What if no one told you the war was over for 29 years?This week, Lizzy and Kevin explore the unbelievable story of Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who kept fighting World War II well into the 1970s. Living in the jungle, dodging imaginary enemies, and refusing to surrender—because no one officially told him to.Is it loyalty? Delusion? He just missed the memo? Either way, this is one of the most bizarre and committed close calls in history.

Kev and Lizzy dive into the unbelievable (and downright bizarre) story of Ricky McGee—the man who survived 71 days lost in the Australian outback.Ricky woke up buried in a shallow grave... only to spend the next two months drinking from puddles, eating bugs, and catching frogs like some kind of Mad Max wilderness guru.

This week on Close Calls, Kev and Lizzy dive into the wild story of Matthew Reum—a man who survived six days trapped in his truck at the bottom of a ravine in rural Indiana.After swerving to avoid what he thought was a deer, Matthew’s truck tumbled off the highway, leaving him injured, alone, and completely out of reach. With no food, filthy rainwater, and one leg pinned, he relied on survival tactics from Man vs. Wild and sheer mental resilience to hold on until two fishermen stumbled across his wreckage nearly a week later.

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Kevin tells Lizzy the story of a family that gets stranded at sea. Will the killer whales eat them? Will they kill and eat a turtle? Can a shark bite you even if its literal head is cut off? Listen to find out!

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Shoutout Tyler Snodgrass (@tyler_snod) for editing these dang things and for making our logo. And if you dig our theme song it's all thanks to Jake Crown (@catsongs)

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This week Kevin tells Lizzy the story of Frane Selak, the Luckiest Unlucky Man EVER. Whether crashes by bus, train, or even airplane—Frane keeps living to tell the tale!

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Shoutout Tyler Snodgrass (@tyler_snod) for editing these dang things and for making our logo. And if you dig our theme song it's all thanks to Jake Crown (@catsongs)

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Lizzy tells Kevin the story of Rachel and Jeremy, whose casual mountain-climbing first date turns into a stormy, freezing near-death, classic Close Callsian experience.

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Shoutout Tyler Snodgrass (@tyler_snod) for editing these dang things and for making our logo. And if you dig our theme song it's all thanks to Jake Crown (@catsongs)

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Kevin and Lizzy take a walk down memory lane and live to tell the tale! Enjoy this speed run of all our INSTANT CLASSICS and thank you for being a part of the Close Calls family.

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Shoutout Tyler Snodgrass (@tyler_snod) for editing these dang things and for making our logo. And if you dig our theme song it's all thanks to Jake Crown (@catsongs)

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Lizzy tells Kevin the story of how she de-escalated a dicey situation...which required her to jump down into the subway tracks in New York City.

To tell us YOUR story, give us a call at 470-NOT-DEAD or write in at CloseCallsPodcast@gmail.com

Shoutout Tyler Snodgrass (@tyler_snod) for editing these dang things and for making our logo. And if you dig our theme song it's all thanks to Jake Crown (@catsongs)