Ticket to Nowhere

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Flight 191 crashed in Chicago in 1979, killing nearly 300 people on board. It was the deadliest plane accident in American history. A single mother, Diane Chorba, also died that day, but was she aboard flight 191, or was the crash the perfect cover-up for murder? Check out our great sponsors! BetaBrand: Get 30% off your Betabrand order when you go to Betabrand.com/COLDCASE Sundance: Try Sundance Now FREE for 30 days! Go to SundanceNow.com and use code COLDCASE SimpliSafe: Take 20% off your Simplisafe System AND your first month is free when you sign up for the interactive monitoring service at SimpliSafe.com/coldcase Progressive: Take one small step to help your budget. Get a quote today at Progressive.com Listen to Killer Psyche on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or you can listen one week ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this podcast one production available on Apple podcasts and podcast one
0:13.6	On May 25th 1979 American Airlines flight
0:18.0	191 took off from Chicago, Ohio, and international airport bound for Los Angeles
0:22.6	The plane had barely lifted off when the left engine broke free crashing into the wing then falling to the ground
0:30.2	The plane rolled violently then crashed erupting into a ball of flames
0:36.0	There were no survivors
0:38.0	All 271 people on board died along with two people on the ground when the plane hit
0:45.3	When an accident of that magnitude happens officials jumped into action
0:49.5	The crash site was investigated
0:54.2	Body's examined for identification and the technical failures were explained
0:59.8	But there was one mystery about the crash that wasn't so open and shut
1:04.7	One woman 30-year-old Diane Chorba also died around the time the plane went down
1:11.0	But did she die up or the aircraft or was the crash a perfect cover-up for murder
1:15.5	From A&E, this is cold case files
1:26.2	Everyone knows the old statistic about how you're more likely to die in a car accident than a plane crash
1:31.7	But what about murder?
1:33.2	According to a UN report, the average person's odds of getting murdered are around 1 in 16,000
1:39.4	But the odds of dying in a plane crash are about 1 in 11 million
1:43.0	The mass seems pretty clear on what's a more likely cause of death
1:47.8	However, in Luther Michigan in 1979, the outcome wasn't so immediately obvious
1:59.3	It was May 24th, one day before the crash
2:02.6	And 13-year-old Vicki Chorba was getting home from school
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