568 // Stalking Samantha w/ Samantha Stites

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this episode, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Crawlspace Media⁠⁠⁠⁠'s Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with Samantha Stites from the new docuseries "Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror". Samantha recounts a terrifying story of being stalked for years by the same man, which eventually led to abduction. Hear Samantha's incredible story of survival. Watch the docuseries on Hulu. This episode was previously published on ⁠⁠⁠Missing⁠⁠⁠ on August 18th, 2025. About "Stalking Samantha": ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.detpress.com/abcnews/shows/stalking-samantha-13-years-of-terror/⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Samantha on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/samanthastites⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠. TT:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠⁠⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠⁠⁠⁠. Apple:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	He broke into my home early October, 22, and attacked me in bed and bound me and gagged me and took me to this, like, storage unit.
0:43.4	Music You just heard a clip from Samantha Stites.
0:49.5	She is from the new docu-series stalking Samantha, 13 years of terror. In this interview today, Samantha takes us through a horrifying decade plus of stalking and the
0:56.8	moment she was kidnapped from this man, Christopher Thomas. What do you think of this conversation,
1:02.4	Lance? Well, first, I think that it's remarkable that we were able to speak with someone who has
1:07.2	been through this situation, this absolutely harrowing moment in her life.
1:11.8	It is a cautionary tale for people. It's also a story that needs to be told. If anyone
1:17.8	suspects that they're being stalked, if they have someone in their life who is exhibiting
1:23.8	any of these indicators that they're being stalkeded don't feel like you can't tell people.
1:31.4	I think that was one of the more frustrating parts of this conversation, hearing her say,
1:35.2	what are they going to do? They're not going to believe me the second time around.
1:39.5	And people will hear that moment, but take that, you know, like being a little paranoid's okay. And she's
1:46.6	survived and it's amazing when we have survivors on. So I cannot wait to hear the feedback for this one.
1:52.4	And again, we were so lucky and she's so lucky to be on the show to tell the story. Absolutely. Yeah,
1:57.7	big thanks to ABC News and Hulu for the opportunity to interview Samantha.
2:03.7	This docu series, Stocking Samantha, is out on August 19, 2025. So tomorrow, if you are listening to this episode on release day.
2:13.6	And remember, please follow us on social media at Missing CSM. And we'll break real quick for commercial and be right back with our conversation with Samantha Stites.
2:42.2	Thank you. Welcome to the podcast, Samantha Stites.
2:43.2	How are you today?
2:46.5	Hi, Tim. I'm good. Thanks for asking.
2:47.9	Pleasure to be here.
2:54.8	Yes, we're so thrilled to have you on. We received the email that gave us sort of this truncated version of your story and my jaw was on the floor just reading three
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