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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: The Real Lord of the Flies
Description: Captain Peter Warner and his crew made a startling discovery as they sailed past the uninhabited island of Atta in the Pacific on 11th September, 1966: six naked, shaggy-haired teenage boys, who had been stranded there for fifteen months.Sione, Stephen, Kolo, David, Luke, and Mano had escaped from their boarding school in Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, having "borrowed" a boat and embarked on a spontaneous adventure that went horribly wrong when a storm left them adrift at sea. For eight days, they battled the elements, surviving on coconuts, bananas, and rainwater before they spotted Atta. With t...