The Girl in the Box - Colleen Stan, Part 3

Once Upon A Crime

Esther Ludlow

Truecrime, History, True Crime, Crime, Criminals, Criminology, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In the summer of 1984, a young woman kidnapped in Northern California finally makes her escape after seven years of violence, torture, imprisonment, and coercive control. While free from the physical restraints of her horrific experience, the emotional battle is just beginning. The investigation and legal battles unfold while the victim, Colleen Stan, attempts to rebuild her life. Resources: True Crime Documentary: The Girl in the Box - YouTube The 'Girl In The Box' Case And The Tragic Story Of Colleen Stan (allthatsinteresting.com) Colleen Stan Was Kidnapped and Kept in a Box for 7 Years - A&E True Crime (aetv.com) Girl in the Box Speaks: How I Survived My Seven-Year Ordeal (people.com) Cameron Hooker & Wife Janice Today: Where Are They Now? (heavy.com) PEOPLE v. HOOKER (1988) | FindLaw Perfect Victim, Christine McGuire & Carla Norton, Arbor House/William Morrow Publishers, 1988. Links: Website - www.truecrimepodcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime

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0:52.0	this podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain
0:57.6	descriptions of violence. It is not intended for children.
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1:03.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
1:15.0	This week we're concluding a three-part series about the kidnapping of Colleen Stan.
1:20.0	If you've not yet listened to Parts 1 and 2, you'll want to start with episodes 308 and 309.
1:28.0	By August 1984, 27-year-old Colleen Stan had been held captive by 30-year-old Cameron Hooker and his 26-year-old
1:36.1	wife Janice for nearly seven years after being abducted while hitchhiking.
1:41.9	Colleen was imprisoned in a specially constructed wooden box and
1:44.7	subjected to daily sexual assault, torture, starvation, extreme isolation,
1:50.4	and sensory deprivation. After years of being under Cameron Hooker's complete control,
1:55.0	she'd earned brief periods of freedom.
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