Not Today
300 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 824 ratingsNot 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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Episode 187: The Boston Molasses Flood
July 09, 2024 13:44 - 52 minutesOn January 15, 1919, a storage tank collapsed releasing two million gallons of molasses on the North End of Boston. The thick liquid poured out like a tsunami wave, reaching speeds of up to 35 miles per hour, destroying everything in its path. The molasses flooded streets, crushed buildings, derailed trains and ultimately killed 21 people and injured 150 more.
Episode 186: The Black Widow
July 02, 2024 08:00 - 55 minutesIn 2019, 39-year-old Rob Parkes answered the door for police who played him a recording of two voices bargaining over the price of his death. One of the voices on the tape was his ex-wife Victoria Breeden. Parkes didnt know it at the time but Victoria had approached 6 different men about the hit on Rob falsely claiming rob was a violent, abusive, drug dealing, gang leading, pedophile who needed to be killed.
Episode 185: Submarine Escape
June 25, 2024 08:30 - 53 minutesIn 1941 31-year-old John Capes was the only passenger on board the HMS Perseus to survive after the submarine struck a mine and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Throughout the course of the World War II, the British navy lost 79 submarines – and from those there were only 4 escapes. One of which was that of John Capes. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/nottoday and get on your way to being your best self!
Episode 184: Pinned
June 18, 2024 07:30 - 58 minutesWhile on a trip retrieving animal traps in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Ken Hildebrand was crushed under his quad on a remote hillside in hungry coyote territory.
Episode 182: Dr. Death
June 11, 2024 07:30 - 1 hourDr. Christopher Duntsch began working at Baylor Plano hospital in Dallas Texas in 2011, however over the next few years he would be bounced from hospital to hospital after he was responsible for maiming and killing the majority of his patients. Despite doctors, patients, families, and lawyers making complaints about him to the Texas State Medical Board, nothing was done and for years and he was allowed to continue ruining people's lives.
Episode 183: Dr. Death
June 11, 2024 07:30 - 1 hourDr. Christopher Duntsch began working at Baylor Plano hospital in Dallas Texas in 2011, however over the next few years he would be bounced from hospital to hospital after he was responsible for maiming and killing the majority of his patients. Despite doctors, patients, families, and lawyers making complaints about him to the Texas State Medical Board, nothing was done and for years and he was allowed to continue ruining people's lives.
Episode 182: Underwater Nightmares
June 04, 2024 16:20 - 1 hourLets talk about some terrifying underwater survival stories about sharks, orca whales, and giant squid!
Episode 181: Heaven's Gate Cult
May 28, 2024 07:39 - 1 hourIn 1997, 39 members of a religious sect were found dead by suicide inside a San Diego mansion. Leaders Marshall “Herf” Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles promised that an extraterrestrial spacecraft would take them all to the heaven, or as they called it, “The Next Level”.
Episode 180: Sparks in the Swiss Alps
May 21, 2024 07:30 - 56 minutesWhile climbing the Piz Badile Mountain in the Swiss Alps in 2003, Jeremy Colenso and Rachel Kelsey were caught in a terrifying electrical storm. They did their best to climb down however after hours, the climb became too dangerous and the couple was stranded on a ledge 3,000 meters up.
Episode 179: Japan Airlines Flight 123 Tragedy
May 14, 2024 07:30 - 58 minutesJapan 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 178: The Butcher Baker Survivor
May 07, 2024 07:30 - 51 minutesFrom 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. To read The Institution by Helen Fields head to: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-institution-helen-fields?variant=41088092733474
Episode 177: Terrifying Theme Park Accidents
April 30, 2024 07:30 - 1 hourIn this episode we'll be discussing some of the worst theme park accidents of all time.
Episode 176: The St. Francis Dam Disaster
April 23, 2024 07:30 - 1 hourThree 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 li...
Episode 175: Off-road Accident
April 16, 2024 07:30 - 53 minutesA 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. This episode is sponsored by by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/nottoday and get on your way to being your best self.
Episode 174: The Bubonic Plague
April 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hourFrom 1346 to 1352, the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death claimed one-third of the European human population, with mortality rates as high as 70% to 80%. Let's talk about the people who lived through that horrific time!
Episode 173: Animal Attacks
April 02, 2024 14:40 - 1 hourIn this episode we'll be discussing a man who made the wrong decision near a lion, a close call with a golf course alligator, and a woman who was ambushed by a cougar while mountain biking!
Episode 172: It Floats
March 26, 2024 07:08 - 45 minutes17-year-old Josh Long and his best friend, 15-year-old Troy Driscoll, decided they wanted to go shark fishing one Sunday afternoon in 2005. The two planned to spend a few hours in the ocean off the coast of South Carolina in a small row boat, however things got bad very quickly when their small boat got caught in a very strong rip tide that pulled them out to sea in a matter of minutes. The teenage boys would have to spend the next 6 days stranded in the middle of the ocean, with no food, wa...
Episode 171: The Stalker of Dave Kroupa
March 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hourDave Kroupa was casually dating Liz Golyar and Cari Farver in 2012 near Omaha, Nebraska Despite maintaining to both women that he wasn't looking for a serious relationship, their story ended up turning into a twisted tale of stalking, arson and murder. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/nottoday and get on your way to being your best self.
The Stalker of Dave Kroupa
March 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hourDave Kroupa was casually dating Liz Golyar and Cari Farver in 2012 near Omaha, Nebraska Despite maintaining to both women that he wasn't looking for a serious relationship, their story ended up turning into a twisted tale of stalking, arson and murder. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/nottoday and get on your way to being your best self.
Episode 170: The Attack of Peter and Joan Porco
March 12, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutesOn November 15th 2004, police discovered the deceased, Peter Porco, lying in a pool of blood at the base of his stairs and his wife, Joan Porco, in their bedroom clinging to life after they were viciously attacked with an ax. When police asked Joan if she knew who did this to her, she shook her head yes, and when they asked her if her son Christopher Porco had done this, she nodded yes again. However when Joan woke up in the hospital weeks later she had no memory of the attack and swore that...
Episode 139: Use Your Equipment
March 05, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes36-year-old Ted Porter decided to do a solo hike in Glacier National Park in 2013. After hitting poor conditions on the glacier he made the responsible decision to cut his journey short, but on his way down he cut some corners. What he thought would be an easy walk back turned into Ted sliding straight into a massive crack in the earth and falling forty feet down. Despite his excruciating injuries, Ted needed to get out of there or he would die alone in a crevasse.
Episode 169: Use Your Equipment
March 05, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes36-year-old Ted Porter decided to do a solo hike in Glacier National Park in 2013. After hitting poor conditions on the glacier he made the responsible decision to cut his journey short, but on his way down he cut some corners. What he thought would be an easy walk back turned into Ted sliding straight into a massive crack in the earth and falling forty feet down. Despite his excruciating injuries, Ted needed to get out of there or he would die alone in a crevasse.
Episode 168: Nasubi's Life of Prizes
February 27, 2024 08:00 - 47 minutesIn 1998, Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi, starred in a reality competition series "Denpa Shonen: A Life of Prizes." He was cut off from outside world, stripped naked, and told he had to survive only off of only prizes he won from magazine sweepstakes. He would be able to leave the room once he won one million yen in prizes, which took him 335 days to complete.
Episode 167: Missing For Three Months
February 20, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutesIn September of 1995, 13-year-old Jessyca Mullenburg was kidnapped by her father's neighbor, 38-year-old Steven Oliver. Oliver gained her father's trust by pretending to have a contact at a large publishing company and by helping Jessyca with her writing to get her published. But in reality, Steven Oliver had become obsessed with Jessyca and had a very sinister and thought out plan to take her away. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhel...
Episode 166: Freak Accidents 4
February 13, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutesIn this episode we'll be discussing some unbelievable freak accidents, including a man with a drill through his head, a girl who hung upside down from a power line, a paraglider who was never strapped in and more!
Episode 165: No Motive
February 06, 2024 08:00 - 45 minutesOn September 8th 2010, after not showing up for her morning meeting at work, Marti Hill was found in a pool of blood on her basement floor by law enforcement. As Marti lay unconscious in the hospital, investigators tried to piece together what could've happened to a woman whom everyone loved.
On Our Watch
February 05, 2024 15:44 - 3 minutesOn Our Watch Season 2: New Folsom is a deeply-reported narrative podcast series from KQED. It follows the stories of two correctional officers in an elite unit who pay a high price for exposing corruption and abuse by their fellow officers. It’s a story about broken promises and unwritten rules. It’s a story about who gets hurt when the system that promises to keep us safe is bent on protecting itself. Host Sukey Lewis and co-reporter Julie Small piece together an explosive narrative through...
Episode 164: Bear Attack
January 30, 2024 16:21 - 51 minutesIn September of 1995, 18-year-old Bram Schafer was on a hunting trip with his friends and family. But when he decided to take off from the group, Bram found himself caught between a mama grizzly bear and her cub. After Bram's encounter with the bear, a massive storm rolled in on the mountain and he was left on his own to fend for himself.
Episode 163: Holding On
January 23, 2024 08:00 - 54 minutesIn May of 2005 Will Slattery went on a dream vacation with his friends, Jimmy Simplicio and Many Sanchez, to parachute in Costa Rica. On their last parachuting trip, their plane was taken down by unexpected weather and turbulence. The three men had to jump out of the plane to save their lives, however they were all about to be split up and Will would find himself alone in the middle of the ocean. Go to TryMiracle.com/nottoday and use code NOTTODAY to try Miracle Made sheets, claim your FR...
Episode 162: Nightmare on San Bernardo Ave
January 16, 2024 08:00 - 44 minutesWhen 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 161: Let's Not Meet
January 09, 2024 08:05 - 1 hourThis week we're diving into terrifying stories from the Let's Not Meet subreddit!
Episode 160: The Long Island Lolita
January 02, 2024 08:00 - 1 hourMay 19th 1992 started out as a normal day for stay-at-home mother, Mary Jo Buttafuoco. But when her doorbell rang around 11:30 that morning, her whole life changed in a matter of seconds.
Episode 159: JMS Cult Part 2
December 19, 2023 08:15 - 1 hourAfter Jung Myung-Seok was arrested for the first time he wanted revenge on those who got him caught. In part two we're going to talk about how JMS stayed in control and all the damage he caused along the way.
Episode 158: JMS Cult Part 1
December 12, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourJung Myung-Seok started the Jesus Morning Star church in the 1970s in South Korea. The movement was able to gain popularity very quickly, especially among university students in Seoul and has even expanded to other countries. However, the church has been called a “sex cult” in the media due to the numerous allegations of sexual assaults made towards their leader and founder.
Episode 157: Underneath It All
December 05, 2023 15:09 - 57 minutesOn March 31st, 2008 Katie Piper had sulfuric acid thrown on her face, and in an instant her entire life changed.
Episode 156: Freak Accidents and Medical Miracles
November 28, 2023 08:00 - 57 minutesWe're going to be talking about a couple of survivors of near decapitation, a doctor who had to perform surgery on himself, a close encounter with a hippo and more! Check out our merch shop: https://nottodaypodcast.myshopify.com/ For 15% off Uncommon Goods: https://www.uncommongoods.com/nottoday
Episode 155: Stuck In The Middle
November 21, 2023 08:00 - 43 minutesApril 20th 2022, started out as any other day for forensic scientist, Nicole Lenway Ford. But as Nicki was headed inside the familywise parenting center to pick up her son, a person dressed in all black ran up from behind her and shot her multiple times. As Nicki clung onto life in the hospital, police raced to figure out who wanted Nicki dead. CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!!! https://nottodaypodcast.myshopify.com/ For 15% off on Uncommon Goods: https://www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/nottoday
Episode 154: The Dating Game Killer
November 14, 2023 18:52 - 45 minutesSerial killer Rodney Alcala was a photographer who lured women by offering to take their picture. His killing spree lasted from 1968 until 1979. During that time he was also a contestant on the daytime television show The Dating Game. For 15% off on Uncommon Goods, head to: https://www.uncommongoods.com/podcast/nottoday
Episode 153: The Poison Cheesecake
November 07, 2023 08:00 - 54 minutesOn August 28th 2016, eyelash extension technician Olga Svik was begged by one of her clients, Viktoria Nasyrova, for an emergency appointment. As a thank you for seeing her last minute, Viktoria brought Olga a piece of cheesecake, however after eating it, Olga immediately felt ill and fell unconscious. Olga was rushed to the hospital, but when she came home she discovered that certain items had been stolen from her apartment. Olga would soon learn that she wasn't the only person to have an u...
Episode 152: The Conjuring House
October 31, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourIn the winter of 1971, the Perron family moved into a large farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island. For the duration of the 10 years the Perron family lived there, they would experience a haunting unlike any other. This is the true story that inspired the first conjuring movie.
Episode 151: Spooky Listener Stories
October 24, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutesThis week we're discussing a few haunting ghost stories and a break in story that sounds like it came straight out of a movie!
Episode 150: The Freddy Krueger Killer
October 17, 2023 07:00 - 42 minutesWhen Daniel Gonzalez was 24 years old, the voices in his head told him he needed to kill people. On September 15th 2004, he set out to become a serial killer, just like his favorite horror movie monsters, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees.
Episode 149: The Hill Abduction
October 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourOn their way home from a weekend trip, Betty and Barney Hill claimed they encountered a UFO. After their strange experience that night, the couple realized they had a two hour span in which they had no memory. Disturbed and alarmed by their loss of consciousness the two underwent hypnotherapy to try and recall the lost time. During their hypnosis, the two separately recalled their shocking stories of being abducted by aliens.
Episode 148: Siegfried and Roy
October 03, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutesSiegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn rose to international stardom while performing with their many jungle cats, The duo then had their live career immediately ended when a tiger named Montecore unexpectedly attacked Roy on stage, nearly killing him.
Episode 147: Days From Death
September 26, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutesAlex Skeel first met his girlfriend, Jordan Worth, at the age of 15. The couple's relationship started out normal however as time went on Jordan became extremely controlling, physically and psychologically abusive. By the time it ended, Alex hadn't seen his family in two years and he was only 10 days away from death.
Episode 146: The Moorehouse Survivor
September 19, 2023 07:00 - 39 minutesKate Moir was only 17 years old when she was kidnapped by two of Australia's most prolific killers after she accepted a lift from the couple after a night out in Perth in November 9, 1986. She had to face the terrible realization that she was not going to be safely dropped off at home as she had been promised, but she was now a captive. And what was even even worse was, these people had done this before.
Episode 145: Listeners Stories 9
September 12, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourIn this episode we're going to discuss a close call at a hotel, a terrifying car accident, an unexplainable ghost story and more! To learn more about microdosing THC go to https://www.microdose.com/ and use code: nottoday to get free shipping & 30% off your first order!
Episode 144: Cat And Mouse
September 05, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutesFor months, Colorado police departments were sure Travis Forbes was behind the disappearance of Kenia Monge. However due to lack of evidence, they were unable to bring him to justice. That was until July 4th 2011, when another woman crossed paths with Travis. Lydia Tillman jumped from her burning second floor apartment, not only saving her life, but also giving police the evidence they needed to catch a monster. The Kenia Monge Foundation: https://keniamonge.wordpress.com/
Episode 143: The Titanic
August 29, 2023 07:00 - 1 hourLets talk about what happened the night the Titanic sank and about some of the survivors.
Episode 142: Disappear Then Reappear
August 22, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutesIn February 1978, A Michigan college student went missing during a solo cross country ski trip. Over a year later, after being presumed dead, he reappeared without a single memory from the time he went missing. Head to https://factormeals.com/nottoday50 and use code nottoday50 to get 50% off!