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Not Today covers unbelievable but true stories of survival. Join Steph and Alex as they discuss real incredible people who made it out of unimaginable circumstances against all odds.
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Not TodayIntroducing “Kouri Richins: The Children’s Author Who Killed Her Husband” from RedHanded
Today, we are sharing part one of a two-part series from the award-winning true crime podcast RedHanded, hosted by Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire. RedHanded…
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Episode 306: Moe The Chimp
St. James and LaDonna Davis raised a chimpanzee named Moe in their home from infancy until he was in his 30s. After an incident, Moe was removed from the…
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Episode 305: Catastrophic Home Explosion
On November 10, 2012 a natural gas explosion occurred at a home in the Richmond Hill neighborhood in Indianapolis. The massive explosion leveled Monserrate…
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Episode 304: Terrifying Reddit Stories
This week we're discussing some truly terrifying reddit stories both criminal and paranormal! Prepared to be unsettled!
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Episode 303: A Halloween Horror
On October 31, 1984, 31-year-old Doreen Erbert, who was eight months pregnant, was brutally murdered in her San Jose home by a masked intruder. Doreen's…
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Episode 302: The Cult at Sarah Lawrence College Part 2
In Part 2 we'll discuss each of the cult members' breaking points, how they got away, and how Larry Ray was his own undoing.
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Episode 301: The Cult at Sarah Lawrence College Part 1
After their freshman year of college, a friend group decided they'd all live together for their sophomore year. Early into the year, one of their roommates…
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Episode 300: The Lost Children of Colombia
In May 2023, a small plane carrying a mother, her four children (ages 13, 9, 4, and 11 months), and two other adults crashed into the dense Amazon rainforest…
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Episode 299: Swim For Your Life
In August of 1981, Tami Ennis believed she’d be spending a relaxing afternoon on a sailboat with friends, however after a few seemingly minor setbacks, Tami…
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Episode 298: Angel of Death
Daniel Perez, who went by the alias "Lou Castro", claimed to be an immortal, centuries-old angel with supernatural powers. He could predict the future, raise…
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Episode 297: Listen To Your Gut
In this listener episode we discuss a few terrifying uber rides, an attempted abduction, a haunted daycare, and more!
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Episode 296: Someone Is Lying
On April 21st 2001, a woman who was covered in blood, burst through the doors of a Kentucky Fried Chicken screaming for someone to call 911. Through her…
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Episode 295: Multi-State Chase
In 2006, Karen Kummerer was stepping back into the dating scene after divorcing her husband of 17 years. On a night out with her sister, she met Joseph Scott…
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Episode 294: Taking Down The New York Mafia
For 6 years, FBI Special Agent Joeseph Pistone, worked undercover as a jewel thief named Donnie Brasco in order to infiltrate the biggest mafia families in New…
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Episode 293: The Internet's First Serial Killer
In 2000, 15-year-old Heather Robinson learned that her adopted parents were not legally her parents – and her real name wasn't even Heather. The man who…
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Episode 292: An Old Friend
On October 11th 2016, Washington detectives received a bizarre call from a man claiming he wanted to report a murder, however it hadn’t happened yet. An old…
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Episode 291: If You Tell
While Bernadette Hyde was on a walk in 1996 with her then boyfriend, Besham Sugrim, she learned he had killed someone. Although Bernadette heard what he said…
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Episode 290: Terrifying Encounters
We'll be discussing more Reddit Creepy Encounters, including someone who got cornered at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the night, a woman who was…
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Episode 289: The Madonna Stalker
Madonna’s most notorious stalker is Robert Dewey Hoskins who broke into her Hollywood home multiple times and terrorized the pop star. Hoskins suffered from…
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Episode 288: The Uber Driver Killer
February 20th 2016, Jason Dalton was driving for Uber when he went on a random, deadly shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing six people and critically…
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Episode 287: Parachute Accidents
Both Emma Carey and Johnny Korthuis experienced terrifying accidents while skydiving and BASE jumping and miraculously survived. Emma Carey fell from 14,000…
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Episode 286: Gladiators!
For nearly 400 years, the Colosseum in Rome served as an arena for brutal public spectacles, including deadly gladiator combats, exotic animal hunts, public…
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Episode 285: The Boy In The Box
At 13-years-old Paul Martin Andrews was asked by a man in a van to help him move some furniture, which he happily agreed to do. However when Martin was taken…
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Episode 284: A Terrifying Pattern
When C.C. Opanowski was 18-years-old she survived a terrifying attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Shawn Doyle. After Shawn was sentenced to only a few…
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Episode 283: Cave Diving Accidents
In this episode we'll be discussing three terrifying cave accidents, including the Maldivian cave diving accident that happened only days ago.
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Episode 282: Always Bring A Bucket
On Saturday June 8th 2019, Maike Hohnen took his son, 7 year old Julian Hohnen, and best friend Steven Jaecocke on what was supposed to be an overnight fishing…
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Episode 281: The Black Widow, Judy Buenoano
Judy Buenoano was an American serial killer who poisoned two of her husbands with arsenic, attempted to kill her fiancé, and murdered her own son. Driven by…
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Episode 280: Murder For God's Will
On September 29th 2016, 45 year old Elizabeth Wettlaufer voluntarily reported herself as a serial killer to Toronto Police. Wettlaufer injected her victims…
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Episode 279: Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist, renowned as the "Handcuff King" for his death-defying escapes. He became world-renowned…
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Episode 278: Listener Tales!
In this Listener story episode we discuss almost falling into an upside down volcano, a parent who was held at gunpoint, very creepy characters in Disneyland…
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Episode 277: Word Of Life Cult And The Murder of Lucas Leonard
The Word of Life Christian Church began as a tiny bible study led by self proclaimed prophet, Jerry Irwin. Eventually the bible study progressed into a fully…
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Episode 276: The Familiar Intruder
On New Year’s Eve in 2020, Morgan Metzer was woken out of sleep to a masked intruder standing in her bedroom doorway. Morgan’s attacker disguised his voice to…
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Episode 275: Avalanche And A Shattered Pelvis
In 2003 Ken Jones spent four agonizing days in the frozen wilderness of Romania’s Transylvanian Alps, dragging himself to safety after getting hit by an…
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Episode 274: The Stanford Prison Experiment
In 1971, the Stanford Prison Experiment, led by psychologist Phillip Zimbardo, was supposed to be a two week simulation of prison life that aimed to study the…
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Episode 273: Human Hunting on Reddit
In this Reddit episode we discuss some terrifying stories where people were hunted!
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Episode 272: The Stalking of Eva LaRue
Actress Eva LaRue and her daughter, Kaya Callahan, were terrorized for nearly 12 years by a stalker who sent violent, threatening letters detailing every…
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Episode 271: Sick Obsession
Janie Lynn Ridd and her roommate Rachel Booth had been best friends for 25 years, but when Rachel began getting mysteriously sick leading to multiple…
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Episode 270: Six Days On The Ledge
In March of 2011, David Cicotello and his brother Louis began what should have been a week-long climbing adventure through No Man's Canyon in southwest Utah…
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Episode 269: Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan
On January 6, 1994, U.S. Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, just before the national championships. An unknown…
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Episode 268: Playing Pretend
In July of 2013, 19-year-old musician, Jessie Blodgett, was found strangled in her own bed, with no signs of forced entry. Jessie was loved by everyone who…
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Episode 267: Intruder Alert!
In this episode we'll be discussing some terrifying phrogging stories including a man hiding in a young girls closet and weird occurrences in a college house…
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Episode 266: Isabel Eriksson's Escape From The Bunker
In September of 2015, Isabel Eriksson was drugged, kidnapped, and locked in an inescapable bunker. When she woke up, she found her date, Martin Trenneborg…
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Episode 265: The Sinking Of The USS Indianapolis
On July 30, 1945, The USS Indianapolis was struck by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine, which took down the ship in only minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen, ~900…
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Episode 264: Murder In The Outback
Joanne Lees and her boyfriend Peter Falconio thought they were taking the trip of their dreams but it would sadly end in a tragedy so massive the whole world…
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Episode 263: A Month In The Jungle
After attempting to take a leisurely self-guided tour of the ancient Mayan ruins in the jungle on Cozumel island, Ken Wilson became hopelessly lost when he…
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Episode 262: Listener's Stories!
Let's close out 2025 with some bone chilling survivor stories that our listeners wrote in, including a close call with a famous serial killer, a terrifying…
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Episode 261: Wrongfully Convicted
In 1992 Levon Brooks was arrested for murdering a three-year-old girl and sentenced to life in prison. Only a few months later Kennedy Brewer was arrested for…
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Episode 260: Close to Death In Death Valley
Donna Cooper, her daughter Gina, and Jenny Leung took a drive into Death Valley for a day of exploring. After deciding to take a detour they realized too late…
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Episode 259: Let's Not Meet!
Let's talk about some terrifying Reddit Let's Not Meet stories!
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Episode 258: The Donner Party
The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who migrated to California along the Oregon Trail in a wagon train from the Midwest. After taking a new and…
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Episode 257: Take Me Instead
On November 14, 1974, Barbara Mabee Abel returned home from work with her 6-year-old son to find the Casanova Killer, Paul John Knowles, waiting in her kitchen…
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Episode 256: Crash Landing in Bear Country
On July 22nd 2010, Dave Akers and Gary Nall decided to take a sight seeing trip in Gary’s small plane. What should have been a short flight before sunset…
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Episode 255: Deadly First Date
The night before Thanksgiving 2021, Leslie Reeves and Chris Smith went on their first date after hitting it off online. The next day, friends and family became…
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Episode 254: The Exorcism of Roland Doe
In 1949, 13-year-old 'Roland Doe' became the victim of alleged demonic possession which lead to a harrowing series of exorcisms by a team of catholic priests…
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Episode 253: Barbra Mackle Was Buried Alive
In December 1968, 20-year-old Barbara Jane Mackle was kidnapped from her motel room and buried underground in a ventilated box that was designed to keep alive…
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Episode 252: Nightmare On Dorset Street
On Halloween night in 2004, three roommates spent the evening handing out candy to trick-or-treaters before going to bed. A few hours later, Lauren Meanza was…
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Episode 251: The True Story of Captain Phillips
In April of 2009 four Somali pirates boarded the Maersk Alabama, a US/Danish cargo ship off the coast of Africa, a notorious piracy hotspot. The crew aboard…
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Episode 250: Halloween Let's Not Meet
Let's talk about some terrifying Reddit Let's Not Meet stories!
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Episode 249: Phrogging 2: Nightmare Fuel
In this episode we're talking about two terrifying instances of intruders living in their victim's home. In our first story, Tina Bowen, her sister Karen, and…
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Episode 248: Stalked For Over A Decade
Christopher Thomas’ obsession with Samantha Stites began in 2011 after meeting her through a Christian student group. What began as seemingly innocent contact…