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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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- Episode 305: Catastrophic Home Explosion · 1 h 8 minOn November 10, 2012 a natural gas explosion occurred at a home in the Richmond Hill neighborhood in Indianapolis. The massive explosion leveled Monserrate “Moncy” Shirley’s…
- Episode 304: Terrifying Reddit Stories · 1 h 8 minThis week we're discussing some truly terrifying reddit stories both criminal and paranormal! Prepared to be unsettled!
- Episode 303: A Halloween Horror · 59 minOn 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 4-year-old daughter…
- Episode 302: The Cult at Sarah Lawrence College Part 2 · 1 h 32 minIn Part 2 we'll discuss each of the cult members' breaking points, how they got away, and how Larry Ray was his own undoing.
- Episode 301: The Cult at Sarah Lawrence College Part 1 · 1 h 8 minAfter 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, Talia Ray, informed…
- Episode 300: The Lost Children of Colombia · 1 h 29 minIn 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. The adult…
- Episode 299: Swim For Your Life · 1 h 8 minIn 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 and the group were…
- Episode 298: Angel of Death · 1 h 4 minDaniel 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 the dead, change the…
- Episode 297: Listen To Your Gut · 1 h 1 minIn this listener episode we discuss a few terrifying uber rides, an attempted abduction, a haunted daycare, and more!
- Episode 296: Someone Is Lying · 49 minOn 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 hysterical pleas…
- Episode 295: Multi-State Chase · 51 minIn 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 Freeman and the two…
- Episode 294: Taking Down The New York Mafia · 1 h 5 minFor 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 York City. Slowly…
- Episode 293: The Internet's First Serial Killer · 48 minIn 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 facilitated her adoption…
- Episode 292: An Old Friend · 52 minOn 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 friend from high…
- Episode 291: If You Tell · 44 minWhile 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, she didn't believe…
- Episode 290: Terrifying Encounters · 59 minWe'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 almost murdered by…
- Episode 289: The Madonna Stalker · 1 h 12 minMadonna’s most notorious stalker is Robert Dewey Hoskins who broke into her Hollywood home multiple times and terrorized the pop star. Hoskins suffered from erotomania, a…
- Episode 288: The Uber Driver Killer · 49 minFebruary 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 wounding two…
- Episode 287: Parachute Accidents · 1 h 7 minBoth Emma Carey and Johnny Korthuis experienced terrifying accidents while skydiving and BASE jumping and miraculously survived. Emma Carey fell from 14,000 feet, strapped to an…
- Episode 286: Gladiators! · 1 h 4 minFor nearly 400 years, the Colosseum in Rome served as an arena for brutal public spectacles, including deadly gladiator combats, exotic animal hunts, public executions, and even…
- Episode 285: The Boy In The Box · 45 minAt 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 nearly 30 miles away…
- Episode 284: A Terrifying Pattern · 45 minWhen 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 years of probation…
- Episode 283: Cave Diving Accidents · 1 h 13 minIn this episode we'll be discussing three terrifying cave accidents, including the Maldivian cave diving accident that happened only days ago.
- Episode 282: Always Bring A Bucket · 54 minOn 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 trip off the coast…
- Episode 281: The Black Widow, Judy Buenoano · 48 minJudy 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 greed, she collected…
- Episode 280: Murder For God's Will · 1 h 7 minOn September 29th 2016, 45 year old Elizabeth Wettlaufer voluntarily reported herself as a serial killer to Toronto Police. Wettlaufer injected her victims with fatal doses of…
- Episode 279: Harry Houdini · 1 h 9 minHarry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist, renowned as the "Handcuff King" for his death-defying escapes. He became world-renowned for escaping from…
- Episode 278: Listener Tales! · 55 minIn 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 Paris, and more!
- Episode 277: Word Of Life Cult And The Murder of Lucas Leonard · 1 h 6 minThe 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 fledged cult with…
- Episode 276: The Familiar Intruder · 46 minOn 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 sound like Batman…
- Episode 275: Avalanche And A Shattered Pelvis · 1 h 4 minIn 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 avalanche that left him…
- Episode 274: The Stanford Prison Experiment · 1 h 20 minIn 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 psychological…
- Episode 273: Human Hunting on Reddit · 1 h 6 minIn this Reddit episode we discuss some terrifying stories where people were hunted!
- Episode 272: The Stalking of Eva LaRue · 58 minActress Eva LaRue and her daughter, Kaya Callahan, were terrorized for nearly 12 years by a stalker who sent violent, threatening letters detailing every horrific fantasy he had…
- Episode 271: Sick Obsession · 1 h 17 minJanie Lynn Ridd and her roommate Rachel Booth had been best friends for 25 years, but when Rachel began getting mysteriously sick leading to multiple hospitalizations, she…
- Episode 270: Six Days On The Ledge · 59 minIn 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. Their journey took…
- Episode 269: Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan · 1 h 22 minOn 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 assailant attacked…
- Episode 268: Playing Pretend · 1 h 4 minIn 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 knew her, so friends…
- Episode 267: Intruder Alert! · 1 h 0 minIn 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 that lead the guys…
- Episode 266: Isabel Eriksson's Escape From The Bunker · 1 h 4 minIn September of 2015, Isabel Eriksson was drugged, kidnapped, and locked in an inescapable bunker. When she woke up, she found her date, Martin Trenneborg, sitting in the room…
- Episode 265: The Sinking Of The USS Indianapolis · 1 h 21 minOn 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 entered the water…
- Episode 264: Murder In The Outback · 1 h 5 minJoanne 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 would know their…
- Episode 263: A Month In The Jungle · 54 minAfter 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 split up from his…
- Episode 262: Listener's Stories! · 56 minLet'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 encounter at an empty…
- Episode 261: Wrongfully Convicted · 55 minIn 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 a nearly identical…
- Episode 260: Close to Death In Death Valley · 47 minDonna 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 that their GPS was…
- Episode 259: Let's Not Meet! · 60 minLet's talk about some terrifying Reddit Let's Not Meet stories!
- Episode 258: The Donner Party · 1 h 37 minThe 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 dangerous shortcut…
- Episode 257: Take Me Instead · 52 minOn 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 with a double…
- Episode 256: Crash Landing in Bear Country · 58 minOn 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 turned into a fight for…
