S09E33: The Day You Came to Me (The Grand Canyon Plane Crash Mystery)

About this episode

The episode explores the 1956 plane crash over the Grand Canyon and the subsequent journey of two students through its historical landscape.

In 1956, two airliners collided over the Grand Canyon, killing all 128 people on board. Two weeks later, two students set off into the Canyon, journeying through a landscape steeped in ancient Native American history and haunted by stories of those who never left... Written by Diane Hope and Richard MacLean Smith Watch/follow at youtube.com/@unexplainedpod , tiktok.com/@unexplainedpodcast , X @unexplainedpod , facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast , bsky.app/profile/unexplained.bsky.social , www.unexplainedpodcast.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• airplane crash
• Grand Canyon
• Native American history
• mystery
• survival
• history

Keywords

• Grand Canyon
• plane crash
• 1956
• Native American
• mystery
• history
• survival

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: iHeartPodcasts

Places: Grand Canyon

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