There are precious few individuals who have managed to survive their encounters with serial killers. Anchored by People Magazine's in-depth reporting, these survivors share their terrifying and intensely emotional experiences with unimaginable evil.
E1 ∙ Surviving the Dating Game Killer
A young woman learns that 50 years ago she survived a serial killer's vicious attack.
E2 ∙ Surviving the Railroad Killer
A new romance between two college students derails when a sadist attacks them during a nighttime walk near the railroad tracks. Only one of the victims survives the attack, and she turns out to be the only survivor of the serial murderer Angel Maturino Resendiz. He become known as "The Railroad Killer" because most of his crimes were committed near railroads, where he illegally jumped on and off the trains he was using to travel within and across the United States, Mexico and Canada. He is suspected in as many as 23 murders in the late 1980s and through the 1990s. Some of his brutal and violent attacks also involved sexual assault.
E3 ∙ Surviving the Casonova Killer
A single mom convinces her serial killing kidnapper to let her keep her alive while she looks for a way out.
E4 ∙ Surviving the Bishop's Basement
A psychopath holds a woman captive in his basement until she plots her escape.
E5 ∙ Surviving the Handsome Devil
In the suburbs of Chicago, two women realize that Bruce Lindahl is the monster next door.
E6 ∙ Surviving the Cook Brothers
1981, two men rape and shoot a young mother, forcing her fiance to watch it all. After nearly dying, Cheryl, learns her attackers are serial killers who are brothers. It will take two decades before justice prevails.
