Hello Dreamers and welcome back to our two-part series entitled The Tale of Seven Years in a Box.

This is the second part of a two-part series discussing the 1977 kidnapping and more than seven-year captivity of 20-year-old

Colleen Stan in Red Bluff, California.

If you have not listened to Part 1, which is episode 154, pause this here, listen to that first, and then come back.

Before we delve back into this story, I'd like to give thanks to a few more patrons for their support.

I want to say thank you to Roseanne R Krista M Mandy K, Angel J, Samantha R, Angela H, Anna W,

Theresa W, Theresa W,

Jill L, Sierra V,

Myley G, Laura F and Cat G for joining or rejoining, Patreon, and Sarah S, Deshaun S and Barbara C for raising their pledges to the next level.

Now if for some reason you missed your thank you or I missed your thank you which is possible please send me a

direct message either to my email at California pod at gmail dot com that's all

lowercase K I L L A F O R N A P O D at Gmail or send me a private message through

Patreon or Facebook messenger and I'll make sure to give you a thank you on an upcoming episode.

Because as of late Thursday morning, that's today, August 6th, I am officially caught up on the patron

thank yous. Finally. Also, I need to remind you listening of the warning that I provided in Part 1.

This episode contains details involving sexual assault, mental, physical, and sexual abuse, as well as sexually explicit language.

This material is not suitable for young listeners or possibly for those who find this subject matter

of this criminal case triggering,

listener discretion is strongly advised.

In part one we left off at the point where Colleen Stan was taken into captivity by Cameron Hooker, who was accompanied by his wife Janice.

Janice's culpability in this case is debatable. I am right now not exactly sure where I stand

with it yet. I'm hoping that we can hash it out together when we have a chance to discuss

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