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How I Survived
Amazing, first-hand survival stories from people who have faced the unimaginable and escaped with their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Trapped in the desert for THREE NIGHTS
Setting off to hike to the Lost Palms Oasis, hidden deep within the Joshua Tree National Park, 35-year-old Kiwi Claire Nelson couldn't wait to immerse...
"I wrestled a CROCODILE for 25 minutes"
It was a steaming hot March afternoon in Weipa, a mining town on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. At a safety course, 28-ye...
Crushed in an erupting volcano
*Quick note: We're working from home due to Covid-19, so this podcast is coming to you from Beth's wardrobe. Enjoy, and we hope you're all staying saf...
A stranger stabbed me, then stole my baby
With the TV murmuring softly in the background, Desiree Page, 39, relaxed back into the reclining sofa, cuddling her 13-month-old son Cory. It was lat...
UPDATE: "My husband tried to gas me to death"
When Pepita Nicholls asked her husband of 18 years, Robert Ridgeway, for a divorce, he hatched a dark plan to get revenge. Now, there's been an update...
Hang-gliding horror: "I wasn't attached!"
It was a sunny, crisp winter’s day in Interlaken, Switzerland, and Florida couple Chris and Gail Gursky, married for 26 years and parents to a grown-u...
"I was bashed with a baseball bat"
A devoted single mum-of-three, Simone O’Brien, then 37, was looking for love. She’d been divorced amicably from her ex, the kids’ dad Trevor, for more...
Joe woke up without a penis
Knocking off after a hard day of work as a labourer, 32-year-old Joe Green, from Indiana, in the United States, was looking forward to an icy cold bee...
We're back next week....
Season 4 of How I Survived is back on the 25th of February.
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BEST OF: The 3-year-old lost in the bush for 17 hours
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When Leisa Bennett couldn't be there...
BEST OF: Bill sliced his face off with a chainsaw
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Victorian grandpa Bill Singleton, 70, was working i...
BEST OF: The surgeon stabbed in his own hospital
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Victorian neurosurgeon Dr Michael Wong was stabbed...
Tiffany fell down a waterfall
At the age of 21, Tiffany Johnson was having the time of her life. Travelling Europe on a Contiki tour, she was waking up in a new place almost every...
Bourke Street Massacre: My brother, the killer
Growing up, Angelo Gargasoulas knew his brother James "Jimmy" Gargasoulas was strange. They had a difficult relationship and Jimmy could be unpredicta...
Susan drank her own breastmilk to survive!
It was Mother’s Day - and at Susan O’Brien’s home in Wellington, New Zealand, it was hectic. Instead of waking up to breakfast in bed, she was getting...
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"I was swallowed by a hippo"
Each stroke of 27-year-old safari guide Paul Templer’s paddle took his canoe closer to the stunning mist-shrouded Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Along wi...
Kelly went for a run when she felt a chill
Training for her first marathon 38-year-old Kelly Herron, would often find herself pounding the pavement after work. She lived in the Pacific Northwes...
Lost at sea – saved by a bucket!
With his young son in his arms, Maike faced a fight for their lives.
Interviewed and hosted by Beth Young/sound design by Denis Duggan.
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Shot as we shopped
Andrew and Kathy McLaren were at the mall when a terror attack unfolded
Interviewed by Riah Matthews/hosted by Beth Young/sound design by Denis...
A bear ripped off my face!
Allena Hansen was working on her property with her faithful dogs when disaster struck.
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A freak wind tore off my hand!
Harriet Davis, 12, was enjoying a nice day out on the river when her life changed forever.
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Stabbed 14 times in the hospital!
Dr Michael Wong was at work when his shift turned to terror.
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My husband tried to gas me to death
When Pepita Nicholls asked her husband of 18 years, Robert Ridgeway, for a divorce, he hatched a dark plan to get revenge.
Interviewed by Riah...
I sliced off my face with a chainsaw!
Victorian grandpa Bill Singleton was working in the bush when horror struck.
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Lost in the bush for 17 hours - saved by her dog!
When Leisa Bennett couldn't be there for her three-year-old granddaughter Aurora, Max the dog stepped in.
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Season 2 out now!
Each fortnight, How I Survived brings you the shocking and unbelievable true story of a person who has survived against the odds, told in their own wo...
KIDNAPPED - How I escaped my hostage hell
'I wasn't just gonna take a bullet to the back of the head.’
When Nigel Brennan and his colleague Amanda Lindhout were kidnapped by Somalian reb...
CLIFF HORROR: 'She's gone over the edge!'
For Shannon Bennett and her 13-year-old daughter Trinity a day out ended in disaster.
Interviewer and host: Beth Young/Producer: Denis Duggan
Hostage terror - I was used as a human shield
On an everyday Monday morning, Louisa Hope found herself at the centre of a deadly terrorist attack.
Interviewed by Riah Matthews/ host Beth Yo...
"I was scalped at 13 weeks pregnant"
Michelle Dowsett, 42, worked as a school teacher but lived on a farm with her husband, Bob, and two young kids, Josh, 2, and Liv, 18 months, so it was...
Abducted, drugged and left for dead.
Rachele Godsall was kidnapped and had her throat slashed by the man she'd loved for nine years. 'He just looked at me and he didn't say anything, and...
"I survived Ted Bundy - the world's worst serial killer"
For 37 years, Rhonda Stapley hid a terrifying secret...At age 21, Rhonda was offered a ride by Bundy in his signature tan Volkswagon, where he later a...
"I was shot in the face by a stranger"
After a quiet night in at home in Newcastle, James Myers went to bed - he had no idea, but his worst nightmare was about to begin. Two hours later, a...
Introducing the How I Survived podcast
Each week, How I Survived brings you the shocking and unbelievable true-story of a person who’s survived against the odds, told in their own words.