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Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror

6/13/20261 hr 24 min

A Michigan woman's survival story after being kidnapped by a man who stalked her for years and built a secret bunker to hold her captive.

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Clips

Kidnapped From Her Bed
Two-Week Captivity Threat
Revealing The Trackers
Detective’s Mic-Drop Explanation
Bunker Details Confirmed
40-Year Minimum Sentence

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Samantha Stites· Guest0:14

    [tense music] I'm handcuffed to the wall in this torture chamber. There's no windows. It feels eerily silent. This is like a horror film. Am I gonna die chained to this wall? There's nowhere to run. There's nowhere to hide. I'm just stuck. I did not picture myself surviving. I want other women, whether they've been stalked or not believed, to see my story and think, "Things can change." [tense music] I was 20, 21. It was my last year of school. I was working a job. I had an [laughs] internship. I, I was so busy. Um, I felt like I had no time. I show up at my job

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