The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping

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On July 15th, 1976, a school bus driven by 55-year-old Frank Edward Ray, for Dairyland Elementary, in the school district of Chowchilla, California, was hijacked by three armed men. Ed Ray was driving 26 children, ranging in age from 5 to 14, home from a summer class trip to the ... Show More

<p>On a warm summer day in 1976, 26 children went missing from the town of Chowchilla, California, setting off one of the most bizarre kidnapping cases in U.S. history.</p><ul><li>Be sure to check out the Max documentary, <a href="https://www.max.com/movies/chowchilla/35e6ffd5-2c ... Show More

Join me on a chilling journey back to the summer of 1976 as we delve into the horrifying Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping. Discover the shocking events that shook a town to its core. Sponsors: Rocket Money - Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/CASUAL Shopify ... Show More

In the summer of 1976, three masked gunmen hijack a school bus full of children in rural Chowchilla, California. The twenty-six kids and their bus driver are driven to a quarry and buried alive. Back in town, no one has any idea where the children went, who took them, or why. The ... Show More

Three school bus hijackers. Twenty-six kidnapped children. A buried moving truck. In this episode, we dive into the unbelievable 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping and the daring escape that shocked the nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

The kidnapped children and their bus driver are trapped underground in the back of a moving truck, and they’re running out of food and water. They decide the only way out is to dig their way to the surface. Meanwhile, the amateur criminals who hijacked the school bus are trying t ... Show More