"48 Hours" Live to Tell: The Chowchilla Kidnapping - Encore

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.1 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Twenty-six school children abducted and buried alive in a truck trailer by three young men. An incredible survival story. CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to the 48-Hours Podcasts
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0:09.4	Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.
0:13.4	Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,
0:16.4	a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars
0:20.4	in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.
0:24.1	Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Music
0:51.2	At 6 years old, I had never been in darkness like that before.
0:56.2	It was just pitch black like the dark was touching me,
1:00.2	engulfing me like I was actually inhaling the darkness.
1:04.7	Music
1:16.7	Chowchila in 1976 was a cow town.
1:22.3	You could drive through the heart of town in about 30 seconds.
1:27.4	Music
1:31.4	Very close knit community.
1:33.4	Everybody looked out for each other, people didn't lock their doors.
1:37.4	There was nothing to fear.
1:39.4	I didn't know what fear was.
1:45.4	I still have a hard time grasping the way that my life changed on July 15th.
1:51.4	Music
1:55.4	Just another average summer day.
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