Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLightning Strikes Twice: Tallest Thing on the Mountain
Season 1 Episode 84
What happens when millions of electrical volts strike the human body? We meet a man who knows first hand. In 2012, Andrej Orogvani and two friends he…
1 year, 7 months ago
Cyclone in the English Channel: Search & Rescue Go
Season 1 Episode 83
In 2007 a once-in-a-lifetime cyclone approaches the UK. Royal Navy search & rescue diver, Jay O’Donnell, finds himself in the eye of the storm. A tin…
1 year, 7 months ago
Trapped Under the Sunken Titanic
Season 1 Episode 82
Dik Barton has an amazing job. His 9 to 5 is spent recovering artefacts from the world’s most iconic shipwreck. In August 1994, Dik leads a dive to t…
1 year, 7 months ago
Snowmobile Excursion: Olympic Athlete vs Nature
Season 1 Episode 81
Rulon Gardner is no stranger to adversity. At the 2000 Olympic Games he won gold in Greco-Roman wrestling, against all the odds. But in 2002, he find…
1 year, 8 months ago
Race Against Time: Deep in Loch Ness
Season 1 Episode 80
A diver explores the depths of Loch Ness - on the lookout for a submerged World War Two plane. But suddenly, Hugh Williams finds himself trapped unde…
1 year, 8 months ago
Aid Worker Kidnapped: Daring Bolt for Freedom (Part 2 of 2)
Season 1 Episode 79
We return to Jeff Frazier as he prepares for an audacious prison break. In the dead of night, with the guards distracted, he’ll make his move. Can he…
1 year, 8 months ago
Aid Worker Kidnapped: Held Hostage in Haiti (Part 1 of 2)
Season 1 Episode 78
An American humanitarian worker falls prey to a ruthless gang. In April 2023, Jeff Frazier is running a relief programme in Haiti - a beautiful Carib…
1 year, 8 months ago
Clinging to a Mast: Boat Going Down
Season 1 Episode 77
An Indian naval commander takes leave from the military to take part in a unique nautical contest. No GPS, no computers - the purest test of sailing …
1 year, 9 months ago
Flash Flood on Family Hike: Father’s Nightmare
Season 1 Episode 76
In 2014, the Greenbergs are enjoying a restorative family holiday on Kauai - a wild and stunning Hawaiian island used as a location for the Jurassic …
1 year, 9 months ago
Grizzly Bear Attack: Ambushed in the Rockies (Repeat)
Season 1 Episode 75
This week, another visit to the Real Survival Stories archive. We’ll be back as normal, every week, after a short festive break.
Jeremy Evans is a man…
1 year, 9 months ago