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I Survived a Serial Killer2021

Name: I Survived a Serial Killer
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2021-08-18
Rating: 6.7

6.7

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Year

2021

Seasons

Network

A&E

Status

Ended

The premise

The harrowing, heroic stories of one or more survivors of the same serial killers. Told from the survivors’ point of view, the series highlights the strength and perseverance of regular people encountering and overcoming pure evil.

Horror Vault's take

Real survivors recount their terrifying firsthand encounters with serial killers, sharing the moments that nearly cost them their lives. Each episode centers the human experience of facing extreme violence and living to tell the tale, offering a perspective rarely heard in true crime. The series is less about the killers themselves and more about the extraordinary ordinary people who refused to become victims.

Content: Descriptions Of Violent Attacks, Discussion Of Murder And Attempted Murder, Potentially Distressing Survivor Testimony

Episode Guide

· 5h 52m total· Aug 2021 → Mar 2022

S1.E1 · Desert DemonPremiere
Aug 18, 2021 · 22 min
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 her, his latest victim, i
S1.E2 · The Railroad Killer
Aug 19, 2021 · 22 min
A fun night with her boyfriend turned into a nightmare for Holly Dunn, a junior at the University of Kentucky in 1997. Somehow, Holly managed to escape her attacker by following railway tracks to a nearby house. After similar deadly attacks
S1.E3 · Tampa Terror
Aug 25, 2021 · 22 min
In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa donut shop when she was suddenly snatched off her bike and abducted. Her assailant, 31-year-old Bobby Joe Long, had alr
S1.E4 · The Cook Brothers
Feb 4, 2022 · 22 min
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 assailants, Anthony and Nathaniel Cook had already kidnapped and
S1.E5 · The Coast to Coast Killer
Feb 4, 2022 · 22 min
In 1992, 19-year-old Fabienne Witherspoon was trying to help a man down on his luck when he attacked her in her own home. In this episode, Fabienne describes how she bravely waged a physical and psychological war against the man who tried t