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From Valley of Shadows: The Devil's Punchbowl
February 26, 2026·47 min·4 clips
Searchers were warned Ajay might have stumbled into a meth lab, arming themselves in one of America's most dangerous forests.
As heard by us
A missing-runner case becomes a methodical, skeptical look at suspicion and silence.
Valley of Shadows frames John Ajay's disappearance as a tense, disciplined mystery. A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, ultramarathon runner, and survivalist heads out for a run in the Devil's Punchbowl and does not come back.
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A missing deputy in the high desert, and a disappearance that won't stay simple.
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