Survival

As passengers of Southampton embarked for the RMS Titanic's maiden voyage in 1912, a crew member commented to a traveler... Read more

As a leader in the Norwegian resistance against the Nazis in the 1940s, 25-year-old Jan Baalsrud endured frostbite, gang... Read more

After climbing through the high-voltage fence surrounding Camp 14 in January of 2005, Shin Dong-hyuk was only halfway to... Read more

On May 12, 1846, a wagon train set out toward the West Coast of North America. Lead by George Donner and James F. Reed, ... Read more

Central Africa: In the spring of 1994, a paramilitary group called the “Interahamwe” set about exterminating the Tutsi p... Read more

In 2011, Brendan McDonough joined an elite wildland firefighting crew called the Granite Mountain Hotshots. But no amoun... Read more

In 1871, Captain Charles Hall left Brooklyn Harbor, New York with a ship, crew, and a mandate from the US Government: Jo... Read more

On May 3rd, 1999, the people of southern Oklahoma County would brace themselves and pray, as they were about to have to ... Read more

Siula Grande is a 20,814 foot behemoth that sits along the Peruvian Andes, a challenging ascent for even the most experi... Read more

Before Russia was thrown into turmoil in 1917, a set of Romanov brothers spent their days focused on surviving palace po... Read more

In 2010, volunteer music teacher Jeanne Pocius barely survived a massive earthquake that devastated Haiti. Despite zero ... Read more

In November of 1863, Captain Thomas Musgrave led his five-man crew on a search for riches on Campbell Island. Unfortunat... Read more

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: On May 12, 1846, a wagon train set out toward the West Coa... Read more

When Georgia seceded from the Union in 1861, the Vinson brothers volunteered for service in hopes they would be statione... Read more

Riding a summer high, the citizens of the Mississippi Coast, also known as the “Riviera of the South,” never expected th... Read more

At 4 P.M. on June 30th, 2013, the Yarnell Hill wildfire in the Arizona mountains spiraled out of control. Brendan McDono... Read more

As the Rwandan genocide continued to rage, the Tutsis who had survived the initial violence found themselves in more dan... Read more

On August 26th, 1998, sixteen-year-old Jonathan Kathrein and his best friend Sean set out for a final surf of the summer... Read more

In 1963, an adventurous 21-year-old chartered a cheap private flight from Alaska to San Francisco. Shortly after takeoff... Read more

December 14, 1944: Japanese soldiers massacre 139 of 150 American POWs. One of the eleven to survive is U.S. Marine Glen... Read more