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Imagine being 20 years old, carefree, and hitchhiking your way toward a friend’s birthday party... only to have your life stolen in an instant. In 1977, Colleen Stan accepted a ride that would plunge her into one of the most disturbing and prolonged abduction cases in American history. For seven years, she was held captive in ways almost too shocking to comprehend... hidden away in a wooden box for hours or even days at a time, manipulated, tortured, and controlled by a couple who built an entire world of fear around her.
This week, we’re diving deep into the chilling story often called “the Girl in the Box.” We’ll walk through the moment of her disappearance, the twisted psychology of her captors, the unimaginable conditions she endured, and the extraordinary resilience that carried her through it all.
This is the haunting case of Colleen Stan, one of the most extreme kidnappings ever recorded… and a terrifying reminder of how evil can lurk behind the most ordinary moments.
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Source Materials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qao7WC0suCg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfdwe31awQ&t=54s
https://youtu.be/Q-ic_ydzX-8?si=q5zL-28Wa2UYVe2J
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/girl-in-the-box-where-is-colleen-stan-now
https://people.com/where-is-colleen-stan-now-girl-in-the-box-kidnapping-8648943?utm_source
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/exclusive-woman-imprisoned-in-coffin-for-7-years-has-special-message-for-jaycee-dugard
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/girl-in-the-box-where-is-colleen-stan-now
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/what-happened-to-marie-elizabeth-spannhake-unsolved-mysteries
https://www.redbluffdailynews.com/2023/11/22/cameron-hooker-trial-moved-to-march
https://krcrtv.com/news/local/girl-in-the-box-captor-cameron-hooker-looking-at-possible-parole
https://web.archive.org/web/20150523121518/http://www.khou.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/16/girl-in-box-kidnapper-parole-hearing/25888837
https://web.archive.org/web/20190227182106/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/girl-box-article-1.1715494
https://www.aetv.com/articles/colleen-stan-the-girl-in-the-box
https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/kidnap-victim-locked-box-7-years
https://web.archive.org/web/20130715071124/http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hooker%2C_Cameron_Michael
https://curioustic.com/colleen-stan
https://cattstruecrimecorner.com/the-kidnapping-of-colleen-stan
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/famous-abduction-cases/9
https://www.crimelibrary.org/criminal_mind/psychology/sex_slave/10.html
https://www.facebook.com/61558513822432/posts/in-the-spring-of-1977-20-year-old-colleen-stan-was-hitchhiking-through-californi/122200699550283794
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5141973/bio
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan
By The Misery Machine4.7
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Imagine being 20 years old, carefree, and hitchhiking your way toward a friend’s birthday party... only to have your life stolen in an instant. In 1977, Colleen Stan accepted a ride that would plunge her into one of the most disturbing and prolonged abduction cases in American history. For seven years, she was held captive in ways almost too shocking to comprehend... hidden away in a wooden box for hours or even days at a time, manipulated, tortured, and controlled by a couple who built an entire world of fear around her.
This week, we’re diving deep into the chilling story often called “the Girl in the Box.” We’ll walk through the moment of her disappearance, the twisted psychology of her captors, the unimaginable conditions she endured, and the extraordinary resilience that carried her through it all.
This is the haunting case of Colleen Stan, one of the most extreme kidnappings ever recorded… and a terrifying reminder of how evil can lurk behind the most ordinary moments.
Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachine
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachine
Join Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1
Instagram: miserymachinepodcast
Twitter: misery_podcast
Discord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM
#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrime
Source Materials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qao7WC0suCg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLfdwe31awQ&t=54s
https://youtu.be/Q-ic_ydzX-8?si=q5zL-28Wa2UYVe2J
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/girl-in-the-box-where-is-colleen-stan-now
https://people.com/where-is-colleen-stan-now-girl-in-the-box-kidnapping-8648943?utm_source
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/exclusive-woman-imprisoned-in-coffin-for-7-years-has-special-message-for-jaycee-dugard
https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/girl-in-the-box-where-is-colleen-stan-now
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/true-crime/what-happened-to-marie-elizabeth-spannhake-unsolved-mysteries
https://www.redbluffdailynews.com/2023/11/22/cameron-hooker-trial-moved-to-march
https://krcrtv.com/news/local/girl-in-the-box-captor-cameron-hooker-looking-at-possible-parole
https://web.archive.org/web/20150523121518/http://www.khou.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/16/girl-in-box-kidnapper-parole-hearing/25888837
https://web.archive.org/web/20190227182106/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/girl-box-article-1.1715494
https://www.aetv.com/articles/colleen-stan-the-girl-in-the-box
https://closeronline.co.uk/real-life/news/kidnap-victim-locked-box-7-years
https://web.archive.org/web/20130715071124/http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hooker%2C_Cameron_Michael
https://curioustic.com/colleen-stan
https://cattstruecrimecorner.com/the-kidnapping-of-colleen-stan
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/famous-abduction-cases/9
https://www.crimelibrary.org/criminal_mind/psychology/sex_slave/10.html
https://www.facebook.com/61558513822432/posts/in-the-spring-of-1977-20-year-old-colleen-stan-was-hitchhiking-through-californi/122200699550283794
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5141973/bio
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Kidnapping_of_Colleen_Stan

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