About this episode
In November of 1986, 25-year-old Josefina Rivera's life comes to a devastating halt when she's kidnapped by 43-year-old Gary Heidnik. Over the next four months, Josefina lives shackled in a basement while her captor abducts four more women to hold hostage in his "house of horrors." Josefina recounts a gripping tale of endurance and the shrewd calculations that helped her devise a plan of escape. Sponsors: Apartments.com : Visit Apartments.com , the place to find a place. Simplisafe : Customize the perfect system for your home in just a few minutes at simplisafe.com/SURVIVED . Go today and claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off your order with Interactive Monitoring. PDS Debt : PDS DEBT is offering free debt analysis to our listeners just for completing the quick and easy debt assessment at www.PDSDebt.com/survived See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .