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Not Today Podcast Tune in to to our Podcast every Tuesday to hear Steph and Alex talk about seriously unbelievable true survival stories! We'd love to hear from you :)

We've got true crime, we've got wilderness survival, and so much more! Buckle up because sh*t's about to go down. If you, or anyone you know, has a story of survival or if you just wanna say hey, send us an email!

Episode 218: Murderer In The FamilyOn December 10, 2003, the Whittacre family went out to dinner to celebrate their son ...
18/02/2025

Episode 218: Murderer In The Family

On December 10, 2003, the Whittacre family went out to dinner to celebrate their son Bart’s college graduation,but when they returned home they found a masked man in their home with his gun drawn. Kent, his wife, and two sons were shot, however Kent and Bart were the only two who would survive. As the investigation into who attacked the family continued, Kent learned that the killer may be a lot closer to him than he ever could have imagined.  

1. The Whitaker Family
2. Bart with his mother and brother, Trisha and Kevin, at Bart’s celebration dinner
3. Bart with a congratulations dessert
4. Detective Marshall Slot
5. The Diagram Adam Hipp drew Detective Slot
6. Bart Whitaker after arrest
7. Steven Champagne and Chris Brashear
8. Kent Whitaker visiting Bart in Prison
9. Kent Whitaker and his wife Tanya

Episode 217: Blue Eyed MonsterIn 1979, Sherry Hopsen met a charming parachute instructor named Bruce Lindahl and the two...
18/02/2025

Episode 217: Blue Eyed Monster

In 1979, Sherry Hopsen met a charming parachute instructor named Bruce Lindahl and the two hit it off. After dating for a few months, Bruce became very interested in learning about Sherry’s best friend Beth who had been recently murdered and found in the woods near the local university. Bruce had some less than desirable qualities, but Sherry didn’t notice how alarming some of his habits actually were before she broke it off with him. It wouldn’t be until many years later that Sherry found out her boyfriend at the time was not only a serial killer, but her best friends killer as well.

1. Bruce Lindahl
2. Sherry Hopson
3. Young Annette Lazar
4. Annette Lazar recently
5. A few of Bruce Lindahl’s victims
6. Detective Chris Loudon

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14/02/2025

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Episode 215: The Unabomber Part 1In 1978 Ted Kaczynski began what would become a series of bombings around the United St...
31/01/2025

Episode 215: The Unabomber Part 1

In 1978 Ted Kaczynski began what would become a series of bombings around the United States over the next two decades. Kaczynski, who was then an unknown serial bomber, wanted to rid the country of modern technology which he believed was destroying human minds and society. By 1996, the Unabomber had killed three and injured twenty nine others with his carefully crafted homemade bombs. The investigation into the Unabomber was the most expensive investigation in the history of the FBI with an estimated to cost around 50 million dollars.

1. Young ted Kaczyński
2. Ted Kaczynski’s family
3. Ted and David Kaczyński as children
4. Ted’s cabin in Montana
5. Butch Gehring
6. Inside Ted’s cabin
7. A recreation of Teds first bomb
8. Debris from one of Teds bombs
9. The sketch made of the bomber

Episode 214: RoarIn 1971, Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren, and their family raised and purchased over 100 lions, tigers, and...
30/01/2025

Episode 214: Roar

In 1971, Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren, and their family raised and purchased over 100 lions, tigers, and other big cats for an adventure comedy movie they planned to make called Roar. So many things went wrong while filming, the movie has been described as “the most dangerous film ever made”. A memorably eye-catching tagline for the film was “No animals were harmed in the making of this movie, 70 members of the cast and crew were.”

1. Noel Marshall filming Roar
2. Noel Marshall and Tippi Hedren with one of their Tigers
3. Noel Marshall and Tippi Hedren and his sons John and Jerry with their animals
4. Tippi and Melanie Griffith
5. Tippi and Noel in bed with their cats
6. Tippi, Noel and their children
7. Jan De Bont head injury
8-14. Images from Roar

Episode 214: RoarIn 1971, Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren, and their family raised and purchased over 100 lions, tigers, and...
30/01/2025

Episode 214: Roar

In 1971, Noel Marshall, Tippi Hedren, and their family raised and purchased over 100 lions, tigers, and other big cats for an adventure comedy movie they planned to make called Roar. So many things went wrong while filming, the movie has been described as “the most dangerous film ever made”. A memorably eye-catching tagline for the film was “No animals were harmed in the making of this movie, 70 members of the cast and crew were.”

1. Noel Marshall filming Roar
2. Noel Marshall and Tippi Hedren with one of their Tigers
3. Noel Marshall and Tippi Hedren and his sons John and Jerry with their animals
4. Tippi and Melanie Griffith
5. Tippi with a lion
6. Tippi, Noel and their children
7-13. Images from Roar

Episode 213: Alone In The AmazonFrom a very young age Benedict Allen dreamed of becoming an explorer. At the age of twen...
30/01/2025

Episode 213: Alone In The Amazon

From a very young age Benedict Allen dreamed of becoming an explorer. At the age of twenty two he saved up just enough money to get himself to South America and back, with the plan that he would cross the north of the Amazon basin. After spending five months in the rainforest with two local guides, Benedict found himself with two illegal gold miners, who one night, decided they would kill him. Benedict managed to get away, however he found himself alone in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Benedict knew if he wanted to live and see his family again, he needed to do whatever it took to find a way out.

1. Benedict Allen
2. Benedict as a young man exploring the Amazonian rainforest
3. Benedict on his first trip through the amazon in 1983 before the attack by goldminers
4. Benedict on his return trip through the Amazon
5. In Papua New Guinea in 2002 undergoing part of a six-week initiation ceremony

Episode 212: Wilderness Therapy Gone Very WrongIn 1988 Steve Cartisano founded the Challenger Foundation Camp in souther...
30/01/2025

Episode 212: Wilderness Therapy Gone Very Wrong

In 1988 Steve Cartisano founded the Challenger Foundation Camp in southern Utah for troubled teens. The program brought the teens into the Utah desert and was designed to help kids by instilling discipline, kicking them out of their bad habits and giving treatment. However after the death of 16-year-old Kristin Chase, the abuse occuring at this camp would finally come to light. Steve Cartisano was never held responsible and instead of finding a new line of work, decided to open multiple other wilderness therapy programs. His final program, Pacific Coast Academy in Samoa, was shut down after a video that was secretly taken at the camp exposing the abuse came to light.

1. Steve Cartisano
2. Lance ‘Horsehair’ Jaggar, the Challenger Foundation’s field director
3. Kristin Chase, the 16-year-old who lost her life while at the Challenger Foundation Camp
4. Teens hiking at the Challenger Foundation
5. Steve Cartisano’s son Dave
6. Steve Cartisano’s wife Debbie
7. Kurt, who attended Pacific Coast Academy at 16
8. Amber Michelle in the video taken at Pacific Coast Academy
9. Amber Michelle more recently
10. Kinney, who was allegedly sexually abused by Steve Cartisano

Episode 210: Near Death Experiences A near-death experience, or NDE, refers to a profound, often life-changing event tha...
20/01/2025

Episode 210: Near Death Experiences

A near-death experience, or NDE, refers to a profound, often life-changing event that occurs when a person is close to death, or becomes clinically dead for a time, yet survives. For some, the experience can involves a range of vivid, unusual sensations and perceptions, such as moving through a tunnel of light, an out of body experience, encountering deceased loved ones, a life review, etc. Though many people have NDEs the question of why these types of occurrences happen remains unanswered.

1. Chuck
2. Matthew
3. Matthew’s brother John
4. Sandy
5. Sandy’s guide Keith

Episode 209: Horror and Heroism Steven Stayner was abducted at the age of 7 in 1972 by Kenneth Parnell, who held him cap...
20/01/2025

Episode 209: Horror and Heroism

Steven Stayner was abducted at the age of 7 in 1972 by Kenneth Parnell, who held him captive for seven years. Steven eventually escaped in 1980 at the age of 14 and in a courageous act, he also rescued another kidnapped child, Timothy White. His remarkable survival story immediately became a national sensation. However Steven’s story is linked to his older brother, Cary Stayner, who later gained infamy for committing a series of murders in the 1990s.

1. Steven Stayner as a little boy
2. Steven Stayner as Dennis Parnell and Kenneth Parnell
3. Steven Stayner and Timmy White
4. Steven when he was reunited with his family
5. Kenneth Parnell
6. The movie made about Steven’s story
7. Cary Stayner
8. Cary Stayner after his arrest
9-10. Cary Stayner’s victims Carole and Julie Sund, Silvina Peloso, and Joie Armstrong

Episode 208: You’re Not A Cop, Right? Justin Dewitt wanted to hire a hitman to murder his business partner, Chad William...
14/01/2025

Episode 208: You’re Not A Cop, Right?

Justin Dewitt wanted to hire a hitman to murder his business partner, Chad Williams, Chad’s wife Angie, and their two small children over a lost landscaping contract. When Justin approached conman Ron Robi, he believed he would have that wish taken care of, however Ron promptly went to the police. After the undercover operation put Justin behind bars, he decided he would put out a few more hits on the people who were responsible for sending him to jail.

1. Justin Dewitt
2. Sgt Ruben Ross
3. Ron Robi and his wife Sharloyn
4. Justin Dewitt in court
5. Ron Robi

Episode 207: Miracle on the Hudson On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, piloted by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sulle...
14/01/2025

Episode 207: Miracle on the Hudson

On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, piloted by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles, struck a flock of geese shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, causing both engines to fail. Facing a critical emergency, Captain Sully made the decision to execute a water landing on the Hudson River. All 155 passengers and crew survived the unprecedented ditching, thanks to the crew’s expertise and the swift response of rescue teams.

1. Passengers of Flight 1549 on the wings of the plane before being rescued
2. Passangers as they were rescued
3. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles
4. Captain Sully
5. Co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles
5. Capt. Sullenberger with Flight 1549 passengers and their families on January 12, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Episode 206: The Nightmare of Oz The Wizard of Oz is a classic film millions have enjoyed since its release in 1939. Bas...
14/01/2025

Episode 206: The Nightmare of Oz

The Wizard of Oz is a classic film millions have enjoyed since its release in 1939. Based on the children’s novel by L. Frank Baum, the movie recounts an adventure between Dorothy, her dog, Toto, a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion on their way to get help from a great and powerful wizard. While the movie is revered as a cinematic masterpiece, it’s also infamous for its disastrous production problems. There were many severe accidents on set that almost cost multiple cast members their lives. The most amazing thing about Wizard of Oz is that it even made it to theaters in the first place. 

1. Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, and Bert Lahr in costume
2. Judy Garland as Dorothy with Toto
3.Bert Lahr in this lion costume
4. Buddy Ebsen as the tin man before he was recast
5. Margret Hamilton as the wicked witch
6. A flying monkey
7. The poppy scene featuring pure asbestos
8. The wicked witch fire scene that gave Margret Hamilton severe burns
9. Shooting on the Munchkinland set
10. The Wizard of Oz promotional poster from 1939
11. A Technicolor camera.

Episode 204: A Terrifying Crime Spree On the morning of July 24, 2016, Camron Reimhofer woke up to find his girlfriend, ...
06/01/2025

Episode 204: A Terrifying Crime Spree

On the morning of July 24, 2016, Camron Reimhofer woke up to find his girlfriend, Kaylee Sawyer, hadn’t returned home after they’d had an argument the night before. As the search for Kaylee began, a rookie-cop named Isabel Ponce-Lara came into the police station to report that her husband, Edwin Lara, had admitted to being involved with a terrible accident. After sharing that with his wife, fleeing with her gun. What followed was a multi-state crime spree involving the kidnap of Andreah Maes, an intensive manhunt, and the arrest that brought Edwin Lara’s rampage to an end.

1. Kaylee Sawyer and Camron Reimhofer
2. The Selfie Andreah Maes took right before she was kidnapped
3. Edwin Lara
4. A photo from the CCTV taken outside a motel the two stayed in
5. AndreahMaes
7. Photos from the video Edwin recorded for Andreah’s Facebook profile

Episode 203: The Dyatlov Pass Incident In 1959, nine young hikers ventured into Russia’s remote Ural Mountains, but they...
06/01/2025

Episode 203: The Dyatlov Pass Incident

In 1959, nine young hikers ventured into Russia’s remote Ural Mountains, but they never returned. When a search team arrived, they found the group’s tent slashed open from the inside and their belongings abandoned in an eerie silence. The hikers’ bodies were discovered scattered in the snow—some barefoot, others without adequate clothing, as if they’d fled into the night in terror. All of their bodies had extremely strange and gruesome injuries with seemingly no explanation. Soviet investigators called it an “unknown compelling force” and quickly closed the case, leaving a swirl of theories and chilling questions. What happened to the Dyatlov hikers, and what horror made them flee into the deadly cold?

1. The Dyatlov Pass Group
2. Igor Dyatlov climbing a tree
3. Dubinina, Krivonischenko, Thibeaux-Brignolles, and Slobodin having a good time.
4. Yuri Yudin (center) shares a hug with Lyudmila Dubinina before heading back down the mountain due to an old injury. Little did Yudin know it would be the last time he saw his friends.
5. The group hiking
6. Markings left behind by Mansi Hunters
7. The hikers making their way through the snow, this photo was likely taken on the day they met their fate.
8. The famous “Bigfoot” photo
9. The tent found by the search party

Episode 202: WITCH! The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a series of hearings and prosecutions in colonial Massachusetts,...
06/01/2025

Episode 202: WITCH!

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were a series of hearings and prosecutions in colonial Massachusetts, where 20 people were executed and over 200 accused of practicing witchcraft. The accusations made by a group of young girls, fueled by religious fervor, social tensions, and political instability, led to a widespread panic. The events left a lasting impact on American history, serving as a cautionary tale about the consequences of fear-based justice.

1. Illustration of the witch trials
2. Illustration of Tituba and the children
3. Illustration of the afflicted girls during the trials
4. Samuel Parris’ home
5. Samuel Parris

Episode 200: Reincarnated Children Some young children, usually between the ages of 2 and 5, speak about memories of a p...
19/11/2024

Episode 200: Reincarnated Children

Some young children, usually between the ages of 2 and 5, speak about memories of a previous life they claim to have lived. They often show behaviors, such as phobias or preferences, that are unusual within the context of their particular family and can’t be explained by any current life events, and in many cases, the child’s statements correspond accurately to the life and death of a deceased individual.

1. James Leininger
2. A drawing James did as a small child
3. James Leininger with James Huston’s sister Anne
4. James Huston
5. James Huston with his sisters Ruth and Anne in 1928
6. Ryan Hammonds
7. Marty Martin

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08/10/2024

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