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What I survived
What I Survived is a true survival podcast featuring extraordinary first-hand stories from people who survived kidnapping, hostage situations, disasters, accidents and other extreme life-or-death ordeals.Each story takes you back to who these people were before everything changed, then inside the moment their lives were pushed to the edge — shipwrecked at sea for weeks, held captive by terrorists, falling 15,000 feet from a plane after a parachute failure, and other extraordinary fights for…
Episodes
What I survivedRob Langdon: Seven Years in an Afghan Prison P2
In 2009, Australian security contractor Rob Langdon shot and killed an Afghan colleague during a confrontation in Afghanistan. Rob says the man pulled a pistol…
What I survivedRob Langdon: Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan P1
Former Australian soldier Rob Langdon went to Afghanistan as a private security contractor. He would eventually be convicted of murder, sentenced to death and…
What I survivedBenedict Allen: Becoming a Crocodile Man P3
After surviving malaria, starvation and near death in the Amazon, Benedict Allen was left with a question he couldn't shake: why had he survived? His search…
What I survivedBenedict Allen: He Ate His Dog to Survive P2
Lost and alone in the Amazon, British explorer Benedict Allen contracted two forms of malaria, including a potentially deadly strain. Starving, feverish and…
What I survivedBenedict Allen: Lost and Dying in the Amazon | Lost in the Amazon P1
At just 22 years old, British explorer Benedict Allen set out to travel 600 miles through the remote northeast Amazon. It was supposed to be an expedition…
What I survivedUndercover in The Real Soprannos P4
For three years, Giovanni Rocco lived two lives. By day, he was a man with a wife and children. By night, he was Giovanni Gatto—a mob associate climbing the…
What I survivedUndercover in The Real Soprannos P3
For three years, Giovanni Rocco lived two lives. By day, he was a man with a wife and children. By night, he was Giovanni Gatto—a mob associate climbing the…
What I survivedUndercover in The Real Soprannos P2
For three years, Giovanni Rocco lived two lives. By day, he was a man with a wife and children. By night, he was Giovanni Gatto—a mob associate climbing the…
What I survivedUndercover in The Real Soprannos P1
For three years, Giovanni Rocco lived two lives. By day, he was a man with a wife and children. By night, he was Giovanni Gatto—a mob associate climbing the…
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Season 3
Season 3 is almost here!This season, we have an incredible line-up of guests, from an FBI agent who went undercover inside one of New Jersey’s most notorious…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P14
I don't think a week goes by when someone doesn't mention to me the name Evaristo Salas Jnr.Evaristo's story has touched so many people, it's had us in tears…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P15
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What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P13
After 27 years incarcerated for a murder he always maintained he was innocent of, finally the courts agree! Evaristo Salas Jnr is a free man!Evaristo Salas was…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - 12
After 27 years incarcerated for a murder he always maintained he was innocent of, finally the courts agree! Evaristo Salas Jnr is a free man!Evaristo Salas was…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P11
After almost 30 years of incarceration Evaristo Salas Jnr is going home.SIGNAL AWARDS 2026 VOTE HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P10
Recently I caught up with Jnr Salas after a massive decision was recently made in the court of appeals and it seems some in this case will be forced to answer…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P9
Recently I caught up with Jnr after I got word that he had a recent hearing that was the most positive yet!Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P8
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P7
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P6
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P5
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P4
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P3
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P2
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedGetting Jnr Home - P1
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of…
What I survivedHollys Hell P2
Holly Deane-Johns grew up in a comfortable suburb of Perth, Western Australia. But beneath the surface of a privileged childhood lay a darkness that would…
What I survivedHollys Hell P1
Holly Deane-Johns grew up in a comfortable suburb of Perth, Western Australia. But beneath the surface of a privileged childhood lay a darkness that would…
What I survivedThe Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p3
On the evening of November 26, 2008, British freelance filmmaker Will Pike and his girlfriend checked into the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai for a one-night…
What I survivedThe Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p2
On the evening of November 26, 2008, British freelance filmmaker Will Pike and his girlfriend checked into the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai for a one-night…
What I survivedThe Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p1
On the evening of November 26, 2008, British freelance filmmaker Will Pike and his girlfriend checked into the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai for a one-night…
What I survivedBecoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea P2
Jim Latrache grew up poor in Denmark, joined the French Foreign Legion as a young man, and spent years as a high-end cocaine dealer to Copenhagen's wealthy…
What I survivedBecoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea
Jim Latrache grew up poor in Denmark, joined the French Foreign Legion as a young man, and spent years as a high-end cocaine dealer to Copenhagen's wealthy…
What I survivedOn Fire: The Jamie Hull Story p2
On the 19th of August 2007, British Army reservist and SAS trooper Jamie Hull was days away from completing his private pilot's licence when his aircraft…
What I survivedOn Fire: The Jamie Hull Story p1
On the 19th of August 2007, British Army reservist and SAS trooper Jamie Hull was days away from completing his private pilot's licence when his aircraft…
What I survived462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P6
In August 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan travelled to Somalia on assignment. It would be the last decision he made as a free man for nearly a…
What I survived462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P5
In August 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan travelled to Somalia on assignment. It would be the last decision he made as a free man for nearly a…
What I survived462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P4
In August 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan travelled to Somalia on assignment. It would be the last decision he made as a free man for nearly a…
What I survived462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P3
In August 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan travelled to Somalia on assignment. It would be the last decision he made as a free man for nearly a…
What I survived462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P2
In August 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan travelled to Somalia on assignment. It would be the last decision he made as a free man for nearly a…
What I survived462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P1
In August 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan travelled to Somalia on assignment. It would be the last decision he made as a free man for nearly a…
What I survivedRunning from Spies MI5 - P2
Born in 1968, the daughter of a former pilot who became a Gurnsey newspaper editor, Annie won a scholarship to a private school and would go on to study at…
What I survivedRunning from Spies MI5 - P1
Born in 1968, the daughter of a former pilot who became a Gurnsey newspaper editor, Annie won a scholarship to a private school and would go on to study at…
What I survivedEscaping Thailands Death row - David McMillan p3
David McMillan has lead a life that is almost unbelievable, its like something out of a Hollywood crime thriller.Born in the UK to Australian parents David…
What I survivedEscaping Thailands Death row - David McMillan p2
David McMillan has lead a life that is almost unbelievable, its like something out of a Hollywood crime thriller.Born in the UK to Australian parents David…
What I survivedEscaping Thailands Death row - David McMillan p1
David McMillan has lead a life that is almost unbelievable, its like something out of a Hollywood crime thriller.Born in the UK to Australian parents David…
What I survivedNorth Korean Crypto scam? P2
Christopher Douglas Emms is wanted for allegedly conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Specifically, conspiring to…
What I survivedNorth Korean Crypto scam? P1
Christopher Douglas Emms is wanted for allegedly conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Specifically, conspiring to…
What I survivedWild Bill - The Cartel Hitman - P4
Once one of America's most wanted men, Wild Bill, as he's been called by authorities, was arrested as he attempted to make his way into Nicaragua via Costa…
What I survivedWild Bill - The Cartel Hitman - P3
Once one of America's most wanted men, Wild Bill, as he's been called by authorities, was arrested as he attempted to make his way into Nicaragua via Costa…
What I survivedWild Bill - The Cartel Hitman - P2
Once one of America's most wanted men, Wild Bill, as he's been called by authorities, was arrested as he attempted to make his way into Nicaragua via Costa…
What I survivedWild Bill - The Cartel Hitman - P1
Once one of America's most wanted men, Wild Bill, as he's been called by authorities, was arrested as he attempted to make his way into Nicaragua via Costa…
What I survivedThe tiktok Fugitive Part 3
This is part three of the TikTok fugitive.I was alerted to Chad's story when I was tagged in his TikTok, the TikTok fugitive. I was intrigued by his story and…
What I survivedThe tiktok Fugitive Part 2
This is part two of the TikTok fugitive.I was alerted to Chad's story when I was tagged in his TikTok, the TikTok fugitive. I was intrigued by his story and…
What I survivedThe tiktok Fugitive Part 1
First of all, thank you so much for the incredible support of the new series What I Survived. I'm currently working hard on Season 2 with some incredible…
What I survivedSean Langan: Kidnapped by the Taliban | P4: The Release
"Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane."After 12 weeks in Taliban captivity, Sean Langan had learned to manage hope. Ransom negotiations were…
What I survivedSean Langan: Kidnapped by the Taliban | P3 Surviving Captivity
”Sean were dead!”Sean Langan and his fixer are no longer documentary subjects gathering footage. They're captives. Accused of espionage. Held by the Haqqani…
What I survivedSean Langan: Kidnapped by the Taliban | P2: The Capture
He Went Back to Meet the Taliban. This Time, He Wouldn't Leave.It's 2008. The War on Terror is in full swing. Pakistan's tribal regions—the lawless frontier…
What I survivedSean Langan: Kidnapped by the Taliban | P1: meeting the Taliban
Kidnapped by the Taliban: How Documentary Filmmaker Sean Langan Was Taken Hostage in PakistanBritish documentary filmmaker Sean Langan had covered war zones…
What I survivedBarry Hulse's 10-Year Ordeal in India's Deadliest Prisons
Barry Hulse was living an ordinary life as a factory worker and father in Salford, Manchester, with one extraordinary passion—his love for Goa, India. He…
What I survivedPan Am Flight 73: The 1986 Karachi Hijacking P4
On September 5, 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, by four armed terrorists from the Abu Nidal Organization. What followed…