The Beautiful Fire is the bizarre story of what did or didn’t happen on one fateful night. With unreliable first-hand accounts, listeners are left wondering who to believe: a tough ex-logger who loves the woods, a sword-carrying surfer who beats people up for money, a meth-addled rube - or a justice system desperate for a conviction.

Unlike any true-crime podcast you've heard, you’ll ask who’s to blame when small-time crime crashes into the climate crisis.