Marooned: Tales of the Catastrophically Lost

History is often written by the victors - or in this case - a man named Vilhjalmur Stefansson who made a living and a name for himself by using other people's money to put unsuspecting explorers in peril.  This is the true story of Ada Blackjack.   Hey! If you can read this, please tell others about Marooned. Jack and Aaron are running low on supplies, but a boost to the podcast would surely help...

Tuesday April 25th, 2006. 9:26 PM. The small mining town of Beaconsfield in Tasmania, Australia will soon find itself  under the media's spotlight - having lost the light of miners to collapse.  Hey! Does anybody ever read the show notes? If so, please rate and review Marooned so that Jack & Aaron aren't lost at sea. Thank you. Sources: Beaconsfield (TV Movie 2012) https://youtu.be/xKzFfX3qtik?si=...

Maroon - to leave someone trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place, especially an island. Admittedly, stories that closely fit that definition are more difficult to come by than we originally thought. This episode, however, fits the bill.   Resources: Book ~ Fleming, Gregory N. At the Point of a Cutlass. 2014   Hey! Does anybody ever read the show notes? If so, please rate and review Marooned...

To be stranded anywhere - Marooned - sucks. It's going to be uncomfortable. You're going to have to find a way to get through it, until rescue. Usually that means finding shelter, eating bugs, and drinking urine. You know the deal. But for astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore it will mean an extended stay in the place they've always longed to be. Outer Space.    Bonnie Pandya's book is  Li...

Marni Sheppeard (36) and Sonja Rendell (25) are both postgraduate students studying physics at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Sonja and her longtime boyfriend have recently broken up and Sonja is noticeably heartbroken. In an attempt to help her classmate clear her head, Marni suggests spending some time in nature; maybe a hike through Arthur's Pass National Park. >>Ple...

Timothy Treadwell, infamously known as "Grizzly Man", referred to himself as The Kind Warrior. A nod to his tireless work in the wild as a documentarian and aspiring arbiter of all things animal. This unique character strove to become one with the bears of Alaska. A dream that would be fulfilled in nightmare fashion. >>Please subscribe to Marooned and leave us a review. Find us on tiktok and insta...

The Jungle looks like a pretty fun place in cartoons. Appears to be a hot spot for adventure in the movies. Juliane Koepcke, a teenager at the time of this story, knew the adventure part. She, unlike most German teenagers, had spent time in the jungle. Not enough to master its secrets to survival, but apparently just enough to give it a problem killing her... after the plane crash failed to do it....

On top of the world. You'd think you'd be jubilant. But at the peak of Mount Everest there's little energy to celebrate. You've got about 20 minutes to enjoy the view, to take in your enormous accomplishment - before it's time to go. You're dying. You're at high risk of cerebral edema. Brain swelling. It's a grand achievement but you must go back down. You can't let it get to your head. Or you wil...

  Death Valley Germans. A German couple and two children head to the United States for a vacation. The vacation included a trip through Death Valley National Park which is where their trip goes terribly wrong.  Please leave us a review in your favorite podcast app. - Jack & Aaron Sources: https://www.otherhand.org/home-page/search-and-rescue/the-hunt-for-the-death-valley-germans/the-original-searc...

What could be worse than becoming lost at sea?. Without a boat. Drifting with the current… What could be worse? Hanging on to half a dozen other unfortunate souls, some wailing that they can't hang on for much longer… Sharks swimming below… no thanks. But then an island pops up. And you feel the heat of its sand beneath you by morning. What could be better? Fresh water for sure. Hey… maybe that Ko...

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. >>Please tell your friends and family about Marooned .  Find us on tiktok and instagram by searching:  @visitmarooned | Thank you, Jack & Aaron .

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. >>Please subscribe to...

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. Visit our website: Marooned Podcast

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 w...

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. >>Please subscribe to Marooned so you never miss an episode.  Find us on tiktok and instagram by...

The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash.  >>Please subscribe to Marooned so you never miss an episode.  Find us on tiktok and instagram by searching:  @visitmarooned | Thank you, Jack & Aaron . 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 Abou...

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 >>Please subscribe to Marooned so you never miss an episode. Find our social media by searching: @visitmarooned | Thank you, Jack & Aaron . Visit The Marooned Website

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 Visit us at  visitmarooned.com Sponsor: Factormeals.com/maroon...

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 Visit us at  visitmarooned.com **Subscribe to Marooned so you never miss an episode. If you enjoy our podcast, please rate and review it...

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 d...

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...

In the early morning hours of May 26th 2013, Harrison Okene woke up to a storm on the tugboat Jascon-4. Scared, Okene managed to send a prayer up, before his world turned upside down. **Please subscribe to Marooned so you never miss an episode. If you enjoy our podcast, please rate and review it on whichever podcast app you use and tell your friends, parents, siblings, and neighbors about it. Than...

On the northwest corner of 128th street and 5th Avenue in New York City's Harlem, you'll find a small, gated park that seems odd and out of place. Collyer Park sits where a once proud brownstone stood. The so-called Collyer Mansion, or Ghost House, that was torn down, ironically, after an odd and out of place duo finally wore out their welcome there; The Collyer Brothers.  Source:  Ghosty Men by F...

True crime bleeds into everything. Name it. Name any given subject then attach the word "murder" before sending it off on an internet search. Chances are that it'll come back like a cat with a broken bird in its mouth. And that's not what we wanted for Marooned. But there seems to be no escape. Unless you're a miracle like The Sea Waif. Alone and adrift. Something of a crime in itself.  Source: Al...

On this special offering of Marooned, Aaron and Jack travel far from the beaten path to visit the incredible WW2 story of the Boy of Buczacz; a boy whose mother told him to run as the Nazis were loading his and other families onto trucks. Source: The Boy in the Woods by Maxwell Smart *Please subscribe to Marooned so you never miss an episode. If you enjoy our podcast, please rate and review it on...