Episode 81: The People Hiding in the Truck
Disaster Area
Disaster Area
4.2 • 839 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
It was only supposed to last a few hours. All they would have to do was keep quiet, keep their heads down, and wait it out until they reached Houston. But at two AM on the morning of May 14, 2003, the driver of a truck would pull over near a truck stop and open the trailer at the back to a horrifying scene.
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