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures; Klug provides an industry perspective on the murders and their aftermath.

As the investigation intensifies, authorities zero in on a suspect.

Music: The Spills, Trailrunner, and Unfolding Plot, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Season Two—Episode One Jun 23, 2020

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On June 23, 2019, police in San Pedro, Belize, found the bodies of American Dr. Gary Swank and his fishing guide, Mario Graniel, on the flats of Ambergris Caye.

The men had been murdered in an apparent "drive-by" shooting.

One year later, there have still been no suspects charged in this case. Down the Path host Will Rice wants to know why.

Music: The Spills, Vela-Vela, and Unfolding Plot, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Season Two | Trailer Jun 16, 2020

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Join host Will Rice as he explores the tragic murders of Dr. Gary Swank and his fishing guide, Mario Graniel, on the flat of Ambergris Caye, Belize in June 2019.

Episode 06—One Year Later and a Private Investigator Jul 17, 2019

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In the final episode of Season One, Host Will Rice brings the investigation to a close...for now.

In this episode, Will talks with an individual who met Ron's companions in Xcalak, as well as a private investigator hired to look into their return to Xcalak in 2010.

Come, follow us Down the Path.

For more info, including maps of Xcalak, Mexico, and photos of Ron and his companions, visit www.downthepathpodcast.com.

Music: Um Pepino, Thread of Clouds, Just the Feeling in the Room, and Trailrunner, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Episode 05—The Scenarios Part III Jul 03, 2019

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In Episode 05, Will explores the last of the four scenarios that might explain Ron Scheepstra's disappearance: the theory that Scheepstra engineered his own disappearance.

Additionally, Will looks into travel conditions in Mexico during the time of Ron's disappearance, including press accounts and State Department travel advisories.

For more info, including maps of Xcalak, Mexico, and photos of Ron and his companions, visit www.downthepathpodcast.com.

Music: Um Pepino, Thread of Clouds, Just the Feeling in the Room, and Trailrunner, performed by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Theme music for Down the Path was written and recorded by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Episode 04—The Scenarios Part II Jun 19, 2019

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In Episode 04, host Will Rice looks into the third of the four possible scenarios that might explain Ronald Scheepstra's disappearance.

Could Ron have come across some bad guys while fishing at La Aguada that day? Drug traffickers? Poachers? People involved in the black market for human organs?

Listen in as Will talks with Jeff Dunsavage of the Missing Americans Project, as well as Cindy Scheepstra and Michael Graham.

The Down the Path theme was written and performed by Alex Flock: www.alexflock.com.

Additional music for this episode includes the tracks "Um Pepino," "Picnic March," "Trailrunner" and "Just the Feeling in the Room" by Blue Dot Sessions, www.sessions.blue.

Visit www.downthepathpodcast.com for more information, including maps and photos related to Ron's case.

Episode 03—The Scenarios Jun 05, 2019

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Host Will Rice takes a deeper look into some of the possible scenarios that might explain Ron Scheepstra's disappearance.

Most people agree there are only four, and after looking at them in more detail it would appear that two of those possibilities are highly unlikely.

Follow along as Rice examines the scenarios.

For more info, including maps, photos and links to further reading, visit www.downthepathpodcast.com.

To read Rice's long form article on the story, visit www.theflyfishjournal.com/exclusives/down-the-path.

Thanks to Alex Flock of Vancouver, BC, for our theme music. Learn more about Flock's work at www.alexflock.com.

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