How I Survived

Alexa Leary Was Told She’d Die - Now She’s a Gold Medallist

She was told she wouldn’t survive. Years later, she’s a Paralympic gold medallist. This is the extraordinary story of Alexa Leary. A special bonus series for How I Surv

Danielle Bensky: I Was A Teenage Ballerina When I Met Jeffrey Epstein

At 17, Danielle Bensky was a ballerina in New York with dreams of making it in dance. She thought she had found a way to earn some extra money. Instead, she was drawn int

Robbed Of Her Childhood: Bek Condello On Escaping A Cult

What if leaving your faith meant losing everyone you'd ever loved?  CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains themes of childhood abuse, physical punishment, sexual trauma

Stephanie Browitt: “I Survived the Volcano. Half My Family Didn’t.”

Could you survive a volcanic eruption? It's a question Stephanie Browitt never thought she'd have to answer. And yet in 2019, a volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White I

The Day I Learned My Stepdad Was A Child Killer - Sherele Moody

What does it mean to put a name and a story to every woman and child lost to violence? For more than a decade, journalist and activist Sherele Moody has been documenting

Jess Denham: The Story She Was Never Allowed To Tell

What if the person who was meant to protect you was the one you needed protection from? This is a story of survival, resilience and reclaiming your voice after years of b

Charlie Verco: He Paddled Towards The Shark To Save Her

When everyone else swam for shore, Charlie Verco paddled the other way: straight towards a great white shark. On a clear, busy Saturday morning at Coogee Beach in June 20

BONUS: You’re Gonna Want To Hear This — Stories of Survival

A special bonus series for How I Survived listeners! We’re bringing you some of the best stories of survival from Marie Claire's podcast, You’re Gonna Want To Hear This

An Ordinary Day Turned Violent - This Is Chloe & Christine's Story Of Survival

You've been patiently waiting on new episodes of How I Survived, so please accept this little treat from us! On Marie Claire Australia's podcast, You're Gonna Want to Hea

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 herself in the Cali

"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-year-old mine worker T

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 safe and sound. Lots of

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 late at night, and her

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 in Pepita's incredi

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-up son, had the perfe

"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 than four years. Bu

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 beer.   Meeting his m

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Season 4 of How I Survived is back on the 25th of February. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BEST OF: The 3-year-old lost in the bush for 17 hours

You're listening to the Best Of series of How I Survived...We'll be back soon with season 4. When Leisa Bennett couldn't be there for her three-year-old granddaughter Au

BEST OF: Bill sliced his face off with a chainsaw

You're listening to the Best Of series of How I Survived...We'll be back soon with season 4. Victorian grandpa Bill Singleton, 70, was working in the bush when horror st