TOWS Special: Kidnapped and Held Captive

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Original Air Date: May 5, 2004 Oprah sits down with Kirsten and Jennifer, two of five women who lived through an unspeakable horror. They were kidnapped and held captive by eccentric loner and millionaire John Jamelske. Kirsten was Jamelske's first victim. She was kidnapped in 1988, when she was only 14 years old. Jamelske kept her captive for four years. Jennifer, a 26-year-old mother of two, was kidnapped in 2001 and held for two months. It's a story so frightening and shocking, it made headlines around the world. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons,
0:02.0	seasons 4,561 episodes.
0:06.0	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:08.0	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.0	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.4	The moments that matter.
0:25.4	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:28.2	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. I personally
0:36.6	chosen these classic episodes to share with you again. Every single person you
0:41.8	ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:56.0	Five young women,
1:00.0	kidnapped by a lunatic, a madmanman taken to an underground dungeon held in chains as sex slaves and nobody finds out for 15 years.
1:11.0	Yeah. Yes. Right here. In the United States. It really happened and it
1:17.0	happened in suburban America. This first story contains some disturbing details that are graphic in nature.
1:25.0	Just want you to know.
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