When multiple women began being killed execution style in Laredo Texas, the community was terrified and police were at a loss. It wasn't until one woman escaped the killers grasp that justice was served.

Episode 162: Nightmare on San Bernardo Ave

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.

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Japan AirLines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan.  On August 12, 1985, the Boeing 747 suffered a severe structural failure and decompression 12 minutes into the flight causing the pilots to lose all control. The crash of Flight 123 is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.

Episode 179: Japan Airlines Flight 123 Tragedy

From 1971 to 1983, serial killer Robert Hansen murdered at least 17 women in Anchorage, AK. Hansen kidnapped and assaulted women before flying them to remote areas in the Alaskan wilderness in his private plane where he hunted them down with a rifle. Hansen’s terrifying murder spree would have continued, had it not been for Cindy Paulson.



 



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Episode 178: The Butcher Baker Survivor

In this episode we'll be discussing some of the worst theme park accidents of all time.

Episode 177: Terrifying Theme Park Accidents

Three minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928 the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending over 12 billion gallons of water and debris rushing down the Santa Clara River Valley from San Francisquito Canyon to the Pacific Ocean, 54 miles away. In five and a half hours more than 400 peoples lives were claimed as they were swept away in the dark and murky waters. It is considered to have been one of the worst American civil engineering disasters of the 20th century and the third-greatest loss of life in California history.

Episode 176: The St. Francis Dam Disaster

A car accident left retired couple, Tom and Linda Bosworth, stranded in the New Mexico wilderness. To survive they faced a grueling hike through heat and hostile environment back to safety before they died of dehydration.  





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Episode 162: Nightmare on San Bernardo Ave

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