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Deadly Misadventures

A Watery Grave

Deadly Misadventures

Deadly Misadventures | Wondery

Exhibit C, Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.6929 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Stranded at the bottom of the ocean, Harrison Okene had nothing but a mattress a bottle of coke

and a flashlight to keep him alive. Trapped in a tiny pocket of air in an upturned ship, Harrison was at

the mercy of the Atlantic’s waters.


Writing and Research:

Joe Turner


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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Ted Con caffeine and this is a man.

0:02.8

All the world knows who you too are.

0:04.8

This summer, a mystery thought buried.

0:07.4

Julian Norton and his lover were found dead at Hagadie's waterhole.

0:11.0

Comes back to the surface.

0:13.0

Ted, you're never going to believe this.

0:14.0

He's been under our noses this whole time.

0:16.0

Propo,

0:17.0

Premiering on Freevy and Prime Video July 25th.

0:20.0

The following episode deals with mature subject matter.

0:23.5

Listener discretion is advised.

0:26.8

Stranded at the bottom of the ocean, Harrison O'Kena had nothing but a mattress, a bottle of Coke, and a flashlight to keep him alive.

0:37.0

Trapped in a tiny pocket of air in an upturned ship, Harrison was at the mercy of the Atlantic's waters.

0:46.7

Three days before, the boat Harrison had been working on suddenly capsized, hurling 12 men to the ocean floor.

0:55.0

Intuned in a small chamber, Harrison prayed to God that a miracle would come his way.

1:02.0

In this aquatic tale, you can decide if it was Harrison

1:06.9

O'Kene's survivalist skills and the simple mechanics of science that kept him alive, or had divine intervention played a part,

1:17.6

or did it all come down to luck?

1:20.6

A roll of the dice in this episode of Deadly Misadventures. Born in Wari, Nigeria in 1984, Harrison O'Kena was no stranger to the ocean. He lived his life according to the

1:45.3

teachings of Jesus who he claimed always protected him while he worked away at sea.

1:50.5

He attributed the good things in life as gifts from God, including his job

1:56.1

in his five-year marriage to his wife, Akpovna. While Harrison was away on long

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