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Shannon/Ken/Angela

Episode number: 1

Overview: Shannon's jealous ex-partner terrorizes her and their two-year-old son; Ken has to abandon his fishing buddy after their boat sinks in the Gulf of Mexico; Angela is sexually attacked at a public payphone.

Debbie/Ray/Jasmine

Episode number: 2

Overview: A woman is kidnapped from her home, dragged into the woods, & sexually assaulted; a pilot and his friend spend 10 hours floating in the Pacific Ocean after their plane crashed; a woman survives being shot 6 times by playing dead.

Gilles/Angela & Richard/Jeffrey

Episode number: 3

Overview: A fake internet date brings a man face-to-face with a would-be serial killer; a couple fights for their lives when a black bear invades their home; a man wakes up to find his neighbor about to pound a sharpened crucifix into his chest.

Kim/John/Charlene

Episode number: 4

Overview: An aspiring young model is sexually assaulted; a man trekking in Ecuador is kidnapped for five weeks; a family's movie night turns tragic when four armed people attempt to rob them.

A.J., Carolyn & Stacy/Lynne

Episode number: 5

Overview: A heavily-armed teenager goes on a killing spree in a Salt Lake City shopping mall; passengers and crew are forced to abandon ship in a ferocious storm in the Indian Ocean.

Natasha/Tim/Kellie

Episode number: 6

Overview: A college freshman is sexually assaulted at gunpoint on the rooftop of her building; a worker at a chemical plant is trapped by raging flames after a massive explosion; a young woman is savagely beaten and sexually assaulted in her own apartment.

Audrey/Todd/Kimberley

Episode number: 7

Overview: When a woman leaves her husband, he throws gasoline on her and set her alight; a native New Yorker is lost in a blizzard in Idaho; a home invasion leads to a leap of courage.

The Taliban: Jere

Episode number: 8

Overview: A journalist is kidnapped in the mountains of Pakistan by a Taliban faction and held prisoner for 45 days, constantly afraid that each day is to be the day of his execution.

Tricia & Linae/Jason/Mary

Episode number: 9

Overview: After witnessing their mother and grandmother being shot dead, and their father critically injured in their Oakley, Utah home, 2 young sisters are abducted by 2 men and driven off a cliff. A man and his friends are buried in a Montana avalanche while going snowmobiling. And a Concord, New Hampshire woman is held hostage at her law office by a man who has stalked her for years.

The Norway Massacre: Sofie/Adrian/Magnus/Rebekka

Episode number: 10

Overview: Two hours after detonating a massive car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing 8 people, the bomber disguises himself as a policeman and makes his way to Utoya Island where 530 teenagers are attending a summer camp. During an 80-minute rampage, he stalks and shoots the defenseless teenagers. Sofie, Adrian, Rebekka, and Magnus survive the massacre, but 69 others die.

Louie & Wade/Sayeh

Episode number: 11

Overview: 2 Canadian forest workers are attacked by a bear. In Pensacola, Florida, an 8-year-old and her little sister are abducted by their mother's pedophile ex-boyfriend. He drives them into the woods where, after repeatedly raping the older girl, slits both girls throats leaving them to die.

John/Kevin/Helena

Episode number: 12

Overview: A disgruntled contractor executes the city officials he believes wronged him; a catamaran capsizes in the ferocious North Atlantic; a 17-year-old girl is abducted at knifepoint & repeatedly raped over 6 hours.

Brent/Hanna & Miranda/Karen

Episode number: 13

Overview: A stockbroker is shot 5 times by a former client; two sisters are stranded for 4 hours in an icy Alaskan lake; a woman is abducted at gunpoint by a man with a grudge against her family.

Hostage: Keith and Marc

Episode number: 14

Overview: A routine drug surveillance mission over the Colombian jungle turns into a nightmare when Keith and Marc's plane crash-lands and they are captured by FARC guerillas and held hostage for five grueling years.

Amy/Trish & Darrell

Episode number: 15

Overview: A woman is brutally raped in her car by a co-worker who has asked for a ride home; a tornado lifts an entire house and smashes it 400 yards away—with the family inside it.

Angel/Elyse/Richard

Episode number: 16

Overview: Two best friends find themselves targets of a gunman who lures them to his apartment; a professional skier seeking untracked powder snow gets swept away by an avalanche; a disgruntled client walks into a stockbroker's office with a loaded gun.

Morgan & Aaron/David/Amanda

Episode number: 17

Overview: Two Minor League ball players are hogtied and robbed at gunpoint in their hotel; a fishing boat carrying a crew of 26 catches fire and explodes in the icy Bering Sea; a 19-year-old store clerk is abducted and sexually assaulted at knife-point.

Kristen/Kimball/Thadius

Episode number: 18

Overview: A 19-year-old student is chained up and sexually assaulted at gunpoint; a man swims over two miles in strong currents; a 12-year-old boy is abducted by a neighbor who holds him captive for two days and tortures him by twisting his ankles until they break.

Mike/Chris/Neza

Episode number: 19

Overview: When Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern Seaboard, one man is swept out to sea in pitch darkness; a man is thrown overboard when the HMS Bounty starts to sink; a woman almost drowns as she escapes water floods in her house and a fire breaks out.

Regan/Gary & Scott

Episode number: 20

Overview: A young girl and her best friend are abducted by serial killers; two hunters crash their small plane in the remote Alaskan wilderness and are horrifically burned.

David/Sandy & Ken/Maura

Episode number: 21

Overview: A teenage boy is abducted, sexually assaulted, and tortured; a nanny is attacked by a 14-foot Nile crocodile in a remote African river; a mother of two is abducted by a knife-wielding stranger who is covered in blood.

Singer/Romina & John

Episode number: 22

Overview: Four young Americans are kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan; a young couple's holiday in Thailand turns into a fight for survival when tsunami strikes.

Dorothy/Jim/Bud & Katrina

Episode number: 23

Overview: A woman is raped in front of her children before being shot in the head; a man is bitten by a deadly rattlesnake miles away from help; at a popular swimming hole, a sniper shoots and kills three teenagers.

Bill, Mike & Ginger/Wanda

Episode number: 24

Overview: A gunman enters a Florida school board meeting and begins shooting hostages at point blank range; a 23-year-old newlywed is abducted and gang raped by partygoers at a remote farmhouse.

Rhonda/Jason/Patrick

Episode number: 25

Overview: A young woman is stabbed, abducted, & sexually assaulted; a man is sucked up 50 feet in the funnel cloud of a tornado; a woman's husband is shot when her brother opens fire at Thanksgiving dinner.

Shaunna & Brad/Lee/Emily

Episode number: 26

Overview: A woman and her boyfriend are shot by her ex-partner and left to die in a burning house; a man pinned by his arm in a wrecked van faces amputation to escape; a young mother's neck is sawn open by an intruder.