In August of 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Michigan. A good samaritan helped catch their attacker but started a years-long struggle to keep him behind bars.

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In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted, held captive and tortured for three days. Her escape from the brink of death would stop The Toybox Killer, David Parker Ray, from harming any other women.

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Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mistrust of the police makes her reluctant to report her attack for many years. But eventually, her testimony would put her attacker behind bars.

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In 1992, 19-year-old Fabienne Witherspoon tries to help a man who was down on his luck when he attacked her in her own home. In an effort to stay alive, she wages a physical and psychological war against the man who tries to kill her, Tommy Lynn Sells.

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In November 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis thinks he is on his way to a gig as a farm caretaker, a job he has secured on Craigslist. Unbeknownst to him, it’s actually a murderous trap laid by a psychopathic serial killer named Richard Beasley.

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In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa doughnut shop, when she was suddenly snatched off her bike and abducted. Being abducted was one of the worst things that happened to her but also saved her life.

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In January of 1981, 18-year-old Cheryl Bartlett Fann was walking home late at night with her fiancé Bud, when they were suddenly abducted and taken to an abandoned garage by two attackers. They would go free for years until DNA revealed who their attackers were…and how they were related.

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In September of 1992, 17-year-old Jennifer Asbenson is kidnapped and driven into the most desolate part of Palm Desert, CA. Her attacker, 32-year-old Andrew Urdiales, has already killed multiple women before luring his latest victim into his car. Jennifer recounts in her own words her fight to stay alive and escape the clutches of her would-be killer.

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