I Survived a Serial Killer
S01E10: The Freeway Killer
In September of 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, CA. His assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys, and just four short years after attacking David, Bonin embarks on an all out killing spree. David recounts in his own words his persistence and unfailing bravery in the mission to lock up the Freeway Killer, one of the most notoriously vicious serial killers to ever terrorize Southern California.
Overview
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.
Episodes
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...
S01E02 The Railroad Killer
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...
S01E03 Tampa Terror
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...
S01E04 The Cook Brothers
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...
S01E05 The Coast to Coast Killer
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...
S01E06 The Mid-Michigan Killer
In August of 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, Michigan. Their attacker was 23-year-old Don Miller who was also a...
S01E07 The Grim Sleeper
In November of 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is walking to a party in South Los Angeles, when a neatly dressed man in a souped-up orange pinto offers her a ride. Soon after getting into the...
S01E08 The Dating Game Killer
Survivor Morgan Rowan describes for the first time on television how she was brutally attacked in 1968 by social gadfly Rodney Alcala, during a party at his Hollywood home. Just three weeks later, Alcala would...
S01E09 The Craigslist Killer
In November 2011, 48-year-old Scott Davis sat in the backseat of a musty Buick traveling on a rural highway in the Ohio Appalachia. He thought he was on his way to a gig as a...
S01E10 The Freeway Killer
In September of 1975, 14-year-old David McVicker is abducted while hitchhiking home from a friend's house in Garden Grove, CA. His assailant, William Bonin, has an appetite for assaulting young men and boys, and just...
S01E11 The Cleveland Strangler
In September of 2008, Vanessa Gay met Anthony Sowell on a sidewalk in Cleveland Ohio. He invited her to share drinks and drugs at his home. She was unaware that she was walking into a...
S01E12 The Fast Food Killer
On March 23, 1997, during just his third day of work at a local fast food restaurant, Jose Ramirez Gonzalez, along with three co-workers were attacked. Jose's three colleagues were shot to death while Jose...
S01E13 The Toybox Killer
In 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted and held captive for 3 horrific days in Truth or Consequences, NM. Cynthia managed to escape and report her experience to the police. Once her kidnapper, David Parker Ray,...
S01E14 Catfishing Killer
In November of 2016, Tiffany Taylor is held captive and brutally assaulted in Essex County, New Jersey after agreeing to give a ride to a man in exchange for some much-needed cash. What she doesn't...
S01E15 Rural Road Reaper
In April of 2016, 16-year-old Madison Nygard is walking home from a party in rural Muskegon County, MI, when she realizes that she has become lost. When a passing driver pulls over and offers his...
S01E16 The House of Horrors killer
In November of 1986, 25-year-old Josephina Rivera's life comes to a devastating halt when she's kidnapped by 43-year-old Gary Heidnik. Over the next four months, Josephina lives shackled in a basement while her captor abducts...
