Unseen

"What happened in that box?"  --

January 11th 1973, on his way to buy milk for his siblings, 13 year old Paul Martin Andrews doesn’t notice a blue van is following him. Sitting in it is Richard Ausley, a dangerous outlaw on the run, and as Richard usually does, he simply asks Paul for help and offers him a ride. His story would end up becoming infamously known as “The Boy in the Box”, and 30 years later, Paul speaks up about it for the first time, as his captor begs for freedom.

Footage from: I Survived (NHNZ - Lifetime Movie Network), Lost Then Found: Tales of a Kidnapping (Fox Nation), The John Walsh Show (NBC Network), Wavy-10 On Your Side  

"I could be dead right now, there is no other way to put it" --

When 17 year old Ashley Reeves doesn’t arrive home before her curfew in April 2006, her mom knows something is wrong, especially after finding hundreds of incoming calls on her daughter’s phone records. No one knows where she could have gone, but the harassing caller would end up breaking the case entirely, and shed a whole new light on a neighborhood figure no one ever suspected, all while Ashley fights for her life, while her killer goes line dancing minutes after the murder.

Footage from: On the Case with Paula Zahn (Weinberger Media, Scott Sternberg Productions), Illinois Police Department, True Crime Daily, Left for Dead (Lifetime)

“It was like a vacation for her”  --

On September 6, 2006, 14 year old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped by a man who claimed to be a police officer. Handcuffed, and “arrested”, she is taken deep into the woods where she discovers a secret underground bunker. For ten days, investigators look everywhere for the missing teen, without any clues, until Elizabeth is able to outsmart her captor, and her mom receives a shocking text message from Elizabeth herself.

Footage from: Surviving Evil (Cineflix - Investigation Discovery), Dateline (Peacock Productions), Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN), Elizabeth Shoaf: The Girl in the Bunker (Lifetime, LLC), Text Me When You Get Home (A&E, LLC), The Girl in the Bunker (Cineflix Productions & Rare Fish Films) 

“Are you comfortable now? I doubt it.” --

On March 20th, 1999, Cynthia meets up with her friend, never expecting she is minutes away from being abducted. When she wakes up, a chilling voice speaks to her – it's coming from a recording.  As her tears dry up, the early memories of her tough childhood revive, and a voice in her heart tells her: escape.

Footage from: I Survived a Serial Killer (A&E), House of Horrors: Kidnapped (Investigation Discovery), Wicked Attraction (Investigation Discovery), It Takes a Killer (Oxygen), Barcroft TV, A&E, KOAT, KRQE, Street Safe NM, True Consequences Podcast 

“And I remember thinking that I was staring into the eyes of the devil”

On September 27, 1992, 19 year old Jennifer Asbenson accepts a ride from a stranger after missing her bus to work. When the man asks for her number, she gives him a fake one to be safe and forgets about it, unaware that she has just refused the advances of a deranged serial killer. At the end of her shift that morning, she does not make it back home. Jennifer escapes TWICE, yet no one believes what has happened to her, but 5 years later, his arrest would reveal the most shocking information.

Footage from: AE (I Survived a Serial Killer), Radley Studios (People Magazine Investigates), CBS Los Angeles, OWN (Dr. Phil), True Crime Daily (Telepictures Production INC), Inside Edition, KTLA5, Christopher's Clubhouse

“He kissed me and threw me down the cubby hole”  

'Spaceplex' is 9 year old Katie Beers’ favorite spot, before she’s abducted at that same location in December 1992, just before her birthday. For 17 days, the investigators dig into the family’s lies, each more suspicious than the next, hoping to find the lost girl. Katie is trapped in the wall, but she still has her wits, which will eventually lead to justice against her kidnappers.

Footage from: Fox Nation (Lost, then Found), ABC News (Buried Memories), ABC (The View), Discovery+ (Killer Carnies), True Crime Daily (Crime Watch), MyLiTV (Buried Memories), OWN (Dr. Phil), Spaceplex (Promotional Material)

"She basically came back from the grave to nail him" --

On August 28, 1997, college student Holly Dunn doesn’t know that a sweet date with her friend Christopher Maier at a campus party would take the darkest turn: Chris and Holly are attacked by a notorious serial killer ‘The Railroad Killer’. What happened that night had to be kept a secret for years, until the start of the trial, where Holly could finally face her attacker, the first time since that deadly night, and ultimately bring him down.

Footage from: Sole Survivor (A&E), I Survived a Serial Killer (A&E), CBS 48 Hours, BBC Great Crimes & Trials, Jackeline Cacho, Holly's House, Law & Crimes Production.

“I'm not saying it's right, I know it's not right, but that's the way I've chosen it.”  --

On June 15th 1980, 8 year old Beth Stauffer calls her dad to wish him a happy father’s day, the first clue police got after she went missing on May 16th. After quickly hanging up, she returns to the tiny closet where her and her mother Mary have been chained and imprisoned by an obsessed man who has been stalking Mary for years. The captor, Ming Sen Shiue, believes that the longer they are kidnapped, the more chances Mary, his 9th grade teacher, will eventually fall in love with him. “Will we go home?” In the dark, frightened Beth asks her mom. At that moment, Mary, knowing deep in her heart of hearts they might not be able to leave ever, promises Beth with a yes.

Footage From:
Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (Lifetime), All Access, Fox News Digital, Inside Edition, Lifetime, MPR News, ABC News.