Episode 148: Out Cold PT 2

In this concluding episode of a two-parter, Kate and Paul return to Siberia to analyze the mysterious deaths of a group of experienced hikers. With hundreds of theories about this case in existence we learn more facts and get as close to the truth as we can.

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