Episode 5: Mud, Blood, and the Will to Live: The Mary Vincent Case

She was 15.

Hitchhiking toward someone who felt like home.

She climbed into a van with a man who looked harmless enough.

He was quiet. Older. Forgettable.

Exactly the kind of man who doesn’t set off alarms—until it’s too late.

What happened next would shatter her world…

and leave her broken, bleeding, and alone at the bottom of a canyon.

Her arms were severed.

She was thrown off a cliff.

Did she survive?

And if she did… what happens when the man who did this gets out—and does it again?

This isn’t the story of a sweet old man.

It’s the story of a monster—

and the 15-year-old girl who was never supposed to live.

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Primary Sources & Articles

• All That's Interesting - Mary Vincent

• Oxygen True Crime Report

• The Mary Vincent Story – LA Times Archive

• ABC News – Interview with Mary

Videos

• YouTube: “I Survived” – Mary Vincent Episode (clips)** (may need permission for clips, but great reference)

• Oxygen's Crime Channel (Mary Vincent Summary)

• ABC News Special