Chowchilla, California. A summer school trip to the pool was meant to be a great time for 26 kids and their bus driver. And it was, until three spoiled young men tried to take a shortcut to success using some firearms and a buried moving van.

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Crater Lake, located amongst old growth forests in Southwestern Oregon, is the stuff of legend. In January of 1975, 19 year old Charles McCullar vanished while on a 60 day solo National Park touring adventure that came to an abrupt halt while traversing snowy terrain surrounding Crater Lake, in Crater Lake National Park. He was out to take photos. Instead, the area took him.

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Sources:

Ancient Origins

Crater Lake National Park: Puzzling Myths and Missing Persons | Ancient Origins

The Missing Enigma (YouTube)

Crater Lake National Park: Puzzling Myths and Missing Persons | Ancient Origins

The Girl In The Well

1987. Midland, Texas. Jessica McClure was just 18 months old when she unexpectedly fell into a water well. At the time, Midland was experiencing an oil bust and times were tough. But despite the town being down on its luck, its citizens would pull together and attempt to rescue Baby Jessica as the town, and the world, watched.

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June 18, 2023 was supposed to be a great day for Stockton Rush. He was piloting his Titan submersible down to see the wreckage of the RMS Titanic with Paul-Henri Nargeolet and three paying crewmembers aboard; Hamish Harding as well as Shahzada and Suleman Dawood. The three had paid a total of $750,000 for the opportunity. Rush wanted to get people down to the depths to feel the excitement he did whenever he went. Unfortunately, the sub was lost and after a huge search and rescue effort was launched, many wanted to know what had gone wrong...

Georgia, 1968. A college student is kidnapped from the hotel room she and her mom were staying in. Her captors place her in a fiberglass box, bury it in the ground, and demand $500,000 from her wealthy parents for her safe return. But while the crime was seemingly well planned, it wouldn't go smoothly.

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Sources: 83 Hours Till Dawn by Barbara Mackle and Gene Miller

The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash. 

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Sources:

My Version of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash ( I was there) (youtube.com)

Lynyrd Skynyrd: The devastating story of Street Survivors | Louder (loudersound.com)

AAR78-06.pdf (erau.edu)

Disturbing Details About The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash (grunge.com)

Lynyrd Skynyrd The Last Stop - An Emma Harrington Documentary (youtube.com)

10 Details About the Fatal Plane Crash that Was the Death of Lynyrd Skynyrd As We Knew It |

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Australian Ricky Megee became stranded in the Australian Outback for 71 days in 2006. When he walked out, he walked out as a skeleton.

Source:  Left for Dead: How I Survived 71 Days in the Outback by Ricky Megee & Greg McLean

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April 26, 1976. Artist Lauren Elder is entering her thirties and looking for inspiration. When the opportunity of a day trip into California’s Sierra Mountains via small aircraft becomes available, it seems like just the type of thing she needs. Though it will turn out to be the last thing. 

Source: And I Alone Survived by Lauren Elder

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The Apollo 13 mission was considered by many to be just another trip to the moon. What resulted brought our expectations back down to earth. The question was; would the astronauts aboard return with them?

Read the book: Apollo 13 by James Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger

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Nutty Putty Cave, the nearly 1,400 foot cave, located 55 miles outside Salt Lake City, Utah, had been the site of a few rescue missions for unfortunate spelunkers, leading up to a visit by 26 year old John Edward Jones and friends on November 24, 2009. John, like a few before him, became stuck in the cave. Jack and Aaron discuss the dramatic rescue attempts and what happened to John that fateful day.

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This episode's story takes place in the year of 1967. It's summertime in Alaska, but the mountain Denali, widely known as The Great One, is above such seasons. 100 mile per hour winds are common, as are avalanches. Visibility can be clear or zero depending on conditions which can fluctuate wildly.

All clear? 

Well then let’s give it a go before this storm rolls in. 

Source:  Denali's Howl by Andy Hall

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