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Behind every headline is a human heart that kept beating. Join sisters Kathryn and Meg as we look past the yellow tape to find the stories of those who survived the unimaginable.
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Trapped Underground: Elizabeth Shoaf's Escape (opens the original)
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Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf was walking home from school when a stranger appeared. He told her he was a police officer. He wasn’t. Within minutes, Elizabeth was being led away from the road, deeper and deeper into the woods. Waiting for her beneath the forest floor was something almost impossible to imagine: a hidden underground bunker. For ten days, Elizabeth was held captive in a place no one knew existed. Above her, search parties were desperately looking for any sign of the missing tee
Surviving Flight 571: Stranded In The Andes (opens the original)
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On Friday, October 13th 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team, along with friends and family, disappeared into the Andes Mountains. When the wreckage was finally found, the world would learn that some of the passengers had survived—and what they endured for 72 days in one of the most unforgiving places on Earth was almost impossible to comprehend. Stranded high in the mountains with no way to call for help, surrounded by snow and freezing temperatures, the survivors waited for a rescue t
America's First Abduction: The Betty & Barney Hill Story (opens the original)
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In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home through the quiet mountains of New Hampshire when a strange light appeared in the night sky. At first, they thought it might be a satellite or a plane, but as the object seemed to follow them, their drive home became increasingly unsettling. By the time Betty and Barney finally made it home, something felt wrong. Their watches had stopped, there were unexplained marks on their car, and somehow, they had lost nearly two hours of time. Wha
The Butcher Baker of Alaska - The Survival Story of Cindy Paulson (opens the original)
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Cindy Paulson was barefoot, handcuffed, and running for her life. Behind her sat a small plane and the man who had kidnapped her. Seventeen-year-old Cindy knew that if Robert Hansen managed to get her into that plane and out into the remote Alaskan wilderness, she might never come back. So when Hansen turned his attention away, for just a moment, Cindy ran. What she didn't know was that her escape would help expose one of Alaska's most notorious serial killers. For years, Robert Hansen appeared
Terror on the Tracks: Holly Dunn's Survival (opens the original)
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What began as an ordinary night changed Holly Dunn's life forever. While walking with her boyfriend Chris, the young couple was attacked near a set of railroad tracks. Chris lost his life, and Holly was left to face an unimaginable fight for survival. Against all odds, Holly made it out alive. Years later, investigators identified her attacker as Angel Maturino Reséndiz, the notorious Railway Killer responsible for a series of murders across the United States. In this episode, we follow Holly's
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