The CRUX: True Survival Stories

Frozen Solid at 3 Years Old: The Christmas Eve Miracle That Stumped Medicine | E 237

25 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When three-year-old Brittany Eichelberger slipped out of her family's trailer in Elkins, West Virginia on Christmas Eve 1990, no one knew she was gone...

O Circuit Tragedy: 120 MPH | Disaster Strikes E236

21 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this Disaster Strikes segment of the Crux podcast, host Kaycee McIntosh recounts the November 17, 2025 tragedy on Torres del Paine’s O Circuit at...

30 Seconds to Escape: The Sinking of the Cynthia Woods | E235

18 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount the June 2008 Regatta de Amigos disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, when the 38-foot racing sailboat Cynthia ...

42 Years in Siberia: The Family That Vanished From the World | E234

11 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 1936, a Russian man named Karp Lykov watched a Soviet patrol shoot his brother dead in a field — and in that moment, he made a decision. He gathe...

Frozen in Time: Solving the Dyatlov Pass Mystery with Science | Disaster Strikes E 233

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In February 1959, nine skilled winter hikers vanished in Russia's Ural Mountains during what should have been a routine expedition. When rescuers foun...

3 Days Missing in a Ravine: The Boy No One Could Find | E 232

04 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In July 2025, 13-year-old Cody Trenkel Jr. set out on a routine skateboard ride through his grandmother's quiet Missouri neighborhood—and never made...

99 Days in the Dark; The Overland Relief Expedition | E 231

27 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In October 1897, eight whaling ships became trapped in pack ice near Point Barrow, Alaska — the northernmost tip of North America — with 265 men a...

80 Feet: A Via Ferrata Tragedy in Colorado | Disaster Strikes E 230

23 Apr 2026

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On September 20th, 2025, 26-year-old Colorado guide Olivia Copeland fell 80 feet to her death while demonstrating a rappel to tourists. The cause: an ...

3 Nights Trapped in a Canyon With a Broken Pelvis | E229

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2006, elite endurance athlete Danelle Ballengee slipped on black ice near Moab, Utah, fell 60 feet, and shattered her pelvis while unknowi...

Sucked into the Sky at 33,000 Feet: The Ewa Wiśnierska Story | E228

13 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On February 14, 2007, elite paraglider Ewa Wiśnierska launched from an Australian mountain for a routine training flight. Within minutes, she was suc...

The Orange Tent Guy, Balin Miller's Fatal Fall from Yosemite's El Capitan | Disaster Strikes E 227

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On October 1st, 2025, 23-year-old Balin Miller stood near the summit of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park — glitter on his cheeks, orange tent pa...

43 Days Lost in the Himalayan Winter: Trapped Without Food or Fire | E226

06 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On December 22nd, 1991, a 22-year-old medical student from Brisbane crawled under a rock overhang in the Nepalese Himalayas and waited for help. He ha...

They Did What They Had to Do: Nineteen Days in the Idaho Wilderness | E 225

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On the morning of May 5th, 1979, four residents of Estevan, Saskatchewan boarded a small Cessna bound for Boise, Idaho on what was supposed to be a da...

The Body Recovery: Fatal Cave Dive at Bushman's Hole | Disaster Strikes E 224

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux podcast's Disaster Strikes segment, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the harrowing story of Dave Shaw...

Trapped in Quicksand: 2 Hours vs. 6 Days | E223

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Quicksand isn't a movie prop. It's real, it looks completely normal, and it happened to two men in the past three months — one in a frozen Utah cany...

Fourteen Days Down Under: The Beaconsfield Mine Rescue That Captivated the World | E222

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When a 2.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Beaconsfield Gold Mine in Tasmania on ANZAC Day 2006, seventeen miners were underground. Fourteen walked ou...

The Vanishing at Pendleton Mountain | Disaster Strikes E221

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Silver Plume, Colorado — population 130 — became the setting for one of the strangest unsolved disappearances in Rocky Mountain history. In the su...

100 Foot Fall, Broken Back, No Help: Surviving the Arizona Desert | E220

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On May 20, 2016, ICU nurse Amber Kornhorst set out on a solo late-afternoon hike near Cane Beds, Arizona, and climbed a deceptively "sticky"...

30 Minutes Under Ice: The Boy Who Came Back From Death | E219

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When the ice cracked beneath Darven Miller's feet on December 13, 1979, it triggered a cascade of events that seemed impossible to survive. The 11-yea...

100 Yards from Water | Disaster Strikes E218

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On July 17, 2006, 29-year-old Dave Buschow collapsed and died from dehydration less than 100 yards from water during a Boulder Outdoor Survival School...

The Miller Cave Tragedy: 7 Entered, 5 Survived | E 217

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

February 28, 1987. Miller Cave, Iowa. Five college students, their geology professor Kathy McCluskey, and staff member Mike Price descended 112 feet i...

Disaster on Franconia Ridge: A White Mountains Survival Story | E216

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On February 10, 2008, Fred Frederickson and James Osborne started what should have been a routine winter day hike on New Hampshire's Franconia Ridge. ...

Adirondack Tragedy: The 9-Day Search for Leo Dufour on Allen Mountain | Disaster Strikes | E215

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On a snowy Black Friday in November 2024, a 22-year-old experienced hiker from Quebec set out alone to climb one of the most remote peaks in New York'...

Seventy-Two Days: Alive in the Andes | E214

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this unflinching episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into one of history's most harro...

Frozen and Forgotten: Leon Crane's 120-Mile Walk Through Arctic Alaska | E213

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When a routine test flight goes catastrophically wrong, Army Air Forces Lieutenant Leon Crane parachutes into the Alaskan wilderness in the dead of wi...

Green Boots Cave - The Controversial Mount Everest Death That Shocked the World | Disaster Strikes E212

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of 'Disaster Strikes' on the Crux podcast, host Julie Henningsen delves into the harrowing story of David Sharp, a dedicated mountaine...

Crushed Beneath a Boulder | E211

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Stories Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount the extraordinary tale of Kevin DePaolo,...

Four Days Underwater and in the Dark: The Tony Bullimore Miracle Rescue | E210

19 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When Tony Bullimore's yacht capsized in the violent Southern Ocean during the 1996-97 Vendée Globe race, rescuers feared the worst. The 57-year-old s...

Disaster Strikes: Two Miles-The Harris Levinson Tragedy | E209

15 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux podcast's Disaster Strikes segment, host Kaycee McIntosh recounts the tragic story of Harris Levinson, a beloved teacher a...

133 Days Adrift: The Longest Life Raft Survival Ever | E208

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of Crux True Survival Stories, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen tell the extraordinary story of Poon Lim—a Chinese ...

Surviving Niagara Falls: The Impossible True Story of 7-Year-Old Roger Woodward | E207

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 1960, seven-year-old Roger Woodward was just a kid looking forward to a boat ride on the Niagara River to celebrate his sister's birt...

Audrey Mestre's Fatal World Record Freedive | Disaster Strikes E206

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Disaster Strikes on the Crux Podcast, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh explore the tragic story of Audrey Mestre, a world...

The Surgeon Who Rewires Lives - Part 2 | E205

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, host Kaycee McIntosh interviews Dr. Mitchell Seruya, a board-certified plastic surgeon and peripher...

Surviving Paralysis: The Fight to Walk Again - Part 1 | E204

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, host Kaycee McIntosh explores the incredible story of Theresa and Brian, a couple who faced unimagi...

Buried Alive: Surviving a Himalayan Avalanche at 14,000 Feet | E203

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, host Julie Henningsen delves into the harrowing survival story of Taylor Pajunen, a NOLS moun...

Tragedy on Victory Peak | Disaster Strikes E202

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of 'Disaster Strikes,' hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the tragic story of Natalia Nagovitsyna, a Russian mounta...

Plane Disintegrated Midair: Juliane Koepcke Falls Two Miles Into the Amazon | E201

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On December 24th, 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke boarded LANSA Flight 508 with her mother Maria, bound for a Christmas reunion with her father in t...

10 Days Lost: California Hiker Survives Santa Cruz Mountains Against All Odds | E200

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the harrowing ten-day ordeal of Lukas M...

Catastrophic Dive: Lessons from the Titan Submersible Tragedy | Disaster Strikes E199

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux podcast segment 'Disaster Strikes,' hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the harrowing story of the Titan...

Surviving the Killer Mountain: Three Nights in the Death Zone | E198

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into one of mountaineering's most dramatic s...

Floating in 90-Foot Waves Without a Life Raft: The La Conte Fishing Vessel Tragedy in Alaska | E197

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosted by medical professionals Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen dives into the harrowing ac...

Christopher McCandless: The True Story Behind Into the Wild's Tragic Alaska Death | Disaster Strikes E 195

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux podcast's biweekly segment, Disaster Strikes, host Julie Henningsen explores the tragic story of Christopher McCandless, a...

Broken and Alone: Six Days on a Norwegian Mountain | E 195

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount the gripping survival story of Alec Luhn, ...

The Lone Survivor of Early Winters Spire: Anton Tselykh's Impossible Escape from the Cascades | E194

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Mother's Day weekend 2025, four friends set out to climb North Early Winters Spire in Washington's North Cascades, but a single rusted piton anchor...

60 Minutes to Survive: Inside the Pacific Northwest Survival Games: Bonus | E193

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, host Kaycee McIntosh chats with Tony Peniche, one of the founders of the Pacific Northwest Survival...

Sealed in Stone - The John Edward Jones Nutty Putty Cave Incident | Disaster Strikes E192

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

**Content Warning: This story contains graphic details about a fatal cave accident involving prolonged entrapment in a confined space. It includes des...

Walk or Wait: Carolina Wilga's Fight to Survive the Outback | E191

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen on the Crux True Survival Story Podcast as they delve into the harrowing tale of Carolina Wilga, a 26-...

Franklin River Rescue: 20-Hour Ordeal Ends in Underwater Amputation | E190

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen recount the harrowing 20-hour survival and rescue ...

What Happened to Gerry Largay – Disaster Strikes| E189

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to Disaster Strikes! In this episode of The Crux podcast's biweekly segment, Disaster Strikes, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh...

No Way Out: How an Injured Motorcyclist Survived the Idaho Wilderness | E188

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen on The Crux True Survival Story Podcast as they share the remarkable story of Zach DeMoss, a 24-year-o...

Solo Flight Gone Wrong: Sheryl Ramstad's Journey from Tragedy to Triumph | E187

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Stories podcast, host Julie Henningsen interviews Sheryl Ramstad, a burn survivor, former criminal trial att...

Stranded in Remote Canada: Andrew Barber's Nine-Day Fight to Survive | E 186

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen on The Crux True Survival Story Podcast as they delve into the harrowing ordeal of Andrew Barber. On J...

The Miracle at 33,000 Feet: How Vesna Vulović Survived the Highest Fall in History | E185

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of 'The Crux: True Survival Stories,' hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the astonishing tale of Vesna Vulović, a ...

The Bluebell Sinking: 11-Year-Old Terry Jo's Four Days Adrift | E184

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast as they discuss one of the most remarkable survival stories in...

Norman Ollestad Jr.'s Miraculous Escape from the San Gabriel Mountains | E183

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, medical professionals Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the extraordinary story...

The Rescue Behind the Seven Teacups: Ryan Wardwell's Astonishing Survival | E182

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast with Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen explores the harrowing tale of Ryan Wardwell, an experi...

Grandma Gatewood: The Unstoppable Trailblazer | E181

01 Sep 2025

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Listen AD FREE: Support our podcast at patreaon: http://patreon.com/TheCruxTrueSurvivalPodcast Email us! [email protected] Instagram https://...

Miracle in Miami Bay: The Survival of Calena Areyan Gruber | E 180

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen unravel the harrowing tale of 7-year-old Calena Ar...

Alligator Attack Victim Endures 3 Days in Florida Wetlands | E 179

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosted by Kaycee McIntosh, recounts the harrowing tale of Eric Murda, a 43-year-old irrigation c...

Pacific Northwest Survival Games: Survival Skills Competition Turned Reality TV Show | E 178

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen on The Crux True Survival Story Podcast as they dive into the extraordinary journey of Tony Peniche, Founder...

Bear Mauls Alaskan Hiker, Rescued thanks to a Drone | E 177

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we dive into a harrowing story of a bear attack on a popular hiking trail in Anchorage, Alaska, involving a 67-year-old woman. She is...

Deserted Island Survival: 6 Teens Defied Odds for 15 Months | E 176

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh recount the astonishing real-life story of six tee...

9/11 Survivors: Those Who Escaped the South Tower via Stairwell A | E 175

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen explore the harrowing survival stories from the So...

Lightning Strike Survival: The Most Spectacular Rescue in American Mountaineering History | E 174

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of the Crux True Survival Stories Podcast examines the events of July 26, 2003, when a lightning strike on Grand Teton's Exum Ridge trigg...

The Last Goodbye: Survival in the Gulf of Mexico | E 173

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2012, two lifelong friends and former Marines, Ken Henderson and Ed Cohen, embarked on what should have been a perfect fishing trip to the oi...

Lost in the World's Largest Sandbox: The Steiner Family Tragedy | E172

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh recount the harrowing tale of a French family's dr...

Somali Pirates vs Navy SEALs: The Shocking True Story Behind Captain Phillips | E171

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this explosive episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen dive into five days of pure terror on th...

Frozen Fifteen Feet from Safety: How Jean Hilliard Survived 6 Hours at -22°F | E170

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On December 20th, 1980, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard experienced what doctors call medically impossible. After her car slid off an icy road in rural Minn...

Disaster Strikes! The Haunting Descent: Marco Siffredi's Obsession with Everest's Greatest Line | E 169

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2002, 23-year-old French snowboarder Marco Siffredi vanished without a trace while attempting to snowboard down Mount Everest's treacherous Hornbei...

Lost in Sierra Nevada: Tiffany Slaton Survives 24 Days Alone | E 168

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Picture this: You're a medical professional on a routine work trip when suddenly you're playing a real-life game of survival that makes Bear Grylls lo...

The Kyrgyzstan Kidnapping: A Climbing Dream Turned Nightmare | E 167

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This gripping episode explores one of climbing's most harrowing incidents—the 2000 kidnapping of four young American climbers in Kyrgyzstan's remote...

The Pilot Who Was Sucked Out of His Own Plane at 17,000 Feet | E 166

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready for the most unbelievable survival story you've ever heard. Hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen deliver a jaw-dropping tale that soun...

Disaster Strikes! The Last Transmission: 33 Souls Lost in Hurricane Joaquin | E 165

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of 'The Crux: Disaster Strikes,' host Julie Henningsin delves into the harrowing story of the cargo ship El Faro, which sank near The ...

Trapped in Ice: The Karluk Shipwreck Arctic Survival Story | E 164

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen explore the ill-fated voyage of the Karluk during ...

Twice-Rescued: The Student Who Needed Saving from Mount Fuji Two Times in Four Days | E 163

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the allure and dangers of Mount Fuji. T...

Disaster Strikes! The Silent Killer Next Door: Carbon Monoxide's Deadly Deception | E 162

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Disaster Strikes, host Kaycee McIntosh tackles the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning, often referred to as the 'silent killer.' ...

The Voluntary Castaway: Dr. Bombard's Revolutionary Atlantic Crossing | E 161

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, join Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh as they dive into the astonishing story of Dr. Alain Bombard, a French physician and biolog...

A Boy, A Desert, and A Hero Dog: The Incredible Survival of Bodin Allen | E 160

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast follows the remarkable tale of 2-year-old Boden Allen who survived a seven-mile journey through t...

Disaster Strikes! The Mysterious Disappearance of Ranger Randy Morganson | E 159

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of 'Disaster Strikes,' host Julie Henningsin dives into the haunting story of Randy Morganson, a legendary backcountry ranger who vani...

Dark Waters, Circling Death: The USS Indianapolis Disaster | E 158

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh delve into the harrowing survival story of the cre...

In the Jaws of Polar Bears: Surviving Arctic's Apex Predator | E 157

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux, Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen, delve into the terrifying encounters between humans and polar bears. The episode re...

Disaster Strikes! Tragedy in Death Valley: The German Tourist Mystery | E 156

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this inaugural episode of the new podcast segment 'Disaster Strikes,' host Kaycee McIntosh, joined by Julie Henningsen, explores a tragic outdoor a...

Alone in Antarctica: Richard Byrd's Deadly Solitude | E 155

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh explore the harrowing experience of Rear Admiral R...

Matt Reum's Remarkable Recovery After Being Trapped in His Truck for Six Days | E 154

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Crux True Survival Stories, host Kaycee Macintosh revisits the remarkable survival story of Matt Ruem, who endured six grueling day...

Six Days Trapped in his Truck: The Impossible Survival of Matt Reum | E153

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out ...

Swallowed by Sandy: The Hollywood Ship's Last Voyage and the Heroes Who Saved Its Crew | E 152

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of 'The Crux True Survival Story Podcast,' medical professionals and wilderness survival enthusiasts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McInt...

Against All Odds: How a 13-Year-Old Boy Saved His Father in the Wilderness | E151

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen bring you the extraordinary tale of David Finlayso...

The Barefoot Bandit: Colton Harris-Moore's Extraordinary Crime Spree and Survival Saga | E 150

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of 'The Crux True Survival Stories,' hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh delve into the extraordinary life of Colton Harris Moo...

The Coldest Night: Rob Gerings 12-Hour Fight for Survival | E 149

24 Feb 2025

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The Coldest Night: Rob Gering's 12-Hour Fight for Survival In this episode of Crux True Survival Stories, host Kaycee McIntosh interviews Rob Gering, ...

Wrong Turn: The Kim Family Tragedy on Bear Camp Road | E 148

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, hosts Kaycee McIntosh, joined by Julie Henningsen, delves into the tragic survival story of the Kim...

12 Seconds: A Pro Snowmobiler's Life-Changing Moment | E 147

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Matt Potratz, a former professional snowmobiler whose life changed forever in a devastating avalanche in 20...

Hunted Becomes Hunter: The Vengeful Whale and the Essex | E 146

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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When Pet Becomes Predator: A 10-Minute Battle with a Domesticated Buck | E 145

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, host Kaycee McIntosh interviews Mike Theis from Balltown, Iowa, who recounts his terrifying encount...

Terrors on the River of Doubt: Roosevelt's Most Dangerous Adventure | E 144

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh delve into Theodore Roosevelt's perilous 1914 expe...

Buried Alive: Anna Conrad's Five-Day Fight Beneath the Snow | E 143

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this gripping episode of the Crux True Survival podcast, host Kaycee McIntosh and co-host Julie Henningsen recount the harrowing story of Anna Conr...

Flight 1549: The Miracle on the Hudson | E 142

06 Jan 2025

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Survival in the Bernese Alps: The Incredible 1946 C-53 Dakota Crash and Rescue | E 141

30 Dec 2024

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Surviving the Bernese Alps: The Incredible 1946 C-53 Dakota Crash and Rescue In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, host Kaycee McIntosh a...

Surviving King Philip's War: Mary Rowlandson's Incredible Story | E 140

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh delve into the riveting survival tale of Mary Rowlandson...

The 780 MPH Ejection: The Impossible Survival of Captain Brian Udell | E139

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Crux True Survival Stories, hosts Kaycee McIntosh and Julie Henningsen delve into the astonishing survival story of Captain Bri...

Abandon Ship: The Costa Concordia’s Night of Chaos | E 138

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Crux True Survival Story Podcast, hosts Julie Henningsen and Kaycee McIntosh recount the catastrophic events surrounding the si...