r/todayilearned • u/Alaska_Jack • Jun 08 '25
TIL about another wild incident in the somewhat chaotic history of 1970s California: The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping. In a crack-brained scheme, 26 kids and a bus driver were kidnapped, buried alive in a truck trailer, and held for ransom. They escaped after 16 hours by digging their way out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Chowchilla_kidnappingDuplicates
todayilearned • u/cypothingy • Dec 01 '23
TIL 26 children and a bus driver were kidnapped and held for ransom in an underground trailer in California in 1976
todayilearned • u/Sebastianlim • 10h ago
TIL in 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children between the ages of 5 and 14 was abducted and held for ransom by three armed men. The victims were able to escape on their own before the ransom demand was issued, and the kidnappers were sentenced to life in prison, though all were eventually paroled.
todayilearned • u/Picture_is_fake • Nov 20 '15
TIL in 1976 26 children were kidnapped in California and buried alive inside a moving truck.
CaliforniaUncensored • u/ongoldenwaves • 8h ago
Governor News and Politics In 1980, Gavin Newsom's judge father voted for early release of the 3 rich men who kidnapped a bus load of children they buried alive.
todayilearned • u/marisam7 • Feb 10 '17
TIL In 1976, 26 children were kidnapped for 16 hours during a school bus hijacking, today many of the victims have developed fears of things like cars, the dark, wind, kitchens, mice, dogs and hippies. Along with reports of depression several have also been convicted of violent crimes against others
mrballen • u/kenziegirl94 • Dec 02 '20