Alison Botha is a South African women who story of survival is insane. It is unbelievable that she survived her ordeal . The women has the worlds strongest will to live. That's all I'm going to tell you cause I don't want to spoil it but lets just say the majority of people would have died going through what she did. WARNING this story involves rape, graphic details of stabbing, and near decapitation. Ye be warned.

Have you ever thought about killing someone? How about when you were 12? I really hope the answer to that was no. Edwin Debrow probably made a different decision to yours and ended up in juvenile detention for it. Things don't get better even when he decides to change his ways.

"The fastest surgeon on the west end" Dr. Robert Liston was the fastest surgeon and did many amputations. He is also the only surgeon who performed a surgery with a 300% mortality rate. Was he saving lives or just careless and seeking attention? Listen and find out!

It's a Christmas miracle! The SS Meredith Victory is a ship not the Nazis SS. We're not going to tell you a Nazis miracle story. It's the wrong podcast for that and if you're looking for that type of podcast we don't want you listening to this anyways. If it was a miracle were lots of Nazis were defeated, you might hear that here. Any-who this has nothing to do with Nazis and is all about rescuing thousands of people. Enjoy!

Once there was a gorilla named Koko. She was smart, sweet, and caring. There were not trait associated with gorillas in the 1970s. Thanks in great part to Koko they are now. Seriously she was and amazing and interesting individual.

The Lykov family fled from religious persecution in the 1930s to the Siberian forest. But then they stayed there for 70 years. Not my idea of a good time but to each their own.

Ok, so someone trying to kill you would be bad. Them hiring hit-men would also be bad. But then being able to crash your own funeral and confront the dude who tried to off ya would kind of be awesome. Noela Rukundo did just that. Check it out!

Well this is a downer. Willowbrook State School was for children with intellectual disabilities. It should have been a safe place but its was nothing of the sort. many horrors and atrocities occurred with the "schools" walls. Like I said it's a downer but we have to remember the past so we don't make the same mistakes.

The new Watchmen series on HBO opens with Tulsa 1921 and it actually happened. People suck. But come listen to all the details here.

Remembrance Day is upon us! This episode we remember one man who not only tricked the Nazis, but they gave him a medal for it. Juan Pujol Garcia, Spanish spy and double agent. Also his name sounds funny when you say it.