Episode 053: The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping

On July 15th 1976 3 gunmen would hijack a school bus that was carrying 26 kids from the ages of 5-14. The gunmen would go to hold the children and bus driver captive for over 24 hours. Tune in to hear the incredible story of what unfolded and the act of heroism. Sources   Ritzen, Young, Chris, “Remembering the Chowchilla kidnapping: A never-before-seen interview with a survivor”, CBS News, March 17 2023, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-survivor-never-before-seen-interview/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, Accessed March 30 2025  CBS News, “ Chowchilla bus kidnapping: Rare photos from one of the largest abductions in U.S. history”, CBS News, March 17th 2023, https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, Accessed March 30th 2025   Begnaud, David, “Chowchilla bus kidnapping survivor's lifelong fight to keep her captors behind bars”, CBS News, March 18 2023, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-jodi-heffington-survivor-lifelong-fight-to-keep-captors-behind-bars/?utm_source=chatgpt.com, Accessed March 30th 2025  Yan,Holly, “26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows how one plotted their escape – and what happened years later”, CNN, Updated December 2 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/us/chowchilla-kidnapping-escape-cnn-film/index.html, Accessed March 30th 2025