Unseen

“I was staring at the face of evil” -- It’s February 17th 2003, when Terry Hall calls the police to report her daughter Kristine Johnson missing, after not hearing from her for two days. When detectives talk to Kristine’s flatmate, she says her friend left for an audition in the Hollywood Hills for a big opportunity to be cast as a Bond Girl, but detectives quickly discover that the movie doesn’t actually exist. The only clue to help catch a serial predator, who has been escaping the law for more than 10 years, lies in what Kristine bought at the Century City Mall on the day of her disappearance. External Footage From: "Dead On Arrival" (S1 E6, The Road To Hell, Investigation Discovery), "Death In The Hollywood Hills" (Dateline NBC, Justice For Kristi), "Murder In The Hollywood Hills (The Death Of Kristine Johnson, THELIPTV, Crime Time), On The Case With Paula Zahn (S3 E13, Dark Side Of a Dream, Investigation Discovery), "The Los Angeles Times", "Google Maps", "Getty Images", "Motion Array", "Audio Network". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“You and your so-called family have two weeks to move out of Florida forever or else you all die. this is no joke” -- It’s April 1989. Sherry Guin is at a Murder Mystery weekend and is playing a dangerous mind game with a killer who poisoned an entire family. Everybody plays their role but Sherry needs to stay more alert than anyone else: her name isn’t Sherry and she needs to take down the host of the party: the prime suspect of the Carr family murder. External Footage From: "Murder She Solved: Lethal Poisoning" (OWN), "American Justice: Kill Thy Neighbor" (A&E), "Forensic Files: Bitter Potion" (Medstar Television), "Crime Stories: Mind Games" (Biography Channel). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Somebody took Jacob” -- On October 22, 1989, 11 YO Jacob Wetterling bikes home and disappears with a gunman into the night. 9 months earlier, 12 YO Jared Scheierl gets ice cream and vanishes shortly after, but a few hours later, he makes it back home: 27 years later, he would be the key to finally solving Jacob’s disappearance, taking down one of the most terrifying men the state of Minnesota has ever seen. External Footage From: "The Hunt with John Walsh" (S1 E8, "Justice Denied", CNN), "Moms Of Missing Kids: We'll Never Give UP" (CNN), "In The Dark" (S1 E3, The One Who Got Away, APM Reports). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Am I going in this casket soon?” -- It’s April 2000, Kristina Beard is desperately trying to get ahold of her twin sister Jennifer. They only have 6 hours to disappear and get to safety before it’s too late, after giving police the key piece of evidence they need that will finally put an end to the escalating plot of a psychotic killer: their own mother. External footage from: "Deadly Women: Blood for Money" (S3 E2, Discovery+), "Power, Privilege & Justice: Gold Digger" (S3 E1, True Crime Central), "Who do you believe: What the sisters saw" (Part 1-2, ABC), "Tainted Love" (ABC), "Black Widow: Celeste Beard-Johnson - Women Who Kill" (Channel 4), "Millionaire Murder" (S1 E8, On the Case with Paula Zhan), "Women Behind Bars" (S1 E9, FilmRise True Crime), "Rude Awakening: Someone They Knew" (Tamron Hall, Court TV). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Rob the bank, or she blows up” November 20th 2000, 7 year old Breea Renee notices something strange: “mom, there’s someone outside the window”. A day later, 3 masked men break into her house and hold them at gunpoint before strapping Breea with dynamite. Michelle is given an unimaginable mission: rob the bank, or your daughter will be blown up - she sets off to Bank of America for the dangerous heist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“We were next on his hit list” -- On July 21st 1985 , single mom Andrea Blanchard lives in fear, hiding with her daughter Trudi. Whenever the phone rings, she knows bad news will follow: another bomb exploded, and this time, hundreds of people are severely injured. For years, cops are afraid of him and can’t stop him, but Andrea knows she’s the only one who can put an end to all the killings, because she knows what the Family Court Bomber wants: 7 year old Trudi. External footage from: "The Family Court Murders" TV Series (ABC TV Australia), "Leonard Warwick's Timeline of Crimes" (ABC TV Australia), "Catching a Mad Man: Tracking Down Sydney's Family Court Bomber" (7 News), "Family Court Bomber Leonard Warwick Sentenced to Life in Prison" (ABC News Australia), "Ex-wife Leaves Sydney Court After Testifying at Bombings Trial" (The Courier Mail). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Something is wrong with my daughter" -- After years of searching for her daughter Annette, Mary discovers a disturbing secret in the husband’s past – Annette isn’t the only one gone. One wife drowned, two others missing: what is this man hiding? What happened to the girls? Mary decides to lead her investigation, and find out the truth about Felix Vail. External footage from: "The Real Story with Maria Elena Selinas: A Mother's Quest" (ID - Lucky 8), "People Magazine Investigates: Gone Girls" (Discovery - Radley Studios), "20/20: The Last One to See Them" (ABC News), "Tim Howey's Podcast: Bill Vail Interview" (Grace Church), "Mississippi Burning" (1988, Orion Pictures), "Gone: Rose's Letters" (Jerry Mitchell, Clarion-Ledger), "Houston Aerial 4K - Drone Footage" (Barf Media). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“He’s going to kill us all” -- On November 18th 1978, Gerald Park tells his 12 year old daughter Tracy to escape in the jungle, and stay hidden until it’s safe. As gunmen and helicopters close in on her, Tracy knows she needs to survive to avenge her mother’s death, and make sure Jim Jones would pay for what he did to her family, and 918 other victims. You might have heard about Jonestown, but this is the story of the little girl who lived. External footage from: "Return to Jonestown" (CNN), "Jonestown: The life and death of people's temple" (FireLight Media Inc.), "People Magazines Investigate: Cults", "Sunday Night: Return to Jonestown" (7News Spotlight), "Escaped" (Investigation Discovery). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I’ll stop if you stop crying” On the morning of March 4th 1980, in Stevenage England, a milkman is heading to work when he sees smoke coming out of someone’s window, and hears a child screaming. He rushes and breaks the door down, finding a crying little girl, badly burned, and waiting in the stairs: after being rescued, 4 YO Amanda Wright is now the only witness of what really set off the fire in the home that night, unveiling a murder so disturbing that the truth of the events would only come out 36 years later, and bring to justice her mom’s killer for a second time. External footage from: The Day I Should've Died: Amanda Wright (CBS Reality, ITV), Forensics: Catching the Killer: Killed for Being Kind (Sky TV), London Live: Amanda Wright Interview (Evening Standard), The Mirror, BBC, The Daily Mail, The Comet, the Sun, ITV News, The British Newspaper Archives, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“If anything happens to me, take this to the police” On the late evening of November 29, 1992, a man opens his front door to discover two little boys shivering and covered in blood in an Atlanta suburb. 3 and a half years earlier, Sara Tokars hires a private investigator to follow her husband who she thinks is dangerous and unfaithful. The young mom discovers many dark secrets, including his criminal lifestyle, which would lead her to do anything she can to protect her sons, even if it meant dying while doing so. External footage from: Homicide for the Holidays: Thanksgiving Terror (Oxygen), Mother's Brutal Thanksgiving Murder Witnessed by her 2 Boys (Oxygen), The Murder of Sara Tokars: Abuse of Power (Oxygen), Deadly Secrets (The FBI Files), The Wife Who Knew Too Much (A&E), Atlanta: Devil Down in Georgia (A&E), Scandal Down South: My Dirty Little Secret (Investigation Discovery), "Fred Tokars, Lawyer & Convicted Wife Killer, Dies in Prison" (Court TV), "GA V. TOKARS" (Court TV). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I had a 200% chance of dying, and 5% chance of getting away” On November 9th, 1986, 17 year old model Kate Moir accepts a ride from a seemingly nice couple, not knowing they’re actually the country’s most dangerous serial killers. Having murdered 4 girls already, Kate knows her time is running out, but she has a plan to escape captivity, that would result in her even being arrested herself by Australian officers. More about Kate here: https://www.change.org/p/the-attorney-general-s-reformation-of-parole-laws-in-australia Read her book: https://books.google.ca/books/about/Dead_Girl_Walking.html?id=LZtEvgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y External footage from: Murder Uncovered: David & Catherine Birnie (7News Seven Network), Catherine Birnie: Freedom Bid (9News Nine Network), Crime Investigation Australia: Moorhouse Horrors (GMN Productions, FOXTEL), Most Infamous: The Birnies (GMN Productions, CIN), Perth & Fremantle 1986 (Robert Peter, Peter Hale), Rocky 1976 (Chartoff-Winkler, United Artists), First Blood 1982 (Cinema 84, Orion Pictures). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“You’re not just a danger to the public, you’re a danger to those who love you” On September 14, 2007, 19yo Ashley Wallace wakes up in a hospital bed, surrounded by police officers accusing her of being a serial killer, after her sister, Bree, found a note in which Ashley confesses to the murders of her father and stepfather; the problem is, Ashley did not write this letter. What happened to her that night would uncover one of the most disturbing serial killers the state of New York has ever seen, the last person Ashley would ever think would want to harm her, or her family. External footage from: The Devil You Know: Poisonous Love (Make Believe Media), Forensic Files: Freeze Framed (Medstar Television), 20/20 Black Widow (ABC), Solved: Poisoned by Love (Discovery+), Archive Footage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I can be your daughter” When cops break into the Groene home on May 16th 2005 after receiving a call from a concerned neighbor, no one is prepared to find the family murdered, and as they identify everyone, they notice that the younger children, Dylan, 9, and Shasta, 8, are missing. As the authorities race against time to find the missing kids, Shasta is trapped in the woods with her family’s killer, nearly 100 miles away, and starts to plan her own escape. External footage from: The Brave Survival of Little Shasta Groene (True Crime Daily), The Most Twisted Case You've Ever Heard (EWU Crime Storytime), "Shasta McClain/Groene" from the Criminal Perspective Podcast, "Shasta Groene Shares Her Journey as a Survivor" (KTVB Extended Interview), "Shasta Groene: Survivor" (KTVB), The Groene Family Massacre (Investigation Discovery), "Joseph Duncan Sentenced for Murder of Anthony Martinez" (The Press - Enterprise), The Idaho Spokesman, 4 News Now, KREM-KXLY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“If anyone can survive him, it’s her” August 10th 2000 is a big day for 8 year old Midsi Sanchez as it’s her birthday party that afternoon, so she decides to walk home alone instead of waiting for her siblings like usual. Only one block away from her house, a man gets out of his car nearby and asks her to help him pick up something, and as she reaches down, the little girl suddenly vanishes from Vallejo. 3 days go by, until Midsi gathers her strength to escape one of California’s most dangerous serial killers. To learn more about Midsi’s organization, check out this link: https://www.midsisanchez.org/ External footage from: I Survived (A&E), They Took Our Child; We Got Her Back (A&E), Poplitics, KTVU Fox 2 San Francisco, KPIX CBS News Bay Area, CNN, The 9 on KTVU, ThuLifeStyle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"if I were to break into the basement floor, What will I hit? " On the New Year’s eve of 1989, 11 years old Collier Landry wakes up to a loud thud coming from his parents' bedroom, and it becomes the night his mother Noreen disappears forever. All of his family seem to have no doubts that she ran away after a fight with her husband, but only Collier knows that his mom would never leave him behind. As Dr John Boyle refuses to discuss his wife’s disappearance, detective David Messmore builds a secret bond with the child who insists his mom was murdered. Together, they discover Dr. Boyle’s hidden girlfriend and an astonishing secret buried under the doctor’s new mansion’s floor. For any other information, check out this link: ⁠https://campsite.to/collierlandry⁠ External footage from: Cabin Creek Films (Murder in Mansfield), Moving Past Trauma Podcast (Collier Landry), Moving Past Murder Podcast (Collier Landry), Forensic Files (S5E12 - Foundation of Lies), Law & Crime: Coptales Podcast (Collier Landry), Andrew Gold: On the Edge (Collier Landry), Cabin Creek Panel Discussion (Richard Source), Surviving a Murder in Mansfield (Richard Source), TedXMansfield (TED: Collier Landry), Mansfield Drone Footage (MBW Alter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Something's wrong with dad" Houston, Texas, 1986: 14YO Laurie Tremblay is murdered. The case goes cold, and years pass with more bodies discovered, without any clues on who the killer is. Meanwhile, young Tiffany Shore moves in with her dad after her parent's divorce. She starts to realize he is not as fun as she remembered. More and more controlling, he makes a habit of locking his daughters inside the house when he leaves. As his behaviour becomes increasingly strange and overprotective, the Tourniquet Killer claims more victims: surviving her dad’s sudden rages will actually be the key to solving the terrifying serial killer case. External footage from: The Tourniquet Killer (ABC 13 News), World's Most Evil Killer: Anthony Shore (Sky TV), Evil Lives Here: My Secret Nightmare (Discovery), I Lived With a Killer: The Tourniquet Killer (Breakthrough), Living With a Serial Killer: Anthony Shore (Oxygen), Making a Serial Killer: The Tourniquet Killer (FilmRise), Mark of a Killer: The Tourniquet Killer (NBC), Sign of a Psychopath: Death Sentence (Discovery), The Evidence Room (NBC - KPRC), Home Invasion: Notorious Killers (ABC 13 News). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Do what I say or I’ll kill you and be gone in the dark” It’s just before 6:30 AM on October 5th, 1976 when young mother Jane Carson is blindfolded and attacked with her 3YO son in the house. She is victim #5. 2 months later, 15 YO Kris Pedretti stops playing piano, thinking she heard something in the other room, despite being alone in her house. She is victim #10. A year later, true crime fan Margaret Wardlow studies this serial killer, not knowing that she would become the 27th victim of the man she had read so much about. He's been known under many different names: the Visalia ransacker, the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker or the Golden State Killer, but 44 years later, 200 witnesses stand in front of him to make sure justice is served. External footage from: The Golden State Killer: It's Not Over (Discovery+), The Monster Among Us (20/20), Chasing the Golden State Killer (ABC 7), KCRA3, CBC News: The National, 48 Hours, Sacramento Bee, 60 Minutes Australia, CBS Sacramento, ABC 10 News, Very Local, ABC 7 News Bay Area, Framed by the Golden State Killer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I just know it, there’s something wrong with my kids” -- On November 11th 2010, cops enter Tina Hermann’s home after receiving a 911 call from her manager Valerie, who reported how unusual it was for her to miss a day’s work without telling anyone. The house is empty, and Tina and her entire family are gone: a suspicious scene reveals bloodstains, motor oil, a Walmart receipt, a missing car, but most shockingly, a women-size shoe print leaving the home, meaning someone walked out of there, alive, and as the community begins to hunt for the missing family, time is running out for Sarah, who is now trapped in ‘the house of leaves.’ You can donate for Sarah’s ‘Healing Hearts Memorial Fund’ here: https://fairfieldcf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=1199 External footage from: Lost in the Leaves: Interrogation RAW (A+E Networks), "Young, Innocent, and Held Captive" (OWN - Dr.Phil), "Saving Sarah" (WBNS: 10TV News), "Sarah: The Abuse Continues" (MSNBC: Today Show), "The Jayme Closs Case" (Lifetime: Smart Justice) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“There’s something evil about the captain” -- The Duperraults are a happy family from Wisconsin. Their father has a dream of bringing the family on a boat trip to the Bahamas and in November of 1961, the Duperraults rent a sailing boat called the Bluebelle along with a friend of the family and his wife. 4 days later, only two of them made it back. What happened on the BlueBelle ship? External footage from: Wolfson Archive, Partners in Motion Inc., "I Survived" (A&E, NHNZ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Do you want candy?” -- On a warm afternoon in August 1983, Richard Poland goes inside his home to get popsicles for his 3 year old daughter, but as he watches her from the window, a car suddenly stops in front of the home and Lori is snatched off their yard. As the cops desperately try to track the ‘candyman’ who took Lori away, the neighbourhood kids join the investigation, and the little girl herself struggles to survive 10 feet underground, trapped in a cesspool far away. External footage from: Denver Report: 9 News (NBC KUSA), CBS 4: Lori Poland Association (CBS Denver), ENDCAN (Dan Gommer, Lori Poland), Walk Talk Listen: Episode 78 (Maurice Bloem), Lori Poland Task Force (Megyn Kelly Today), Louder Than Silence: Episode 1 (ENDCAN). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"He's gonna do this to somebody else, and I can’t let that happen" -- When 14 year old Mary decides to hitchhike back home, a large van slows down and offers her a ride, with a driver looking like nothing but an old harmless "grand-father". As the car begins to drive in the wrong direction, she knows something is wrong, and a few hours later, Mary Vincent is fighting for her life, trying to crawl out of a 30 foot cliff, missing both arms, while the hatchet killer runs away and looks for his next victim, planning his next attack that would happen 19 years later. External Footage From: American Journal (King World Productions, Inc.), The John Walsh Show (NBC), I Survived (A&E Television Network LLC), Vanished with Beth Holloway (A&E Television Network LLC). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Jeannette, if you can hear us, know that we’re looking for you” -- June 8th 2003, in the city of San Jose, a ‘Little Caesars’ staff member receives a pizza order from a young girl, unaware that the caller is actually 9 year old Jeannette Tamayo, who has been missing for 3 days. Held captive in a small room in his house, her kidnapper brings back the food with a nasty smile: she knows that this could be her last dinner before he “gets rid of her tonight.” The memory of watching CSI with her brother flashes back to her mind — she is determined to fight until the last moment, so she grabs the pizza box, and becomes her own detective. Footage From: A&E (I Survived: Jeannette Tamayo -- NHNZ), Lifetime (They Took Our Child: Jeannette), ALDOWORLD TV (Overnight Restaurant Footage), Paramount CBS (Fox Crime: NCIS s5 e13), Global Village (San Jose California Drone View), San Jose Police Department (Promotion 2019). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know her name. -- You’re on your way home and suddenly, your phone buzzes. Everyone around you looks down at their screen, and you know it is now everywhere: on your social media feed, on TV, even on traffic boards. You don’t pay much attention to all of it but still skim through the description while walking, just in case. When you finally look up from your screen, a weirdly familiar car catches your eye and you call 911. A kidnapped child has been saved thanks to the alert on your phone. This story is not uncommon, and it all started in Texas, in 1996 with the unsolved murder of 9 year old Amber Hagerman. Footage From: True Crime Daily, After Amber (WFAA), News Nation, Inside Edition, WFAA-TV, CBSDFW, WFMY News 2, WPLG Local 10, Daily Blast Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Oh... he's still alive?" -- July 31st 1995, Baraboo police department receives a 911 call in which a teenager calmly claims he is trapped in a house and has both his legs fractured. Little do they know, the caller, 13 year old Thad Phillips, is two hours away from death due to internal bleeding, in the house of a school mate. After two days of torment and two failed escapes, he becomes the only survivor in the hand of the notorious teen serial killer Bonebreaker, carrying the key to solving another mysterious “accidental” death from a year ago. Footage from: Cold Case Files: The Bonebreaker (Blumhouse), Escaped - Torture in Suburbia (Kurtis Production), I Survived - Thadius Phillips (Biography Channel), Madison - Wisconsin in HD (David Allen Productions), 2022 Lakefront - Milwaukee News (FOX), Municipal Newspaper (Baraboo News Republic), Getty Images, Audio Network, Motion Array. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Do I really need to talk about what happened?” -- September 30th 2005, at her home in Pampa, 10 year old Robin Doan wakes up to a nightmare of gunshots and realizes it is not a dream. She hears her mother’s screaming, bullets shooting off, and before she could react, the heavy footsteps approaching her door. Robin’s family becomes victim to one of the most deadly home invasions in Texas, and the police officers don’t understand how they find the 10 year old girl unharmed. Her “perhaps too calm” 911 call will offer the only living testimony of Levi King’s merciless killing spree. Footage from: 48 Hours: Live to Tell (MMX CBS Broadcasting INC), The Killer Speaks (ITV Studios), Most Evil (MMX CBS Broadcasting INC), The Mind of a Murderer (Atlas Media Corporation) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"He used bleach to do what?" -- July 4th 2011, arriving on the scene of a burned down house, the Fort Collins Colorado police are shocked by what they are seeing: the fire is so hot that all of the metal handles are melted down but even so, a strong smell of bleach remains. The Bleach Monster has reappeared, but this time, she survived: Lydia Tillman jumped from the second floor and is now in a coma, but nobody expected her to be the one who would solve the case, and find the one responsible for the unsolved murder of Kenia Monge. Learn more about Kenia's foundation: https://keniamonge.wordpress.com/ Footage from: #TextMeWhenYouGetHome: Kenia Monge (Lifetime), Deadly Connection (NBC, Dateline), Tribute to Kenia Monge (NBC News), "Lydia Tillman Tells Her Story" (Richard Mauro Ricchiuti), Crime Watch: Kenia Monge (True Crime Daily), "Kenia Monge Surveillance" (The Denver Post), Nimia - Associated Press (Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I saw what he did to Katie and was scared he’d do it to me” -- On one of the last nights of 1999, Krystal is tucking herself into bed after a fun sleepover with her best friend Katie, but they are suddenly woken up by a window creaking open. As Krystal opens her eyes, a man holds a knife to Katie’s neck near the edge of the bunk bed. From that moment on, two things are on Krystal’s mind: surviving through the night, and making sure serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells is brought to justice. Footage from: Live To Tell 48 Hours (MMX CBS Broadcasting Inc.), America's Most Wanted (20th Century Fox Television), Most Evil (MMVI Discovery Communication Inc.), The Mind of a Psychopath (ABC News Nightline) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Shh, don’t scream.” -- On the night of July 23rd 2013, Tiffany calmly calls the police asking for help after she injured her own neck in an attempt to take her life, while her ex-husband Kris simply watches her. When the detectives arrive on the scene, it’s clear to them that she didn’t do this herself. Her ex Kris says the opposite, and calls her a liar. As they dig more into the case, time is running out as Kris carries out his own plan to “finish the job”. Footage from: 48 Hours (CBS), "Don't Scream" (CBS), Murder For Hire (NBC Universal TV & Screening), KUTV 2 News (Sinclair Broadcast Group), Standard Examiner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I told myself: I’m not going down without a fight” -- On Friday the 13th, best friends Misty Cockerill and Tanya Smith are walking to a high school party when they suddenly bump into a stranger, and things quickly go dark. While Misty wakes up in the hospital, investigators arrive at the crime scene and receive a disturbing phone call from a man claiming to be the attacker: time is running out almost as soon as the cat and mouse chase begins. This is what happened in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 2002. Footage from: Court TV (Crime Stories - The Abbotsford Killer), Red Letter Film (Dark Waters of Crime), I Survived (A&E, Sharon / Al & Linda / Misty), Clearbook Morning (Dustin Drone), Ross Travel (Cinematic Night), ABC 7 News (Timeline), CBC News (British Columbia), CityTV (Vancouver Everywhere). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Hello? I found a little girl with her neck... uh..." -- Sayeh Rivazfar is the oldest of her siblings at only 8 years old and takes care of putting her little sister Sara to bed one night, but they are suddenly woken up by a man carrying them out of their bedroom, that Sayeh immediately recognizes. After a brutal attack, their abductor leaves them in the woods for dead, and only one thing is one Sayeh’s mind: avenging her little sister’s death. Footage from: 13WHAM (Deerfield Media Inc.), Canandaigua Chamber of Commerce, Crime Stoppers, Shaw TV SSM, I Survived (A&E), Spectrum News 1, 'Vanished' With Beth Holloway (A&E), Wear TV (New at 6), Inside Crime (Angeline Hartmann) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"I could be dead right now, there is no other way to put it" -- When 17 year old Ashley Reeves doesn’t arrive home before her curfew in April 2006, her mom knows something is wrong, especially after finding hundreds of incoming calls on her daughter’s phone records. No one knows where she could have gone, but the harassing caller would end up breaking the case entirely, and shed a whole new light on a neighborhood figure no one ever suspected, all while Ashley fights for her life, while her killer goes line dancing minutes after the murder. Footage from: On the Case with Paula Zahn (Weinberger Media, Scott Sternberg Productions), Illinois Police Department, True Crime Daily, Left for Dead (Lifetime) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“It was like a vacation for her” -- On September 6, 2006, 14 year old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped by a man who claimed to be a police officer. Handcuffed, and “arrested”, she is taken deep into the woods where she discovers a secret underground bunker. For ten days, investigators look everywhere for the missing teen, without any clues, until Elizabeth is able to outsmart her captor, and her mom receives a shocking text message from Elizabeth herself. Footage from: Surviving Evil (Cineflix - Investigation Discovery), Dateline (Peacock Productions), Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN), Elizabeth Shoaf: The Girl in the Bunker (Lifetime, LLC), Text Me When You Get Home (A&E, LLC), The Girl in the Bunker (Cineflix Productions & Rare Fish Films) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Are you comfortable now? I doubt it.” -- On March 20th, 1999, Cynthia meets up with her friend, never expecting she is minutes away from being abducted. When she wakes up, a chilling voice speaks to her – it's coming from a recording. As her tears dry up, the early memories of her tough childhood revive, and a voice in her heart tells her: escape. Footage from: I Survived a Serial Killer (A&E), House of Horrors: Kidnapped (Investigation Discovery), Wicked Attraction (Investigation Discovery), It Takes a Killer (Oxygen), Barcroft TV, A&E, KOAT, KRQE, Street Safe NM, True Consequences Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“And I remember thinking that I was staring into the eyes of the devil” On September 27, 1992, 19 year old Jennifer Asbenson accepts a ride from a stranger after missing her bus to work. When the man asks for her number, she gives him a fake one to be safe and forgets about it, unaware that she has just refused the advances of a deranged serial killer. At the end of her shift that morning, she does not make it back home. Jennifer escapes TWICE, yet no one believes what has happened to her, but 5 years later, his arrest would reveal the most shocking information. Footage from: AE (I Survived a Serial Killer), Radley Studios (People Magazine Investigates), CBS Los Angeles, OWN (Dr. Phil), True Crime Daily (Telepictures Production INC), Inside Edition, KTLA5, Christopher's Clubhouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“He kissed me and threw me down the cubby hole” 'Spaceplex' is 9 year old Katie Beers’ favorite spot, before she’s abducted at that same location in December 1992, just before her birthday. For 17 days, the investigators dig into the family’s lies, each more suspicious than the next, hoping to find the lost girl. Katie is trapped in the wall, but she still has her wits, which will eventually lead to justice against her kidnappers. Footage from: Fox Nation (Lost, then Found), ABC News (Buried Memories), ABC (The View), Discovery+ (Killer Carnies), True Crime Daily (Crime Watch), MyLiTV (Buried Memories), OWN (Dr. Phil), Spaceplex (Promotional Material) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"She basically came back from the grave to nail him" -- On August 28, 1997, college student Holly Dunn doesn’t know that a sweet date with her friend Christopher Maier at a campus party would take the darkest turn: Chris and Holly are attacked by a notorious serial killer ‘The Railroad Killer’. What happened that night had to be kept a secret for years, until the start of the trial, where Holly could finally face her attacker, the first time since that deadly night, and ultimately bring him down. Footage from: Sole Survivor (A&E), I Survived a Serial Killer (A&E), CBS 48 Hours, BBC Great Crimes & Trials, Jackeline Cacho, Holly's House, Law & Crimes Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“I'm not saying it's right, I know it's not right, but that's the way I've chosen it.” -- On June 15th 1980, 8 year old Beth Stauffer calls her dad to wish him a happy father’s day, the first clue police got after she went missing on May 16th. After quickly hanging up, she returns to the tiny closet where her and her mother Mary have been chained and imprisoned by an obsessed man who has been stalking Mary for years. The captor, Ming Sen Shiue, believes that the longer they are kidnapped, the more chances Mary, his 9th grade teacher, will eventually fall in love with him. “Will we go home?” In the dark, frightened Beth asks her mom. At that moment, Mary, knowing deep in her heart of hearts they might not be able to leave ever, promises Beth with a yes. Footage From: Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (Lifetime), All Access, Fox News Digital, Inside Edition, Lifetime, MPR News, ABC News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices