Separated by 20 years and thousands of miles, two women, Mary Vincent & Roxanne Hayes shared a tragic encounter with the same heinous monster. Their stories are a benchmark display of extraordinary courage and unimaginable horror.
ALL THE TRIGGER WARNINGS including rape, mutilation, child sexual abuse, and suicide.
Opening and closing music “Under Your Thumb” by Nom Fabrique
SOURCES
I Survived (Season 1, Episode 4)
The Heart of a Survivor Three-part series by Eddie Macsalka in Key Peninsula News
The Survivor by Sue Carlton in Tampa Bay Times
A Victims Life Sentence by By Diana Waggoner & Michelle Green in People Magazine
Mary Vincent: A Life of Survival by Fiona Davis in Open Ceilings
A victim, a survivor, an artist by Regina Hackett in Seattle Times
Crime Survivor Speaks by Anne Kallas in VC Star
She Had a Name by Bill Duryea in Tampa Bay Times
Thumbs Down: America and the Decline of Hitchhiking 2015 Thesis by Julian A. Compagni Portis
The Mad Chopper by Fred Rosen
Additional sources behind paywalls include: LA Times, NY Times, Marty Rosen’s reporting for the St. Petersburg Times, Tampa Bay News, Las Vegas Review.
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