The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

A man is living his best life, when he suddenly notices something off about a lamp… Today, we’ll be revisiting one of the most famous and unforgettable stories of all time. My name is Andy Jiang and I do vigorous, detailed dives into some of the most fascinating, bizarre, and unr ...  Show more

In 1982, a man was sentenced to death for the killing of a police officer. In the coming years, however, more and more evidence came to light that revealed that the case was not nearly as simple as it had initially seemed. And as it turns out, someone may have had a secret that t ...  Show more

When Juliane Koepcke boarded flight 508 with her mother on Christmas Eve, 1971, she knew the airline they were flying had a horrible reputation. She never imagined that she'd be the only person of the 92 on board to survive the flight. Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and t ...  Show more

Few people have been more qualified to survive a plane crash alone in the Amazon for almost two weeks than Juliane Koepcke. Let’s hear her story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Juliane Koepcke’s incredible feat is two-in-one: In 1971, she fell two miles out of a plane and lived. Her next challenge? Surviving the rainforest she landed in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

On Christmas Eve in 1971, Juliane Diller, then 17, and her mother boarded a flight in Lima, Peru. She was headed for Panguana, a biological research station in the belly of the Amazon, where for three years she had lived, on and off, with her mother, Maria, and her father, Han ...