{"podcast":{"title":"True Crime California","slug":"true-crime-california-7108644","podcast_index_feed_id":7108644,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6402251/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-california--6402251","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/03865ad385e7b74231f2ca7f51e43fad.jpg","author":"True Crime California","episode_count":34,"summary":"True Crime California is a podcast about crimes that take place in, you guessed it - the great Golden State of California. Brought to you by Cindy, a former host of Twisted Listers Podcast, these stories will cover everything from well known crimes we've all heard about, to more obscure stories that need to be told. Join in weekly for new cases, with occasional multi-episode arcs for the bigger cases out there, with mini episodes coming soon too! This podcast is creepy, interesting, and all California, all the time.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T06:18:46.720788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644"},"episode":{"title":"TCC 23: The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping","slug":"tcc-23-the-chowchilla-bus-kidnapping","published_at":"2025-11-18T14:56:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644/tcc-23-the-chowchilla-bus-kidnapping","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/tcc-23-the-chowchilla-bus-kidnapping--68618196","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68618196/tcc_23_the_chowchilla_bus_kidnapping.mp3","summary":"This week we're looking at a story of survival, which can be a great thing, but also has a lot of trauma related repercussions for the survivor, or in this case survivors - all 27 of them! This story, the Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping, was the biggest story - and largest mass kidnapping - California had ever seen, and to this day, there hasn't been a larger group of people kidnapped since. The worst part - 26 of the 27 captives were children, many as young and 5 or 6 years old. This tale is harrowing, terrifying, evil, and also, just plain stupid, as you'll see how unprepared, half assed, and dumb the kidnappers were (yes, they were absolutely caught). Tune in for this crazy tale, but beware - claustrophobia abounds! Sources: https://www.cityofchowchilla.org/300/1976-Bus-Kidnapping https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/32/ Join us on instagram: True Crime California Email case suggestions to: truecrimecaliforniapod@gmail.com A proud member of the Darkcast Networki","meta_description":"This week we're looking at a story of survival, which can be a great thing, but also has a lot of trauma related repercussions for the survivor, or in thi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2617,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-california-7108644/episodes/tcc-23-the-chowchilla-bus-kidnapping/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-california-7108644/tcc-23-the-chowchilla-bus-kidnapping.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}