Episode 428: The Survival Tale of Vicky Cilliers

<p>On April 4, 2015, thirty-nine-year-old Victoria “Vicky” Cilliers leaped from an airplane flying 4,000 feet above the ground.&nbsp;Vicky was an expert parachutist, so the dive on that Easter Sunday should have been no different—but this one was… For some reason, her chute failed to open, and she plummeted three-quarters of a mile to the ground.... BUT SHE SURVIVED THE FALL! The question remaining? Who had tampered with Vicky's chute?</p><p>Support: Check out the National Gender Based Violence Learning community: <a href="https://ngbvlc.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ngbvlc.org</a></p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;Battered Women's Justice Project. If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship and needs resources, please go to <a href="http://bwjp.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bwjp.org</a></p><p>References</p><p>Bell, Bethan. 2018. <em>Parachute plot: The ex-girlfriend who walked away.</em> May 25. Accessed January 10, 2023. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44226692" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44226692</a>.</p><p>—. 2018. <em>Sex, lies and payday loans: The parachute murder plot.</em> June 15. Accessed January 10, 2023. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44209421" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-44209421</a>.</p><p>Brown, David. 2016. "Soldier Charged Over Wife's Parachute Fall." <em>The Times</em>, September 14.</p><p>Bynorth, John. 2017. "Trial Told Army Sergeant Tried to Kill Wife By Removing." <em>The Herald</em>, October 4.</p><p>Cilliers, Victoria. 2020. <em>I Survived: I Married a Charming Man, Then He Tried to Kill Me.</em> London, UK: Pan Macmilan.</p><p>Farmer, Ben. 2015. "Soldier Held for Attempted Murder after Wife's Parachute Fails." <em>Daily Telegraph</em>, May 11.</p><p>Gazette &amp; Herald . 2017. "Wife Who Survived Murder Attempt is Top Parachutist, Court Hears." <em>Gazette &amp; Herald</em>, October 6.</p><p>Gazette &amp; He