# The Forest Hiking Trip That KILLED 5 School Boys

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Podcast: [Mysteries and Histories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mysteries-and-histories-1576928)
Published: 2026-04-24T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgiamariexo/episodes/The-Forest-Hiking-Trip-That-KILLED-5-School-Boys-e3id7j1
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In 1936, a group of English schoolboys set off on what was meant to be a scenic hike through Germany’s Black Forest and walked straight into a blizzard they were never prepared for. Ignoring local warnings, their teacher pushed them higher into the mountains as snow deepened, temperatures crashed, and the boys began to collapse from exhaustion and cold. By the time rescuers fought their way up the slopes, five boys were dead, and a simple school trip had become “The English Calamity”: a haunting lesson in negligence, hubris, and how quickly nature punishes the smallest bad decisions.

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