How I Survived: that's life launches podcast

How I Survived brings you the shocking true stories of every people who survived against the odds.

Hosted by that’s life! deputy editor Beth Young, these stories are terrifying, inspiring and ultimately prove the power of the human will to live.

Episode 6: A freak wind ripped off my hand!

Harriet Davis, 12, was enjoying a nice day out on the river when her life changed forever.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a-freak-wind-tore-off-my-hand/id1380588512?i=1000437602036

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Aussie mum who was bashed with a BASEBALL bat finds love with her EX-HUSBAND

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I sliced off my face with a chainsaw!

My car was crushed with me inside

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'The rope wrapped around my ankles and was pulling me under' — ‘The rope wrapped around my ankles and was pulling me under’ *(Credit: Supplied)* *(Credit: Supplied)*

Episode 5: Stabbed 14 times, but I survived!

Victorian neurosurgeon and dad-of-two Dr Michael Wong was at work when his shift quickly turned to terror.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/stabbed-14-times-in-the-hospital/id1380588512

'The fact that I survived is a miracle' — ‘The fact that I survived is a miracle’ *(Credit: Supplied)* *(Credit: Supplied)*

Episode 4: 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.

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'My husband's trying to kill me...' — ‘My husband’s trying to kill me!’ *(Credit: Supplied)* *(Credit: Supplied)*

Episode 3: I sliced off my face with a chainsaw!

Victorian grandpa Bill Singleton was working in the bush when horror struck.

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Nearly years on, Bill has come so far — ‘I heard this crack. And I realised then that I was in big trouble’ *(Credit: Supplied)* *(Credit: Supplied)*

Episode 2: Lost in the bush for 17 hours – saved by her dog!

When Leisa Bennett couldn’t be there for her three-year-old granddaughter Aurora, Max the 17-year-old deaf and partially blind dog stepped in.

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'I'm thinking it can't be my granddaughter. I can't lose my granddaughter' - Leisa Bennett — ‘I’m thinking it can’t be my granddaughter. I can’t lose my granddaughter’ *(Credit: Supplied)* *(Credit: Supplied)*

SEASON 2 Episode 1: KIDNAPPED – How I escaped my hostage hell

When Nigel Brennan and his colleague Amanda Lindhout were kidnapped by Somalian rebels, it was the beginning of a living nightmare.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/kidnapped-how-i-escaped-my-hostage-hell/id1380588512

'I wasn't just gonna take a bullet to the back of the head.’ — ‘I wasn’t just gonna take a bullet to the back of the head’ *(Credit: Supplied)* *(Credit: Supplied)*

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I sliced off my face with a chainsaw!

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Episode 6: Cliff terror – ‘She’s gone over the edge!’

For Shannon Bennett and her 13-year-old daughter Trinity a day out ended in disaster.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/cliff-horror-shes-gone-over-the-edge/id1380588512

'the only person that I fully trusted at that moment had fallen off a cliff' — ‘The only person that I fully trusted at that moment had fallen off a cliff….’ *(Credit: Supplied)* *(Credit: Supplied)*

Episode 5: Hostage horror – I was used as a human shield

On an everyday Monday morning, Louisa Hope found herself at the centre of a terror attack.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/hostage-terror-i-was-used-as-a-human-shield/id1380588512

My instant thought was ‘Terrorist, we are dead’ *(Credit: Fiora Sacco)* *(Credit: Fiora Sacco)*

Episode 4: Scalped by my ponytail

Michelle Dowsett was working on her farm when she felt a tug on her ponytail. Reaching up to feel her head, Michelle’s scalp was gone!

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i-was-scalped-at-13-weeks-pregnant/id1380588512

Episode 3: Abducted, drugged and left for dead. He slashed my throat

When Rachele Godsall broke up with her abusive partner, he began the worst attack of all.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/abducted-drugged-and-left-for-dead/id1380588512

'He just looked at me and he didn't say anything, and he just cut my throat' — ‘He just looked at me and he didn’t say anything, and he just cut my throat’ *(Credit: WestPix)* *(Credit: WestPix)*

Episode 2: I escaped Ted Bundy – the world’s worst serial killer

When Rhonda Stapley accepted a lift from a good-looking stranger, she had no idea of the horror that would unfold.

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-i-survived/id1380588512

SEASON 1 Episode 1: Bedtime horror – Shot in the face FIVE times by a stranger

James Myers went to bed – and his worst nightmare began.

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Episode 6: A freak wind ripped off my hand!

Episode 5: Stabbed 14 times, but I survived!

Episode 4: My husband tried to gas me to death

Episode 3: I sliced off my face with a chainsaw!

Episode 2: Lost in the bush for 17 hours – saved by her dog!

SEASON 2 Episode 1: KIDNAPPED – How I escaped my hostage hell

Episode 6: Cliff terror – ‘She’s gone over the edge!’

Episode 5: Hostage horror – I was used as a human shield

Episode 4: Scalped by my ponytail

Episode 3: Abducted, drugged and left for dead. He slashed my throat

Episode 2: I escaped Ted Bundy – the world’s worst serial killer

SEASON 1 Episode 1: Bedtime horror – Shot in the face FIVE times by a stranger

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