Episode 34: Driven Underground

On July 15, 1976, a summer school bus in Chowchilla, California, vanished with 26 children and their driver. Hours later, the bus was found abandoned — the kids and Ed Ray were gone without a trace. What followed was one of the largest child abductions in U.S. history, a nightmare that led to the victims being buried alive underground in a moving truck.

In this week’s solo episode, Colleen takes you inside the story: the terrifying hijacking, the frantic parents and FBI search above ground, the impossible fight for survival below, and the shocking truth about the men who orchestrated it all.

This is a case of resilience, community, and a bus ride that became a national nightmare.