Wed, Sep 4, 2013
On November 3, 1984, Florida teen Lisa McVey was getting ready to head home from work; as she leaves work, a serial killer terrorizing the Tampa Florida area abducted her at gunpoint. Police mounted one of the state's biggest-ever manhunts, it is McVey's survival instincts makes the difference. McVey blocked out any pain while enduring brutal defilement; she took note of her surroundings and secretly plants evidence in her attacker's apartment while feigning friendship.
Wed, Aug 28, 2013
Charisma Carpenter is the survivor of a real-life incident that she endured more than 20 years ago. The actress and her two friends were swimming at San Diego's Torrey Pines State Beach in 1991 when they were violently attacked by an armed serial rapist. Carpenter fought for her survival after being held at gunpoint, but her two friends were both shot and seriously wounded by the attacker. In the first episode of the series Charisma tells her incredible story of survival in raw emotional detail about what happened that night.
Wed, Sep 11, 2013
The Story of Elizabeth Shoaf (Lugoff, SC) In the fall of 2006, Elizabeth Shoaf is a 14-year-old whose life becomes a nightmare when Vinson Filyaw straps a bomb to her body and forces her into an underground bunker in the South Carolina woods. Shoaf is chained by the neck. Search teams were pacing directly over the bunker, Shoaf draws on a survival instinct, placating Filyaw until he becomes complacent.
Wed, Oct 9, 2013
The Story of Debbie Puglisi (Newark, DE) During the day on April 20, 1998, a crack-addicted predator entered Debbie Puglisi's Delaware home, shoots her husband, then abducts her. Debbie was held captive in her kidnapper's home, Puglisi was horribly abused. While bound and gagged, Puglisa overheard news reports of her husband's death and learned she is a prime suspect. Puglisi shared her kidnapper's home until one day while her kidnapper was at work she was able to free herself of restraints and call 911.
Wed, Oct 23, 2013
This is a two part episode entitled The Stories of Teri Jendusa Nicolai (Racine, WI) and Norina Bentzel (Red Lion, PA) Wisconsin native Teri Jendusa, after leaving an abusive marriage, finally years latter fell in love with another man. On January 31, 2004, they find they are expecting their first child. Jendusa arrives at ex-husband David Larsen's house to pick up her two daughters. Within moments of arriving, Jendusa is brutally attacked, stuffed into a garbage bin, and thrown into the back of a pick-up truck. Bloodied and in the freezing cold, she struggles to stay conscious as she calls 911 from inside the bin. Pennsylvania elementary school principal Norina Bentzel is confronted with an out-of-control psychopath, machete-wielding William Stankewicz in a homicidal rage. Bentzel escapes into her office and activates the school-wide lock down alarm. Bentzel then tracks down Stankewicz inside the school. During a vicious physical struggle, the 5'2" Bentzel risks her own life in order to shield her young students from his assault.