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 his latest victim into his car. Jennifer recounts in her own words her fight to stay alive and escape the clutches of her would-be 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 nearby house.

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 already killed at least ten women before holding Lisa hostage in his apartment. Lisa recounts in her own words her resilience and the keen insights that helped her outwit her would-be murderer.

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 killed at least two people in Toledo, Ohio. Cheryl recounts in her own words her resilience and the keen insights that helped her outwit the would-be murderers.

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 November of 1988, 27-year-old Enietra Margette is murdered by Lonnie Franklin, a nearly-dressed driver who had already committed a string of grisly murders in Los Angeles.