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On April 25th 2006, a small earthquake triggered an underground rockfall at the Beaconsfield gold mine in northern Tasmania. Of the seventeen people who were in the mine at the time, fourteen escaped immediately following the collapse, however three men were unaccounted for. Larry Knight, Brant Webb and Todd Russell were missing and only two of them would come out alive after two weeks being trapp...

Let's talk about some terrifying Reddit Let's Not Meet stories, including two men in purge masks on the side of the road, an attempted kidnapping, a dog named parmesan that saved her family from a man with a very large knife, and more!

Benjamin Obadiah Foster was the subject of a statewide multi-day manhunt after he  attacked his ex-girlfriend, Justine Siemens, beat her unconscious, then fled the scene. Local police would soon discover that Foster had a history of violence against women years before he attacked Siemens. This man was extremely dangerous and needed to be caught fast.

On December 20, 1980 in Lengby, Minnesota, 19-year-old Jean Hilliard was involved in a car crash in sub-zero temperatures. Instead of staying in her car and potentially freezing to death, Jean decided to walk to a friend’s house about 2 miles away. Because it was -22 degrees outside, Jean’s body gave out only 15 feet from her friend’s front door. She was found the next morning and rushed to the ho...

On October 29th 2022, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, killing 159 people and wounding 196 others. It is one of the deadliest disasters in South Korea.

On July 29th 2023, five people sat down for what was supposed to be a nice lunch at the home of Erin Patterson, a 48 year old woman from rural Victoria Australia. Within 24 hours, 4 of those guests had fallen violently ill with what appeared to be food poisoning, and within a week, three of them were dead.  Keep an eye out for our Bonus Episode tomorrow!

In 2010, Cynthia Guy-Thomas, an addiction therapist, blackmailed her patient into helping her find a hitman to kill her ex-husband.

This week we'll be diving into some of the stories of our listeners!

17-year-old Anthony Templet was charged with second degree murder after he shot and killed his father, Burt Templet, in June of 2019. On the surface, the case seemed simple: a young man shot his father in the midst of an argument. Anthony had even called 911 and confessed to the crime directly after committing it, being described as calm and emotionless. But Anthony's case was anything but simple....

In Part 2 we'll be diving into the many crimes of the Barrow Gang and the inevitable demise of Bonnie and Clyde.

American Airlines flight 965 from Miami to Cali Colombia was almost at it’s destination when it crashed into a nearby mountain during landing. Only four passengers survived.

Bonnie and Clyde were a pair of infamous American outlaws who, along with their gang, engaged in a spree of bank robberies and murders across the United States during the Great Depression.

Best friends, Jamie Andrew and Jamie Fisher, decided to leave their group vacation to take on one of the most difficult climbs in the French Alps. While climbing the pair found themselves trapped on a tiny ledge in a sudden and viscous storm.

Phrogging is the act of secretly living in someone else's home without their knowledge or permission. It's a form of hidden intrusion, where the perpetrator lives alongside the homeowners, often in unused spaces like attics, basements, or crawl spaces, while avoiding detection.

in 2014, Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was abducted at random off the street in Philadelphia. Thanks to Carlesha's quick thinking and a witness to the crime calling 911, investigators were able to find Carlesha before it was too late.

After getting bit by a bat, Jeanna Giese was the very first person to survive rabies without the rabies vaccines thanks to an incredible team of doctors that came up with a new and experimental treatment plan!

Five teenage boy scouts and their guides had a plan to hike one of the most difficult trails into the Grand Canyon. They only had enough water to make it down to the Colorado River, but once they made it there, they would refill and have plenty of water to hike back out. They didn't expect to hike into a heatwave and run out of water well before they could get down to the river.

Seemona Sumasar spent seven months in jail after her ex-boyfriend orchestrated an elaborate scheme to frame her in a spree of faked armed robberies.

In this episode we'll be discussing people who almost lost their lives after a freak fall off a cruise ship, over Niagara Falls, and even from an airplane mid flight!

On July 6th 1944 a fire broke out during an afternoon performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that was attended by around 7,000 people, killing at least 167 people and leaving more than 700 injured. It was one of the worst fire disasters in United States history.

In July 2014,   Gregg Hein survived six days on Mt. Goddard in Kings Canyon National Park after a boulder came loose and hit his leg causing a compound fracture.

On December 9th 2019, Whakaari Volcano on White Island in New Zealand explosively erupted. The volcano was a popular tourist destination, and at the time of the eruption 47 people were on the island taking a tour.

Stacey Castor wanted people to believe that her life had been crippled by tragedy, but when authorites investigated her second husband’s “suicide” things werent adding up. After looking into her past, investigators uncovered the terrifying reality of the situation. Stacey Castor wanted to keep her secrets concealed and would do anything to keep it that way, including attempting to take her own dau...

The West End Baptist Church Explosion and the Kentucky Meat Shower are the odd and unexplained mysteries we'll be covering this week. On Wednesday March 1st 1950 at 7:27pm, a gas leak at the West End Baptist Church in Beatrice Nebraska caused the building to explode. The church choir should have begun their rehearsal that night at 7:25pm, however every member of the church was uncharacteristically...

Natascha Kampusch was only 10 years old when a deranged man abducted off the street in March of 1998 and held her captive in the cellar of his house for eight and a half years.