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S8: Ep5: The Girl in The Box

S8: Ep5: The Girl in The Box

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On May 19th, 1977, 20-year-old Colleen was hitchhiking to a friend’s birthday party in California. She never made it. Instead, she was picked up by a seemingly normal couple, Cameron and Janice Hooker, and what followed was seven years of unimaginable captivity.

Colleen was kept in a coffin-like box for up to 23 hours a day, mentally and physically abused, and manipulated into believing she was the slave of a powerful, secret organization known only as ‘The Company.’

In this episode, we explore how a young woman survived over 2,500 days in darkness, why she didn’t escape even when she had the chance, and how the truth finally came to light.


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