In Their Own Words: Trapped After a Car Crash | 1
02 Dec 2025
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In December of 2023, Matt Reum spun off a freeway in Indiana to avoid something in the road. His pic...
Listen Now: American Scandal | The West Memphis Three
25 Nov 2025
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On May 5, 1993, three 8-year-old boys were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas. The tiny loc...
Tsunami in Thailand | The Missing | 4
25 Nov 2025
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By the early afternoon, the water started to recede back out to sea. But the destruction left i...
Tsunami in Thailand | Devastation | 3
18 Nov 2025
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As the force of the waves lessened, survivors faced a new problem: they were trapped in the mass of ...
Tsunami in Thailand | Overtaken | 2
11 Nov 2025
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As the wave barreled ashore on Thailand’s west coast, people were sucked under a powerful wall of ...
Tsunami in Thailand | Strange Tide | 1
04 Nov 2025
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On the morning of December 26th, 2004, a 9.1 earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean, triggering a tsu...
In Their Own Words: Mauled By A Grizzly | 1
28 Oct 2025
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In the summer of 2005, 17-year-old Alex Messenger sets out on a 42-day canoe trip in the remote wild...
The Big Burn | Fight Fire with Fire | 4
21 Oct 2025
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The Buffalo Soldiers evacuate women and children from Avery, Idaho by train, but they don’t get fa...
The Big Burn | Evacuations | 3
14 Oct 2025
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As teams of firefighters and forest rangers find themselves trapped by the megafire and unable to he...
The Big Burn | The Blow-Up | 2
07 Oct 2025
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As the fires spread, ranger Ed Pulaski tries to lead his men on a last-ditch effort to save the town...
The Big Burn | The Driest Summer | 1
30 Sep 2025
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In the summer of 1910, a severe drought turned Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest into a tind...
Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Making Peace With It, With Simon Yates | 4
23 Sep 2025
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In 1985, high on Peru’s Siula Grande, everything went wrong, and two climbers made choices that be...
Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Keep Moving | 3
16 Sep 2025
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Simon Yates begins his lonely return to base camp, convinced that his partner Joe Simpson is dead. H...
Siula Grande: Over the Edge | Long Way Down | 2
09 Sep 2025
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After Joe Simpson fractures his leg, his climbing partner Simon Yates begins lowering him down the m...
Siula Grande: Over the Edge | First Ascent | 1
02 Sep 2025
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It’s June 1985. Two young British climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, set out to conquer the un...
FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Discovery | 4
28 Aug 2025
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As the search for the missing climbers enters its second day, rescuers redouble their efforts to fin...
FAN FAVORITE: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazon Expedition | River's End | 4
26 Aug 2025
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After weeks on the River of Doubt, Theodore Roosevelt’s expedition is on the verge of collapse. Bu...
FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Search and Rescue | 3
26 Aug 2025
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Morning provides no relief for the Oregon Episcopal School climbers trapped without food or water hi...
FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Considered Lost | 2
21 Aug 2025
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With night falling, the student climbers and their adult chaperones must take refuge in a cramped, f...
FAN FAVORITE: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazon Expedition | A Killer in Their Midst | 3
19 Aug 2025
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Challenges mount as the expedition travels farther down the river. With the end of their journey now...
FAN FAVORITE: Trapped on Mt. Hood | Whiteout | 1
19 Aug 2025
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In May 1986, a group of high school students and faculty embarked on a journey to the top of Mount H...
FAN FAVORITE: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazon Expedition | River of Doubt | 2
12 Aug 2025
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As Theodore Roosevelt’s expedition sets off down the River of Doubt, it doesn’t take long for th...
Business Wars Presents: The AOL-Time Warner Disaster
11 Aug 2025
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Think business is boring? What about when your streaming bill goes up, or your favorite restaurant f...
FAN FAVORITE: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazon Expedition | Headwaters | 1
05 Aug 2025
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In 1913, former President Theodore Roosevelt embarked on a perilous expedition to explore one of the...
In Their Words: Ali Truwit — Shark Attack Survivor | 1
29 Jul 2025
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In May of 2023, competitive swimmer Ali Truwit had just graduated from Yale, completed her first mar...
Alone in Antarctica | The Last Man | 3
22 Jul 2025
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The Far Eastern Party’s two surviving members, Douglas Mawson and Xavier Mertz, must take drastic ...
Alone in Antarctica | The Far Eastern Party | 2
15 Jul 2025
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Douglas Mawson and his companions Belgrave Ninnis and Xavier Mertz are losing precious time on their...
Alone in Antarctica | The Windiest Place on Earth | 1
08 Jul 2025
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It’s 1912, the golden age of Antarctic exploration, and teams from the Australasian Antarctic Expe...
Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | Into the Waves | 4
01 Jul 2025
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In August 1991, Lorraine Betts set sail aboard the Oceanos as cruise director, overseeing passenger ...
Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | Sink or Swim | 3
24 Jun 2025
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With all the lifeboats launched, the remaining passengers aboard the Oceanos cling to railings as th...
Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | Abandon Ship | 2
17 Jun 2025
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As a hellish storm batters the Oceanos off the South African coast, senior crew members flee aboard ...
Oceanos: Rescue off the Wild Coast | “Just A Precaution” | 1
10 Jun 2025
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On the night of August 3, 1991, the cruise ship Oceanos sets sail from South Africa’s eastern cape...
An Exclusive Excerpt From Our New Book | 1
03 Jun 2025
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We’ve got a new book! How to Survive Against the Odds: Tales & Tips for Animal Attacks an...
Mount St. Helens | Still Alive | 4
27 May 2025
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Rescue helicopters finally reach the campers, Sue and Bruce, as well as other stranded survivors lik...
Mount St. Helens | Blast Zone | 3
20 May 2025
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The survivors of the Mount St. Helens eruption find themselves in an alien world, with toppled trees...
Mount St. Helens | Hell on Earth | 2
13 May 2025
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When Mount St. Helens erupts, Sue Ruff and her boyfriend Bruce Nelson are camping with four friends ...
Mount St. Helens | Awakening | 1
06 May 2025
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In March 1980, after 120 years of dormancy, the volcano Mount St. Helens in Washington State begins ...
Family Shipwrecked in Alaska | Keg Point | 4
29 Apr 2025
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It's March 10, 1979—24 days since their sailboat sank and 15 days since Elmo and Randy arrived at ...
Family Shipwrecked in Alaska | The Cabin | 3
22 Apr 2025
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Elmo and his son Randy leave the girls behind, paddling ahead in their Sport-Yak to find help—but ...
Family Shipwrecked in Alaska | The Raft | 2
15 Apr 2025
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After a powerful storm destroys their sailboat and leaves them stranded on a remote Alaskan island, ...
Family Shipwrecked in Alaska | Home | 1
08 Apr 2025
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It’s February 13, 1979. Elmo Wortman and his three children are sailing home to Alaska across the ...
In Their Own Words: Fallen on Mount Whitney | 1
01 Apr 2025
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In April of 1982, Jean Muenchrath and her boyfriend had nearly completed a 230-mile cross-country sk...
ENCORE: Rock Climbers Abducted | Breaking Free | 4
25 Mar 2025
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When the Americans finally act out and decide to fight for their lives, they’re left alone in an i...
ENCORE: Rock Climbers Abducted | Fight or Flight | 3
18 Mar 2025
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Days without food or water start to weaken the young climbers as their captors push them further int...
ENCORE: Rock Climbers Abducted | Hostage Situation | 2
11 Mar 2025
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After being kidnapped by rebel militants in a remote region of Kyrgyzstan, four American rock climbe...
ENCORE: Rock Climbers Abducted | Welcome to Paradise | 1
04 Mar 2025
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In August of the year 2000, four American rock climbers set out to explore the majesty of the Pamir ...
ENCORE - In Their Own Words: Stranded in Joshua Tree | 1
25 Feb 2025
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On May 22, 2018, Claire Nelson set out on what she thought would be a four-hour hike in Southern Cal...
Nome Serum Run: Race Against Death | Togo’s Descendants | 4
18 Feb 2025
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In honor of the 100-year anniversary of the Nome Serum Run, Maine musher Jonathan Nathaniel Hayes is...
Nome Serum Run: Race Against Death | The Final Miles | 3
11 Feb 2025
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With a blizzard gaining force, the Mayor of Nome decides the safest choice is to halt the relay, rat...
Nome Serum Run: Race Against Death | The Ice Factory | 2
04 Feb 2025
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The diphtheria outbreak in Nome is spreading fast as a relay of dogsled teams races across Alaska, c...
Nome Serum Run: Race Against Death | Outbreak | 1
28 Jan 2025
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It’s the winter of 1925 and in the remote town of Nome, Alaska, children are dying from a diphther...
Crashed in the Canadian Wilderness | The Bonds Forged by Wapiti 402 | 4
21 Jan 2025
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In 1984, Carol Shaben was just 22-years-old when her father, politician Larry Shaben, narrowly survi...
Crashed in the Canadian Wilderness | Search and Rescue | 3
14 Jan 2025
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As the freezing night drags on, the four survivors of a plane crash in the remote Canadian wildernes...
Crashed in the Canadian Wilderness | Stranded | 2
07 Jan 2025
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The survivors of a plane crash in the remote Canadian wilderness free themselves from the wreckage a...
Crashed in the Canadian Wilderness | Ice | 1
31 Dec 2024
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On an icy October night in 1984, a young, overworked pilot took off from Edmonton, Alberta, in a sma...
Nine Days in the Desert | Return to the Marabout | 4
24 Dec 2024
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In his Netflix sports docuseries Losers, director Mickey Duzyj explores how people respond to failur...
Nine Days in the Desert I The Finish Line | 3
17 Dec 2024
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Mauro Prosperi has lost count of how many days he’s been lost. In despair, he attempts to take his...
Nine Days in the Desert I Delirium | 2
10 Dec 2024
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Mauro Prosperi wakes up alone and lost in the middle of the Sahara Desert. He’s forced to drink hi...
Nine Days in the Desert I The Race | 1
03 Dec 2024
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It’s April 14, 1994, and an Italian policeman and ultramarathoner named Mauro Prosperi is running ...
Whakaari: Eruption on White Island | Dad and Daughter Remember | 4
26 Nov 2024
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On December 9, 2019, Pastor Geoff Hopkins and his 22-year-old daughter, Lillani, visited Whakaari/Wh...
Whakaari: Eruption on White Island | A Long Way Home | 3
19 Nov 2024
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Aboard the Phoenix, the boat carrying many of the survivors back to the mainland, passengers tend to...
Whakaari: Eruption on White Island | Hell on Earth | 2
12 Nov 2024
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As a wave of burning steam, ash and debris rolls down toward the shore, 47 tourists and guides sprin...
Whakaari: Eruption on White Island | A Perfect Day | 1
05 Nov 2024
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On December 9, 2019, 47 tourists and guides set off to visit New Zealand’s most active volcano —...
Encore: K2 - The Savage Mountain I The Final Descent | 3
29 Oct 2024
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Unforeseen conditions have put the world's strongest climbers to the test as they battle their way d...
Encore: K2 - The Savage Mountain I The Death Zone | 2
22 Oct 2024
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An international group of climbers are close to summiting one of the world’s tallest, and most dan...
Encore: K2 - The Savage Mountain | Summit Fever | 1
15 Oct 2024
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In the summer of 2008, mountaineers from eight different countries gather at the foot of the world’...
Encore: USS Indianapolis: Disaster at Sea I Rescued | 4
08 Oct 2024
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By sheer chance, an American bomber pilot on a routine test flight has spotted the survivors of U.S....
Encore: USS Indianapolis: Disaster at Sea I Holding On | 3
01 Oct 2024
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It’s been two days since U.S.S. Indianapolis sank, and the number of survivors is dwindling. They’...
Encore: USS Indianapolis: Disaster at Sea I Troubled Waters | 2
24 Sep 2024
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The nine hundred men who survived the torpedo attack on the U.S.S. Indianapolis are either drifting ...
Encore: USS Indianapolis: Disaster at Sea I Abandon Ship | 1
17 Sep 2024
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In the final weeks of World War II, the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was attacked and sunk by a ...
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | A Survivor Remembers | 5
10 Sep 2024
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Diver Ed Punchard loved his job and the people on Piper Alpha, even if it meant working on a noisy r...
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | Collapse | 4
03 Sep 2024
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At 10:52pm, Piper Alpha is hit by the biggest explosion yet. Soon, the rig begins to break apart and...
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | Explosions | 3
27 Aug 2024
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As the fire continues to rage on Piper Alpha, rescuers in small motorboats race to get workers off t...
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | Inferno | 2
20 Aug 2024
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After an explosion rocks the Piper Alpha oil rig, a huge, smoky fire begins to spread, taking down t...
Piper Alpha: Oil Rig Disaster | The Leak | 1
13 Aug 2024
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On July 6th, 1988, workers clock in to a typical night shift aboard Piper Alpha, the world’s large...
In Their Own Words: Bitten by a Rattlesnake | 1
06 Aug 2024
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On a warm day in April 2017, Outside Magazine writer Kyle Dickman was hiking near Yosemite National ...
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Big Business | 5
30 Jul 2024
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When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mount Everest in 1953, high-altitude climbing was on...
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Frozen | 4
23 Jul 2024
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After a severe blizzard engulfs Mount Everest on May 10th, fifteen people are left stranded on the m...
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Descent Into Darkness | 3
16 Jul 2024
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As the climbers descend from the summit, it becomes a race against time to get back to camp before d...
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Top of the World | 2
09 Jul 2024
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As the climbers make their final push for the summit, time is of the essence. They must make it to t...
Everest '96: Trapped in the Death Zone | Mountain Madness | 1
02 Jul 2024
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In May 1996, two expert mountaineers and their clients set off to climb the world’s tallest peak —...
Voyage to the North Pole | Finding USS Jeannette | 6
25 Jun 2024
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When author and historian Hampton Sides was deep into researching another polar expedition, he stumb...
Voyage to the North Pole | Siberia | 5
18 Jun 2024
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After months of trekking across the polar ice, the crew of USS Jeannette finally reach open water. N...
Voyage to the North Pole | The Skeleton Pack | 4
11 Jun 2024
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It’s June 1881, and USS Jeannette has been crushed between ice floes and sunk to the bottom of the...
Voyage to the North Pole | Crushed | 3
04 Jun 2024
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Trapped in polar pack ice, the crew of USS Jeannette settle in for a long, dark winter. As the tempe...
Voyage to the North Pole | Icebound | 2
28 May 2024
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It’s September 1879 and the crew of USS Jeannette encounters pack ice that’s thicker than they e...
Voyage to the North Pole | Arctic Dreams | 1
21 May 2024
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In July 1879, 33 men set sail aboard USS Jeannette on a two-year mission to become the first humans ...
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | The Devil's Chain Reaction | 4
14 May 2024
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After a week of unrelenting disasters—and with Tokyo itself now under threat—the managers of the...
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Collapse | 3
07 May 2024
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Now contending with multiple damaged reactors, engineers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant hatch ...
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Pressure | 2
30 Apr 2024
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Crippled by a tsunami of unprecedented scale, one of the reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuc...
Encore: Meltdown at Fukushima | Triple Disaster | 1
23 Apr 2024
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In March 2011, one of the largest earthquakes in history struck eastern Japan, followed by a massive...
BONUS: When Animals Attack with Tooth & Claw | 6
16 Apr 2024
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On this special episode of Against the Odds, wildlife biologist and host of the podcast Tooth & ...
Buried Alive | The Elusive Gary Krist | 5
09 Apr 2024
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Atlanta-based journalist Steve Fennessy began researching Gary Steven Krist’s past for an article ...
Buried Alive | The Chase | 4
02 Apr 2024
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It’s been days since Barbara Mackle has been buried alive in the cold Georgia clay. She has no ide...
Buried Alive | The Drop | 3
26 Mar 2024
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Barbara’s father, Robert Mackle, has gathered $500,000 in 20-dollar bills into a suitcase. Then, f...
Buried Alive | The Box | 2
19 Mar 2024
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Drugged and sick with flu, Barbara Mackle begs her kidnappers not to bury her underground. But soon ...
Buried Alive | Taken | 1
12 Mar 2024
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It’s December, 1968, and 20-year-old Emory University student Barbara Mackle is taken at gunpoint ...
Johnstown Flood | Prepare for the Worst | 5
05 Mar 2024
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National Park Ranger Doug Bosley’s existence hinges on a few dangerous seconds in the life of his ...
Johnstown Flood | Fire on the Water | 4
27 Feb 2024
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After the flood leaves many Johnstown residents trapped by debris and fighting for their lives, seve...
Johnstown Flood | Cascade | 3
20 Feb 2024
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Despite the efforts of engineer John Parke, the South Fork Dam does break. The ensuing flash flood s...