People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer2024
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
An exclusive series anchored by People Magazine's investigative reporting, this docuseries hands the microphone to a rare group: those who came face-to-face with serial killers and lived to tell the tale. Each episode delivers visceral, first-person accounts of terror alongside deep-dive journalism into the killers themselves. It's a sobering look at the human capacity for both cruelty and survival, told entirely from the perspectives of those who endured the unimaginable.
Content: Descriptions Of Violent Crimes, Discussion Of Homicide And Murder, Emotionally Distressing Survivor Accounts, Depictions Of Psychological Trauma
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Surviving Dating Game KillerPremiere8.0May 5, 2024 · 42 min
In 1965, Rodney Alcala attacks a teenage girl - only to brutalize and rape her three years later. She feels guilty when she discovers he assaulted another girl soon after - but they are merely two of this man's countless victims.
S1.E2 · Surviving The Railroad Killer8.0May 12, 2024 · 42 min
A new romance between two college students derails when a sadist attacks them during a nighttime walk by the railroad tracks. Only one of them lives and she turns out to be the sole survivor of a serial murderer known as The Railroad Killer
S1.E3 · Surviving the Casanova Killer7.0May 19, 2024 · 41 min
A single mom, Barbara Mabee Abel, comes home to find a man holding her disabled sister hostage. He then tries to kidnap her young son, but she begs him to take her instead. She is at his mercy for days, and to survive she must get Paul Joh
S1.E4 · Surviving the Bishop's Basement6.5May 26, 2024 · 41 min
Gary Heidnick, who runs a church out of his house and calls himself "The Bishop," abducts a woman and holds her captive. Soon, he imprisons six women in his basement and tortures them. As captives begin to die, Josefina Rivera knows her onl
S1.E5 · Surviving the Handsome Devil8.0Jun 2, 2024 · 41 min
In the suburbs of Chicago, a handsome man with searing blue eyes turns out to be a bloodthirsty monster hiding in plain sight and attacking young women at will. However, it takes decades for the survivors to discover that Bruce Lindahl is a
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