| # |
Title |
Original AirDate |
| 0 |
"Bridget/Daryl/Ryan and John" |
03-24-2008 |
| A new series that tells the real-life stories of people who faced life-threatening events, yet somehow found the courage and strength to survive against all odds. In this episode, Bridget Kelly is raped, shot three times, and left for dead by an intruder in her home; Daryl is caught in a freak blizzard that threatens to bury him alive in his jeep; and two boys, Ryan and John, survive a plane crash and maintain cell phone contact with a 911 operator as rescuers desperately try to find them. |
| 1 |
"Brandi/Joseph/Sam and Suzanne" |
03-31-2008 |
| Brandi and her friend, Liz, offer a ride to a man who turns on them, stabbing Liz repeatedly and beating Brandi and then throwing her into a river. Joseph and two other men are stranded on a rocky, barren island for 13 days. And Sam and Suzanne are kidnapped by a hitchhiker who forces them to drive several hundred miles at gunpoint. |
| 2 |
"Christine and Heidi/Debbie/Jim" |
04-07-2008 |
| Christine's and Heidi's trip on a Greek ferry becomes a nightmare when the boat begins to sink and the crew abandons the ship, leaving the panicked passengers to fend for themselves. Debbie suffers a five-day ordeal at the hands of an attacker, who keeps her blindfolded and gagged, rapes her, and forces her to sleep next to him. And a simple act of kindness results in a vicious assault for Jim when he is brutally attacked in his apartment by his neighbor after inviting the young man into his home to chat. |
| 3 |
"Lonnie/Rulon/Stanley" |
04-14-2008 |
| Lonnie plays dead for four agonizing hours after her boyfriend chokes her and shoots her four times in the head. Rulon, a super-strong Olympic wrestler, gets stuck in a semi-frozen stream when he goes snowmobiling and faces a big decision -- should he wait to be rescued or submerge himself in the freezing water to save his snowmobile and find a way out? And when a wise-cracking federal prosecutor is abducted by men with machine guns, he uses his unique talents and personality to show rapport with his captors in hopes they'll release him. |
| 4 |
"Denise/Nick/Leonilda" |
04-21-2008 |
| When Dollar Store manager Denise is savagely attacked by robbers, one thing keeps her alive -- her determination to make sure that her father would not have to attend her funeral. Nick, a former Marine, is put to the survival test when he's stranded on a mountain in a snow blizzard with no cell phone, no food, and no winter clothing. And Leonilda must quickly think of a way to escape when her boyfriend forces her into his car at gunpoint, and tells her he's going to shoot her and dump her body in the river. |
| 5 |
"Maria/Jerry/Melissa" |
04-28-2008 |
| Maria feared for her safety as one of her fellow employees at the hospital where she worked became increasingly volatile. She managed to get him fired, but a couple of months later, he burst into her office with a gun, shooting her and killing her colleague. Jerry swerved his car to avoid a deer and crashed over an embankment where a tree branch became lodged in his throat. Barely alive, he survived two days in the ravine until he finally he managed to drag himself to the road's edge where he was spotted and saved. Melissa and her two-year-old daughter were sleeping at home, when she was woken by an armed intruder. The man slashed and sexually assaulted her before stuffing her in the trunk of her car. He then drove around for hours, picked up his friends and assaulted her again. Finally he left the car, leaving a terrified and blinded Melissa to drive home to her abandoned daughter. |
| 6 |
"Wayne and Mary/Holly/Linda" |
05-12-2008 |
| Wayne and Mary woke up to find their farm house surrounded by a cloud of lethal chlorine gas following a rail derailment. Thus began a harrowing six hour ordeal until emergency services arrived, where they struggled to take a breath, coughed up blood and watched their metal appliances literally melt before their eyes. While Holly and her boyfriend Chris were taking a quiet stroll near the railroad tracks, they were accosted by a man demanding money. Both were bound, gagged and then brutally bludgeoned. Chris died at the scene, but miraculously Holly survived the assault and was able to seek help. Linda was driving to her lakeside cabin when she was run off the road in the middle of the night by four strangers. High on drugs, they viciously attacked her, demanded money, set her car ablaze, and left for dead in a deserted field. She was rescued by two teenagers in a passing car who saw the fire and dragged her to safety. |
| 7 |
"Cari/Kevin/Joe and Katherine" |
05-19-2008 |
| Cari, a young mother living in California, is brutally stabbed, beaten, and sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home, but knows she must survive the attack to save her son; a four-inch steel tow hook accidentally lodges in a Kevin's throat, and any movement could sever his jugular vein and end his life; and when an a gunman shoots and injures several people at a mall during Christmas time, Katherine, a store manager must obey his demands or risk having her co-worker Joe shot point blank in the head with a machine gun. |
| 8 |
"Michelle/Troy and Josh" |
06-02-2008 |
| Three masked gunmen burst into Michelle's home, then tape dynamite to the bodies of the bank executive and her 7-year-old daughter, and order her to rob the bank vault where she works or they'll blow up her little girl. And teenagers Troy and Josh take a small sailboat out to an inlet to go fishing, when they get caught by a dangerous current and are swept out to sea for six days. They must struggle to survive against heavy seas, freezing temperatures at night, burning hot temperatures during the day, and sharks that keep circling their boat. |
| 9 |
"Virginia Tech Massacre/Minneapolis School Bus Crash" |
06-09-2008 |
| This episode tells the harrowing story of how two students and a professor at Virginia Tech University managed to survive the April 16, 2007, massacre at the school. One of the students, Colin, had to lay motionless and play dead as the gunman shot him four times. We also chronicle the amazing story of the Minneapolis school bus with 52 children that plummeted 45 feet when a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in August 2007. Trapped in her seat, driver Kim held the brake, keeping the bus from rolling backwards, as counselor Jimmy and his co-workers rush to evacuate the children, including Kim's own daughter. |
| 10 |
"Jennifer/Sampson/Norina" |
06-16-2008 |
| Jennifer, a young lawyer, must use all of her instincts to fight off an intruder who sexually assaults and stabs her; Sampson is a corn farmer faced with the agonizing decision of whether to amputate his own arm or risk burning to death when his hand is pulled into a harvester that catches on fire; and Norina, a primary school principal must fight off a crazed man with a machete to save the lives of her students. |
| # |
Title |
Original AirDate |
| 1(11) |
"Dan and Danielle/James and David/Karli" |
12-01-2008 |
| A romantic walk turns into a nightmare for two young friends when a man forces them into his truck at gunpoint and shoots them both. A snowmobile outing ends in a near-death experience for two brothers when they plunge through the ice of a frozen river. A woman is brutally attacked twice by the same gang of hoodlums. |
| 2(12) |
"Reverend Albert/Lois" |
12-08-2008 |
| A heart-wrenching drama unfolds when a man struggles to save himself and his family from drowning in frigid waters and a female prison officer uses her strength and quick thinking skills to stay alive during the longest prison siege in U.S. history. |
| 3(13) |
"Jewish Federation/Alberto/Tamara" |
12-15-2008 |
| An ordinary Friday at the Seattle headquarters of the Jewish Federation turns nightmarish when a crazed gunman demands an end to the war in Iraq and shoots four workers. A criminal justice teacher is shot multiple times and poisoned twice by an unknown assailant. A young woman swims through shark-infested waters in a desperate bid for survival. |
| 4(14) |
"Christi/Fred/Maria" |
12-22-2008 |
| A single mother is kidnapped, stabbed and left for dead by three hardened criminals and her heroic survival is unforgettable. A long-haul truck driver must drive his 40-ton rig through the biggest fire in Utah History. A woman is stalked and brutally abducted by an ex-boyfriend. |
| 5(15) |
"Jackie/Todd/Stephanie" |
01-05-2009 |
| After five ruthless hijackers take control of an EgyptAir flight and begin executing passengers, a woman silently says goodbye to her loved ones when the hijackers pick her to be the next one to die. A surfer loses half of the blood in his body when a great white shark clamps its jaws around his entire torso and shakes him like a rag doll. A young mother is repeatedly assaulted and strangled in front of her 3-year-old son. |
| 6(16) |
"Jim and Nell/Jennifer/Tammi" |
01-12-2009 |
| A couple hiking in a national park must fight for their lives when they're attacked by a ferocious mountain lion. A young mother and her cousin are shot by a deranged gunman. A quick stop at a gas station threatens the life of a woman when she's taken hostage by a violent criminal on the run from the police. |
| 7(17) |
"Darren and Chastity/Ryan/Julie" |
01-19-2009 |
| A family is subjected to a vicious attack during a brutal home invasion; a rail yard worker risks his life to save a town; and a Realtor is attacked by a man posing as a client. |
| 8(18) |
"Donna/Danelle/Robert and Ana" |
02-02-2009 |
| A convenience store worker plays dead to escape her abductor. An endurance athlete faces her greatest challenge ever after falling 60 feet in a remote canyon. A couple put their lives on the line to protect their children in a home invasion. |
| 9(19) |
"Kelly/Rose/Lt. Prescott and Gwen" |
02-09-2009 |
| A mother of three survives a prolonged attack from her estranged husband. A newly pregnant woman is horrifically injured when she is caught in a fish processing machine on a boat 160 miles from land. Ten people are held hostage in a library by a man armed with a bomb and a gun. |
| 10(20) |
"Sarah/Sherman and Dee/Ellen" |
02-16-2009 |
| A heavily pregnant woman is viciously attacked by a woman obsessed with making the unborn child her own. A couple cling to the rafters of their home as Hurricane Ike unleashes its fury on them. A woman fends off a man who has hidden in her family home for days before brutally attacking her. |
Season three is listed according to airdate which is different than the official site as the site does not include airdates and lists them only numerically. [2]
| # |
Title |
Original AirDate |
| 1(21) |
"Teri/Angela/Ed" |
07-12-2009 |
| A mother is jammed into a trash can filled with snow and left to die by her ex-husband. A young woman scrambles to escape a gruesome pile up of injured bodies after an escalator malfunctions at a sports stadium. A bar owner is savagely set upon by three men in a random attack carried out as part of a gang initiation. |
| 2(22) |
"Alfred, Jan and Jerry/Ebony" |
07-19-2009 |
| Three survivors from the ill-fated UA Flight 232 relive the terrifying moments leading up to and after one of America's worst ever aviation disasters. A young woman violently assaulted by two men displays extraordinary courage to flee her attackers. |
| 3(23) |
"April/Mark/Jesse" |
07-26-2009 |
| A young woman is brutally assaulted then set on fire by her attacker. A man is forced to amputate part of leg after it is caught in a drive shaft. An act of kindness backfires on a long distance motorist who is left fighting for his life at the roadside. |
| 4(24) |
"Jens and Jim/Dawn/Agnes" |
08-02-2009 |
| Two friends, Jim and Jens, and their fathers fly to Mexico for a fishing trip, but turbulence forces their plane to crash land and the foursome must fight for their lives in the ocean. Dawn is plunged into a nightmare when four armed men invade their beach home and threaten to shoot her right in front of her two young daughters. And while working at a convenience store, Agnes is abducted by an armed robber, who takes her to an open field and forces her to open the car trunk, where she finds another terrified woman bleeding from a gunshot wound. |
| 5(25) |
"Brent/Susan/Denise" |
08-09-2009 |
| After finishing a surveying job in a remote forest area, Brent finds himself face to face with a massive seven-foot-tall grizzly bear that begins to attack him. In a desperate attempt to save her and her husband's life, Susan grabs the .22 caliber pistol in her bedroom and engages in a gun battle with three masked men who invade their house late one night. And Denise must fight for her life when she is brutally assaulted by a man who gains entrance to her apartment by claiming to be a maintenance man. |
| 6(26) |
"Patrick/Anne and Ian/Sharon" |
08-16-2009 |
| While on a spear-fishing outing, Patrick's friend is pulled out to sea and struggles to survive as four-foot waves batter him in the darkness. Anne and her son, Ian, fight for their lives when they're attacked by Anne's gun-wielding ex-boyfriend. Driving home from a friend's house late one evening, Sharon is shot by another driver, who then takes her to an apartment where he continues his vicious assault on her. |
| 7(27) |
"Timothy/Scott and Sean/Stacey" |
08-23-2009 |
| While out walking his dog in the woods, Timothy is attacked by a 400-pound grizzly bear as his faithful dog valiantly tries to distract the bear. Scott and Sean enjoy a fishing trip on the Appalachian Trail when a drifter arrives at their campsite, pulls a gun, and shoots them both. And Stacey and her best friend must call upon all their inner strength and remain calm when an attacker invades their apartment and seems ready to kill them both. |
| 8(28) |
"Dr. Roger and Dena/Sydney/Jennifer" |
08-30-2009 |
| Roger and Dena's home overlooking the San Pasqual Valley is everything they've ever dreamed of until Roger awakes one day to find a 40-foot wall of fire racing up the valley towards their house. Sydney, only 15 years old, bravely leaps 12 feet out of her house in a desperate attempt to escape two attackers. And after Jennifer ends her relationship with her overly possessive boyfriend, he breaks into her home with a gun and terrifies Jennifer and her son for hours while a SWAT team descends on the house. |
| * |
"Death and Back" |
08-30-2009 |
| This special profiles the extraordinary stories of three ordinary people who literally died and then came back to life. Deb's heart stops shortly after delivering her second child, Steve is brutally stabbed by his schizophrenic brother, and Michaela is severely injured in a deadly car accident--each one literally flatlines, yet has inexplicable but very real experiences while they are clinically dead. None of them had a preconceived notion of the afterlife--what happened to each of them during the period they flatlined is described with such compelling honesty that even the staunchest cynics will be left pondering these extraordinary experiences. |
Season four is listed according to airdate which is different than the official site as the site does not include airdates and lists them only numerically. Also, several episodes are not listed on the official site. [3]
| # |
Title |
Original AirDate |
| 1(29) |
"Mary/Brooke/Sharene" |
12-06-2009 |
| A young runaway has her arms cut off in a horrific assault. A pregnant woman and her father flee a deadly firestorm. A woman survives multiple stab wounds in a drug fuelled attack by her enraged boyfriend. |
| 2(30) |
"Terry/Anne and Debi/Earleen" |
12-13-2009 |
| A family suffers multiple tragedy in a deadly home invasion. A mountain biker is mauled by a mountain lion, and a hotel receptionist goes into fight mode to survive a brutal attack by a man posing as a guest. |
| 3(31) |
"Maggie/Gary/Barbara" |
12-20-2009 |
| A 15-year-old is snatched off the street on an early morning run. A man goes head-to-head with a killer chimpanzee, and a woman is shot and left for dead in a freezer with two slain co-workers. |
| 4(32) |
"Jessyca/Derek/LaToya" |
01-03-2010 |
| A pregnant woman is attacked; a girl is kidnapped and held captive; a hiker crawls down a mountain after breaking his ankle. |
| 5(33) |
"Ron and Jill/Randy/Julie" |
01-10-2010 |
| A couple fight for their lives in a terrifying home invasion. A lineman is electrocuted while working alone up a 35 foot power pole. And a woman makes a desperate dash for safety after being repeatedly stabbed by her ex-boyfriend. |
| 6(34) |
"Rudrani/Tracey/Teresa" |
01-17-2010 |
| A woman is left for dead when two terrorists storm the hotel she is staying in. A 14-year-old saves her brother when their home is destroyed in a tragic house fire. A woman is left permanently scarred in a deadly domestic abuse incident. |
| 7(35) |
"Verna/Theo/Debra" |
01-24-2010 |
| A single mom is attacked by an old classmate after spurning his affections. A gold prospector survives five days in the Australian Outback. And a woman is left for dead after being carjacked then shot several times at close range. |
| 8(36) |
"Christine/Mike/Chris" |
01-31-2010 |
| A doctor's assistant is violently attacked at home by a former patient she spurned several years earlier. A man is attacked by a swarm of hornets on the roof of his holiday home and falls down a 100 foot bank. And, a boyfriend is shot and assaulted by his girlfriend when he tries to end their relationship. |
| 9(37) |
"Phillip/Tunnelers/Karen" |
02-14-2010 |
| A missionary working in Haiti is shot and held for ransom by a gang; a man goes into a flooding underground cavity to rescue two co-workers; a man viciously assaults his wife. |
| 10(38) |
"Franklin/Jeff and Frank/Connie" |
02-21-2010 |
| A man and his wife survive a plane crash that killed 125 passengers and crew; a heroic rescue bid goes horribly wrong; a woman is beaten and left for dead. |
| 11(39) |
"Brandy/Steve/James" |
02-28-2010 |
| A 16-year-old girl is abducted and assaulted by two gunmen; a deer hunter drags himself up a dry creek bed after falling out of a tree and breaking both legs; a college student is used as a human shield by a gunman. |