Feb. 20, 2024

Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL

The Mattingly family are on vacation. Visiting from Florida.The family doesn’t vacation often. Their two children, daughter Sloan Mattingly, 7, and her brother, Maddox Mattingly, 9, are digging on the beach. The parents Jason and Therese Mattingly are relaxing. Getting ready to finish up for the day. That’s when the unthinkable happens.

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In this episode, we delve into a harrowing tale of fear, survival, and transformation, shared with us by listener Adam. Born into a world where his earliest memories are shadowed by health challenges and a pervasive sense of fear, Adam's story takes us on a journey through his childhood, marked by an overwhelming dread of the unknown and the all-too-real. But one fateful night, amidst the dual disasters of fire and flood, Adam confronts his deepest fears head-on.

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Step into the shadowy realm of aviation disasters in this chilling episode. We delve deep into the eerie and unnerving tales of two flights that encountered the unthinkable. First, we explore the harrowing ordeal of a family on July 24th, 2022, aboard a Beech A-36, where every second in the sky morphed into a nerve-wracking fight for survival. Then, we navigate the murky details of a fateful flight on September 13, 2023, as an unforeseen engine malfunction thrusts its passengers into a dire, life-or-death scenario. Through a blend of haunting audio clips and stark news reports, we piece together these stories of resilience in the face of grim odds. Join us for this dark journey through the skies. To unearth more tales that lurk in the shadows of disaster, visit Black Label Podcasting. Dare to discover the unknown.

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The crew were working a bridge rehabilitation project. The bridge itself was incomplete. Water Barrels were used to form guard rails. One car veered and knocked several barrels off the side of the bridge. Loren Schauers was tasked to fix the problem. He was asked to operate a forklift to bring the barrels back on the bridge. This was something Schauers wasn't trained to do.

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The December 2022 North American winter storm claimed 106 lives. Today we cover how an act of heroics prevented the storm from claiming another.

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Natural disasters. We always think about their devastating power. The destruction left in their trail. But what about those left to pick up the pieces? The survivors. Today we sit 'round the fire and recount survivor stories. Firsthand accounts of surviving life altering events. Turn up the volume and settle in.

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Carrie Gann's house was engulfed in flames early in the morning on September 20, 2017. Her brother and a friend both got out with minor injuries with near immediacy. But Carrie found herself trapped in her bedroom. What you're going to hear today is her harrowing 911 call. Listener discretion is advised.

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August, 2012, Missouri. 47-year old Lauri Ulvestad is barreling down Interstate 34 at 120 Miles Per Hour. She's weaving in and out of traffic. Narrowly avoiding vehicles. But it's not her fault. Her 2011 Kia Sorento crossover's accelerator is stuck. And she can't stop her vehicle. The break isn't helping. And her SUV isn't slowing down. Out of options. She calls 911. Visit us online at : Disaster

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...1 eerie corn maze...
...9 haunting figures...
...9 spine-tingling tales...
...Will YOU find your way out? This holiday season, step into a labyrinth of shadows and suspense with Shane Waters as your guide. In this chilling collaboration, you'll encounter the hosts of 9 acclaimed true crime podcasts, each offering a dark tale and a life lesson to send shivers down your spine. This is not just a special episode; it's an immersive journey through a maze of twisted paths and unsolved mysteries. So, lift your lantern high and venture into 'Maze of Secrets'...
 ...but be warned...
 ...not everyone makes it to the end… Prepare to get lost in the stories, but find yourself in their lessons. It's an odyssey of crime, mystery, and eerie life lessons that you won't soon forget. This is Shane’s 5th holiday collaboration. If you dare to walk this twisted path with us, you're in for a night you'll never forget. Are you ready? Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance:

1. Frightful
2. Marooned
3. Rotten to the Core
4. Murder, She Told
5. Obscura
6. Crimelines
7. Once Upon a Crime
8. The Trail Went Cold
9. Foul Play: Crime Series

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NWS STORM SURVEY HAS CONFIRMED AN EF2 TORNADO CAME ASHORE AT 129 AM AND LIFTED AT 133 AM IN STEVENSVILLE. MAXIMUM WINDS AT 125 MPH. SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED. REPORT OF A STRUCTURE COLLAPSE. SEVERAL HOMES WITH GAS LEAKS. WIRES DOWN. AND POLES DOWN. EVENT TIME IS ESTIMATED. - National Weather Service.

On July 23rd, 2017. A violent storm hit Stevensville, Maryland seemingly out of nowhere. In the middle of the night. No one was prepared. Nor could they have been,

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Natural disasters. We always think about think about their devastating power. The destruction left in their trail. But what about those left to pick up the pieces? The survivors. Today we sit 'round the fire and recount survivor stories. Firsthand accounts of surviving life altering events. Turn up the volume and settle in.

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Join Justin, host and creator of Disaster, as he turns the spotlight on himself. Recounting his experience with COVID. And the consequences that followed.

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William Makepeace Thackeray once said that, “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.” Listener, If that's true, then what does that make children to their parents? Today’s episode will cover the heroic acts of children. And I’ll leave it at that…

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The subject of today’s episode is a 26-year-old man named River Steven Rosenquist. He worked at the Naples Zoo in Florida. He was hired to clean gift shops and restrooms. River didn’t work directly for the zoo. He worked for a third-party cleaning party. According to later reports he smelled of alcohol. That evening River chose to climb over a safety enclosure. The enclosure covered with signs warning against this exact act. It’s then that River allegedly stuck his arm through a fence that held a tiger. Eko, the eight years old Malayan tiger, did what tigers do.

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The devastating story of how Mrs. Lorretta Kay Pickard was failed by her community. This episode features graphic real world audio. Listen with caution.

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Growing up, I always wanted to be a fighter. My friends and were involved in school wrestling. We took local boxing classes. And Like fools we had makeshift local boxing tournament There were times when we nearly knocked each other out. I’ve found years later that others shared this experience. Looking back… I wish I’d learned a language. Maybe focused on my fitness. Instead, I probably earned myself some C.T.E. It’s interesting to find that this sort of dangerous competition still goes on. That young people are still finding that not so great outlet. November, 20th, 2021, the University of Nevada Las Vegas hosted a boxing event at the held at the Sahara Event Center. The Fight Night featured untrained student boxers. What happened next was a tragedy and disaster.

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Up until the late 1990s, the internet was somewhat uncharted territory for many people and the landscape was very different back then. Twitter, Facebook, and even MySpace were things that had not been invented yet. Social media simply didn't exist the way that it does today and what modes of communication did exist took a small amount of technical knowledge. Private email groups and local BBS message boards were still the primary mode of communication by the time a service known as Usenet began to gain popularity. These newsgroups made it simple for the public to create an alias and post a public discussion; not unlike a primitive, stripped-down version of Reddit. And much like the early days of Reddit, topical groups available through the service ranged from the ordinary to shocking levels of depravity.

There were no videos, gifs, or emojis as we see today as part of chat apps. This archaic online world was all ASCII and imagination, but for someone like Sharon Lopatka the online world was one of adventure and excitement. A world that she believed would fulfill all of her deepest desires, and one that ultimately lead her down a path of darkness.

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Isolated incidents of coerced suicide are distressing to think about but with the growing popularity of social media sites it would seem there may be some people who want to play a deadly game. Sometime in 2013, rumors about a deadly suicide game began making their way across social media sites. VK, a Russian version of Facebook, seemed to be the source of the phenomenon, but like many creepy pastas, the game's true origins are muddy at best. What is well documented is the moral panic that began to spread through Russian tabloids about a game, known to teens as the Blue Whale Challenge, that some sources claimed had been responsible for a vast majority of the 130 suicides that occurred in Russia in 2016.

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According to TC Palm, “from 1948 to 2021, 442 unprovoked bite incidents have occurred in Florida. 26 of the bites resulted in people being killed by wild alligators. A total of 303 people have received major injuries. 139 have received minor injuries over the same time period.”

These attacks are increasing in number, rising from an average of just one every 3 years between 1988 and 1999 to about 7 per year between the years 2000 and 2016.

I lived in Florida for years. I don’t think some people fully understood how dangerous swimming in fresh water can be. I find it interesting we live in a world where we overstate the dangerousness of sharks while downplaying the danger of alligators.

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