I SURVIVED: I Had To Do Things That Would Make Somebody's Skin Crawl

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Tanya is 14 years old when she is seduced and brainwashed by a 38 year old security guard at her school. Andy is hiking when he is attacked by a mountain lion with only a pocket knife to defend himself. Denise is returning home from work when she is attacked by a man who has been stalking her from the train.

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0:00.0	Hi, I Survived listeners. I'm Marissa Pinson. And if you're enjoying this show, I just want to remind you that episodes of I Survived as well as the A&E Classic Podcast, Cold Case Files, City Confidential, and American Justice, are all available ad-free on the new A&E Crime and Investigation Channel on Apple Podcasts and Apple Plus for just $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year. And now onto the show.
0:24.4	This episode contains subject matter that may be disturbing to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
0:30.9	He did things to me that would make somebody's skin crawl, that I will never, in my life, ever do again.
0:39.3	Real people.
0:41.3	There's nobody around.
0:42.3	I gotta do something to get out of here, or this is real, this is it.
0:46.3	I don't want to die. I'm 24-year-old. I didn't want to die.
0:49.3	Who faced death.
0:51.3	The feeling of loss of control, it's just indescribable that I had to consent to this
0:56.8	stranger violating me in the most brutal way. And lived to tell how. I looked up to God and I said,
1:04.3	God, don't let me wake up because I can serve you better in your kingdom than here. This is I
1:10.7	survived.
1:18.6	It's February 1996 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
1:23.3	Tanya's parents have recently divorced.
1:26.2	When I was 13, my dad had met this woman, Joanne,
1:31.7	and we moved in with her four months after he met her.
1:35.3	My relationship with Joanne was at first good,
1:38.2	and then after a couple of weeks, it just turned horrible.
1:42.3	She treated me like dirt.
1:43.5	And my dad just forgot he even had a daughter anymore.
1:48.4	Tanya started at a new school.
1:50.7	38-year-old security guard, Tom Hose, took an immediate interest in Tanya.
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