Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping | Full Episode
A full CBS report featuring survivors’ accounts of the captivity, escape and aftermath. Also available as the 48 Hours audio episode listed in Podcasts.
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Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
Published October 28, 2026Updated October 28, 2026
Videos
The Chowchilla Kidnappings - July 15, 1976 - KCRA-TV
An archival compilation of KCRA-TV’s contemporary local-news coverage of the kidnapping.
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Last man in prison for Chowchilla bus kidnapping to be released
Local reporting on Woods’s 2022 parole approval and survivors’ reactions.
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Chowchilla kidnapping victim sharing story of survival, forgiveness
A survivor’s account of the kidnapping, its continuing impact and his decision to forgive the captors.
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Behind the 1976 Chowchilla mass kidnapping
CBS Mornings introduces the kidnapping and the network’s later reporting on survivors.
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Chowchilla kidnapping: Parole hearing could re-open scars for victims buried alive in 1976
Reporting on parole hearings and survivors’ accounts of the crime’s lasting effects.
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