About this episode

The episode recounts the tragic story of cave-diving legend Sheck Exley and his fatal attempt to conquer the sinkhole Zacatón.

"When you set out to tame a sinkhole, there's a good change the sinkhole will tame you." Find out if that quote is real as we flash back to the terrifying true story of cave-diving legend Sheck Exley, who died attempting to conquer Zacatón - one of the deepest, darkest holes in the world. Originally aired on Patreon: 06/19/25Get the latest episode of NEW FEAR UNLOCKED and a whole lot more at: patreon.com/scaredallthetime Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/scared-all-the-time--7084296/support . Get the latest episodes of our bonus show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED -- and a whole lot more! --by supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScaredAllTheTime

Topics covered

• cave diving
• sinkholes
• true stories
• adventure
• tragedy

Keywords

• Sheck Exley
• Zacatón
• cave diving
• sinkhole
• tragedy
• adventure
• true story

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Zacatón

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