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Against The Odds

Wondery

Cassie De Pecol, History, Society & Culture, Dolby, Mike Corey, Dolby Atmos, Atmos

4.7 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mauro Prosperi has lost count of how many days he’s been lost. In despair, he attempts to take his own life. But when he wakes up still alive, he decides he has to keep going – even if that means climbing over a mountain range — and praying that on the other side, he’ll finally find help.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Against the Odds early and ad-free right now.
0:05.6	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:09.6	A listener note, this series contains references to suicide.
0:13.9	If you or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, we have included
0:17.5	resources at the end of the episode and in our show notes.
0:21.8	Against the odds uses dramatizations that are based on true events. Some elements, including dialogue,
0:26.4	may be invented, but everything is based on research.
0:43.2	Mauro Prosperi opens his eyes, but he can't make out anything in the darkness.
0:50.1	He has no idea if it's day or if it's night, or even how long it's been since he got lost.
0:51.8	Has it been four days?
0:53.1	Five?
0:57.0	He feels a shiver of fear crawl across his skin. He's lying next to a sarcophagus in an Islamic burial shrine, and it's pitch black and deathly quiet.
1:05.0	He feels around on the floor for his lighter.
1:09.0	In the flickering flame, he sees the remains of the candle he made out of old wax and lights it.
1:16.7	The candle struggles for a moment before catching and illuminating the room around him.
1:21.9	Mato hauls himself up and begins walking around the sarcophagus in circles.
1:26.6	He tries to think clearly.
1:28.9	Okay, okay. If you stay here, you'll definitely die. If you carry on walking, I mean,
1:36.1	you might not die, but he probably will. His family must know by now that he's gone missing,
1:43.0	and they're probably assuming the worst.
1:45.0	If he keeps on walking and does die, there's a chance they'll never find his body.
1:50.0	But if he stays here, someone is bound to visit the crypt at some point.
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