Episode Details

A couple heads out for a picnic, but everything changes when they’re attacked by masked strangers and taken deep into the wilderness of Alpine National Park. Their disappearance sparks a massive search, but as police begin investigating, strange details start to emerge, and suspicion grows that something far more calculated than originally believed may be behind it… possibly even a cult.

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