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Human Captives
True Crime1.2m viewsThe Turpins Kept Their 13 Kids Shackled In Filthy Conditions For More Than Two DecadesIn January of 2018, a distraught teenager called 911. The 17-year-old reported she had escaped from her parents, leaving 12 siblin...
Josef Fritzl874k viewsRemembering The Horrific Case of Josef Fritzl's Incest DungeonThe Fritzl case came to public attention in April 2008, when Elisabeth Fritzl and two of the three children living with her emerge...
Unspeakable Times234.4k views11 Famous And Terrifying Cases Of Stockholm Syndrome And Hostage BrainwashingWhenever terrible cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking come to light, people ask, why didn't they try to escape? Tragically, in m...
Unspeakable Times262.9k views13 Criminals Who Kept Humans As Torture Pets For Long Periods Of TimeIt's obvious that all serial murderers are sadistic killers. However, there are scales of sadism even within serial murdering. At ...
True Crime3.5m views19 Horrifying Stories About Famous Kidnapping VictimsOver the years, headlines have been flooded with stories of dark, grisly kidnappings. Many of these stories are so horrifying that...
True Crime76.6k views8 Sadistic Killers Who Put Their Victims In Collars And LeashesCollars and leashes are used by murderers to degrade, control, strangle, and even kill their victims, and they're frequently emplo...
WTF703.1k views18 Horrifying True Stories Of Abduction From Reddit UsersMany kidnapping victims, at least the high-profile ones, have their stories told in newspapers, on television, and in books. Howev...
Unspeakable Times73.6k viewsHere Are 12 Ways To Escape A KidnapperMost of us don't want to think about the possibility of being kidnapped, let alone having to devise an escape plan. Abduction is a...
Mysteries320.2k viewsA Teen Girl Was Kidnapped, And The Only Evidence They Found Of Her Being Alive Was A Horrifying PolaroidPrior to the highly publicized kidnappings of Elizabeth Smart and Amanda Berry, Tara Calico's bizarre disappearance rocked the sou...
Unspeakable Times3.0m viewsThis Woman's Family Locked Her In A Bedroom For 25 Years, Leaving Her Emaciated And InsaneWhile tales of parents disapproving of who their children date are common, none compare to the woman whose mother imprisoned her f...
Entertainment2.8k votersThe Best Kidnapping & Hostage Movies Of All Time, RankedIf you’re looking for an adrenaline-filled adventure, the best kidnapping movies and hostage movies below have you covered. The ki...
Graveyard Shift101.7k viewsTwisted Facts About Ariel Castro's Torture House And The Women He Held Captive For Over A DecadeThe secrets hidden within the home of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro were revealed on May 6, 2013, when a neighbor kicked open a...
True Crime76k views13 Terrifying Shopping Mall KidnappingsMalls are the one safe space where everyone in the world feels like they can relax, but it’s simply not true. While you’re letting...
34.7k viewsNews Reporters Who Were Kidnapped And Held HostageIt's a dangerous world. With that fact and the very prevalent 24-hour news cycle, more and more journalists are being targeted, ta...
Whoa Facts38.8k viewsUnbelievable Facts About The First Kidnapping-For-Ransom In The United States"Don't take candy from strangers." Your parents might have told you this when you were young, but you probably never considered wh...
Entertainment346 votersThe Greatest TV Series About Abduction & KidnappingIt's every parent's greatest fear and every adult's biggest nightmare: kidnapping. TV shows about kidnapping tear at our hearts an...
poll1.4k votersThe Best Movies About KidnappingNo one wants to be kidnapped, but everyone loves a good kidnapping movie. Human trafficking, a parent's fear that their kid could ...
Jaycee Lee Dugard189k viewsAfter An 18-Year Nightmare In Captivity, Jaycee Dugard Is A Mom And An Advocate For WomenJaycee Dugard was only 11 years old when a husband-and-wife duo kidnapped her in 1991. Though Dugard's stepfather allegedly witnes...
Pop Culture278.5k viewsThe Story Of The Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping, One Of The Biggest Abductions In US HistoryIn July 1976, summer school was in full swing in the small California town of Chowchilla, and bus driver Ed Ray had 26 children in...
Unspeakable Times4.6k viewsDocumentaries About Kidnappings That Made Us Want To Lock Our DoorsThere's something extra creepy about an abduction or kidnapping documentary that can make you feel unsafe enough to lock your door...