Deadly Misadventures

Deadly Misadventures

It’s been said our lives are no more than a string of decisions. Thousands of choices made every single day. Most seemingly inconsequential. While others harness the potential to lead us to dark and unforgiving places. Do our choices control our destiny? Or are we all like the gambler who repeatedly rolls the dice, hoping each time for a smile from Lady Luck?

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May 20, 2020 23 mins

A Croatian man named Frane Selak has got to be either the luckiest man alive or the unluckiest. Whether you’re someone who sees the glass as being half full or half empty, Frane’s glass has definitely been filled with deadly misadventures.


Writing and Research:

Stephanie Moore


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As 11-year-old Norm Ollestad was dangling upside down in his plane seat, he couldn't help but wonder how his Father would manage to get them out of this one. Although they'd never experienced crashing into the side of a mountain in the middle of a blizzard, no less, Norm had experienced more in his 11 short years of life on earth, than most people have in a lifetime.


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Stephanie Moore


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May 6, 2020 29 mins

Stranded at the bottom of the ocean, Harrison Okene had nothing but a mattress a bottle of coke

and a flashlight to keep him alive. Trapped in a tiny pocket of air in an upturned ship, Harrison was at

the mercy of the Atlantic’s waters.


Writing and Research:

Joe Turner


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April 29, 2020 42 mins

As Juliane Koepcke collapsed against a tree somewhere in the middle of the rainforest she began to pray she’d live to see her mother again. Up until now, she hadn’t found any other survivors, or any wreckage of the plane crash that had brought her to the jungle.  


Writing and Research:

Joe Turner


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April 22, 2020 38 mins

Lying on the forest floor on his hands and knees, Yossi Ghinsberg heard the sounds of an airplane passing overhead. Lost in the Amazon depths for three weeks, Yossi no longer had the strength to lift himself to his feet.  

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April 22, 2020 28 mins

Joseph Rangel found himself stranded on a deserted island with his lifelong childhood friend Lorenzo Madrid and a young untrained fishing guide half their age. Rangel and his best friend were on their last day of a 5 day sports fishing trip in the Sea of Cortez.

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January 14, 2020 34 mins

For many explorers, it was a race to see which expedition would be the first to chart and reach the Earth’s Magnetic South Pole. A conquest finally accomplished by the Nimrod Expedition in 1909. A member of that team, 26-year-old Sir Douglas Mawson also held that honor and place in history. A few short years later Mawson would lead his own expedition team back to that icy coastline, hoping to conduct scientific research an...

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January 14, 2020 35 mins

Deborah Scaling Kiley sat in a rubber dingy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, reciting the Lord’s

Prayer in a desperate attempt to convince herself she hadn’t gone mad. The water surrounding

the boat had turned a sickly shade of red, as the blood of her devoured crew mate rose to the

surface.

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January 13, 2020 1 min

Hosted by Justin from Generation Why and Tyler from The Minds of Madness.


Wondery’s newest podcast explores some of the most-terrifying, real-life stories of people who came face to face with death.


The podcast series raises the question on whether our choices control our destiny or if it all comes down to luck? A roll of the dice. At the end of each episode, it will be up to you to decide.

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