—"I Survived a Serial Killer" documents 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. Interviews with those closest to the cases will round out the stories of these unimaginable crimes. Viewers will hear from survivors of killers, including Andrew Urdiales, Richard Beasley (The Craigslist Killer), Angel Resendiz (The Railway Killer) and David Parker Ray (The Toy Box Killer.)

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Season 115 of 16 Episodes

Jennifer Asbenson recounts her fight to stay alive and escape the clutches of 32-year-old Andrew Urdiales, her would-be killer who kidnapped her in September 1992 when she was 17.
Seventeen-year-old Lisa McVey Noland is abducted while biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa donut shop.
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; she wages a physical and psychological war against the man who tries to kill her and helps police apprehend Tommy Lynn Sells.
In January 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.
In August 1978, 14-year-old Lisa Gilbert and her 13-year-old brother, Randy, were attacked by a stranger in their newly built home in Lansing, Mich.
In November 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man offers her a ride; soon after she gets into the car, the driver, Lonnie Franklin, shoots the passenger point-blank in the chest.
Morgan Rowan describes how she was brutally attacked in 1968 by Rodney Alcala during a party at his Hollywood home; three weeks later, Alcala would abduct and attack 8-year-old Tali Shapiro, who describes her chilling assault in her own words.
In Nov. 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis thought he was on his way to a gig as a farm caretaker, a job he had secured on Craigslist; however, it was a murderous trap laid by a psychopathic serial killer named Richard Beasley.
In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, Calif.; his assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys.
Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio; detective Lemmy Griffin and prosecutor Rick Bombik walk through this murderer's capture and sentencing.
Paul Dennis Reid Jr., a country-star wannabe, spends nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers; Jose Ramirez Gonzalez recounts the night he faced off with Reid in a stockroom and managed to survive.
Cynthia Vigil recounts her incredible act of survival and strength and describes how she put an end to the horror brought on by the Toy Box Killer.
Tiffany recalls in her own words how she used her quick wit and drive to manipulate her would-be killer into unwittingly granting her a chance to escape his deadly clutches.
In April 2016, 16-year-old Madison Nygard walks home from a party in rural Muskegon County, Mich., and takes a ride with a passing stranger.
Josephina Rivera's life comes to a halt when the 25-year-old is kidnapped by 43-year-old Gary Heidnik; over the next four months, Josephina lives shackled in a basement while her captor abducts four more women to hold hostage in his house of horrors.

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.
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In September 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, Calif.; his assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys.
Upcoming
Vanessa Gay recounts her escape from Anthony Sowell in Cleveland, Ohio; detective Lemmy Griffin and prosecutor Rick Bombik walk through this murderer's capture and sentencing.
Upcoming
Morgan Rowan describes how she was brutally attacked in 1968 by Rodney Alcala during a party at his Hollywood home; three weeks later, Alcala would abduct and attack 8-year-old Tali Shapiro, who describes her chilling assault in her own words.
Upcoming
Paul Dennis Reid Jr., a country-star wannabe, spends nights robbing fast food joints and killing innocent workers; Jose Ramirez Gonzalez recounts the night he faced off with Reid in a stockroom and managed to survive.
Upcoming
In April 2016, 16-year-old Madison Nygard walks home from a party in rural Muskegon County, Mich., and takes a ride with a passing stranger.
Upcoming

"I Survived a Serial Killer" documents 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. Interviews with those closest to the cases will round out the stories of these unimaginable crimes. Viewers will hear from survivors of killers, including Andrew Urdiales, Richard Beasley (The Craigslist Killer), Angel Resendiz (The Railway Killer) and David Parker Ray (The Toy Box Killer.)

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