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Josephina Rivera's life comes to a halt when the 25-year-old is kidnapped by 43-year-old Gary Heidnik; over the next four months, Josephina lives shackled in a basement while her captor abducts four more women to hold hostage in his house of horrors.

I Survived a Serial Killer

The House of Horrors Killer

In April of 2016, 16-year-old Madison Nygard walks home from a party in rural Muskegon County, Mich., and takes a ride with a passing stranger.

Rural Road Reaper

Tiffany recalls in her own words how she used her quick wit and drive to manipulate her would-be killer into unwittingly granting her a chance to escape his deadly clutches.

Catfishing Killer

Cynthia Vigil recounts her incredible act of survival and strength and describes how she put an end to the horror brought on by the Toy Box Killer.

The Toybox Killer

Paul Dennis Reid Jr., a country-star wannabe, spends nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers; Jose Ramirez Gonzalez recounts the night he faced off with Reid in a stock room and managed to survive.

The Fast Food Killer

Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio; detective Lemmy Griffin and prosecutor Rick Bombik walk through this murderer's capture and sentencing.

The Cleveland Strangler

In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, Calif.; his assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys.

The Freeway Killer

In Nov. 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis thought he was on his way to a gig as a farm caretaker, a job he had secured on Craigslist; however, it was a murderous trap laid by a psychopathic serial killer named Richard Beasley.

The Craigslist Killer

Morgan Rowan describes how she was brutally attacked in 1968 by Rodney Alcala during a party at his Hollywood home; three weeks later, Alcala would abduct and attack 8-year-old Tali Shapiro, who describes her chilling assault in her own words.

The Dating Game Killer

In November 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man offers her a ride; soon after she gets into the car, the driver, Lonnie Franklin, shoots the passenger point-blank in the chest.

The Grim Sleeper

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, Mich.

The Mid-Michigan Killer

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.

The Cook Brothers

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