John Jones was an avid cave explorer and medical student in 2009 before he spent over 24 hours trapped upside down in a cave ...

A national park in Kentucky has the longest known cave system in the world. This week, Floyd Collins is being remembered there. He was an explorer whose death a century ago became an international ...

Explorer Brandon Kowallis was the last person to see medical student John Jones alive before he tragically died after ...

The story of a century-old Kentucky tragedy and media sensation is making its Broadway debut. The Western Kentucky man's goal was to turn Sand Cave into a tourist attraction, but instead, Collins ...

John Edward Jones was just 26 years old when he set off on a trip to Utah's Nutty Putty cave in 2009 - but it would be the last expedition he'd ever do as he tragically died in the cave.

John Jones was an experienced cave explorer who this rescuer tirelessly tried to save when he became trapped inside of a cave ...

When Floyd Collins ventured into Sand Cave in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky on Jan. 30, 1925, he was searching for a destination that would draw in people in from all over world. Remarkably, the cave ...

An explorer of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky who died 100 years ago is credited with the creation of the national park. WKYU's Michael Collins reports. This segment aired on February 19, 2025.

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