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The CRUX: True Survival Stories — 235 episodes

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1

42 Years in Siberia: The Family That Vanished From the World | E234

2

Frozen in Time: Solving the Dyatlov Pass Mystery with Science | Disaster Strikes E 233

3

3 Days Missing in a Ravine: The Boy No One Could Find | E 232

4

99 Days in the Dark; The Overland Relief Expedition | E 231

5

80 Feet: A Via Ferrata Tragedy in Colorado | Disaster Strikes E 230

6

3 Nights Trapped in a Canyon With a Broken Pelvis | E229

7

Sucked into the Sky at 33,000 Feet: The Ewa Wiśnierska Story | E228

8

The Orange Tent Guy, Balin Miller's Fatal Fall from Yosemite's El Capitan | Disaster Strikes E 227

9

43 Days Lost in the Himalayan Winter: Trapped Without Food or Fire | E226

10

Nineteen Days in the Idaho Wilderness: They Did What They Had to Do | E 225

11

The Body Recovery: Fatal Cave Dive at Bushman's Hole | Disaster Strikes E 224

12

Trapped in Quicksand: 2 Hours vs. 6 Days | E223

13

Fourteen Days Down Under: The Beaconsfield Mine Rescue That Captivated the World | E222

14

The Vanishing at Pendleton Mountain | Disaster Strikes E221

15

100 Foot Fall, Broken Back, No Help: Surviving the Arizona Desert | E220

16

30 Minutes Under Ice: The Boy Who Came Back From Death | E219

17

100 Yards from Water | Disaster Strikes E218

18

The Miller Cave Tragedy: 7 Entered, 5 Survived | E217

19

Disaster on Franconia Ridge: A White Mountains Survival Story | E216

20

Adirondack Tragedy: The 9-Day Search for Leo Dufour on Allen Mountain | Disaster Strikes | E215

21

Seventy-Two Days: Alive in the Andes | E214

22

Frozen and Forgotten: Leon Crane's 120-Mile Walk Through Arctic Alaska | E213

23

Green Boots Cave - The Controversial Mount Everest Death That Shocked the World | Disaster Strikes E212

24

Crushed Beneath a Boulder | E211

25

Four Days Underwater and in the Dark: The Tony Bullimore Miracle Rescue | E210

26

Disaster Strikes: Two Miles-The Harris Levinson Tragedy | E209

27

133 Days Adrift: The Longest Life Raft Survival Ever | E208

28

Surviving Niagara Falls: The Impossible True Story of 7-Year-Old Roger Woodward | E207

29

Audrey Mestre's Fatal World Record Freedive | Disaster Strikes E206

30

The Surgeon Who Rewires Lives - Part 2 | E205

31

Surviving Paralysis: The Fight to Walk Again - Part 1 | E204

32

Buried Alive: Surviving a Himalayan Avalanche at 14,000 Feet | E203

33

Tragedy on Victory Peak | Disaster Strikes E202

34

Plane Disintegrated Midair: Juliane Koepcke Falls Two Miles Into the Amazon | E201

35

10 Days Lost: California Hiker Survives Santa Cruz Mountains Against All Odds | E200

36

Catastrophic Dive: Lessons from the Titan Submersible Tragedy | Disaster Strikes E199

37

Surviving the Killer Mountain: Three Nights in the Death Zone | E198

38

Floating in 90-Foot Waves Without a Life Raft: The La Conte Fishing Vessel Tragedy in Alaska | E197

39

Christopher McCandless: The True Story Behind Into the Wild's Tragic Alaska Death | Disaster Strikes E 196

40

Broken and Alone: Six Days on a Norwegian Mountain | E 195

41

The Lone Survivor of Early Winters Spire: Anton Tselykh's Impossible Escape from the Cascades | E194

42

60 Minutes to Survive: Inside the Pacific Northwest Survival Games: Bonus | E193

43

Sealed in Stone - The John Edward Jones Nutty Putty Cave Incident | Disaster Strikes E192

44

Walk or Wait: Carolina Wilga's Fight to Survive the Outback | E191

45

Franklin River Rescue: 20-Hour Ordeal Ends in Underwater Amputation | E190

46

What Happened to Gerry Largay – Disaster Strikes| E189

47

No Way Out: How an Injured Motorcyclist Survived the Idaho Wilderness | E188

48

Solo Flight Gone Wrong: Sheryl Ramstad's Journey from Tragedy to Triumph | E187

49

Stranded in Remote Canada: Andrew Barber's Nine-Day Fight to Survive | E 186

50

The Miracle at 33,000 Feet: How Vesna Vulović Survived the Highest Fall in History | E185

51

The Bluebell Sinking: 11-Year-Old Terry Jo's Four Days Adrift | E184

52

Norman Ollestad Jr.'s Miraculous Escape from the San Gabriel Mountains | E183

53

The Rescue Behind the Seven Teacups: Ryan Wardwell's Astonishing Survival | E182

54

Grandma Gatewood: The Unstoppable Trailblazer | E181

55

Miracle in Miami Bay: The Survival of Calena Areyan Gruber | E 180

56

Alligator Attack Victim Endures 3 Days in Florida Wetlands | E 179

57

Pacific Northwest Survival Games: Survival Skills Competition Turned Reality TV Show | E 178

58

Bear Mauls Alaskan Hiker, Rescued thanks to a Drone | E 177

59

Deserted Island Survival: 6 Teens Defied Odds for 15 Months | E 176

60

9/11 Survivors: Those Who Escaped the South Tower via Stairwell A | E 175

61

Lightning Strike Survival: The Most Spectacular Rescue in American Mountaineering History | E 174

62

The Last Goodbye: Survival in the Gulf of Mexico | E 173

63

Lost in the World's Largest Sandbox: The Steiner Family Tragedy | E172

64

Somali Pirates vs Navy SEALs: The Shocking True Story Behind Captain Phillips | E171

65

Frozen Fifteen Feet from Safety: How Jean Hilliard Survived 6 Hours at -22°F | E170

66

Disaster Strikes! The Haunting Descent: Marco Siffredi's Obsession with Everest's Greatest Line | E 169

67

Lost in Sierra Nevada: Tiffany Slaton Survives 24 Days Alone | E 168

68

The Kyrgyzstan Kidnapping: A Climbing Dream Turned Nightmare | E 167

69

The Pilot Who Was Sucked Out of His Own Plane at 17,000 Feet | E 166

70

Disaster Strikes! The Last Transmission: 33 Souls Lost in Hurricane Joaquin | E 165

71

Trapped in Ice: The Karluk Shipwreck Arctic Survival Story | E 164

72

Twice-Rescued: The Student Who Needed Saving from Mount Fuji Two Times in Four Days | E 163

73

Disaster Strikes! The Silent Killer Next Door: Carbon Monoxide's Deadly Deception | E 162

74

The Voluntary Castaway: Dr. Bombard's Revolutionary Atlantic Crossing | E 161

75

A Boy, A Desert, and A Hero Dog: The Incredible Survival of Bodin Allen | E 160

76

Disaster Strikes! The Mysterious Disappearance of Ranger Randy Morganson | E 159

77

Dark Waters, Circling Death: The USS Indianapolis Disaster | E 158

78

In the Jaws of Polar Bears: Surviving Arctic's Apex Predator | E 157

79

Disaster Strikes! Tragedy in Death Valley: The German Tourist Mystery | E 156

80

Alone in Antarctica: Richard Byrd's Deadly Solitude | E 155

81

Matt Reum's Remarkable Recovery After Being Trapped in His Truck for Six Days | E 154

82

Six Days Trapped in his Truck: The Impossible Survival of Matt Reum | E153

83

Swallowed by Sandy: The Hollywood Ship's Last Voyage and the Heroes Who Saved Its Crew | E 152

84

Against All Odds: How a 13-Year-Old Boy Saved His Father in the Wilderness | E151

85

The Barefoot Bandit: Colton Harris-Moore's Extraordinary Crime Spree and Survival Saga | E 150

86

The Coldest Night: Rob Gerings 12-Hour Fight for Survival | E 149

87

Wrong Turn: The Kim Family Tragedy on Bear Camp Road | E 148

88

12 Seconds: A Pro Snowmobiler's Life-Changing Moment | E 147

89

Hunted Becomes Hunter: The Vengeful Whale and the Essex | E 146

90

When Pet Becomes Predator: A 10-Minute Battle with a Domesticated Buck | E 145

91

Terrors on the River of Doubt: Roosevelt's Most Dangerous Adventure | E 144

92

Buried Alive: Anna Conrad's Five-Day Fight Beneath the Snow | E 143

93

Flight 1549: The Miracle on the Hudson | E 142

94

Survival in the Bernese Alps: The Incredible 1946 C-53 Dakota Crash and Rescue | E 141

95

Surviving King Philip's War: Mary Rowlandson's Incredible Story | E 140

96

The 780 MPH Ejection: The Impossible Survival of Captain Brian Udell | E139

97

Abandon Ship: The Costa Concordia’s Night of Chaos | E 138

98

83 Seconds: The Frank Slide Catastrophe | E137

99

311 Days Underground: An Iraq Hostage's Fight for Survival | E136

100

Darkness on the Bering Sea: The Sinking of the Alaska Ranger | E135

101

They Should've DIED From These Snake Bites... But Somehow Survived! | E134

102

Helene's Path: 500 Miles of Destruction | E133

103

When Joy Turned to Horror: Inside Indiana's Halloween Nightmare | E132

104

The Venomous Snake that Fell from the Sky | E131

105

A 60-Foot Fall, 4 Days Alone: Amy Racina's Incredible Survival in the Sierra Nevadas | E130

106

Attack of the Warthog: When a Pet Warthog Fights Back, and Other Exotic Animal Encounters | E129

107

Capsized: The Tamwoy Siblings' Unbelievable Fight for Survival | E128

108

Lost and Barefoot: Surviving a Month in the Cascades | E127

109

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: A Sticky Historical Disaster | E126

110

Surviving the Wild: Shane Burke's Battle with a Grizzly in the Tetons | E125

111

Terror in the Skies: Pilots Lose Control of a Flight at 37,000 Feet | E124

112

Escape from Hell: One Photographer's Fight to Survive Mount St. Helens | E123

113

The Epic Mt. St. Helens Eruption: Venus Dergan and Ronald Reitan's Unexpected Survival | E122

114

Torpedoed: The Remarkable WWII Survival of Ray Downs and His Family | E121

115

100 Miles in the Sonoran Desert: Pablo Valencia's Fight for Survival | E120

116

Overboard: Stories of Two Men Who Defied the Odds After Falling from Cruise Ships | E119

117

The Gripping Tale of Captain James Riley and the Shipwreck of Commerce Part 2 | E118

118

The Gripping Tale of Captain James Riley and the Shipwreck of Commerce Part 1 | E117

119

The Remarkable Survival of John Vihtelic: 16 Days Trapped in a Ravine | E116

120

Desert Tragedy: The Untold WWII Sahara Survival Story | E115

121

Debunking Common Survival Myths with Expert Insights | E114

122

Fact or Fiction? Survival Trivia Quiz | E 113

123

Surviving Against All Odds: Eddie Rickenbacker's Journey – Part 2 | E112

124

Surviving Against All Odds: Eddie Rickenbacker's Journey – Part 1 | E111

125

A Man is Buried Alive by the Thredbo Landslide for Sixty Five Hours | E110

126

The Unbelievable Survival of Slavomir Rawicz: Part 2 | E109

127

The Unbelievable Survival of Slavomir Rawicz: Part 1 | E108

128

Surviving a Kangaroo Attack: Melanie's True Outback Encounter | E107

129

Part Two: Left for Dead-Michael Odom's Ocean Standoff | E106

130

Part One: Coast Guard Rescue Gone Wrong - Michael Odom's Ocean Standoff | E105

131

A Broken Dam Leads to a 60 Foot Water Wall that Pummeled a Town: The Johnstown Flood | E104

132

White Squall: Tragedy Strikes when a Sailboat Capsizes with Students Aboard | E103

133

Celebrating 100 episodes: Part Two, Most Favorite Stories Recapped | E102

134

Celebrating 100 episodes; 5 of the most Popular Episodes | E101

135

Against the Avalanche: The Miraculous Survival of Adam Herman and Conor Lodge | E100

136

Surviving Superstorms: Expert Tips and Real Stories | E99

137

Tragedy in Yellowstone: Surviving a Geothermal | E98

138

Queen of Shangri-La: Plane Crash in New Guinea, The Gremlin Special | E97

139

Surviving the Skies: The Unbelievable Journey of Yaya Abdi - Flight in an Airplane Wheel Well | E96

140

Victoria Grover: 5 Nights Alone in the Desert | E95

141

Skydiving Gone Wrong: Jordan Hatmaker's Brush with Death | E94

142

Self Amputation for Survival | E93

143

Beneath the Bricks: Tunnel 29's Daring Escape in Cold War Berlin | E92

144

Surviving Everest: Robert Kay's Life Threatening Journey Through the Death Zone | True High-Altitude Adventure | E91

145

Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's Castaway Journey | E90

146

From Plane Crash to Glacier Rescue - A Pilot's Heroic Role in Saving Injured Climbers in Remote Alaska | E89

147

Steve Rodgers Salmon River Odyssey | E88

148

Jen Royce: Otter Ambush on the Jefferson River | E87

149

Baby Jessica: The 1987 Rescue of Jessica McClure from a Well | E86

150

Anne Hjelle: Escape from the Fangs of a Mountain Lion | E85

151

Hugh Glass: A Tale of Survival Against All Odds | E84

152

Ruth Woroniecki: 200 Foot Fall on Cucamonga Peak | E83

153

Defying Everest: Lincoln Hall's Miraculous Survival of the Death Zone on Mt. Everest | E82

154

Lauren Elder: Plane Crash in the Sierra Nevada Mt Range | E81

155

Surviving the Impossible: Trapped under a Boulder | E80

156

Tragedy Strikes Mammoth Mountain: Unveiling the unseen Danger of Fumaroles | E79

157

Beneath the Surface: Seven Men Trapped in the French Vitarelles Caverns for Ten days | E78

158

When Lightning Strikes Twice: A Hike up Half Dome gets Electrified | E77

159

Adrift: Bill Durden's 2016 Epic 20 hr Open Water Swim | E76

160

Tragedy on the Mountains: The Mann Gulch Fire Disaster | E75

161

Surviving the Utah Wilderness: Justin and Jeremy Harris's Canyoneering Odyssey | E74

162

Tragedy on Mount Hood: The Untold Story of the 1986 Oregon Episcopal School Expedition | E73

163

The Jungle Resilience: Four Children, Forty Days | E72

164

Frozen Odyssey: Douglas Mawson's Epic Antarctic Survival | E71

165

Quinn Brett Interview: 120 Foot fall on El Capitan | E70

166

Plane Crash in the Rocky Mountains | E69

167

Stranded in the Snow: Jim and Jennifer Stolpa's Fight for Survival | E68

168

Gina Allen & Brandon Day: Day Hike on Mt San Jacinto Turned Nightmare | E67

169

The Butte Mining Incident of 1917 | E66

170

Wolf Wagner & Johannes Hoentsch: Canoe Trip in Remote Canada gone Wrong | E65

171

Steve Callahan; 76 Days Lost at Sea | E64

172

Sydnie Uemoto & David McMahon: Open Water Swim Following a Plane Crash | E63

173

Disaster on Mount Hood; In the Blink of an Eye a Massive Accident Takes out Multiple Climbers | E62

174

Laurent Camprubi: His Sailboat Capsized Leaving him Trapped in an Air Bubble | E61

175

Adrian Knopps: Alone for Seven Days in Misty Fjords AK after a Tragic Accident | E60

176

Matt Henningsen: Successful Bear Hunt to an Unexpected Medical Emergency | E59

177

Violet Jessop: She lived through three ship wrecks in her lifetime, one of which was the Titanic | E58

178

Greg Hein: Survived Six Days on Remote Mt. Goddard | E57

179

Ken Killip: Lost in the Rocky Mountains | E56

180

Jamie Mosch: Survived 5 days in the Everglades | E55

181

Michelle Funk: A Small Child who Survived Under Unlikely Circumstances | E54

182

Welcome Julie Henningsen to The Crux Podcast

183

John Colter's Run: John Colter Runs for his Life as Blackfeet Worriers Chase him on Foot | E53

184

Michael Packard: Inside the Mouth of a Whale | E52

185

Andrew Gaskell: Into the Jungle to Find Himself only to Lose His Way | E51

186

Autumn Veatch: Wilderness Survival Following Plane Crash in the Northern Cascades | E50

187

Donn Fendler: A 12 yo Boy Gets Lost on a Mountain in Maine in the Summer of 1939 | E49

188

Jeff Schock: Captain of the No Longer Floating St. Joseph | E48

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47) Tony Streather: Mountaineers Struggle to Survive Following an Avalanche on Mt. Haramosh in 1957.

190

46) Nelson Simón: A Beginner Sailor Learns the Ropes and has an Unexpected Meeting with Hurricane Grace

191

45) Jan Baalsrud: Escape from the Gestapo during WW2

192

44) The Robertson Family: Shipwrecked by Whales

193

43) David Cronenwett: Wisdom from a Survival Expert

194

42) Anders Broste: Attack by a Grizzly Bear While Hunting

195

41) Jean Muenchrath: Escape from Mt Whitney

196

40) Ann Rodgers: Lost in the Desert for 9 Days

197

39) Andrew Devers: Lost for 9 days in the Wilderness.

198

38) Lorraine Jonsson: Snake Bite in Franklin Canyon Park

199

37) Amber Kohnhorst: Fall from 100 Feet, Alone in Arizona

200

36) Carter Viss: Ran Over by a 36 Foot Cruising Boat in Florida

201

35) Amanda Eller: Lost at the Wakamaya Reserve for 17 Days

202

34) William Coston: Plane Crash in the Bermuda Triangle in 1949

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33) Larrane Leech: Visited by a Mountain Lion

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32) Abby Sunderland: 16 yo Attempts to Circumnavigate World in Yacht

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31) Mark and Phillip and the Treacherous Mount Cook Climb

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30) Todd Endris and the Great White Shark

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29) 1953 K2 Expedition: Eight Men Set off to Seek Adventure on K2, but were Met with Difficulty

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28) Anna Bågenholm- A Medical Student who Survived Hypothermia and the Lowest Body Temperature ever Recorded.

209

27) Reshma Begum: Survived within a Building after it Collapsed

210

26) The Death Defying Film Crew: Helicopter Crash into Kilauea Volcano

211

25) Carol Martini and Jay Barry: Attacked by Pirates out at Sea

212

24) Eric LeMarque: One Wrong Turn Under the Ski Boundary at Mammoth Left Eric in the Cold

213

23) The Chilean Mining Accident: In 2010, 33 Unlucky Chilean Miners got Trapped when the San Jose Copper-Gold Mine Collapsed

214

22) Takeyasu Minamiura and the 1990 Great Epic of Trango Tower: Paraglide Gone Wrong

215

21) The Evans Family: Plane Crash into a Mountain in Alaska

216

20) Deborah Scaling Kiley: Sharks in the Water!! A Skilled Sailor Attempts to Transport a Ship To Florida From Maine, but Meets a Large Storm on the Way.

217

19) The Endurance: The Story of Earnest Shakleton, His Crew, and Their Survival on the Icy Waters of the Antarctic Ocean

218

18) Yossi Ghinsberg: Survived 3 Weeks in the Amazon Alone

219

17) Nicholas Alkemade: Jumped From an Airplane Without a Parachute

220

16) Joe Simpson & Simon Yates; The Mountain Survival Story that Inspired the Book, Touching the Void

221

15) The Wild Boars Football Team: Rescue from Tham Luang Cave

222

14) Tyson Steele: Alone and Resourceful in the Alaskan Winter After a House Fire

223

13) Paul Templer: Attacked by a Rogue Hippo

224

12) Ricky Megee; Left for Dead in the Desert of Australia

225

11) Ed and Kelly Moellmer: Father/Daughter Backcountry Ski Turned Nightmare

226

10) Higgen's Family Snow Cave and Amber Van Hecke's Wrong Turn

227

9) Jose Salvador Alvarenga: Lost at Sea for 438 Days

228

8) Angela Hernandez: Stranded on a Beach for Seven Days

229

7) Todd Orr: Attacked Twice by a Bear

230

6) Harrison Okene: Trapped Inside a Boat

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5) Mary Vincent: Hitchhiking Gone Wrong

232

4) Juliane Koepcke: Airplane Free Fall to the Jungle

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3) Aron Ralston: Trapped in a Canyon

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2) Mauro Prosperi: Lost in the Desert

235

1) Beck Weathers: Left for Dead on Everest