A 13-year-old is abducted in Texas and driven hundreds of miles from home; a 17-year-old is kidnapped in Florida and abused for 26 hours; a 15-year-old is taken in South Carolina by a man later identified as a serial killer. Rarely do such horrific crimes result in even a smidge of a happy ending, but these actually do! In fact, all three cases and others included in this episode put the spotlight directly on amazing young escape artists who kept their cool, outsmarted their captors, and survived to see justice served. 

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes content involving crimes against children and teens. 

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers: 

• Topic #1    3:04 Escaping school threats and house guests in unexpected places 

• Topic #2  19:12 Texas, 2023: 13yo abducted, driven to California 

• Topic #3  23:53 Florida, 1984: 17yo snatched while bicycling home from work 

• Topic #4  35:59 S.C., 2006: 14yo departed school bus, vanished 

• Topic #5  40:45 S.C., 2002: 15yo kidnapped from front yard of friend’s house  

• Topic #6  46:30 Teenage co-host hangs with motorcycle gang 

Resources & Links 

• https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/news/kidnapping-victim-helps-orchestrate-her-own-rescue-by-holding-up-sign-saying-help-me Robin Raven. US Dept of Justice. 

• December 1,2022. Melinda Beck.  https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/lisa-mcvey-interview  

• September 9, 2023. Miss Spooks. “Surviving Abduction: Lisa McVey” https://medium.com/@lisariggio1994/surviving-abduction-lisa-mcvey-4800242c08ba  

• March 26, 2020. C.M. Frankie. https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/elizabeth-shoaf-kidnapping-assault-in-bunker 

• February 2023. Christine Pelisek. https://people.com/crime/kara-robinson-lifetime-movie-girl-who-escaped/ 

• https://www.oxygen.com/escaping-captivity-the-kara-robinson-story/crime-news/kara-robinsons-story-who-were-richard 

• July 13, 2011. ABD News. https://abcnews.go.com/2020/jeannette-tamayo-escape-kidnapper/story?id=14062737  

• If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org. 

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