Series · 2024 · Crime
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.
2 seasons · 12 episodes

Episode 01
Surviving Dating Game Killer
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.

Episode 02
Surviving The Railroad Killer
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.

Episode 03
Surviving the Casanova Killer
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 John Knowles to fall in love with her.

Episode 04
Surviving the Bishop's Basement
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 only chance of survival is to escape.

Episode 05
Surviving the Handsome Devil
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 serial killer. Now, Sherry Hopson and Annette Lazar come forward to discuss coming face-to-face with the cold-blooded killer.

Episode 06
Surviving the Cook Brothers
1981, two men rape and shoot a young mother, forcing her fiancé to watch it all. After nearly dying, Cheryl Bartlett Fann, learns her attackers are a pair of serial killers who are also brothers. It will take two decades before justice prevails over Nathanial & Anthony Cook.
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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.
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People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The crime has 2 seasons and 12 total episodes, rated 7.3/10 by 9 viewers.
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer has 2 seasons with 12 episodes in total.
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer is currently in production and returning for new episodes.
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer airs on Investigation Discovery.
People Magazine Investigates: Surviving a Serial Killer first aired on May 5, 2024.
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