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Hello and welcome to a special edition of True Crime Daily, the podcast. I'm your host,

Anna Garcia. Everyone in the world of True Crime has a story to tell about a case that they worked

or that they live through, summer high profile. Some of you have never heard of, but they are all

fascinating. Today's case is about a true survivor. It is the story of a woman who was kidnapped,

raped, stabbed in both eyes, and then left a die in her car while it was set on fire,

but she didn't die. Instead, she spent the rest of her life becoming an outspoken advocate

for victims' rights. With us today is Carol Costello, a reporter and former CNN anchor. She also

teaches and mentors students at Loyola, Marymount University in the Broadcast Journalism Department.

Carol, you covered this when you were 22 years old. My god, if only you now could have a

conversation with your 22-year-old self. Life would be so different, right? Oh, you are so

right about that. You know, I've always really tried to analyze why this case is stuck with

all these years, because working at CNN as a national correspondent and anchor, I've covered

every type of crime and story imaginable, like horrific things, school shootings, Hurricane Katrina,

both Iraq Wars, you know, all that kind of stuff. Yet this woman's story stuck with me for more

than 30 years. I'm so glad that you're here, Carol, honestly. I've never met you, but I've always

been a huge fan of your work, because you're a true journalist, and I so connected with this idea

that you have a story that you can't let go of that changed you. And I so identify with that.

So I'm thrilled that you're here. And the reason we're talking about this case is because you are

working on a new podcast about this case, about your experience, and it's called Blind Rage. Wow.

Blind Rage. You know, you often hear stories about survivors of crime,

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