The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart

He Came Back to Kill Me: Alisa Mathewson Part 1

Alisa Mathewson wakes at 3:00 a.m. with the terrifying certainty that someone is standing in her bedroom. It is her estranged husband — the man she has spent months tryin

Torture Box: Eduardo Valseca

Eduardo Valseca is locked inside a tiny box, its coarse walls tearing at his skin whenever he moves. He doesn’t know where he is, what has happened to his wife, or why th

Cornell Case: The Survivors' Take with Kimberly Corban and JoDee Neil

As the sexual assault allegations at Cornell University dominate the headlines, Elizabeth and fellow survivors Kimberly Corban and JoDee Neil engage in a challenging conv

Taking Down the Serial Killer: Lisa Mae Part 2

After surviving more than 26 hours in captivity, Lisa Mae reaches the police expecting them to help her — only to find herself fighting to convince investigators that her

I Made a Serial Killer Trust Me: Lisa Mae Part 1

Seventeen-year-old Lisa Mae has already decided she doesn’t want to live. Then, riding her bike home through the darkness after a late shift, she notices a car sitting st

Listener Q&A: Kara Robinson Chamberlain, Chris Cander and Kimberly Corban

For the first time, Elizabeth sits down with three fellow survivors — Kara Robinson Chamberlain, Chris Cander and Kimberly Corban — to answer questions directly from list

Facing My Attacker: Kimberly Corban Part 2

Three weeks after Kimberly Corban is attacked in her own bedroom, police bring in a suspect — but can Kimberly identify him, even though she never saw his face? In the fi

I Never Saw His Face: Kimberly Corban Part 1

Twenty-year-old college student Kimberly Corban wakes in the middle of the night to find a stranger inside her bedroom. Unable to see his face and terrified that her room

I'm Not Going To Die Like This: Chris Cander

Nineteen-year-old Chris Cander is studying abroad in Madrid when a stranger locks her inside his car and drives her far outside the city. Alone in an abandoned industrial

I Escaped From a Serial Killer: Kara Robinson Part 2

After 18 harrowing hours of captivity, Kara Robinson leads police back to her abductor's apartment — where they discover evidence connecting him to the unsolved murders o

I Escaped From a Serial Killer: Kara Robinson Part 1

Fifteen-year-old Kara Robinson is kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight and taken to her abductor’s apartment. Trapped with a man who seems to have planned every detail

Introducing: The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart

Hosted by famed abduction survivor turned advocate Elizabeth Smart, The Survivor Files is a true crime podcast featuring firsthand accounts from ordinary people who were