After more than four decades behind bars, Fred Woods, the ringleader of the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping is released from prison. In this bonus episode,  survivors share what his release means to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

The rural town of Chowchilla, California is shaken to its core when a school bus carrying 26 children and their beloved driver disappears.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

A significant clue is found that should lead straight to the children, but instead goes nowhere. Small town Chowchilla becomes international news as parents and law enforcement launch a frantic search.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

The children and bus driver are hidden underground. Will they be found or make it out alive? Hostages recall their 30 hours of terror. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Decades after their terrifying ordeal, the event still haunts the survivors. They share their struggles as well as their victories in the years that followed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Two survivors come together for a powerful reunion after four decades apart and another hero emerges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

It was one the largest abductions in U.S. history.  On July 15, 1976, a school bus carrying 26 schoolchildren ages 5 to 14 and their driver vanished without a trace in the tiny farming community of Chowchilla, California. As a frantic search for them began, the young, terrified hostages and their 55-year-old bus driver found themselves trapped in a scene that seemed like something straight out of a horror movie. Their unlikely captors, three directionless young men from affluent families, planned the kidnapping for more than 18 months in the hopes of getting “easy money.” In “Nightmare ..read more