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Not Today
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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Episode 187: The Boston Molasses Flood
On January 15, 1919, a storage tank collapsed releasing two million gallons of molasses on the North End of Boston. The thick liquid poured out like a tsunami…
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Episode 186: The Black Widow
In 2019, 39-year-old Rob Parkes answered the door for police who played him a recording of two voices bargaining over the price of his death. One of the voices…
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Episode 185: Submarine Escape
In 1941 31-year-old John Capes was the only passenger on board the HMS Perseus to survive after the submarine struck a mine and sunk to the bottom of the…
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Episode 184: Pinned
While on a trip retrieving animal traps in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Ken Hildebrand was crushed under his quad on a remote hillside in hungry coyote…
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Episode 183: Dr. Death
Dr. Christopher Duntsch began working at Baylor Plano hospital in Dallas Texas in 2011, however over the next few years he would be bounced from hospital to…
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Episode 182: Underwater Nightmares
Lets talk about some terrifying underwater survival stories about sharks, orca whales, and giant squid!
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Episode 181: Heaven's Gate Cult
In 1997, 39 members of a religious sect were found dead by suicide inside a San Diego mansion. Leaders Marshall “Herf” Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles promised…
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Episode 180: Sparks in the Swiss Alps
While climbing the Piz Badile Mountain in the Swiss Alps in 2003, Jeremy Colenso and Rachel Kelsey were caught in a terrifying electrical storm. They did their…
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Episode 179: Japan Airlines Flight 123 Tragedy
Japan AirLines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 suffered a severe structural…
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Episode 178: The Butcher Baker Survivor
From 1971 to 1983, serial killer Robert Hansen murdered at least 17 women in Anchorage, AK. Hansen kidnapped and assaulted women before flying them to remote…
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Episode 177: Terrifying Theme Park Accidents
In this episode we'll be discussing some of the worst theme park accidents of all time.
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Episode 176: The St. Francis Dam Disaster
Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928 the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending over 12 billion gallons of water and debris rushing down the Santa Clara…
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Episode 175: Off-road Accident
A car accident left retired couple, Tom and Linda Bosworth, stranded in the New Mexico wilderness. To survive they faced a grueling hike through heat and…
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Episode 174: The Bubonic Plague
From 1346 to 1352, the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death claimed one-third of the European human population, with mortality rates as high as 70% to 80%. Let's…
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Episode 173: Animal Attacks
In this episode we'll be discussing a man who made the wrong decision near a lion, a close call with a golf course alligator, and a woman who was ambushed by a…
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Episode 172: It Floats
17-year-old Josh Long and his best friend, 15-year-old Troy Driscoll, decided they wanted to go shark fishing one Sunday afternoon in 2005. The two planned to…
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Episode 171: The Stalker of Dave Kroupa
Dave Kroupa was casually dating Liz Golyar and Cari Farver in 2012 near Omaha, Nebraska Despite maintaining to both women that he wasn't looking for a serious…
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Episode 170: The Attack of Peter and Joan Porco
On November 15th 2004, police discovered the deceased, Peter Porco, lying in a pool of blood at the base of his stairs and his wife, Joan Porco, in their…
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Episode 169: Use Your Equipment
36-year-old Ted Porter decided to do a solo hike in Glacier National Park in 2013. After hitting poor conditions on the glacier he made the responsible…
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Episode 168: Nasubi's Life of Prizes
In 1998, Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi, starred in a reality competition series "Denpa Shonen: A Life of Prizes." He was cut off from outside world…
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Episode 167: Missing For Three Months
In September of 1995, 13-year-old Jessyca Mullenburg was kidnapped by her father's neighbor, 38-year-old Steven Oliver. Oliver gained her father's trust by…
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Episode 166: Freak Accidents 4
In this episode we'll be discussing some unbelievable freak accidents, including a man with a drill through his head, a girl who hung upside down from a power…
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Episode 165: No Motive
On September 8th 2010, after not showing up for her morning meeting at work, Marti Hill was found in a pool of blood on her basement floor by law enforcement…
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Episode 164: Bear Attack
In September of 1995, 18-year-old Bram Schafer was on a hunting trip with his friends and family. But when he decided to take off from the group, Bram found…
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Episode 163: Holding On
In May of 2005 Will Slattery went on a dream vacation with his friends, Jimmy Simplicio and Many Sanchez, to parachute in Costa Rica. On their last parachuting…
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Episode 162: Nightmare on San Bernardo Ave
When multiple women began being killed execution style in Laredo Texas, the community was terrified and police were at a loss. It wasn't until one woman…
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Episode 161: Let's Not Meet
This week we're diving into terrifying stories from the Let's Not Meet subreddit!
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Episode 160: The Long Island Lolita
May 19th 1992 started out as a normal day for stay-at-home mother, Mary Jo Buttafuoco. But when her doorbell rang around 11:30 that morning, her whole life…
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Episode 159: JMS Cult Part 2
After Jung Myung-Seok was arrested for the first time he wanted revenge on those who got him caught. In part two we're going to talk about how JMS stayed in…
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Episode 158: JMS Cult Part 1
Jung Myung-Seok started the Jesus Morning Star church in the 1970s in South Korea. The movement was able to gain popularity very quickly, especially among…
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Episode 157: Underneath It All
On March 31st, 2008 Katie Piper had sulfuric acid thrown on her face, and in an instant her entire life changed.
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Episode 156: Freak Accidents and Medical Miracles
We're going to be talking about a couple of survivors of near decapitation, a doctor who had to perform surgery on himself, a close encounter with a hippo and…
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Episode 155: Stuck In The Middle
April 20th 2022, started out as any other day for forensic scientist, Nicole Lenway Ford. But as Nicki was headed inside the familywise parenting center to…
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Episode 154: The Dating Game Killer
Serial killer Rodney Alcala was a photographer who lured women by offering to take their picture. His killing spree lasted from 1968 until 1979. During that…
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Episode 153: The Poison Cheesecake
On August 28th 2016, eyelash extension technician Olga Svik was begged by one of her clients, Viktoria Nasyrova, for an emergency appointment. As a thank you…
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Episode 152: The Conjuring House
In the winter of 1971, the Perron family moved into a large farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island. For the duration of the 10 years the Perron family lived…
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Episode 151: Spooky Listener Stories
This week we're discussing a few haunting ghost stories and a break in story that sounds like it came straight out of a movie!
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Episode 150: The Freddy Krueger Killer
When Daniel Gonzalez was 24 years old, the voices in his head told him he needed to kill people. On September 15th 2004, he set out to become a serial killer…
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Episode 149: The Hill Abduction
On their way home from a weekend trip, Betty and Barney Hill claimed they encountered a UFO. After their strange experience that night, the couple realized…
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Episode 148: Siegfried and Roy
Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn rose to international stardom while performing with their many jungle cats, The duo then had their live career immediately…
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Episode 147: Days From Death
Alex Skeel first met his girlfriend, Jordan Worth, at the age of 15. The couple's relationship started out normal however as time went on Jordan became…
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Episode 146: The Moorehouse Survivor
Kate Moir was only 17 years old when she was kidnapped by two of Australia's most prolific killers after she accepted a lift from the couple after a night out…
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Episode 145: Listeners Stories 9
In this episode we're going to discuss a close call at a hotel, a terrifying car accident, an unexplainable ghost story and more! To learn more about…
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Episode 144: Cat And Mouse
For months, Colorado police departments were sure Travis Forbes was behind the disappearance of Kenia Monge. However due to lack of evidence, they were unable…
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Episode 143: The Titanic
Lets talk about what happened the night the Titanic sank and about some of the survivors.
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Episode 142: Disappear Then Reappear
In February 1978, A Michigan college student went missing during a solo cross country ski trip. Over a year later, after being presumed dead, he reappeared…
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Episode 141: Straight To The Stratosphere
In 2007, German paraglider, Ewa Wiśnierska, was in Australia for the Paragliding World Championships. She had been competing in a cross country event when she…
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Episode 140: The Family Court Bomber
For years one man terrorized Sydney as he carried out multiple bombings and shootings on the judges of the Family Court of Australia, their families, a church…
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Episode 139: Bad Science And A Wrongful Conviction
In the early morning of December 5th 1998, 14 year old Michael Politte was having a sleepover with one of his friends, when he was woken up to find his…
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Episode 137: Man Of Action
In November of 1981, Yossi Ghinsberg, Kevin Gale, and Marcus Stamm were convinced to take the 'trip of a lifetime' through the amazon rainforest by a man named…
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Episode 136: Even More Freak Accidents!
Let's chat about a man who was almost cut in half by a train, a terrifying bungee jumping accident, a case of life long hiccups and other freaky accidents, in…
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Episode 135: Texas A&M Bonfire Collapse
For decades Texas A&M University held the tradition of burning the annual Aggie bonfire the night before their rivalry football game with University of Texas…
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Episode 134: Listener's Stories 8
Let's dive into the stories you send in! This time around we've got a dad who escaped a serial killer, a group who gets stuck between an angry mama moose and a…
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Episode 133: Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt Part 2
Lorena Bobbitt was charged with malicious wounding for cutting off her husband's penis with an 8 inch knife. In this part of the story, we're going to dive…
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Episode 132: Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt Part 1
Early in the morning on June 23, 1993, the Manassas city police received a call reporting a man had been assaulted by his wife, and officers were needed at…
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Episode 131: Stranded In The Snow
Jim and Jennifer Stolpa and their infant son, Clayton, were traveling to Idaho to attend a family funeral, when they realized main interstate highway had been…
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Episode 129: Wrong Place Wrong Time
Jennifer Holliday picked up her 18-year-old cousin, Anna Franklin, up from a babysitting job, late one night in May of 2005. The two decided to make a quick…
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Episode 128: Early Psychiatric Hospitals
Psychiatric hospitals in the 20th century were a really terrifying place to be. In this episode we're going to discuss the conditions and treatments in mental…
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Episode 127: The Sea Orphan
In the fall of 1961, Julian Harvey had been pulled out of the ocean from a dinghy. He claimed the Bluebell, a ship he had been the captain for, had hit an…