Adrift in the Pacific | The Sinking | 1
In the summer of 1972, Marilyn and Maurice Bailey decide to leave their quiet lives in suburban England behind, to sail across the world and start a new life in New Zealand. But when their 30-foot yac...
16 Jan 202442min
Encore: Donner Party | In Their Footsteps | 4
In December of 1846, a small group split off from the Donner Party in a desperate attempt to find help. The party, known as the Forlorn Hope, endured the bitter Sierra Nevada winter, trekking roughly ...
9 Jan 202434min
Encore: Donner Party | Consumed | 3
In the winter of 1847, a series of rescue parties fought their way through record snowfall to try to reach the stranded Donner Party. But when they finally arrived at the snowbound camps, they were un...
2 Jan 202450min
Encore: Donner Party | Snow and Blood | 2
In November of 1846, an early snowstorm left the Donner Party’s 87 men, women and children trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Freezing and running out of food, they decided to send out a team of ...
26 Des 202346min
Encore: Donner Party | The Shortcut | 1
In the 1840s, thousands of Americans journeyed west to California to pursue better lives. One group of settlers became infamous: the Donner Party. After taking an unproven shortcut, their wagon train ...
19 Des 202348min
Alone in the Alaska Wilderness | Lone Survivor | 4
Journalist Brian Murphy first discovered Leon Crane’s story buried in a press release about a fellow airman, who had died when their B-24 bomber crashed in Alaska in 1943. At the end of the release, h...
12 Des 202334min
Alone in the Alaska Wilderness | The Long Walk | 3
Leon Crane abandons the safety of an old hunter’s cabin to make a final push towards what he hopes is a small village. But the ice in the river he’s following has begun to crack, making for a perilous...
5 Des 202342min
Alone in the Alaska Wilderness | Cabin Fever | 2
Pilot Leon Crane has spent a week stranded in the Alaska backcountry after his plane crashed, and is in desperate need of food. He’s now considered “missing in action” by the army, with no rescue comi...
28 Nov 202342min
