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Not Today

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.

Episodes

Episode 236: Phrogging and Stalking

June 24, 2025 • 59 mins
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. 
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Episode 235: Abducted At Random

June 17, 2025 • 44 mins
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.
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Episode 234: Heatwave

June 10, 2025 • 50 mins
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.
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Episode 233: Framed

June 3, 2025 • 46 mins
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.


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Episode 232: Freak Falls

May 27, 2025 • 51 mins
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!
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Episode 231: The Pan Family Attack

May 20, 2025 • 52 mins
On November 8th, 2010, Jennifer Pan called 911 to report a home invasion. Three men had entered her home, tied her to a banister and shot both of her parents, Hann and Bich Pan, before fleeing the scene. Markham Ontario police had to figure out why this brutal attack happened to a seemingly normal and innocent family. Was the Pan family chosen at random, or were they targeted for a specific reason?
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Episode 230: Hit By A Boulder

May 13, 2025 • 54 mins
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.
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Episode 229: The White Island Volcano Eruption

May 6, 2025 • 75 mins
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.
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Episode 228: The Black Widow Stacey Castor

April 29, 2025 • 49 mins
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 daughter’s life.
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Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore

April 28, 2025 • 5 mins
Join hosts Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore as they take you deep into the world of the most notorious crimes ever — where a single clue can crack a case wide open.
From shocking murders to serial killers, Clues dives into all the forensic details
and brilliant sleuthing of the world's most infamous cases. CLUES is a Crime
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Episode 227: The Beatrice Church Explosion and The Kentucky Meat Shower

April 22, 2025 • 58 mins
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 running late and missed the e...
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Episode 226: The Survival Of Natascha Kampusch

April 15, 2025 • 56 mins
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.
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Episode 225: Typhoid Mary

April 8, 2025 • 70 mins
Mary Mallon, commonly known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born American cook who is believed to have infected between 51 and 122 people with typhoid fever in the early 1900s. The infections caused three confirmed deaths, with unconfirmed estimates of as many as 50.


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Episode 224: Movie Stunts Gone Wrong!

April 1, 2025 • 53 mins
Movie stunts are an iconic part of action films, but not all of them go according to plan. This episode explores some of the most memorable stunt mishaps in movie history, including on-set injuries and life-threatening accidents.
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Episode 223: The Sinking of the Oceanos

March 25, 2025 • 78 mins
In early August of 1991, the Oceanos was close to finishing a seven day cruise from Cape Town, South Africa to Durban. While sailing through a treacherous storm all the power went out on board, and the passengers were left in the dark in more ways than one. Neither the crew nor the captain told the passengers what had caused the black out or that the ship was actually going down. After most of the crew abandoned ship, it was u...
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Episode 222: Ohio Serial Killer

March 18, 2025 • 52 mins
On September 13th 2016 at 6:48AM, 911 received a call from a woman reporting her own kidnapping. After police arrested the man responsible, they would soon learn about the years of disturbing and terrifying crimes Shawn Grate had committed.
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Episode 221: Dan Bigley's Fight To Survive

March 11, 2025 • 57 mins
On July 14th 2003, Dan Bigley was wrapping up a day of fishing with his friend John when moments from the safety of their car, the pair unknowingly put themselves between a furious mama grizzly bear and her three cubs. The bear focused in on Dan and charged at him at full speed. Before Dan could even process what was happening, the bear was already on him. The mauling that Dan endured was beyond brutal. After the attack, Dan’s...
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Episode 220: Grain Factory Explosion

March 4, 2025 • 65 mins
On June 8, 1998, a spark caused by jammed machinery and ignited by highly flammable grain dust caused a massive explosion at the DeBruce Grain elevator. The facility was the largest grain elevator in the world at the time, which killed seven people and injured 10 others. 
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Episode 219: Let's Not Meet!

February 25, 2025 • 59 mins
This week we'll be discussing some Reddit Let's Not Meet stories about a terrifying sound proof "music studio", a man in a crawlspace, a creep and a dead body, and more!
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Episode 218: Murderer In The Family

February 18, 2025 • 51 mins
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 coul...
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