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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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to face death but make it out alive? This season will feature survival stories of people who came face to face with serial killers and lived to tell the tale. New episodes of “I Survived” will be released every Monday starting February 13.

21-year-old Anita is at home alone, when a man she barely knows bursts in, ties her up, and abducts her. The attacker imprisons her in his home, keeping her locked in a metal box for hours on end. Over the next eight days, Anita clings to life, hoping that someone will find her before it’s too late. 

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Lynda is still healing from a difficult divorce when she meets a new man online. Their romance fizzles fast, but when the man calls Lynda in desperate need of help, she is lured into his trap.

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College student Holly and her new boyfriend are walking home from a party when the unthinkable happens. A strange man attacks them in the darkness, and Holly barely makes it out alive.

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When a deranged attacker arrives at her elementary school, principal Norina is the only thing standing between her kindergarten students and the man’s machete. She risks life and limb to protect her kids, and bring down the violent assailant.

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Eight year old Midsi is on her way home from school, when a strange man abducts her on the street and holds her captive for days. Despite her attacker’s threats, Midsi makes a daring escape and saves herself from certain death.

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When Karli starts a new relationship with a man from her past, she has no idea that he has some violent enemies. Karli survives not one, but two acid attacks at the hands of complete strangers, and must find a way to rebuild her will to go on.

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On a normal Friday morning, Ellen is at home alone when she is brutally attacked by a strange man in all black. Ellen’s attacker had been hiding in her home for days, waiting for the right moment to strike.

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Kim and Nina set out on an early morning hike, when a man emerges from the wilderness armed with a knife. What should have been a fun day trip quickly turns into a fight for their lives. 

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Kendra, a single mom, is one year into a new relationship with a Hollywood actor, when his jealous, controlling behavior forces her to end the relationship. Just when she thinks it's finally over, her ex shows up at her house, and this time he's armed.

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Maggie is just 15 years old when an attacker snatches her off the street during her early morning run. When police close in on him, the attacker gets desperate, and Maggie clings to life.

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Teri’s ex-husband attacks her in a jealous rage and leaves her to die, jammed in a garbage can filled with snow. For 27 freezing hours Teri wills herself to stay alive for her children.

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While Debbie is outside gardening, an unknown attacker hides in her home waiting for her to come inside. He abducts Debbie beginning a 5-day nightmare, during which Debbie will discover that she isn’t this man’s only victim.

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When Amanda, a school teacher, is carjacked and abducted by an escaped inmate, she quickly forms a game plan: play along and stay alive. In order to convince her abductor that they are friends and get out alive, she is forced to make decisions she never thought she would face.

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Michelle and her daughter Breea are home alone when three masked gunman burst through the door. The home invasion turns into a high stakes bank robbery, and Michelle's only hope of survival is to help her captors pull it off.

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One phone call turned Karen’s seemingly happy marriage into a violent nightmare. A prisoner in her own home, Karen outsmarted her husband and escaped with her life twice. Today, she uses her experience for good, helping others survive and learn to heal.

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