Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the death of Chris McCandless, who perished when trekking and living in the Alaskan Wilderness. I discuss his background, other similar tragedies and whether what he did was right or not.

TW: Suicide

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MH resources:
https://www.mind.org.uk/
https://www.samaritans.org/
https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/mental-health-and-stigma/help-and-support
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/getting-help

Key sources:
Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer 

Return to the wild - documentary on Youtube

https://www.christophermccandless.info/bio.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/chris-mccandless-died-update

https://www.adn.com/voices/article/beatification-chris-mccandless-thieving-poacher-saint/2013/09/21/

Carl McCunn:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_McCunn

https://www.completefood.it/en/the-dramatic-death-of-carl-mccunn/

https://medium.com/@willrussell_46069/the-remarkable-diary-of-terrifying-abandonment-in-the-alaska-wilds-7df55bcc1455