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Diamond Mountain yoga retreat ends in mysterious death

By Take Two Staff
Published Mar 18, 2013
Christie McNally and Ian Thorson
Christie McNally and Ian Thorson
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Michael Roach and Christie McNally.
Michael Roach and Christie McNally.
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Christie McNally and Ian Thorson.
Christie McNally and Ian Thorson.
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Flickr/derek7272
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Diamond Mountain yoga retreat ends in mysterious death

Last year, 38-year-old Ian Thorson died of apparent dehydration in a cave in southeastern Arizona. Earlier that year, he and his wife Christie McNally travelled to Arizona’s Diamond Mountain to pursue Buddhist perfection. Much of how he died has been shrouded in mystery.

We’ll talk to writer Scott Carney, who wrote an article about it for Playboy.