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title: "The Twisted Tale of \"Lyin’ Randall\": The Appalachian Wanderer"
description: "The horrifying true story of Randall Lee Smith, a pathological liar who murdered two hikers on the Appalachian Trail in 1981 and attacked two more men nearly three decades later."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/twisted-tale-lyin-randall-appalachian-wanderer.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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---

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The horrifying true story of Randall Lee Smith, a pathological liar who murdered two hikers on the Appalachian Trail in 1981 and attacked two more men nearly three decades later.
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